Fish Creek Phase 4
Project Goals and Objectives
The goals for this project include improving aquatic and riparian habitat and water quality for native trout populations and addressing sediment loading to downstream reservoirs. This project works together with long-term restoration efforts in Chalk Creek. Funding for this project came from Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative. Partners for this project include Trout Unlimited, private landowners, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sageland Collaborative, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 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, pinyon and juniper branches, mud, rocks, and clumps of sod.
Project Photos
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