Office: 704 N. Schrader Ave.
Havana, IL 62644
(309) 543-6000
E-mail: mmcclell@illinois.edu
5/05 M.S., Biology Western Illinois University Macomb, IL
Thesis: Longitudinal Patterns of the Illinois Waterway Fish Community
5/96 B.S., Zoology Western Illinois University Macomb, IL
1/05-present Assistant Technical Scientist II – Large River Ecologist-Fisheries Specialist
Illinois Natural History Survey Illinois River Biological Station, Havana, IL from Assistant Technical Scientist I – Large River Ecologist-Fisheries Specialist (2000-2005)
■ Long Term Illinois River Fish Population Monitoring – Project Leader/PI
Conduct fish population monitoring using AC electrofishing gear on 27 sites in 6 reaches on the Illinois River and 1 site on the Mississippi River; weigh, measure, and identify fish and record fish data; supervise and train assistants; verify and analyze data, and write annual reports of findings; present data and findings to outside groups and organizations; maintain database and sampling equipment
■ Long Term Resource Monitoring Program – Crew Leader (Fisheries)
►Fish
Perform duties as crew leader and assist in fish monitoring of the La Grange Reach of the Illinois River; collect fish data using DC electrofishing, fyke, minnow fyke, hoop nets, seines, trawls, and gill nets; weigh, measure, and identify fish and record fish data; generate site sampling maps using GIS; use maps and GPS units to locate random sampling sites; operate and maintain boats of various sizes and vehicles and maintain all equipment
►Water Quality
Perform duties as a crew leader and assist with water quality monitoring; use Datasonde, velocity meter, secchi disks and turbidimeter to collect water data; collect, preserve, and filter water samples for lab use; maintain equipment
►Macroinvertebrates
Assist with collection of macroinvertebrates using a ponar dredge; pick, identify, and preserve specimens; use maps and GPS to locate random sample sites
►Vegetation/Flood Plain Forests
Assist with data collection of aquatic vegetation sampling and floodplain forest transects for seed production
►Sediment Deposition
Survey bed elevation change of contiguous and isolated backwaters due to sediment deposition; use B20 auto level and stadia rod along transects over ice; locate transects from air boat using historical maps and GPS
■ Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program-Fisheries
Monitor fish communities of pools of the Mississippi River using DC electrofishing; identify, weigh, measure, and collect fin clip samples for DNA analysis; assess benthic habitat using copper sounding rod; photograph fish for specimen vouchers
■ Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Programs – Crew Leader (Fisheries)
► Fish
Perform duties as a crew leader and assist in fish monitoring of Lake Chautauqua in the La Grange Reach of the Illinois River; collect fish data using DC electrofishing, fyke, minnow fyke, and gill nets; weigh, measure, and identify fish and record fish data.
►Vegetation Enclosures
Assist with vegetation enclosure research of Lake Chautauqua, record seasonal growth of vegetation
■ Long Term Resource Monitoring Program – Out of Pool Sampling
Assist with intensive fish data collection on Pools 19 and 20 of the Mississippi River using DC electrofishing; measure, identify, and record fish data
■ Genetic Detection of Hybridization
Assess genetic variation of white perch, yellow bass, and their potential hybrids using protein electrophoresis; prepare and preserve liver and skeletal muscle samples; prepare, load, and run starch gels; slice, stain, photograph, and preserve gel samples
■ Asian Carp Research
Assist with collection and gut removal of bighead carp, bigmouth buffalo, and paddlefish; use trammel nets and electrofishing to collect bighead and silver carp, assisted with tagging and preparation of fish to be used in hatchery raceways for fish barrier research; Assist with collection and tracking of bighead carp for telemetry research
■ Illinois River Restoration Tributary Monitoring-Peoria Reach
Assess fish and invertebrate communities in small stream tributaries of the Peoria Reach of the Illinois River using an electric seine and backpack electrofishing gear for fish collection and kick nets for invertebrate collections; collect velocity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity water quality measurements
■ Long Term Resource Monitori g Program, Upper I llinois River Vegetation Sampling
Conduct standardized aquatic vegetation sampling in three reaches of the Upper Illinois River; use rake to collect and quantify samples, identify plant species and bottom substrates
9/97-3/98, Field Technician
9/98-12/99 Illinois Natural History Survey Illinois River Biological Station, Havana, IL
