Projects Funded by Five Star Restoration Program in FY99
Project Title: Cahaba/Black
Warrior River CLEANers
Grant to: Cahaba River Society
Location: Birmingham, Alabama Funding Source: EPA
The Cahaba River Society's hands-on environmental education program (CLEAN)
serves students and teachers from the six-county Cahaba watershed area
and the neighboring Black Warrior watershed of urban Birmingham. The CLEANers'
restoration work will involve revegetation in three streambank projects:
an urban restoration effort on Village Creek in the Black Warrior River
Watershed, a suburban restoration effort on Shades Creek in the Cahaba
River Watershed, and a rural restoration effort at Pratt's Ferry on the
Cahaba River. This project has received funding from EPA Region 4.
Project Title: BP Amoco Wetlands
Project
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: BP Amoco Chemical Company
Location: Decatur, Alabama
BP-Amoco will create wetlands on their property to enhance wildlife habitat,
address a stormwater runoff problem and provide environmental education
opportunities for local schools. Local experts form the Tennessee Valley
Authority and Soil and Water Conservation District will assist in the
design and implementation of the project. Youth from the City of Decatur
Youth Services Corps, inmates from the Alabama Department of Corrections,
and students from the Julian Harris Elementary School will be also participate
in the construction. The finished wetland will be integrated into the
facility's award-winning environmental educational program.
For additional information, contact Bob Johnson at (301) 588-8994.
Project Title: Banking on
the Future
Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: NFWF
Grantee: Oak Park Middle School
Location: Decatur, Alabama
"Banking on the Future" is a riparian stabilization and restoration project
conceived, researched, and planned by students involved in the field studies
program at Oak Park Middle School in Decatur, Alabama. The implementation
of this project will involve the stabilization and revegetation of approximately
three miles along Flint Creek and the Tennessee River. This project will
not only protect and restore valuable fish and wildlife habitat, but it
will also improve and save a community nature trail that is used by over
20,000 residents annually.
Project Title: Larry Newton
School Wetland Restoration
Five Star Grant: $10,400 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Mobile Bay National Estuary Project
Location: Fairhope, Alabama
In Alabama, the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, in partnership with
local business, Baldwin County School system, local nonprofits, conservation
agencies, and a youth conservation corps, will restore wetlands as part
of an outdoor classroom and community park adjacent to the newly constructed
J. Larry Newton School. The restored wetlands will serve as a educational
resource for the school as students will use it as a laboratory as well
as provide on-going stewardship for the area. This wetlands project will
also serve as a demonstration project for other local landowners interested
in wetlands restoration.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Campbell
Creek Restoration
Five Star Grant: $5,800 Funding Source: NOAA
Grant to: Anchorage Waterways Council
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
The Anchorage Waterways Council will stabilize and revegetate the banks
of Campbell Creek, a stream that runs through the heart of Anchorage and
supports several species of anadromous fish. The project will incorporate
students from a nearby elementary school who will use the site as an outdoor
classroom to apply the lessons they are learning about erosion, runoff,
and watersheds protection. Anchorage Waterways Council is a citizens groups
dedicated to the protection and restoration of the streams, lakes and
wetlands in Anchorage. Partial funding for this grant is being provided
by the National Marine Fisheries Service Community-based Restoration Program.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Pueblo Colorado
Wash Demonstration Project
Five Star Grant: $13,200 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Location: Ganado, Arizona
Located within the Navaho Nation, the Pueblo Colorado Wash has become
a model demonstration site for cost-effective riparian restoration techniques
that could be applied elsewhere within the Navaho Nation. The project,
sponsored by the National Park Service in partnership with the Student
Conservation Association, the state of Arizona, and the Navaho Nation,
will involve the removal of invasive exotic species, replanting of native
vegetation and restoration of stream morphology. Local youth from the
Navaho Nation will not only help with a large portion of the on-the-ground
restoration, but will also gain valuable knowledge about stream ecology
and restoration.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Alhambra
Creek Restoration
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Urban Creeks Council of California
Location: Martinez, California
Sponsored by the Urban Creeks Council of California, the project is designed
to coordinate, design, and implement an on-the-ground project that will
serve as a demonstration site for local agencies, private firms, and property
owners interested in using riparian (streamside) restoration as an alternative
to traditional flood control. The project will be implemented in partnership
with the East Bay Conservation Corps, a job-training and education resource
for economically disadvantages youth in the East Bay.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: East Bay Community
Service-Learning
Grant: $25,000 Funding Source: NFWF
Grantee: Alameda County Resource Conservation District
Location: Alameda County, California
The Alameda County Resource Conservation District, in cooperation with
the Alameda County Service-Learning Partnership, the East Bay Regional
Park District, the Alameda County Office of Education, and the Berkeley,
Castro Valley, Hayward, New Haven and San Leandro Unified School Districts,
will expand an established classroom-based watershed education program,
which reaches almost 6,000 students each year, to involve students in
hands-on service learning projects that protect and enhance creek habitats
within their local watersheds. The areas identified for the service project
include several miles of creeks, some of them urban. This service-learning
program will expose children from urban communities to the natural areas
of their watershed through projects that focus on native plant restoration,
exotic plant eradication, wildlife and plant surveys, nest box installation,
and fish habitat rehabilitation.
Project Title: Adelante
High School Dry Creek Restoration Project
Five Star Grant: $9,500 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: California Conservation Corps
Location: Auburn, California
The California Conservation Corps will join forces with students from
the Adelante High School Projects for the Environment, the Roseville Urban
Forest Foundation, the Dry Creeks Conservancy and local businesses to
restore a degraded section of Dry Creek. This project is a part of a watershed
wide effort to bring the threatened Chinook salmon and Steelhead trout
back to Dry Creek. The project's goals include removing exotic species,
planting and encouraging native vegetation in the riparian areas, increasing
environmental awareness of youth participating in the program, and educating
the general public on the benefits of the restoring the watershed.
