Stream rehabilitation seminar june 11 2014
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George Creek Stream Rehabilitation Project Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada - 2014 - Presentation by Frank Edgson of the North Shore Steelhead Association
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- 1. Centennial Park George Creek Restora1on Project Centennial Park circa 1967
- 2. George Creek
- 3. Natural area (Above the Train Tracks)
- 4. Unnatural Channelized area (Downstream of the Train Track Culvert)
- 5. Why? Looks like a ditch to me!
- 6. But not to me!
- 7. Who? The project team • Project Team members – North Shore Steelhead Associa1on -‐ Terry Kosolowski and Frank Edgson – Thunder Bay District Stewardship Council -‐ Davis Viehbeck, James Williams, Tom Kleinboeck – Engineers Kevin Briggs, Bruce Adamson, – Rob Foster, Northern Bioscience – City of Thunder Bay -‐ Werner Schwar Paul Fayrick – Dr. Robert Stewart -‐ LU geography department.
- 8. Project DescripKon • Descrip1on: The project aims to rehabilitate a secKon of damaged creek that was in-‐filled, straightened, and had its riparian vegetaKon removed approximately 40 years ago.
- 9. Where
- 10. Project advantages • ExisKng upwellings • Constant flow of cool groundwater • Source populaKon of Brook Trout • RelaKvely Low costs • High visibility
- 11. Project Goals • Rehabilitate damaged sec1ons 800m2 of riparian vegetaKon will be re-‐instated. • Recreate the channel Over 100m of channel being redesigned and rehabilitated through the excavaKon of exisKng substrate, establishment of natural meanders and riffle pool sequences, and the addiKon of coarse woody debris. • Public Awareness: The project will act as a living educaKonal classroom and highlight the need for protecKon of coldwater tributaries and their value to the overall ecosystem.
- 12. How did we get there • Develop local support • Survey and Engineered drawings • Apply to funding agencies • Fish isolaKon and relocaKon plan • Worksite management plan • Erosion and Sediment control plan • Hire a contractor • Develop a planKng guide • Arrange for volunteers to help with the planKng • Monitor results
- 13. Funding Opportuni1es • Local organiza1ons – Thunder Bay District Stewardship Council – Ontario FederaKon of Anglers and Hunters – City of Thunder Bay • Provincial funding – Land Stewardship Habitat RestoraKon Program – Canada Ontario Agreement – Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund • Federal funding – Great Lakes Sustainability Fund
- 14. North Shore Steelhead Association 5,000.00 Thunder Bay District Stewardship Council 5,000.00 Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Zone B 2,500.00 Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund 25,000.00 Great Lakes Sustainability Fund 20,000.00 COA respecting the Great Lakes Eco-basin 20,000.00 Land Stewardship Habitat Rehabilitation Program 15,000.00 Total secured funding 92,500.00 Funding Partners 2013-‐14
- 15. Fish recovery and relocaKon
- 16. Tree protecKon
- 18. Digging of 1st Pool and Riffle
- 19. Steve Ward digging 2nd Pool
- 20. Steve Ward ContracKng Cedar log cover
- 21. ConstrucKon of Large Pool
- 22. CreaKng 3rd pool
- 24. Popsicle Break
- 25. Clean up and erosin control
- 26. PlanKng guide
- 27. PlanKng layout
- 28. PlanKng trees and shrubs
- 31. Finished project
- 32. Thank you to the volunteers
- 33. What worked and what didn’t work (or how I spent my spring and summer) • AnKcipated costs • Survey • Engineers design (preliminary and final) • Contractor’s fees • UnanKcipated costs • Baseline informaKon (electro-‐shocking, benthic) • Permits required (MNR, LRCA, DFO and MOE) • Worksite IsolaKon Plan, and Sediment Control Plan • Onsite supervision (Engineer, and Fisheries Biologist)
- 34. What worked and what didn’t work • DifficulKes or Learning curve • Funding applicaKons – Funding levels -‐ each fund has a limited formula – Closing dates and approval dates may make for uncertainty of the project – Cost esKmates for funding applicaKons purposes – materials and contractor’s fees – Must have project completed in the stated Kme frame – ReporKng -‐ Each funding agency has different funding formulas, reporKng expectaKons and paperwork • Volunteers – Need a commihed group – Need a leader to ensure direcKon – Pick a appropriate date and a rain date if possible
- 35. Phase 2 George Creek 2014-15
- 36. Phase 2 George Creek 2014-‐15 • Culvert replacement – The project will see the exisKng metal culvert removed and replaced with an open bohom wooden bridge structure. – Hire a engineering firm to design a suitable sized bridge that does not increase the elevaKons of the exisKng roadway. • Altera1ons to stream bed to improve access from the Current River – The exisKng stream bed will be altered to create a series of small step pools, and lessen the grade to allow easier movement from the Current River under low water condiKons. This will allow Brook Trout the opportunity to find refuge from the warm water in the Current River during the heat of the summer. • Preliminary Plan1ng Design – Riparian vegetaKon planKng will be designed through the Project Team – ordering plants etc. from nurseries in the next few weeks. Intent is to mimic natural vegetaKon found within the project area.
- 38. Nov 8 2013
- 39. Closer view of oujlow
- 40. Oujlow to the Current River in spring flows
- 41. Phase 2 Preliminary Channel Design
- 42. Successful Fisherman Son of NSSA member Randy Beamish
- 43. Thank you for your ahenKon