■ Long Term Resource Monitoring Program
► Fish
Assist in fish monitoring of the La Grange Reach of the Illinois River; collect fish data using DC electrofishing, fyke, minnow fyke, hoop nets, seines, trawls, and gill nets; weigh, measure, and identify fish and record fish data; operate and maintain boats of various sizes and vehicles and maintain all equipment
► Water Quality
A ssist with water quality monitoring; use Datasonde, velocity meter, secchi disks and turbidimeter to collect water data; collect, preserve, and filter water samples for lab use; maintain equipment
► Macroinvertebrates
Assist with collection of macroinvertebrates using a ponar dredge; pick, identify, and preserve specimens; use maps and GPS to locate random sample sites
■ Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Programs
►Fish
Assist in fish monitoring of Peoria Lake in the Peoria Reach of the Illinois River; collect fish using DC electrofishing, fyke, hoop nets, seines, trawls, and gill nets; weigh, measure, and identify fish and record fish data
Field Technician
►Macroinvertebrates
Assist with collection of macroinvertebrates in the La Grange and Peoria reaches using a ponar dredge; pick, identify, and preserve specimens; use maps and GPS to locate random sample sites
■ Sea Grant Zebra Mussel Settlement Project
Perform duties as a crew leader and assist with collection of zebra mussel veligers and adults using water column pumps and plate samplers; identify, measure, and count veligers using the Optimas imaging system
■ Land Management System
Assist with LMS weather station and water quality sampling in the Peoria Reach, measuring turbidity, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, pH, secchi disk transparency, and wind speed
4/98-9/98 Biological Science Technician
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Morris Wetland Management Dist., Morris, MN
■ Wetland Production Area Management
►Prescribed Burning
Perform prescribed burns on Wetland Production Areas (WPA) for prairie restoration; operate ATV’s pump engines, and fire trucks; use various hand equipment such as drip torches, shovels, rakes, flappers, and water packs to control fires
►Waterfowl/Wildlife
Conduct Canada goose bandings, waterfowl censuses, and scent post surveys on WPA’s and easements using ATV’s and canoes
►Noxious Weed Control
Conduct noxious weed control through pesticide application using spray trucks, ATV’s, and spray packs
■ Outreach
Assist staff with school group events involving biological awareness and education; maintain boundary marks of WPA’s using aerial photos and platte maps
8/95-11/95, Laborer
9/96-12/96, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Illinois River Refuges, Havana, IL
6/97-9/97
■ Waterfowl/Shorebirds
Conduct waterfowl and shorebird censuses on refuge grounds; perform wood duck trapping and banding from air boat; record census and banding data and write summary reports
■ Outreach
Supervise youth volunteer groups in activities such as tree planting and grounds maintenance; give guided presentations to school groups and teachers; write response letters and general proposals
■ Levee Construction
Perform levee and spillway construction for moist soil management area of wildlife refuge; use various power and hand tools, front-end loaders, backhoe tractors, and excavators; supervised prison work camp workers during spillway construction5/95-7/95 Intern
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Illinois River Refuges, Havana, IL
■ Refuge Management Operations
Worked with all refuge staff to learn refuge management and operations; assisted with private lands acquisition, waterfowl and shorebird, morning dove, bluebird, tanager, garlic mustard transects, and paddlefish surveys; developed refuge brochures and wrote weekly newspaper articles; recorded weekly refuge water levels; assisted with refuge levee construction
¨ American Fisheries Society
¨ American Fisheries Society- Illinois chapter
¨ Mississippi River Research Consortium¨ Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee
2005-Present Principal Investigator. Long Term Illinois River Fish Population Monitoring Program
2006 Greg G. Sass, Thad R. Cook, Kevin S. Irons, Michael A. McClelland, Timothy M. O’Hara, and Michael A. Smith. Assessing Aquatic Vegetation Communities as Limiting Factors for Fish Communities within the Upper Illinois River. Submitted to Additional Program Elements (APE), Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Program, Environmental Management Program.
2006 Greg G. Sass, Thad R. Cook, Kevin S. Irons, Michael A. McClelland, Timothy M. O’Hara, and Michael A. Smith. Assessing the role of migratory white pelicans Pelecanus erythrorhynchos in a backwater ecosystem of the La Grange Reach, Illinois River.