For additional information, contact Tina Yin at (202) 737-6272.
Project Title: Entry-Triangle
Wetland Restoration Project
Grant: $5,000 Funding Source: NFWF
Grantee: San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society
Location: Fremont, California
The San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society, in partnership with the Don Edwards
San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, local governments and community
volunteers, will restore the parcel of land known as the Entry-Triangle
parcel to a functioning tidal marsh, capable of supporting populations
of endangered California clapper rail and salt marsh harvest mouse, as
well as other endemic marsh species, migratory waterfowl and shorebirds.
To implement this project, the parcel will be opened to complete tidal
action through the installation of culverts and the removal of water monitoring
wells. Through restoration efforts, this parcel will play a role in the
provision of needed marshland habitat and tidal areas to endangered species
and serve as an important site for the education of the public on the
process of marsh restoration.
Project Title: Seal Beach National
Wildlife Refuge Nearby Habitat Restoration
Grant: $5,000 Funding Source: NFWF
Grantee: Friends of Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Seal Beach, California
The Friends of Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge (SBNWR), in partnership
with the United States Naval Weapon Station-Seal Beach Environmental and
Seabee Public Affairs Units, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
the El Dorado and Sea and Sage Chapters of the Audubon Society, the Sierra
Club Wetlands Task Force, the Farmers Alliance, Breitburn Energy, Inc.,
the California Conservation Corps and Youth Groups, and Friends of SBNWR,
will complete the habitat restoration, re-vegetation and conversion of
a non-native grassland to a salt marsh transition habitat and upland buffer
zone. Steps taken to complete this transition include the reintroduction
of California coastal zone native trees, plants, flowers and grasses that
will support the wildlife of the adjacent wetlands. This conversion will
not only increase habitat for ground nesting bumble bees, but it will
provide habitat to support small mammals and reptiles that serve as forage
for area raptors. This restoration effort will increase community and
employee awareness of and interest in wetland conservation. In addition,
it will strengthen stewardship ethics in youth groups through the recruitment
of volunteers for the project.
Project Title: McMurray
Natural Area/Poudre River Restoration
Five Star Grant: $10,250 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Larimer County Conservation Corps
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
The Larimer County Conservation Corps (LCCC), in partnership with the
Larimer County Parks and Open Space, the Colorado Youth Corps Association,
Trees, Water & People, and the Centennial High School will work to
restore an eroding streambank in the McMurr ay Natural Area. The project
will use native plants and bio-engineering techniques to restore an eroded
bank of the Poudre River. The McMurray Natural Area is located on the
edge of an Enterprise Zone, and the County owned property has historically
been difficult to fully maintain. The LCCC is able to provide the much
needed workforce to restore the area while at the same time offering educational
and life benefits to the youth participating in the program.
For additional information, contact Tina Yin at (202) 737-6272.
Project Title: Cedar Key -
Pepper Free
Five Star Grant: $5,700 Funding Source: NOAA
Grant to: Cedar Key Garden Club
Location: Cedar Key, Florida
In an effort to arrest the spread and eventually eradicate the invasive
Brazilian Pepper tree from Cedar Key, the Cedar Key Garden Club will mobilize
federal, state, and local agencies as well as students and community volunteers.
This effort will work on both public and private lands to remove the invasive
tree. In addition to the on-the-ground-effort, the project will also involve
flyers, posters, newspaper articles and other techniques to educate homeowners,
lawn maintenance providers, developers, youth and others on the problem
of Brazilian Pepper and its identification and eradication methods. Partial
funding for this project is being provided by the National Marine Fisheries
Service Community-based Restoration Program.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Clearwater
Restoration Project
Grant to: Hillsborough County Parks and Recreation Department
Location: Tampa, Florida Funding Source: EPA
The Clearwater Restoration Project will restore a two-acre site within
the Brooker Creek Preserve, a recent acquisition for protection of the
Brooker Creek watershed. Work will involve trash and fill removal, clearing
of non-native vegetation, and re-planting native wetland vegetation. The
restoration will complement the larger-scale upland restoration project
ongoing at the site, and will be a part of a larger regional restoration
plan. This project received funding from EPA Region 4.
For additional information, contact Pete Fowler at (813) 903-2263.
Project Title: Anchialine
Pond Restoration Projejct
Five Star Grant: $5,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Protect Kohanakiki 'Ohana
Location: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Protect Kohanakiki ‘Ohana will restore ecologically and culturally significant
anchialine ponds on the Kona Coast of the Island of Hawaii. The project
will be implemented in partnership with students from the West Hawaii
Explorations Academy, Hawaii County officials, along with local citizen
and business volunteers. Stewardship of the anchialine pond wetlands is
critical to the sustainable management of the island environment.
For additional information, contact Abigail Friedman at (202) 393-6226.
Project Title: Thurmon Creek
Habitat Restoration Project
Grant: $10,505 Funding Source: NFWF
Grantee: Henry's Fork Foundation
Location: Island Park, Idaho
This project, conducted by the Henry's Fork Foundation in partnership
with Harriman State Park, Taraghee National Forest, Idaho Department of
Fish and Game and the Henry's Fork Watershed Council, will improve aging
facilities and riparian conditions in order to provide the best chance
for successful reestablishment of the sensitive native Yellowstone cutthroat
trout species. In support of the restoration effort to reintroduce fish
from one or more remnant strongholds to Thurmon Creek, sediment reduction
and riparian revegetation are required. In addition, culverts will be
replaced on two failing crossings. A serious public education component
is included in the project, and a sustained effort will be made to increase
public understanding of the project's methods, and goals.
