Fish Creek Phase 3

Sageland Collaborative

Trout Unlimited Project design, permitting and implementation

State:

Utah

Stream Name:

Fish Creek

Watershed:

Chalk Creek/Weber River

Project Web Site:

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Implementation Date:

Sep. 16, 2022

Treatment Length (m):

601

LT-PBR Structures:

Project Goals and Objectives

The goals for this project include improving aquatic and riparian habitat and water quality by addressing sediment loading. This project works together with long-term restoration efforts in Chalk Creek. This project was funded by the Watershed Restoration Initiative and Utah’s Non-Point Source Pollution Program. Project partners include Sageland Collaborative, Trout Unlimited, Utah Division of Agriculture and Food, private landowners, Summit Conservation District, and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

Structure Construction Elements

We built beaver dam analogs (BDAs) using untreated wood posts (2-4" diameter) pounded into the stream-bed at the height of the ordinary high water mark and then filled in by volunteers using on-site materials including sustainably harvested willow branches, mud, rocks, and clumps of sod.

Project Photos

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