2006 Greg G. Sass, Thad R. Cook, Kevin S. Irons, Michael A. McClelland, Timothy M. O’Hara, and Michael A. Smith. Upper Illinois River Fish Monitoring Using LTRMP Methods. Submitted to Additional Program Elements (APE), Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Program, Environmental Management Program.
2006 Greg G. Sass, Thad R. Cook, Kevin S. Irons, Michael A. McClelland, Timothy M. O’Hara, and Michael A. Smith. Pre- and post-Asian carp (Hypophthalmichthys spp.) invasion food web dynamics in the Illinois River implications for further spread of exotic cyprinids. Submitted to Additional Program Elements (APE), Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Program, Environmental Management Program.
2006 Greg G. Sass, Thad R. Cook, Kevin S. Irons, Michael A. McClelland, Timothy M. O’Hara, and Michael A. Smith. Asian carp ovement and abundance survey using floy tags. Submitted to Additional Program Elements (APE), Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Program, Environmental Management Program.
2006 Irons, Kevin S., Michael A. McClelland, and Mark A. Pegg. Expansion of Round Goby in the Illinois Waterway. Accepted, American Midland Naturalist. 156(1):198-200.
2006 Pegg, M.A., Irons, K.S., O’Hara, T.M. and McClelland, M.A. Initial Response of a Floodplain Lake Fish Community to Water-level Stabilization. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 15: 40-47.
2006 McClelland, Michael A., Mark A. Pegg, and Timothy W. Spier. Longitudinal Patterns of the Illinois Waterway Fish Community. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 21/1:91-99.
2004 Pegg, Mark A. and Michael A. McClelland. Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Fish Community Patterns in the Illinois River. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 12:1-11.
2002 Irons, Kevin S., Timothy M. O’Hara, Michael A. McClelland, and Mark A. Pegg. White Perch Occurrence, Spread, and Hybridization in the Middle Illinois River, Upper Mississippi River System. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science. 95/3:207-214.
2007 Irons, K.S., G.G. Sass, M.A. McClelland , and J.D. Stafford. In review. Reduced Condition Factor of Two Native Fish Species Coincident with Invasion of Non-native Asian Carps in the Illinois River, USA: Evidence for Competition and Reduced Fitness? Non-native fishes: Integrated Biology of Establishment Success and Dispersal. Supplement. Journal of Fish Biology. Submitted for review March 1, 2007
2007 Irons, K.S., G.G. Sass, M.A. McClelland, and T.M. O’Hara. In review. The Long Term Resource Monitoring Program: Insights into the Asian Carp Invasion of the Illinois River, Illinois, USA. Proceedings of the Asian carp symposium. American Fisheries Society Special Publication. Submitted February 15, 2007.
· Computer skills: Arcview GIS 3.1; Lotus Applications; Wordperfect Office 2000 (WordPerfect 9, Corel Presentations 9); Microsoft Windows 2003 (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access); Optimas Imaging System; SYSTAT; SAS; PRIMER; PC-ORD; Estimate-S; Eudora
· S 130/190 Firefighter training, Red Card certification – 1998
· Heavy equipment operator certification (Agriculture Tractors) – 1998
· Pesticide applicator’s license – 1998
· ATV operator certification – 1998
· National Safety Council defensive driving course – 1998
· Lab chemical safety training – 1998
· First Aid / CPR / AED – 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2006
· Identification of madtoms and darters of Illinois – 2000
· Boating safety education – 2001
· Arcview GIS version 3.1 training – 2001
· Superior customer service training – 2001
· Microsoft Access 2000 training – 2002
· Sport fish and Wildlife project leader’s course – 2002
· Identifying, Understanding, and Controlling Illinois Aquatic Exotic Species – 2002
· Sexual Harassment Training – 2003
· State of Illinois Ethics Training Program – 2004,2006
· Animal Use training – 2004
· EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program protocol training – 2004,2006
· Aquatic Invasive Species-Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point training - 2005
Phi Kappa Phi
Special Act Service Award
2000 Stoekel, J. A., K. S. Irons, and M. McClelland. Exotic Species Research in the Illinois River. Invited Poster Presentation. Board of Natural Resources and Conservation meeting. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2007 Michael A. McClelland and Greg G. Sass. Trends in Largemouth Bass and Bluegill Populations Among the Upper and Lower Illinois River, 1957-2006. Presented at the 45 th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Lake Shelbyville, IL, February 27-March 1, 2007.