Project Title: North Fork Palouse
River Riparian Restoration Project
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Palouse Clearwater Environmental Institute
Location: Potlatch, Idaho
This project involves a cooperative effort among private landowners,
boy scouts, community volunteers, a logging company, the Idaho Transportation
Department, and the Palouse Clearwater Environmental Institute to restore
riparian habitat along the North Fork of the Palouse River in an effort
to enhance water quality. The partnership will stabilize and revegetate
1,000 linear feet of stream and establish a 100 foot buffer that will
also be planted with native plants. By involving the community with riparian
restoration, this project will provide hand-on education and awareness
of the importance of riparian habitat and the imperative for restoration.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Middlefork
Savanna Wetland and Stream Habitat Project
Five Star Grant: $10,250 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Youth Conservation Corps, Inc.
Location: Lake County, Illinois
The Youth Conservation Corps, in partnership with the Lake County Forest
Preserves District, the Lake Forest Open Lands Association, the Friends
of the Chicago River and the City of Lake Forest, will engage local youth
in restoring portions of the Middlefork of the Chicago River and its wetlands.
This project's efforts are part of a watershed wide effort to improve
the quality of this highly urban stream. Benefits of the program include
providing work experience, on-the-job training and conservation education
to local youth, increased stream habitat, improved water quality and flood
risk reduction along the river.
For additional information, contact Tina Yin at (202) 737-6272.
Project Title: Johnson
School/Round Grove Park Wetlands Restoration Project
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: The Conservation Foundation
Location: Warrenville, Illinois
The Conservation Foundation will restore a degraded wetland at the Johnson
School in Warrenville, Illinois to create an outdoor wetland education
laboratory. Students will help restore the wetland and continue to monitor
their work through science classes. Project partners also include City
of Warrenville, DuPage County, state and federal agencies, the Johnson
School Parent Teacher Association, and the Summerlakes Homeowner Association.
For additional information, contact Abigail Friedman at (202) 393-6226.
Project Title: Wetland
Restoration in the Elkhart River Corridor
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: City of Elkhart
Location: Elkhart, Indiana
The City of Elkhart will restore six acres of wetlands and riverbank
along the Elkhart River. This project is part of a five-year effort to
develop a 120-acre River Greenway Trail along the urban river corridor.
Project partners include the Elkhart EnviroCorps, Scout troops, Notre
Dame University, and other community groups.
For additional information, contact Abigail Friedman at (202) 393-6226.
Project Title: Deep Creek Stream
Corridor Habitat Restoration
Five Star Grant: $5,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Limestone Bluffs Resource Conservation and Development
Area
Location: Maquoketa, Iowa
Limestone Bluffs Resource Conservation and Development Area will restore
wetland and streamside areas of Deep Creek, a tributary to the Maquoketa
and Mississippi Rivers. The project will be implemented in partnership
with a private landowner, Future Farmers of America student volunteers,
Clinton County, Pheasants Forever, the Maquoketa River Alliance, Iowa
Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service. The project will improve water quality in Deep
Creek and provide important educational opportunities for area students
and private landowners.
For additional information, contact Abigail Friedman at (202) 393-6226.
Project Title: Reforest
the Bluegrass
Grant to: Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
Location: Lexington, Kentucky Funding Source: EPA
Reforest the Bluegrass is a project to enact riparian restoration through
the planting of 35,000 trees across a 78-acre riparian forest buffer reserve.
The stream being reforested, Cane Run, serves as the recharge area for
the Royal Springs Aquifer, the domestic water source for the city of Georgetown,
KY. This project will serve as the first in a series of yearly watershed-level
riparian reforestation efforts. A total of 135 acres are planned for reforestation
by the end of the year 2000. This project has received funding from EPA
Region 4.
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This project was awarded with Kentucky's prestigious Governor's
Environmental Excellence Award for Forestry for the year 1999. |
For more information, contact David W. Swenk at (606)258-3286.
Project Title: Mile Branch Stream
Restoration
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Location: Covington, Louisiana
Working together to address problems of erosion, water quality, and nonnative
vegetation, a partnership among the City of Covington, Covington High
School, a local landscaping firm, and the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
will conduct a wetlands and riparian restoration along the Mile Branch
Stream located in Covington, Louisiana. The project will involve 10 high
school seniors who will be trained as Stream Restoration Interns. The
Interns will be responsible for involving other high school students in
all aspects of the project including drafting plans, surveying stream
banks, planting native vegetation, creating a community garden and involving
middle school and younger students at the site. In all, the project will
restore over 1,000 linear feel on stream bank and create a wetlands area
in the floodplain.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: BMP Education Project
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Casco Bay Estuary Project
Location: Portland, Maine
The Casco Bay Estuary Project, in partnership with the Maine Conservation
Corps (MCC), the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, the City
of Portland, and the Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District,
will create an educational site demonstrating the use of vegetation and
Best Management Practices (BMP) reduce stormwater runoff. The MCC will
plant a buffer strip to treat parking lot stormwater runoff before it
enters Casco Bay. An interpretive educational sign will be posted at the
site to explain the benefits of the project and bay stewardship tips for
the community. Benefits of this project include reducing untreated stormwater
entering the bay, increased wildlife habitat, increased awareness of and
community stewardship for the bay and its watershed and engaging local
youth in conservation activities.
For additional information, contact Tina Yin at (202) 737-6272.
Project Title: Winsegansett
Marsh Restoration
Five Star Grant: $9,700 Funding Source: NOAA
Grant to: Buzzards Bay Project
Location: Fairhaven, Massachusetts
The Buzzards Bay Project, in partnership with private landowners, local
nonprofits, and federal, state, and local agencies, will conduct a demonstration
restoration project in the Winsegansett salt marsh, located in the city
of Fairhaven. The upper portion of the marsh is currently suffering from
a greatly reduced tidal flow and cannot sustain the diversity of wetlands
vegetation typical of healthy salt marshes. The project will replace three
small culverts located under privately owned footpaths in the upper marsh.
