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This thesis investigates the efficacy of CRP and CREP lands to support assemblages of three environmentally sensitive orders, Ephemeroptera (mayflies), Plecoptera (stoneflies), and Trichoptera (caddisflies) (EPT) in the Kaskaskia River basin, a heavily impacted, predominantly agricultural watershed in central and southern Illinois. A total of 10,522 EPT specimens were examined from 84 sites across the basin during May and June of 2013-2015. Seventy-six variables from geographic information system (GIS) and in-situ generated variables were used in an Akaike information criterion analysis (AICc) to construct a set of 13 best regression models accounting for variance in EPT basin richness. AICc importance values and hierarchical partitioning revealed five important variables associated with EPT richness: Link (number of first order tributaries), WT_Perm (soil permeability at the total catchment level), WT_Urban (urban land use at the total catchment level), Silt, and DO (dissolved oxygen). AICc showed that Link and WT_Perm have the highest importance value (1.00), followed by WT_Urban (0.99), and Silt (0.83). Individual percent contribution (% I) as determined by hierarchical partitioning placed DO third among these five variables. 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This thesis investigates the efficacy of CRP and CREP lands to support assemblages of three environmentally sensitive orders, Ephemeroptera (mayflies), Plecoptera (stoneflies), and Trichoptera (caddisflies) (EPT) in the Kaskaskia River basin, a heavily impacted, predominantly agricultural watershed in central and southern Illinois. A total of 10,522 EPT specimens were examined from 84 sites across the basin during May and June of 2013-2015. Seventy-six variables from geographic information system (GIS) and in-situ generated variables were used in an Akaike information criterion analysis (AICc) to construct a set of 13 best regression models accounting for variance in EPT basin richness. AICc importance values and hierarchical partitioning revealed five important variables associated with EPT richness: Link (number of first order tributaries), WT_Perm (soil permeability at the total catchment level), WT_Urban (urban land use at the total catchment level), Silt, and DO (dissolved oxygen). AICc showed that Link and WT_Perm have the highest importance value (1.00), followed by WT_Urban (0.99), and Silt (0.83). Individual percent contribution (% I) as determined by hierarchical partitioning placed DO third among these five variables. 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