2007 Kevin S. Irons, Greg G. Sass, Michael A. McClelland, and Joshua D. Stafford. Reduced Condition Factor of Two Native Fish Species Coincident with Invasion of Non-native Asian Carp in the Illinois River: Evidence for Competition and Reduced Fitness? Presented at the 45 th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Lake Shelbyville, IL, February 27-March 1, 2007.
2007 Timothy M. O’Hara, Michael A. McClelland, Kevin S. Irons, Thad R. Cook, and Greg G. Sass. The Effect of a Recently Completed Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project (HREP) on Fish Abundances in the La Grange Reach of the Illinois River Using Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) Data. Presented at the 45 th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Lake Shelbyville, IL, February 27-March 1, 2007.
2007 Greg G. Sass, Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, Thad R. Cook, Michael A. McClelland, Nerissa N. Michaels, Melissa L. Smith, and Matt R. Stroub. Active Versus Passive Management of Common Backwater Lake Native Fish Restoration: A Case Study from the Nature Conservancy’s Emiqoun Preserve. Presented at the 45 th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Lake Shelbyville, IL, February 27-March 1, 2007.
2007 Michael A. McClelland, Kevin S. Irons, and Thad R. Cook. Fish Assemblages within the Great Rivers of the United States. Poster presented at the 45 th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Lake Shelbyville, IL, February 27-March 1, 2007.
2006 Michael A. McClelland and Kevin S. Irons. Fish Assemblages within the Great Rivers of the United States. Poster presentation at the 136 th Annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Lake Placid, NY, 2006.
2006 Kevin S. Irons and Michael A. McClelland. Fish Assemblages within the Great Rivers of the United States. Presented at the 136 th Annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Lake Placid, NY, 2006.
2006 Michael A. McClelland and Thad R. Cook. A Comparison of Fish Collections Using Random and Fixed Site Sampling Designs on the Illinois River. Presented at the 38 th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium, La Crosse, WI, April 27-28, 2006.
2006 Thad R. Cook and Michael A. McClelland. Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Distribution of the Upper Illinois River. Presented at the 38 th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium, La Crosse, WI, April 27-28, 2006.
2006 Kevin S. Irons, John P. Wisher, T. Mathew O’Hara, Michael A. McClelland, and Thad R. Cook. Asian Carp in the Illinois River. Presented at the 38 th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium, La Crosse, WI, April 27-28, 2006.
2006 VanMiddlesworth, T.D., Kevin S. Irons, T. Mathew O’Hara, Mike McClelland, and Matt Sprenger. Illinois River Refuges- Chautauqua Refuge: Fishing Opportunities for Largemouth Bass. Poster presentation at the 62 nd Annual Meeting of the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee, Hannibal, MO, 2006.
2006 Michaels, Nerissa N., Michael A. McClelland, and Kevin S. Irons. Comparisons of Fish Assemblages in Four Major Tributaries and Adjacent Areas in the La Grange Reach of the Illinois River. Poster presentation at the 44 th Annual meeting of the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Whittington, IL, 2006.
2006 Smith, Mellissa L., Timothy M. O’Hara, Mike A. McClelland, Kevin S. Irons, Thad R. Cook, and Mike A. Smith. Progression of a Fish Community at Spunky Bottoms Merwin Preserve. Poster presentation at the 44 th Annual meeting of the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Whittington, IL, 2006.
2005 Michael A. McClelland, Mark A. Pegg, Kevin S. Irons, and T. Matt O’Hara. Fish Abundances of Backwater Lakes with Connectivity Gradients in the LaGrange Reach, Illinois River. Poster presented at the 135 th Annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, AK, September 11-15, 2005.
2005 O’Hara, Timothy M., Mark A. Pegg, Kevin S. Irons, and Michael A. McClelland. The Evaluation of Three Off-shore Fisheries Gears in Lake Chautauqua, Illinois River. Poster presented at the 135 th Annual meeting American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, AK, September 11-15, 2005.
Michael A. McClelland , Mark A. Pegg, Kevin S. Irons, and T. Matt O’Hara. Fish Abundances of Backwater Lakes with Connectivity Gradients in the LaGrange Reach, Illinois River. Presented at the 37 th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium, LaCrosse, WI, April 28-29, 2005.
