Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation

THE PROJECT TITLED MULTI-SITE PENNSYLVANIA STREAMS HABITAT IMPROVEMENT, BANK STABILIZATION, INFRASTRUCTURE PRESERVATION, AND WETLAND RESTORATION WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE BOTH WETLAND AND STREAM HABITAT AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AND STREAMS IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT WILL SEE THE RESTORATION OF OVER 200 ACRES OF WETLAND IN TWO SITES IN PENNSYLVANIA. RESTORATION OF AT LEAST 70 ACRES WILL BE ACHIEVED BY REGRADING AREAS WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO EXISTING WETLANDS, REMOVING HYDROLOGIC RESTRICTIONS AND INSTITUTING WETLAND PLANTINGS, ALL TO RESTORE WETLAND FUNCTIONS AND VALUES THAT WERE LOST DUE TO PRIOR AGRICULTURE ACTIVITY. AN ADDITIONAL 130 ACRES WITH EXISTING ALTERED WETLANDS THAT WERE DIKED, DEEPENED, AND MANAGED AS OPEN WATER IMPOUNDMENTS WILL BE RESTORED THROUGH REGRADING IMPOUNDMENTS AND SURROUNDING AREAS TO ALLOW FOR NATURAL FLUCTUATING HYDROLOGY THAT WILL SUPPORT A WIDE VARIETY OF WETLAND VEGETATION AND BREEDING AND MIGRATORY AND WINTERING BIRD SPECIES THAT ARE KNOWN TO INHABIT THE REGION. INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT IS THE ENHANCEMENT OF AQUATIC HABITAT AND THE STABILIZATION OF ERODING BANKS IN OVER 1.75 MILES OF PENNSYLVANIA STREAMS ON PRIVATE LANDS, RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN EROSION AND THE SUBSEQUENT SEDIMENT LOADING OF THE RESPECTIVE STREAMS. AT LEAST SEVEN DIFFERENT STREAM PROJECTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT; FIVE TARGETED SITES WITH HIGH VERTICAL ERODING BANKS THAT PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND A GENERAL LACK OF AQUATIC HABITAT. AT LEAST TWO ADDITIONAL PROJECTS ON PENNSYLVANIA STREAMS WILL BE SELECTED FOR RESTORATION WHERE THE SEDIMENT LOADS CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED.

MUDDY RUN STREAM RESTORATION PROJECT

THE PROPOSED STREAM RESTORATION PROJECT WILL EMPLOY NATURAL CHANNEL DESIGN PRINCIPLES TO ENHANCE THE STREAM S DIMENSIONS, PATTERN, AND PROFILE. THIS APPROACH AIMS TO INCREASE STREAMBANK STABILITY, REDUCE EROSION, IMPROVE FLOODPLAIN CONNECTIVITY, AND EXPAND AVAILABLE INSTREAM HABITAT. SPECIFICALLY, WE PROPOSE THE USE OF IN-STREAM RESTORATION STRUCTURES SUCH AS ROCK CROSS VANES, MUDSILLS, LOG VANES, TOE WOOD, AND BRUSH REVETMENTS. THESE STRUCTURES WILL GENERALLY ADHERE TO THE SPECIFICATIONS SET BY THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE AND THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION. ADDITIONALLY, BOULDERS MAY BE STRATEGICALLY PLACED TO CREATE FISH HABITATS. ALL PROPOSED WORK WILL OCCUR AT OR BELOW THE BANK FULL ELEVATION AND WILL NOT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT FLOOD FLOWS. RIPARIAN PLANTINGS ABOVE THE BANK FULL ELEVATION WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TO RESTORE A NATURALLY VEGETATED RIPARIAN ZONE, WHICH, ONCE MATURE, WILL PROVIDE LONG-TERM STABILITY TO THE STREAM CHANNEL. WETLAND RESTORATION WILL INVOLVE REGRADING AREAS AROUND EXISTING WETLANDS. WILDLIFE FOR EVERYONE ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION WILL COLLECT ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AND USE CURRENT WETLAND DELINEATIONS TO ENSURE COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT DESIGN. IMPOUNDMENTS WILL BE REGRADED OR REBUILT TO SUPPORT NATURAL HYDROLOGY INSTEAD OF STAGNANT WATER. HYDROLOGIC RESTRICTIONS AND INVASIVE PLANTS WILL BE REMOVED, AND NATIVE WETLAND PLANTS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO RESTORE FUNCTIONS LOST DUE TO PAST INUNDATION OR AGRICULTURE. THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE WILL COLLABORATE WITH WILDLIFE FOR EVERYONE ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION AND LOCAL PARTNERS ON TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS, SITE MAPS, AND DETAILED DESIGNS. ONCE CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS ARE READY, PERMIT PACKAGES WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW.

STREAM AND WETLAND RESTORATION PROJECTS IN LANCASTER AND LEBANON COUNTIES, PA

BIG BEAR CREEK FISH PASSAGE AND RESTORATION

MUSSER RUN STREAM RESTORATION

NFPP LONG RUN DAM REMOVAL, GREENE TWP, CLINTON COUNTY PA FY15

PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE

SUPPORT FISH AND WILDLIFE RESTORATION IN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN