LibGuides: Illinois Waters Bibliography: Kaskaskia River

Select reports on the Kaskaskia River in chronological Order

Report and Plans for Reclamation of Lands Subject to Overflow by the Kaskaski River, Illinois by Harman, Jacob A.
Publication Date: 1910-1911
A Survey of the Fishery of the Kaskaskia River by Wilbur M. Luce
Publication Date: August 1933
Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin vol. 20, Article 2.
Reports on a survey of fishes and a comparison with a prior survey, with analysis of the environmental factors affecting fish distribution and abundance. Includes species accounts as well as numerous photographs of the river.
Report on the Kaskaskia River Basin
by Illinois State Planning Commision
Publication Date: 1938
Revised edition of the report prepared for the National water resources survey of the National Resources Committee in 1936-1937
Limestone Resources of the Lower Kaskaskia Valley by James C. Bradbury
Publication Date: 1963
Illinois State Geological Survey Circular no. 346.
Identifies limestone resources of potential commercial significance from New Athens south to the Mississippi River.
An Ecological Study of Four Darters of the Genus Percina (Percidae) in the Kaskaskia River, Illinois by David L. Thomas
Publication Date: 1970
Illinois Natural History Survey Biological Note no. 70
An intensive survey of the Kaskaskia River Basin, 1982-83 by Martin H. Kelly, Christopher A. Bickers, Robert L. Hite
Publication Date: 1989
Illinois Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Pollution Control
Biologically Significant Illinois Streams : An Evaluation of the Streams of Illinois Based on Aquatic Biodiversity
by Lawrence M. Page, Kevin S. Cummings, Christine A. Mayer, and Susan L. Post
Publication Date: 1992
The Kaskaskia River is Covered on pp. 244-263.
Kaskaskia River Area Assessment
Publication Date: 1999
The Kaskaskia River Basin : An Inventory of the Region's Resources by James Krohe, Jr.
Publication Date: 2001

2017 Kaskaskia River Project Master Plan Update
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District

Monitoring and Assessment of Aquatic Life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia River Basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: Annual Report 2022
by Sarah Mollinaro, Lisa DeMuele, and Yong Cao
Publication Date: 2022
INHS Technical Report 2023 (08)
Examines progress in aquatic life goals in relation to the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)

black and white line drawing of the Kaskaskia confluence with the Mississippi

Mississippi and Kaskaskia rivers prior to April 18, 1881

From the digital collection "River Maps" provided by the University of Illinois Map Library.

Kaskaskia River drainage project

Illinois State Geological Survey, 1914.
From the digital collection "River Maps" provided by the University of Illinois Map Library