2004 Kevin S. Irons, Mark A. Pegg, T. Matt O’Hara, and Michael A. McClelland. Temporal Differences in Growth of Young-of-Year Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis and Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix in the Illinois River. Presented at the 134 th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Madison, WI, 2004.
2004 Kevin S. Irons, Mark A. Pegg, T. Matt O’Hara, and Michael A. McClelland. Temporal Differences in Growth of Young-of-Year Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis and Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix in the Illinois River. Presented at the 36 th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium, LaCrosse, WI, April 1-2, 2004.
2004 Michael A. McClelland, Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, Mark A. Pegg, and Thad R. Cook. A Comparison of Two Electrofishing Gears Used for Fish Monitoring on the Illinois River. Presented at the 36 th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium, LaCrosse, WI, April 1-2, 2004.
2004 T. Matt O’Hara, Kevin S. Irons, Michael A. McClelland and Mark A. Pegg. The Evaluation of Three Offshore Fisheries Gears in Lake Chautauqua, Illinois River. Presented at the 36 th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium, LaCrosse, WI, April 1-2, 2004.
2004 Kevin S. Irons, Mark A. Pegg, T. Matt O’Hara, and Michael A. McClelland. Temporal Differences in Growth of Young-of-Year Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis and Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix in the Illinois River. Presented at the 42 nd Annual Meeting of the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Champaign, IL, March 2-4, 2004
2004 Mark A. Pegg, T. Matt O’Hara, Kevin S. Irons, and Michael A. McClelland. A Ten-Year Synthesis of Fisheries Data from 1993-2002 for the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program on the Upper Mississippi River System. Presented at the 42 nd Annual Meeting of the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Champaign, IL, March 2-4, 2004.
2003 Pegg, M.A. and M.A. McClelland. Assessment of spatial and temporal fish community patterns in the Illinois River. Presented at the 133 rd Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, August, 2003.
2003 Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, Michael A. McClelland, and Mark A. Pegg. EMP Bioresponse Monitoring Summary: Lake Chautauqua 1991-2002. Presented at the 35 th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium, LaCrosse, WI, April, 2003.
2003 Michael A. McClelland and Mark A. Pegg. Longitudinal Patterns of the Illinois Waterway Fish Community. Presented at the 64 th Annual Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Kansas City, MO, December 7-10, 2003.
2003 Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, Michael A. McClelland, and Mark A. Pegg. Status of Non- Native Fish Species in the Illinois River. Presented at the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Mt. Vernon, IL, March 4-6, 2003.
2003 T. Matt O’Hara, Kevin S. Irons, Michael McClelland, and Mark Pegg. Status of Bighead and Silver Carp in the LaGrange Reach of the Illinois River and Possible Impacts to the Commercial Fishery. Presented at the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Mt. Vernon, IL, March 4-6, 2003.
2002 T. Matt O’Hara, Kevin S. Irons, Michael McClelland, and Mark Pegg. Status of Bighead and Silver Carp in the LaGrange Reach of the Illinois River and Possible Impacts to the Commercial Fishery. Presented at the 34 th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium, LaCrosse, WI, April, 2002.
2002 Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, Michael A. McClelland, and Mark A. Pegg. White Perch Distributions in the Illinois River: Detecting an Invasive Species with the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program. Presented at the 34 th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium, LaCrosse, WI, April, 2002.
2002 T. Matt O’Hara, Kevin S. Irons, Michael McClelland, and Mark A. Pegg. Status of Bighead and Silver Carp in the LaGrange Reach of the Illinois River and Possible Impacts to the Commercial Fishery. Presented at the 2002 North Central Division American Fisheries Society Rivers and Streams Technical Committee Meeting, Milan, IL, March 2002.
2002 Michael A. McClelland, Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, and Mark A. Pegg. White Perch Occurrence, Spread, and Hybridization in the Illinois River. Presented at the Illinois-Iowa American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Moline, IL, February, 2002.
2001 Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, Michael A. McClelland, and Mark A. Pegg. White Perch (Morone americana) Occurrence in the Illinois River, Upper Mississippi River System. Presented at the 63 rd Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Des Moines, IA, December, 2001.
2001 Pegg, M.A. and M.A. McClelland. Long-term Fish Population Trends Along the Illinois River. Poster presentation at the 63 rd Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Des Moines, IA, December, 2001.
2001 Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, Michael A. McClelland, and Mark A. Pegg. Status of Non- Native Fish Species in the LaGrange Reach of the Illinois River. Poster presentation at the 63 rd Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Des Moines, IA, December, 2001.
