Habitat Restoration Highlights - 2012 Projects
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
The following on-the-ground projects were funded and initiated by local offices through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative:
| Office: |
Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office |
| Project Title: |
Fallbrook Dam Removal Project |
| Project Location: |
Oswego, NY |
| Species to Benefit: |
brook trout, American eel (historic) |
| FWS Cost: |
$61,685 |
| Outcome: |
barrier removal to restore fish passage to over 6 miles of stream habitat along Rice Creek, a Lake Ontario tributary |
| Status: |
project implementation underway, expected completion in summer 2013 |
| Partners: |
State University of New York Oswego, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Black River-St. Lawrence Resource Conservation & Development Project, Inc., U.S. Geological Survey |
Fallbrook Dam notched to de-water impoundment, promote channel formation and riparian plant establishment. Credit: Gian Dodici, USFWS
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| Office: |
Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office |
| Project Title: |
Fourmile Creek Fish Passage Project |
| Project Location: |
Lawrence Park Township, PA |
| Species to Benefit: |
steelhead |
| FWS Cost: |
$22,410 |
| Outcome: |
construct fishway to improve fish passage to 4 miles of stream habitat along Fourmile Creek, a Lake Erie tributary |
| Status: |
project completed |
| Partners: |
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Gannon University, Pennsylvania Sea Grant Program, Erie County Conservation District, Lawrence Park Golf Club |
Constructed fishway to improve fish passage along Fourmile Creek. Credit: Raymond Li, USFWS
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| Office: |
Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office |
| Project Title: |
Clear Creek Stream Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project |
| Project Location: |
Sandusky, NY |
| Species to Benefit: |
brown and rainbow trout |
| FWS Cost: |
$90,211 |
| Outcome: |
barrier removal to restore fish passage to 4 miles of stream, and restore 2,200 linear feet of in-stream habitat |
| Status: |
completed |
| Partners: |
Seneca Trail Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc., New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Trout Unlimited, 5 private landowners |
Installing cross-vane to reduce excess bank erosion, restore sediment transport, and improve fish habitat. Credit: Raymond Li, USFWS
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