The Coalition for Buzzards Bay will also conduct public education using
the site as a demonstration for other landowners, local government officials,
and natural resource managers. Partial funding for this project is being
provided by the National Marine Fisheries Service Community-based Restoration
Program.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Community
Stewardship: Stream Restoration on Private Land
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Izaak Walton League of America
Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland
As part of the Izaak Walton League's effort to restore and enhance the
wildlife habitat values of their 35 acres of property at their Headquarters,
they will be restoring 200-300 linear feet of the badly eroding Muddy
Branch that runs through their property. This stream segment is identified
as a priority restoration area in the Montgomery County Countywide Stream
Protection Strategy. The project will serve as a national model showing
how to engage a spectrum of stakeholders, including the County, the City,
other conservation organizations, a local at-risk youth corps, and local
industry in a riparian restoration project. The project will demonstrate
the effectiveness of the League's Save Our Stream Program (SOS). SOS workshop
participants will be engaged in on-the-ground restoration activities for
the Muddy Branch. Lessons learned will be shared subsequently with other
organizations to encourage continued involvement in stream restoration
in the County.
For additional information, contact Bob Johnson at (301) 588-8994.
Project Title: Great Barrington
Housatonic River Walk
Grant: $7,400 Funding Source: NFWF
Grantee: Great Barrington Land Conservancy
Location: Great Barrington, Massachusetts
The Great Barrington Land Conservancy, in partnership with the Massachusetts
Environmental Trust, the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, New England
Grassroots Environmental Fund, and the town of Barrington, is working
to restore the Housatonic River in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The
river, although one of great wildlife beauty, has been abused by years
of industrial waste and neglect. The construction of a river walk by the
Great Barrington Land Conservancy, with cooperation from the Main Street
Action Association and the local Chamber of Commerce, will provide a public
greenway trail that will enable the community to bring the river back
into their lives. This river walk also acts as a hand-ons educational
program to raise awareness of river greenway ecology and water quality
issues. Through the use of volunteers to carry out the simple methods
used for the riverbank restoration and protection, the project will instill
a sense of stewardship in the community.
Project Title: Gordon College
Pond Wetlands Restoration Project
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grantee: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Wetlands
Restoration and Banking Program
Location: Wenham, Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Wetlands Restoration
and Banking Program will restore a marsh/pond ecosystem on the Gordon
College Campus. The project site was a natural wetland until it was filled
and paved in the 1950's to create a parking lot and roadway for the college.
In addition to restoring nearly 15,000 square feet of the degraded pond
and the bordering vegetated wetland, other goals of the grantee are to
create a stream team, composed of a registered landscape architect, a
engineer from the United States Department of Agriculture, and individuals
from the college, the Wenham Conservation Commission, the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Massachusetts Audubon Society. This
team will monitor water quality in the subwatershed, add physical barriers
to restrict vehicular traffic on the restored site, place a conservation
restriction on the restored wetland and provide education and outreach.
Long term goals are to improve stormwater runoff from a roadway and parking
lot adjacent to the pond and wetland, provide long-term maintenance of
the drainage system, roadway and wetlands, and to continue to monitor
the water quality in the subwatershed.
Project Title: Rouge River
Riparian Restoration
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Dearborn Public Schools
Location: Dearborn, Michigan
Ford Motor Company management has taken a leadership role in worldwide
wildlife habitat enhancement on public as well as on its own properties.
In this project, Ford is partnering with Dearborn Public Schools to increase
public involvement and commitment to riparian and wetland protection and
enhancement in their community. The Dearborn Public Works Department has
identified an opportunity to improve a section of the Rouge River riparian
zone that has substantial public visibility. Students from the school
district, under the technical direction of local experts drawn from the
University of Michigan-Dearborn and conservation groups, will help establish
riparian schoolyard habitats and a source of plants to be used on the
Rouge River Riparian restoration project. The students, as part of their
Community Service Program, will work with officials from the Public Works
Department, the Friends of the Rouge River, and the Wildlife Habitat Council
in the restoration and maintenance program for the Rouge River.
For additional information, contact Bob Johnson at (301) 588-8994.
Lions Levee Park Observation
Station
St. Paul Park, MN Funding Source: EPA
Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC and a Community Advisory Panel consisting
of City of St. Paul Park, the Lions Club, The Minnesota Conservation Corp
and the Multiple Sclerosis Society has completed a project restoring the
habitat value of a local park. Local Youth Corps have removed buckhorn
and other nuisance vegetation from a community park, and replanted it
with native species. A 12x12 foot viewing platform with views of the Mississippi
River and a trail with sinage explaining the history of the site and all
its vegetations have been constructed. The City has provided the lighting
for the approach sidewalk and parking lot and the Multiple Sclerosis Society
donated funds for the construction of ramps for handicap-access.
Project Title: Lower Phalen Creek
Rain Garden and Education Initiative
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grantee: Upper Swede Hollow Neighborhoods Association
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
The Upper Swede Hollow Neighborhoods Association, in cooperation with
the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Partners Program,
seeks to improve habitat along a degraded Mississippi River tributary
in a diverse, economically challenged urban area. With the help of local
schools, Metro State University, St Paul Public Works and the St Paul
Parks and Recreation Department, the project will create permeable surfaces
and habitat while building environmental education and work opportunities
geared toward long-term stewardship. The creation of rain garden demonstration
sites will provide two wetland areas to filter stormwater as well as two
new green amenities which will have a positive impact on the livability
and economic health of the surrounding community.
Project Title: Red River Floodplain
Restoration
Five Star Grant: $11,700 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: National Audubon Society, Minnesota Chapter
Location: Marshall County, Minnesota
This project represents a broad collaboration of federal, state and local
agencies as well as non-profit organizations and educational institutions
to create high quality wetland habitat as part of a needed flood control
program in the Red River. In response to the 1997 flooding in the Red
River basin, a wide diversity of partners have come together to demonstrate
that flood control projects can also provide significant wildlife and
educational benefits. This project will restore 600 acres of wetlands
and an additional 600 acres of uplands in the floodplain of the Red River.
Once restored, the area will be used by local students as an laboratory
to study wetlands ecology and biodiversity.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Bales Park Wetland
Restoration
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Greenway Network, Inc.