2001 Michael A. McClelland, Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, and Mark A. Pegg. An Assessment of the Anderson Lake Fish Community. Poster presentation at the 33 rd Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium, LaCrosse, WI, April 2001.
2001 Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, Michael A. McClelland, and Mark A. Pegg. Status of Non- Native Fish Species in the LaGrange Reach of the Illinois River. Presented at the 33 rd Annual Mississippi River Research Consortium, LaCrosse, WI, April 2001.
2001 Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, Michael A. McClelland, and Mark A. Pegg. Status of Non- Native Fish Species in the LaGrange Reach of the Illinois River. Poster presented at the 2001 North Central Division American Fisheries Society Rivers and Streams Committee Meeting, Milan, IL, March, 2001.
2001 Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, Michael A. McClelland, and Mark A. Pegg. Status of Non- Native Fish Species in the LaGrange Reach of the Illinois River. Poster presented at the Illinois Renewable Natural Resource Conference, Peoria, IL, March, 2001.
2001 Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, Michael A. McClelland, and Mark A. Pegg. Status of Non- Native Fish Species in the LaGrange Reach of the Illinois River. Poster presented at the 16 th Annual Illinois Lake Management Association Conference, Peoria, IL, March, 2001.
2000 Kevin S. Irons, Todd M. Koel, T. Matt O’Hara, and Michael A. McClelland. Population Assessment of Largemouth Bass in the Upper Mississippi River System by the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program. Poster presented at the Black Bass Symposia, 130 th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, St.Louis, MO, August, 2000.
2000 T. Matt O’Hara, Kevin S. Irons, and Michael A. McClelland. An Assessment of Fish Communities at the LaGrange and Peoria Locks and Dams on the Illinois River. Poster presented at the 130 th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, St.Louis, MO, August, 2000.
2000 Kevin S. Irons, Todd M. Koel, T. Matt O’Hara, and Michael A. McClelland. Population Assessment of Largemouth Bass in the Upper Mississippi River System by the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program. Presented at the 32 nd Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium, LaCrosse, WI, April, 2000.
2000 T. Matt O’Hara, Kevin S. Irons, and Michael A. McClelland. An Assessment of Fish Communities at the LaGrange and Peoria Locks and Dams on the Illinois River. Poster presented at the 32 nd Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium, LaCrosse, WI, April, 2000.
2007 Cook, Thad R., and M.A. McClelland. 2006. Submersed and Rooted Floating-leaved Aquatic Vegetation Abundances in the Dresden, Marseilles and Starved Rock Pools, Illinois River, 2005. U. S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin, February 2006. 22pp - Including Appendix.
2006 Michael A. McClelland and Thad R. Cook. 2006. The Illinois River Fish Population Monitoring Program. Illinois Natural History Survey, Aquatic Ecology Technical Report 06/3. 54pp.
2005 Michael A. McClelland and Mark A. Pegg. 2005. The Illinois River Fish Population Monitoring Program. Illinois Natural History Survey, Aquatic Ecology Technical Report 05/08. 50pp.
2004 Mark A. Pegg, Kevin S. Irons, T. Matt O’Hara, and Michael A. McClelland. 2004. Lake Chautauqua Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project Biological Response Final Report. Illinois Natural History Survey, Aquatic Ecology Technical Report 04/9. 60pp.
2004 Michael A. McClelland and Mark A. Pegg. 2004. The Illinois River Fish Population Monitoring Program Final Report (1999-2003). Illinois Natural History Survey, Aquatic Ecology Technical Report 04/3. 82pp.
2003 Michael A. McClelland and Mark A. Pegg. 2003. The Illinois River Fish Population Monitoring Program. Illinois Natural History Survey, Aquatic Ecology Technical Report 03/5. 48pp.
2002 Michael A. McClelland and Mark A. Pegg. 2002. The Illinois River Fish Population Monitoring Program. Illinois Natural History Survey, Aquatic Ecology Technical Report 02/5. 46pp.
Michael A. McClelland and Mark A. Pegg. 2001. The Illinois River Fish Population Monitoring Program. Illinois Natural History Survey, Aquatic Ecology Technical Report 01/5. 35pp.
