McLeod Creek Phase 2

Sageland Collaborative

State:

Utah

Stream Name:

Mcleod Creek

Watershed:

East Canyon/Weber River

Project Web Site:

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Implementation Date:

Sep. 10, 2022

Treatment Length (m):

726

LT-PBR Structures:

Project Goals and Objectives

The goals for this project include improving aquatic and riparian habitat, reducing wildfire risk, increasing perennial flow into East Canyon Creek, recreating wetlands, sequestering carbon, and returning beaver to the creek. This project was funded by Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative. Partners include Sageland Collaborative, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter and Goodfellers Inc.

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, and recycled Christmas trees from the Park City area.

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