Location: St. Charles, Missouri
Greenway Network, Inc. will restore wetlands at Bales Park along the
Missouri River, where homes and trailers were devastated during the 1993
flood. The project will be implemented in partnership with the St. Charles
Parks and Recreation Department, St. Charles Rivers and Streams Project,
Missouri Department of Conservation, and Environmental Strategies. Local
schools will use the restored wetlands as an outdoor classroom.
For additional information, contact Abigail Friedman at (202) 393-6226.
Project Title: Teton River
Education and Enhancement Project
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Teton County Conservation District
Location: Choteau, Montana
The Teton County Conservation District will restore habitat and buffer
areas along the Teton River to demonstrate habitat and water quality improvement
opportunities. In partnership with Teton and Choteau County school teachers,
Boone and Crockett Ranch staff, and Nature Conservancy scientists, extension
agents will conduct educational activities for children and adults to
encourage community stewardship of the Teton River Watershed.
For additional information, contact Abigail Friedman at (202) 393-6226.
Project Title: Monture Creek
Watershed Restoration
Grant: $15,000 Funding Source: NFWF
Grantee: The Blackfoot Challenge
Location: Missoula/Powell/Lewis and Clark Counties, Montana
The Blackfoot Challenge will restore instream and riparian habitat in
the Monture Creek watershed, an important tributary of the Blackfoot River.
This site provides habitat for a host of threatened and endangered species
including native bull trout and howell's gumweed. Restoration efforts,
undertaken by the Blackfoot Challenge and Trout Unlimited, the Montana
Fish, Wildlife and Parks, the United States Forest Service, the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Two-Creeks Ranch, will work to protect
riparian areas from bank erosion through fence building and shrub planting.
These practices will not only stabilize eroding banks, but will restore
vital forage for grizzly bears and provide overhead cover for bull trout.
Other restoration efforts will include the securing of over 250 large
logs and rootwads in the stream to provide complex fish habitat necessary
for the survival of the trout. Through the active participation of and
teachers and schoolchildren from the watershed area, the restoration efforts
will provide invaluable education and training.
Project Title: Rebuilding
Herman Pond at Ranch San Rafael
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Private Industry Council of Northern Nevada
Location: Reno, Nevada
The Private Industry Council of Northern Nevada will partner with at-risk
youth, Washoe County Parks, and Truckee Meadows Trail Association to restore
wetlands along the Truckee River and Rancho San Rafael Park. The restored
habitat will complement a community-wide effort to create biking and hiking
trails along the river. Environmental education and job skills training
will also be part of the project.
For additional information, contact Abigail Friedman at (202) 393-6226.
Project Title: Dover Greenway
Five Star Grant: $13,500 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Urban Conservation Action Partners, Inc.
Location: Dover, New Jersey
In Dover, New Jersey, the Urban Conservation Action Partners Inc, has
brought together a group of diverse partners including two Boy Scout Troops,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural
Resources Conservation Service, Friends of the Rockaway River, employees
of Home Depot, and the Concerned Hispanic Political Action Committee,
to restore a 1,200 foot riparian buffer along the Rockaway River, a 40
mile long river that supplies the drinking water for more than 1 million
people. The project will involve volunteers from many of the partner organizations
in the hands-on restoration as well as the long-term stewardship and educational
activities that will accompany the restoration project.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Restoring
Wetlands in Chemung Basin
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Chemung County Soil and Water Conservation District
Location: Horsehead, New York
The Chemung County Soil and Water Conservation District will restore
20 acres of wetland habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife in the Seeley
Creek Watershed. Seven project partners include agencies of the Town of
Southport and Chemung County, Ducks Unlimited, Upper Susquehanna Coalition
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The restored wetlands will be
part of a larger demonstration project of how a watershed approach can
integrate water quality protection, flood attenuation and habitat restoratio
n.
For additional information, contact Abigail Friedman at (202) 393-6226.
Project Title: Hashamomuck
Pond Wetland Restoration
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: NOAA
Grant to: Suffolk County Department of Labor
Location: Southold, New York
The Suffolk County Department of Labor will restore a salt marsh in Hashamomuck
Pond, near the most productive shellfish bed in the Town of Southold.
At-risk youth will perform the restoration work in partnership with the
Southold Town Trustees, Peconic Land Trust and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Environmental education and job skills training will be part of the project.
Partial funding for this project is being provided by the National Marine
Fisheries Service Community-based Restoration Program.
For additional information, contact Abigail Friedman at (202) 393-6226.
Project Title: Mill Creek Riparian
Habitat Restoration Demonstration Project
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Mill Creek Restoration Project
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
In the heart of Cincinnati, the Mill Creek Restoration Project will engage
scientists. students, community volunteers, and local residents in restoration
of a riparian area located on a brownfield site. The restoration site,
formally occupied by a foundry, is now owned by a community center in
the inner-city neighborhood of North Fairmont. The project involves the
local community heavily in the on-the-ground work relying on 150 middle
and senior high school students and 50 local volunteers to conduct the
bulk of revegetation of stream banks. In addition to the volunteers, the
project will also train and pay 10 local residents from a nearby economically-depressed
community to participate in the project.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Riverside
Indian School Wetland Restoration Project
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Caddo Indian Tribe
Location: Anadarho, Oklahoma
The Caddo Indian Tribe will restore 80 acres of a 150 acre wetland along
the Washita River in Oklahoma. Students from the nearby Riverside Indian
School, which educates at-risk Native American youth from around the country,
will assist in the revegetation of the wetland with ecologically and culturally
significant plant species. These species, which once played an important
role in the Caddo Indian tribal heritage are now absent from the area
due to grazing pressure and the introduction of invasive species. This
project will not only initiate the ecological restoration of the wetland,
but will result in important cultural and education benefits for the Caddo
Indian Tribe and other Native American youth.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Floodplain
Wetland Restoration
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Friends of Buford Park and Mt. Pisgah
Location: Eugene, Oregon
The Friends of Buford Park and Mt. Pisgah, in partnership with the Northwest
Youth Corps, Land County Parks, the Mt. Pisgah Arboretum, and the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife will conduct a floodplain restoration
project in Howard Buford Recreation Area in Lane County, OR. This historically
forested riparian area has been abused over the years and is now a large
pasture. This project will serve as a national model by demonstrating
the benefits of "off channel storage" of flood waters. Participants in
the project will replace non-native vegetation with native plants to increase
both wildlife habitat and water quality. The program seeks to engage at-risk
youth and offers on-the-job training, life and conservation skills to
the participants. A community wide education campaign will help to communicate
the goals of the partnership and increase stewardship for the waterway.
