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Restoring Connectivity in the West Branch Machias River, ME_FY10 Project
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This project replaced two under-sized and failing road-stream crossings (culverts) with 1.2 x bankfull width open arch structures.
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Scott Brook Fish Passage Restoration, ME_FY13 Project
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This project restored ecological stream function within Scott Brook from Big Lake to the Stud Mill Road. It also provided unhindered upstream access to approximately 3 miles of habitat for Brook Trout and other native species. A prolonged sedimentation problem (water overtopping road) that was a direct result of beaver’s plugging the old undersized culvert was minimized by installing a bankfull spanning structure.
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Smith Creek Headwaters Restoration, VA_FY06 Project
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The Smith Creek headwaters restoration project restored riparian and upland pastures to bottomland and upland forests in an
area with several spring habitats that provide critical spawning, rearing and late summer temperature refuge habitats for Brook Trout. The restored habitat connects to a small isolated Brook Trout population found upstream on protected National Forest land (Mountain Run).
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Sunday River "Chop and Drop", ME_FY07 Project
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This project evaluated the impacts of adding large woody material to streams in order to attenuate flows and determined that adding this material resulted in positive trends in reducing flashiness of flows, improving Brook Trout habitat, and trapping sediment. However, one of the lessons learned was that a longer monitoring period than the three-year life of this project is needed. Overall, the project determined that "chop and drop" can be a relatively inexpensive and simple method to attenuate variability in flows, create, improve and restore Brook Trout habitat, and trap sediment.
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Tipton Creek Culvert Replacement, NC_FY10 Project
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In the summer of 2011 the culvert at the Davis Creek Road (FSR 420) crossing of Tipton Creek was
removed and replaced with a concrete arch, stream simulation crossing for the purpose of passing
aquatic organisms, where the existing culvert was known to be a barrier to aquatic passage due to
velocity and outlet drop. The crossing was sized using the 100-year flow calculation derived from the
USGS Regression Equation for the mountains of North Carolina. Additionally, the width of the crossing
was designed to accommodate a bankfull flow channel dimension plus a small area of floodplain. The
channel was reconstructed through the crossing using the dimension, pattern, and profile of the
reference reach upstream. The new channel was constructed using imported boulders and onsite alluvial
materials. Grass seed was sown, and trees and shrubs were planted, both potted and live-stakes. Over
the last year since construction, the site has experienced several small flood events. The site remains
stable, passable to all aquatic species, and looks more and more natural every year as planted and
natural vegetation establishes.
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Whitethorn Creek Habitat Restoration, WV_FY07 Project
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Project partners teamed up with landowners in the Whitethorn Creek basin to install livestock exclusion fencing and related infrastructure, install Natural Stream Design features, plant trees, and control invasive species to restore more than one mile of stream habitat and 16 acres of riparian vegetation.
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Williams Run Acid Mine Drainage Mitigation, PA_FY07 Project
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This project mitigated the effects of acidic pH levels in Williams Run by using lime treatments and constructing a limestone bed system to passively treat acid mine drainage over the long term.
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Willow Creek Restoration, PA_FY10 Project
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This reports provides a summary of the work completed on this project from October, 2012 to September, 2013.
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