IMPORTANT Restoration Information

[crs5942]

Please watch the video at this link if you are concerned or involved with floodplain/stream channel restoration in the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont. There has been a lot of research and a lot of new findings since this video was created. Bottom line: the way we restore streams in the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and other geological regions does not return the stream to a naturally functioning system (key word naturally). The fundamental principles of regional floodplain restoration are currently being re-written. Please watch this video and share it with all TU members and restoration groups that you know. FYI the video is referring to Piedmont streams; however, the Legacy sediment problem is also present in the Ridge & Valley and the Plateaus. One great example of Legacy sediment is the famed Penn's Creek. I hope you enjoy.

Link:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1564606793285256916&hl=en

 

[crs5942]

Another video and article published in NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/science/24stream.html?pagewanted=2&ref=science

 

[salvelinusfontinalis]

im suprised no one had a comment for these videos. Great stuff crs! I knew about it already but enjoyed the video. The main section featured in the video is closed to fishing. That is where they stocked i think 10,000 figerling brown trout or so. Im not sure if it will ever be open to fishing but im really curious on the survival rates of those fish. I hope they start breeding. I was walking the riparian park the other day. Its amazing how much work they have done on this stream.

 

[salvelinusfontinalis]

im sorry it was 1,500 fingerling brown trout....
here is the link:

wild trout

 

[crs5942]

The fingerlings have spread out quite a bit over the past few years. About six months after they were released I was catching them a 1/4 mile upstream and over a mile downstream. I also know that a fair number are still present at the restoration site reach. I haven't noticed many clipped fins this past year; however, I haven't fished the stream much at all. The water temperatures have also been slightly cooler downstream since the restoration was completed; however, TU only has a few years of data and only time will tell if the restoration was truly significant in lowering the temperatures downstream. Thanks for the comments Sal. I hope that everyone is watching these videos.