For additional information, contact Tina Yin at (202) 737-6272.
Project Title: Willamette
Industries Wetland Restoration Project
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development
Commission
Location: Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania
The North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission
will work with at-risk youth from the surrounding six county area to restore
wetland and wildlife habitat on Willamette Industries property. Environmental
education and job skills training will be part of the project. The project
will be implemented in partnership with Willamette Industries, the Elk
County chapter of Ducks Unlimited and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
For additional information, contact Abigail Friedman at (202) 393-6226.
Project Title: BFI Imperial Landfill
Wetlands Creation
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: BFI Imperial Landfill
Location: Imperial, Pennsylvania
In partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, universities and local youth groups,
BFI Imperial Landfill will create three small wetlands on capped landfills
to enhance wildlife habitat in what might otherwise be considered an ecological
"wasteland." In addition, 52 acres of native grassland habitat will be
established. The site will be used as an outdoor classroom for the adjacent
Wilson Elementary School to teach environmental education to grades K-5.
Nature trails will also be constructed on the site to encourage community
use and enjoyment of the new habitats.
For additional information, contact Bob Johnson at (301) 588-8994.
Project Title: Vicki Johnson
Streambank Restoration
Grant to: Knox County Soil Conservation District
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Funding Source: EPA
This streambank stabilization project involves habitat of an endangered
fish, the snail darter, and will abut a future 63-acre wildlife habitat
and sanctuary. Additionally, the project will be used as a demonstration
area. Resulting in 1000 feet of stabilized streambank on the French Broad
River, the project focuses on snail darter habitat, river otter habitat,
and native vegetation establishment. This project has received funding
from EPA Region 4.
For more information, contact Chip Ramsey at (865)523-3338 ext.114.
Project Title: Galveston
Bay Marsh Restoration Weekend
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: NOAA
Grant to: Galveston Bay Foundation
Location: Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston and Harris Counties,
Texas
In partnership with local schools, civic groups, businesses, universities,
and local, state and federal agencies, the Galveston Bay Foundation will
sponsor a weekend-long marsh restoration event to raise public awareness
of the importance of Galveston Bay's critical wetlands. The Galveston
Bay Foundation intends to recruit over 300 local high school students
and community volunteers to plant native marsh grass at six sites located
throughout the Bay. The project is being undertaken as part of the Restore
America's Estuaries Campaign which plans to restore one million acres
of estuarine habitat by the year 2010. Partial funding for this grant
is being provided by the National Marine Fisheries Service Community-based
Restoration Program.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: PuPont LaPorte
Wetlands Project
Location: LaPorte, Texas Funding Source: EPA
This project is working toward its goal of providing educational opportunities
for the study of wetlands ecology. The wetland is composed of 4 zones
each serving different functions. Zone 1 is a terraced area with a deep-water
center. Zone 2 serves to attract waterfowl. Zone 3 is a deep-water channel,
beneficial to various fish species as it provides deep oxygenated water
on hot days. Zone 4 is a sloped filtration area that will be heavily planted
so that fish and waterfowl can feed in this area. Elevated walkway is
being considered to provide access to areas that might not be accessible
otherwise. Interpretive sinage explaining the plants, animals and fish
species will be located in key areas throughout the site. A new education
center, with research stations, are in the works to serve as outdoor class
rooms for schools and other citizens in the neighboring communities.
Project Title: Formosa
Plastics Corporation Wetlands Restoration
Five Star Grant: $5,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Institute for Environmental and Industrial Science
Location: Lolita, Texas
The focus of this project is to continue wildlife habitat enhancement
activities on property owned by the Formosa Plastics Corporation located
in Lolita, Texas. A 300 acre wetlands is being constructed on the company's
property. The goal is to turn the voluntary enhancement opportunity into
a learning experience for community groups interested in wildlife habitat,
wetlands, and associated uplands. Local boy scouts, school groups, and
at-risk youth will be provided an opportunity to develop their own plan
for improving habitat on 2 acre parcels on the property. Technical guidance
will be provided by experts from various government agencies, universities,
and conservation groups. Through the extensive partnerships, classroom
studies will be developed and applied in support of the Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills program.
For additional information, contact Bob Johnson at (301) 588-8994.
Project Title: Prairie
and Playa Nature Area Restoration
Five Star Grant: $5,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Texas Tech Foundation
Location: Lubbock, Texas
With support from the Phillips Petroleum Company, this project initiate
the restoration an 18-acre playa wetland in association with the Prairie
and Playa Nature Area on the campus of Texas Tech University. Playas are
important habitats that have been given special attention under the Joint
Venture Program of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. In this
project university students will be involved in the restoration by planting
native vegetation buffer strips, constructing sediment traps, moist-soil
management and sediment removal. The final product will be a functioning
playa wetland in an outdoor educational setting providing unique instructional
opportunity for all citizens of the Southern High Plains.
For additional information, contact Bob Johnson at (301) 588-8994.
Project Title: Grand Resource
Area Riparian Restoration Project
Grant: $6,000 Funding Source: NFWF
Grantee: Plateau Restoration
Location: Moab/Bluff, Utah
The goal of the project is to use individuals within the community to
restore the wetland and riparian zones to a state in which the zones can
withstand the impact of the visitation they experience with minimal maintenance.
