Stream Restoration Partnerships

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1 Stream Restoration Partnerships Dave Keller Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Stream Habitat Division Jason Fellon Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Bureau Conservation and Restoration Jaci Harner Northumberland County Conservation District Watershed Specialist Reneé Carey Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy

2 What s the Problem? 303d List (EPA designation) Agricultural Sediment/Siltation Aquatic habitat impaired What Does It Look Like? Poor bank vegetation Poor riffle habitat Embedded substrate Who Identified the Problem? DEP Biologists through their Unassessed Water Program

3 Who Decided to Do Something About the Problem(s)

4 Project Goals: Decrease Erosion Stabilize stream banks Increase filtration of run-off Improve/create aquatic habitats Support fish and aquatic life Stabilize the riparian buffer Increase filtration of run-off Stream bank fencing Riparian buffer plantings Increase awareness of habitat structures Build local capacity Above: Interns and staff from Northumberland County Conservation District work to get logs in place on Little Shamokin Creek. Left: Here s the same site 6 months post construction. The pole and trees provide landmarks to help orientate you between the photos.

5 Priority habitats of the work: 2007 Growing Greener and State Wildlife Grant Any Stream 2010, 2011, & 2012 Growing Greener Grants Agricultural Sediment Impaired Streams Type of activity: Instream work has been PFBC s Stream Habitat Division s typical structures multi-log vanes, mudsills, toe logs, etc. And. Eligible Agricultural BMPs through this grant: Streambank fencing Riparian buffer planting Animal crossings and associated walkways Satteson, on Turtle Creek, Union County is a great example of how various programs can partner. Here the excavator is preparing a trench for a multi-log vane

6 Completed projects are stars

7 The watersheds where grant funds can be spent

8 Growing Greener Grant Awards: 2007 Growing Greener 1 - $250, Growing Greener 2 - $165, Growing Greener 3 - $366, Growing Greener 4 - $165,630

9 Site Selection: What other investments are in the area? How far up the stream are we? What have the neighbors done, or are willing to do?

10 Site Selection continued.. To give you an idea of our cooperation and communication, at this pre-construction visit along Little Shamokin Creek we had: *PFBC *DEP Grant advisor *DEP permitting *Conservation District *Watershed Association *Landowners 2 of the 3 involved *Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy

11 The Team is bigger than it looks

12 Everyone has a role, some people have several Landowner relations, design visits, permits, volunteer recruitment, ordering materials, stockpile materials, public education, volunteer recruitment, construction coordination..

13 Build local capacity

14 Total stream length 2, feet, or 0.46 miles Cost of logs, rock, and equipment $45,875.17

15 Irish Valley II July Northumberland County Conservation District 2. Little Shamokin Watershed Association 3. Haupt Produce Farm, Willy Haupt 4. Jim Taylor 5. Irish Valley Campground 6. Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission 7. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 8. Sunbury Municipal Water Authority 9. Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy 10.Roaring Creek Watershed Association 11.Shamokin Township 12.Eric Imgrund Mini Excavating 13.Locust Grove Excavating 14.R.J. Hoffman & Sons 15.Eastern Industries 16.Meckley s Limestone

16 July 2013 July 2013 January 2014 March 2013 July 2013 January 2014

17 Field Days - July 2013 on Little Shamokin Creek Over 65 people attended including management and field staff representatives from: DEP Northcentral regional office DEP Southcentral regional office DEP Central office PennDOT Southcentral regional office PennDOT Central office DCNR Bureau of engineering and design Various watershed associations Local townships and municipalities Interested landowners State Representatives Culver and Masser

18 MLV SLV RB LFSD RW Stacked SD DLV LCV RCV TL Tot Stream Leng Device/BMP Totals From 2007 to Fencing Walkways Crossing Riparian Buffer Modified mudsill Bank Crib project sites 51 landowners

19 MLV SLV RB LFSD RW Stacked SD DLV LCV RCV TL Tot Stream Leng 2013: 16 landowners 16 sites 6 counties Year Fencing Walkways Crossing Riparian Buffer Modified mudsill Bank Crib : 32+ landowners 32 sites 7, maybe 8 counties

20 Questions? Columbia County Conservation District