Management Recommendations
In order to insure the health of this species strict watershed control will be needed. Harmful Runoff, siltation, and pollution of the streams in question must be reduced and stopped in order to allow I. greeleyi to thrive. "As the quality of habitat goes, so go the species dependent upon it" (www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/factsheet). There seems to be a great lack of knowledge as to how the species is doing as a whole and more data needs to be gathered. In order to gather population information, such as population density, seining should be used. This will only be effective during the spawning season however. Because that is the only time adults are present. We need to know how many adults there are so we have an understanding of how many individuals are actually able to reproduce.
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