Riparian areas in this area are highly susceptible to recreational use.
The project proposes to restore these wetland and riparian areas while
allowing for continued economic benefits gained from recreational use.
To do this, the Plateau Restoration, in partnership with the Bureau of
Land Management, Grand County Sand Flats Recreation Area, the State Division
of Environmental Quality, and Friends of the San Juan River, will build
fences and trails to direct traffic, eliminate social trails, remove weeds,
and restore damages areas through revegetation and erosion control. Through
the use of community volunteers, the restoration process will provide
long-term monitoring of these sites and education to the participants,
as well as develop a stewardship of these fragile areas with local youth.
Project Title: Mill Creek Community
Restoration
Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: NFWF
Grantee: Canyon Community Awareness and Restoration Partners
Location: Moab, Utah
The Canyon Community Awareness and Restoration Partners (CCARP), with
cooperation from the Bureau of Land Management, the city of Moab, Grand
County, Back Country Horseman's Association and private landowners, seeks
to organize and implement community involved projects to help counteract
and reverse damage in the Mill Creek area caused by destructive uses of
the land. The health of the ecosystems within the canyon are affected
mostly by recreational activities such as hiking, camping, and horseback
riding. Community involved projects include conducting a survey of trail
conditions in a heavily used perennial stream, and performing the stabilization
and revegetation needed in the most damaged area. The CCARP hopes that
initiating a series of projects will engage the community in caring for
the canyon, as well as maintain an ongoing discussion within the community
about the needs of the canyon's ecosystems. These community involved projects
will provide educational opportunities for youth and instill stewardship
in the Moab desert community.
Project Title: Trout River
Restoration and Revegetation
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Missiquoi River Basin Association
Location: Montgomery, Vermont
In Vermont, the Missiquoi River Basin Association is bringing together
private landowners, a youth conservation corps, federal and state government
and other nonprofits to restore a one mile stretch of the Trout River,
a tributary to the Missiquoi. This project will be the first of this kind
in Vermont and will be used to educate and train partners agencies, local
watershed associated and the general public to recognize the benefits
of stream restoration as one watershed management tool. Once the project
is completed, workshops introducing stream bank stabilization and restoration
to landowners, schools, colleges and watershed associations throughout
the state.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Elizabeth
River Watershed Restoration
Five Star Grant: $5,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Elizabeth River Project
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
The Elizabeth River Project seeks to engage the local business community
in wetland and habitat restoration in the highly industrialized and urbanized
Elizabeth River watershed in southeastern Virginia. The Project provides
private landowners along the river with technical assistance and advice
on habitat restoration plans for their property. The landowners then become
part of a peer-evaluated certification process which ensures community
recognition of the valuable environmental work these local businesses
have provided. This project compliments existing regional outreach and
education initiatives throughout the Chesapeake Bay to engage and educate
small business owners about environmental protection, while achieving
tangible on-the-ground restoration.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Nooksack
Basin Restoration
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: NOAA
Grant to: Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association
Location: Bellingham, Washington
The Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association, the Nooksack Tribe, a local
land trust, a local high school and elementary school, private landowners
and community volunteers will join efforts to implement a variety of riparian
restoration projects to improve salmon habitat in the Nooksack Basin.
The projects are designed to promote sustainable stewardship practices,
provide training to tribal staff on restoration techniques and educate
local youth about natural resource issues. Partial funding for this grant
is being provided by the National Marine Fisheries Service Community-based
Restoration Program.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Chinook Watershed
Restoration Plan Implementation
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grantee: Sea Resources, Inc.
Location: Chinook, Washington
Sea Resources, Inc. is a community, non-profit organization with a mission
to bring back healthy runs of salmon and to educate local students in
fisheries science. Sea Resources, Inc., along with the Washington Department
of Fish and Wildlife's Salmon Habitat Recovery Program, will implement
a plan to restore the Chinook Watershed. With support from the Natural
Resources Conservation Service, this plan includes stream channel and
off-channel enhancements, such as the planting of native species to increase
cover, shade and channel stability. In addition, the project will plant
trees to protect and restore the valley floor and to help with the recovery
of riparian areas. Woody accumulations will be constructed in the estuary
to provide spawning habitat for other species and rearing habitat for
juvenile salmon. The restored site will provide students with an opportunity
to learn a variety of ecological skills, such as water quality testing,
fish identification and sampling, aquatic insect sampling and plant and
animal surveys. Other financial, technical and organizational support
for this project is provided by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
and Ecotrust.
Project Title: Involving
Youth in Salmon Habitat Restoration
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: King County Park System
Location: King County, Washington
The King County Park System will work with at-risk youth to restore critical
salmon habitat along the Sammamish River in northeastern King County.
Through this hands-on, interactive work experience, the youth will help
complete part of larger watershed restoration effort aimed to help long-range
salmon recovery. The project will be implemented in partnership with the
King County Department of Youth Services, King County Work Training Program,
King County World Conservation Corps, Washington Department of Natural
Resources, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Partial funding for this
grant is being provided by the National Marine Fisheries Service Community-based
Restoration Program.
For additional information, contact Abigail Friedman at (202) 393-6226.
Project Title: Duwamish
Waterway Park Estuary Habitat Restoration
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grantee: People for Puget Sound
Location: Seattle, Washington
Sponsored by the People for Puget Sound, this project is consistent with
their focus to develop innovative strategies to protect the wild Chinook
salmon. Through a broad partnership of local volunteer organizations,
businesses, urban youth corps, the Student Conservation Association, the
Army Corps of Engineers, the International Marine Association for Protection
of Aquatic Life, and Boeing Corporation, the People for Puget Sound will
restore approximately half an acre of filled park land to tidal influence.
The end product of this restoration will provide mudflat and saltmarsh
habitat to wild Chinook salmon and other estuary-dependent species. The
project emphasizes community stewardship and maintenance activities to
be conducted by all members of the community, including local, high-school
age urban youth.