2001 O’Hara, T.M., K.S. Irons and M.A. McClelland. 2001. Adult Fish Population Dynamics in the North Cell of Lake Chautauqua. Pages 6-36 in Lemke, A.M., and M.A. Pegg editors. 2001. Progress Report: Lake Chautauqua Bioresponse Study, 2000. Illinois Natural History Survey, Aquatic Ecology Technical Report 01/9. 68pp.
2006 Participated in Asian carp tour at Starved Rock State Park for the Annual Outdoor Writer’s Conference
2006 Electrofishing demo & presentation for Jacksonville school students
2006 Assisted USFWS with annual Goby Round-up in La Grange Reach, IL River
2006 Participated in IRBS Havana Chamber of Commerce fish fry and Asian carp presentation
2006 Provided electrofishing sampling for fish presence assessment for TNC at Spunky Bottoms Preserve
2006 Interview and filming with CBC for Asian Carp documentary
2006 Interview and filming with NBC on Asian Carp issues
2006 Provide data on Threadfin shad distribution to Amy Benson, USGS
2006 IDNR Entice Program/TNC electrofishing demonstration for teachers
2006 MRRC social committee assistance
2006 Electrofishing demonstration on the Missouri River for EPA EMAP protocol training
2006 Interview and electrofishing demonstration for Illinois Outdoors
2006 Interview and electrofishing demonstration for PBS television
2006 Investigated potential fish kill in La Grange Reach of Illinois River for the IDNR
2006 Assisted USGS with fish collection in the Illinois River for stable isotope analysis
2006 Assisted/Supervised volunteer T.D. VanMiddlesworth with LTEF otolith removal and data verification
2005 Supervised volunteer Brant Schisler in LTRMP electrofishing, netting
2005 Participated in U.S. FWS Goby Round Up in LaGrange Reach
2005 Attended 2005 Governor’s Conference on the Management of the Illinois River System
2005 Assisted/Participated in field sampling demonstration for University of Illinois-Springfield ecology class
2005 Interview with Adventure Sports Outdoors television program on Asian carp and INHS issues
2004 Collected Asian carp for CAE toxicity testing
2004 Collected Asian carp for UMESC chemical testing
2004 Collected Asian carp for EPA tissue sample analysis testing for toxicity
2003 Longitudinal Patterns of the Illinois Waterway Fish Community. Michael A. McClelland and Mark A. Pegg. Presented at Forbes Biological Station, Havana, IL, December 22, 2003.
2003 Participated/Assisted with Asian carp Fact Finding Tour hosted by Illinois River Biological Station for Great Lakes and Illinois River managers
2003 Participated in collection of Asian carp for IDNR blood analysis conducted at Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery
2003 Presented on Illinois River ecology and fisheries trends to the Central Christian Men’s 10 th Annual Fish Fry
2003 Assist with electrofishing demonstration for NBC Green Bay interview on Asian carp
2003 Assist with demonstration of sampling methods and fish/amphibian/vegetation specimens for the Wilson Elementary School in Pekin
2003 Collect young of year Asian carp for Dwayne Chapman of the USGS for research purposes
2003 Assist with electrofishing demonstration for NBC interview on Asian carp
2003 Assist with electrofishing demonstration for Fuji News-Japan interview on Asian carp
2002 Assist with demonstration of LTRMP materials and methods for international outreach provided by The Nature Conservancy for legislators and scientists from Brazil
2002 Assist with demonstration of sampling methods and fish/amphibian/vegetation specimens for the Wilson Elementary School in Pekin
2002 Assist with electrofishing demonstration for CNN Chicago interview on Asian carp
2001 Volunteer judge for Section 13 FFA high school student projects in forestry, wildlife, and safety
2000 Demonstration of LTRMP materials and methods for fish sampling to the Midwest Natural Resources Group at Henry, IL
1999 Assist with job shadowing of LTRMP materials and methods for Havana junior high school students
1999 Presented information on fish and wildlife, biological careers, ecology, and environmental issues to Rushville Boy Scouts
1997 Volunteer at Illinois River Refuges in Havana, IL from 4/97-6/97
Provided 16-24 hours of service a week performing tasks such as waterfowl and shorebird censuses, construction of wood duck nest boxes in wetland areas, assist with prescribed burnings, assist with private lands acquisitions and wetland restoration projects, and construct and maintain public use and access areas
1995 Collected benthic and plankton samples and electrofished Pools 19 and 20 of the Mississippi River during undergraduate studies at Western Illinois University