North Branch Nulhegan Strategic Wood Addition

Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department Implementer

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partner

Trout Unlimited Partner

North Branch Nulhegan Strategic Wood Addition

State:

Vermont

Stream Name:

North Branch Nulhegan River and tributaries

Watershed:

Connecticut River

Project Web Site:

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Implementation Date:

Oct. 30, 2014

Treatment Length (m):

8047

LT-PBR Structures:

298

Project Goals and Objectives

Improve brook trout habitat and stream function by providing cover, retaining organic material and fine sediment, creating pools, narrowing the low-flow channel, and improving floodplain access.

Structure Construction Elements

We call our technique strategic wood addition. On small streams where bankfull width is two times the average tree height, our methods our similar to chop-and-drop. On larger streams, we use a grip hoist to position downed trees in secure configurations. Some of this work began in 2013, but some of the work was done in 2019, 2020, and 2021.

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