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34 2024 Annual Report • Conservation • The capture of fi sh by electrofi shing in Interstate 80 lakes showed a higher abundance of sportfi sh for up to 10 meters within the Georgia Cubes. • Understanding the spatial distribution of sportfi sh across structures can help determine effi cient placement of artifi cial habitat in future projects. • The assessment of vegetative growth and macroinvertebrate inhabitation on placed woody, rock and PVC substate found increased macroinvertebrate colonization on PVC. Proactive work keeps species off threatened and endangered list Nebraska Game and Parks biologists conduct extensive work in collaboration with conservation partners, landowners, communities and individuals to keep common species common while working to recover Nebraska's 32 threatened or endangered species. Protecting the elusive American burying beetle Annual surveys in the Sandhills, along the Niobrara River, and in the Loess Canyons continue to gain a better understanding of the population size, density, locations, and habitat use of the federal- and state-listed threatened American burying beetle. This beetle is particularly diffi cult to survey because it is only active during the summer at night and spends the majority of its time buried under ground. This species serves an important function in the environment because it feeds on dead animals and buries them underground, making them inaccessible as a breeding ground for fl ies and other human and livestock pest insects. Over the past two years, Nebraska Game and Parks funded surveys of the western Sandhills in Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Logan, McPherson and Thomas counties to gain a better understanding of where the species may be found. This western portion of this species range had not been surveyed for over 10 years and it was unclear if the beetles existed in that area. This information will help biologists at both the Commission and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service develop a more accurate range map of where the species may be found in Nebraska and help target conservation to those areas most in need. Commission biologists survey and study the endangered American burying beetle to gain a better understanding of where the species may be found.