Location of Roads Solutions
By reducing natural stream flow, culverts can be obstructions to fish passage. Contaminants like road salt, sand, and engine oil on large surface areas such as parking lots and highways can run into streams after rain storms seriously affecting water quality.
What can you do about culverts?
See that your town installs culverts that facilitate passage
Design a culvert for fish with weakest swimming ability
Design a culvert that anticipates channel changes
Restrict installation in spawning areas
Remove existing culvert
Benefits
- Fish passage
- Unobstructed storm flow
- Safer road crossings
Assistance
What can be done concerning issues with roads?
Use proper planning, grading, and placement
Build and maintain catch basins for sedimentation/contaminants
Minimize the use of road salt
Ensure proper stream buffers exist between roads and streams
Benefits
- Prevents sedimentation that clogs fish gills and suffocates eggs
Assistance
- Information on best management practices in road salting and snow storage
- Information on
The solutions to habitat problems caused by roads include highway and road management, culvert design and installation, road grading, road location, roadside plantings and runoff management.
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