-
Fish Passage Program
-
Provides cost-share and design expertise to landowners to remove unwanted dams and replace culverts.
Located in
The Story of Wild Brook Trout
/
Landowner Resources
-
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
-
Provides technical and financial assistance to landowners to restore wildlife habitat (including riparian, stream, and wetlands restoration)
Located in
The Story of Wild Brook Trout
/
Landowner Resources
-
Celebrating 1,000 Culverts
-
THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE AND ITS MANY PARTNERS ARE BUILDING BETTER CULVERTS TO OPEN WATERWAYS FOR FISH TO GROW, REPRODUCE AND SURVIVE, TO IMPROVE THE RESILIENCY OF ROADS TO FLOODING, AND TO PROTECT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR COMMUNITIES
Located in
News & Events
/
News Inbox
-
EBTJV's 2021 habitat projects to connect over 6 stream miles, reduce sedimentation, improve brook trout resiliency to climate change
-
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded $173,333 in funding for EBTJV partners through the National Fish Habitat Partnership Program in 2021. These projects bring an additional $669,887 in partner contributions for a partner:NFHAP ratio of 3.9:1.
Located in
News & Events
/
News Inbox
-
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and brook trout
-
How infrastructure funding can help brook trout.
Located in
News & Events
/
News Inbox
-
Restoring Habitat Connectivity in Machias and Saint Croix River Tributary Streams, Maine
-
This project will restore habitat connectivity on three brook trout habitat streams and eliminate ongoing risks of sedimentation during culvert failure, in watersheds identified as brook trout habitat priorities. Removal of four fish passage barriers will reopen 3 miles of passage for brook trout.
Located in
Projects
/
2006 - 2018 Projects
/
2011 Projects
-
Thunder Brook Dam Removal, Chesire, Massachusetts
-
This project seeks to restore natural riverine functions and values to Thunder Brook, a tributary to the South Branch of the Hoosic River. In its current condition, an aging dam and failing culvert fragment this valuable coldwater stream and prevent fish passage between the Hoosic and the high quality headwaters of Thunder Brook on Mount Greylock. This project will remove 2 fish passage barriers and open 2.4 miles of stream for brook trout passage. The project will also re-establish the river's natural flow regime, improve sediment dynamics and water quality, and restore natural clean gravel and cobble necessary for brook trout and other species of interest.
Located in
Projects
/
2006 - 2018 Projects
/
2011 Projects
-
Brook Trout Restoration in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia
-
This project will restore fragmented poor quality habitat and brook trout populations on the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia by removing and replacing a culvert on Bryant Creek that is perched and acts as a barrier to fish movement. Additionally, nine miles of habitat will be improved by placing 54 structures in nine streams: Bryant Creek, Chester Creek, Lovinggood Creek, Long Creek, Underwood Creek, Walnut Fork, An unnamed tributary to Ammons Branch, Smith Branch, and Chastain Branch. Electrofishing will be used to renovate three streams: Stover Creek, Walnut Fork, and Tate Branch.
Located in
Projects
/
2006 - 2018 Projects
/
2011 Projects
-
Restoring Stream Connectivity in the WB Machias River in Maine
-
Project SHARE and the Service completed a basin wide stream-road crossing and fisheries assessment in the WB Machias River. There are 43 fish bearing road crossings in this subbasin that limit aquatic connectivity. To date, 11 crossing have been replaced and 8 crossings have been decommissioned. Funding has been secured to remove all but two of the remaining barriers. This project will remove one of those last two barriers in the basin, reconnecting approximately 0.5 miles of habitat for brook trout and restore ecological stream function.
Located in
Projects
/
2006 - 2018 Projects
/
2010 Projects
-
Culvert Replacement Municipal Assistance
-
For municipalities. Learn more about our Culvert Replacement Municipal Assistance Grant Program.
There are approximately 25,000 culverts and small bridges in Massachusetts - the majority of which are undersized. Culverts that are too small can be barriers to fish and wildlife movement and cause flood hazards for communities. Massachusetts regulations call for culverts to meet the Stream Crossing Standards to help protect our natural resources and our communities. Find out here how the Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) can help your community with culvert replacements that meet these Standards and learn more about our Culvert Replacement Municipal Assistance Grant Program.
Located in
The Story of Wild Brook Trout
/
Landowner Resources