Project Title: Finney Creek
Community Salmon Restoration
Grant: $16,200 Funding Source: NFWF
Grantee: Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group
Location: Skagit County, Washington
The Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group, in partnership with the Skagit
County Public Works, Skagit County Parks, Gateway Golf Course, North Cascade
Institute, the City of Sedro Woolley, and the Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife, will use an innovative approach to increase the habitat
of two depressed stocks of salmon. By using trained volunteers instead
of heavy machinery, large woody debris and logjams will be placed in a
1.5 mile stretch of Finney Creek's upper watershed, minimizing the environmental
impacts normally caused by the machinery during stream restoration. Other
restoration efforts will include the planting of native riparian vegetation
to promote future recruitment of large woody debris and increased water
quality. A major goal of the project is to involve the local rural community
in the watershed restoration by using volunteers and professional technicians
to restore ecosystem functions. The site will be used to train volunteer
monitors to assess the success of the restoration project.
Project Title: Latah Creek
Bank Restoration Project
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Spokane County Conservation District
Location: Spokane, Washington
The Spokane County Conservation District will restore stream banks and
wildlife habitat along Latah Creek to demonstrate innovative restoration
techniques to Spokane County residents. Fourteen partners, including private
landowners, local businesses, government agencies, nonprofit groups and
the Excelsior Youth Center, will take part in the project.
For additional information, contact Abigail Friedman at (202) 393-6226.
Project Title: Blister
Swamp Restoration
Five Star Grant: $5,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: The Mountain Institute
Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia
In West Virginia, a new partnership spearheaded by The Mountain Institute
will restore and protect 40 acres of Blister Swamp, a unique Balsam/Red
Spruce wetland degraded by cattle grazing and timbering. In this effort,
the Mountain Institute will work closely with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, private landowners, a local Habitat for Humanity chapter, The
Nature Conservancy, and the University of West Virginia to restore the
functions and values of the swamp. This project will serve as a model
for other landowners in the region interested in protecting wetlands in
a manner compatible with grazing and other economic activity.
For additional information, contact Karen Hester at (202) 857-0166.
Project Title: Northern
Great Lakes Regional Wetlands Restoration
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grantee: Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
Location: Eileen/Ashland, Wisconsin
The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, in partnership with the Wisconsin
Conservation Corps (WCC), will restore wetland vegetation on degraded
farmland in the headwaters of the Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior. Restoration
efforts will also be made by individuals from the Nature Conservancy,
the State Historical Society, University of Wisconsin-Extension, the United
States Forest Service and the United States National Park Service. After
the restoration is in place, the site will be maintained and monitored
to demonstrate the principles of wetland restoration to the public. Through
volunteer work parties, college student participation and programs for
private landowners, youth groups, and school children, this hands-on project
will increase knowledge and promote support for wetlands restoration efforts
in the region.
Project Title: Crex Meadows School
Without Walls
Five Star Grant: $10,000 Funding Source: EPA
Grant to: Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program
Location: Grantsburg, Wisconsin
The Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program will work with
at-risk youth to restore wetlands at the Crex Meadows Area in Grantsburg,
Wisconsin. Environmental education and job skills training will also be
part of the project. The project will be implemented in partnership with
the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the Grantsburg School District,
City of Grantsburg, and the U.S. Forest Service.
For additional information, contact Abigail Friedman at (202) 393-6226.
Project Title: Pathfinder
Five Star Restoration and Access Project
Grant: $5,000 Funding Source: NFWF
Grantee: National Audubon Society, Wyoming State Office
Location: Casper, Wyoming
The goal of the National Audubon Society is to increase the population
of the migrating shorebirds and waterfowl on the Pathfinder National Wildlife
Refuge. Through a partnership with the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, the Bureau of Reclamation,
the Bureau of Land Management, LaSalle Adams Fund, Murie Audubon Society
and the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America, this project will enhance
refuge and habitat management by conducting land surveys and erecting
fences to define refuge boundaries. Once the boundaries are defined, a
management plan for controlling public use of the refuge area can be developed
and implemented. Other restoration efforts will include repairing and
maintaining nesting structures, building a photo/education blind for unobtrusive
observation, restoring vegetation in degraded areas, and studying birds
and wildlife to develop interpretive signs and guides that will promote
public appreciation of the refuge and encourage greater respect for the
biological integrity of the wetland habitat.
Project Title: Bonneville
Cutthroat Trout Habitat Restoration - Coal Creek, Wyoming
Grant: $12,650 Funding Source: NFWF
Grantee: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Location: Cokeville, Wyoming
The Coal Creek Watershed has been seriously degraded by riparian herbicide
applications and poor streamside grazing management. These practices have
led to increased erosion and siltation, loss of woody debris, and a loss
of shading. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department, along with the Bureau
of Land Management, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the University
of Wyoming, Trout Unlimited and the Smiths Fork Grazing Association, seeks
to restore the trout habitat and increase Bonneville trout populations
in this area. Restoration efforts for this watershed will include the
reconstruction of the Coal Creek grazing exclosure to decrease erosion
and siltation, installation of tree and rock revetments where the streambank
abuts the road, and planting and encouraging the regrowth of willow trees
in the riparian edges of the stream to increase woody debris and shade.
Project Title: Raymond Canyon
Watershed Fence
Grant: $15,000 Funding Source: NFWF
Grantee: Bureau of Land Management; Kemmerer Field Office
Location: Lincoln County, Wyoming
The Bureau of Land Management, in partnership with the Wyoming Game and
Fish Department, Trout Unlimited, and Smithsfork permittees, will work
to recover the riparian conditions necessary for a healthy population
of Bonneville Cutthroat Trout by constructing 7 miles of fence along the
south, east, and north sides of the Raymond Canyon watershed. This fence
would effectively exclude cattle grazing from the streambank, decreasing
soil erosion in the watershed. With the exclusion of grazing pressure
on the streambank, riparian vegetation will be allowed to recover naturally
and will positively affect the stream habitat.
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