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2. Numerous species of fish are found in this portion of the St. Joseph River. During a 1979 fishery survey of the river, Indiana Department of Natural Resources' biologists sampled the reach immediately upstream from the project site, in the vicinity of Leeper Park (Ledet, N.D. 1979. A fisheries survey of the St. Joseph River in St. Joseph and Elkhart Counties, Indiana. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife. 41pp.). Sportfish included smallmouth bass, which were the most abundant species collected, bluegill, and walleye. other species included shorthead and golden redhorse, pumpkinseed and green sunfish, carp, golden, spottail and spotfin shiner, spotted, white and northern hog sucker, quillback carpsucker, logperch, and longnose gar. Another sampling site about 4 miles downstream from the project area recorded most of these same species, plus rainbow trout, rock bass, longear sunfish, yellow bullhead, silver redhorse, and bluntnose minnow. Since that time, a major anadromous fishery project has been undertaken by the States of Michigan and Indiana to construct fish ladders around dams on the St. Joseph River, under the Federal Aid to Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program. Steelhead are the major anadromous species that run up the river from Lake Michigan and return, but coho and chinook salmon are present in smaller numbers. These species pass through the project area and travel as far upstream as Twin Branch Dam in Mishawaka, about 7 miles up the St. Joseph River. Both Michigan and Indiana now also stock walleye, which have been found to be utilizing the fish pass ' ages at various times and may have increased in number in the South Bend area. Freshwater mussels have been recorded for the St. Joseph River,.but we do not have, any information available about possible beds in the project area. Numerous aquatic invertebrates can be expected to be present. The most predominant wildlife in the project area is waterfowl. During our site visit,.numerous mallards and Canada geese were utilizing the river. These 2 -species are known to nest in suitable habitats throughout the South Bend area,.but there is little nesting habitat for them in the immediate project area. Some wood ducks may nest in the vicinity. Songbirds are also numerous and nest in the trees and shrubs along the riverbanks and in residential yards. muskrats may be present along the river. Urban wildlife such as squirrels and Eastern cottontails are likely found in the general project area. ENDANGERED SPECIES The proposed project is within the range of the Federally endangered Indiana bat (Mvotis sodalis) and the threatened bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocenhalus). However, there -is no suitable habitat for either of these endangered and threatened species within -the project area. This precludes the need for further consultation on this project as required under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. If, however, new information on endangered species at the site becomes available or if pr bject plans are changed significantly, please contact our office for further consultation. The FWS supports the placement of riprap around CSO 46. However, we have concerns about access to the site and would like to receive additional information for review as project planning progresses. B - 9