project brief

This project will restore Hay Creek by stabilizing stream banks and adding fish habitat structures along 4 miles of public access.

Wisconsin Clearwaters Chapter(#255) Of Trout Unlimited

Eau Claire, WI

Award

$ 15,000

Funding Start Date

Sep 1, 2018

Funding End Date

Aug 31, 2019

Funding Partner

Brunswick Foundation

Project Objectives

  • Rehabilitation of Class 1 Brook Trout Stream/Trout Thermal Refuge

  • Protection and Enhancement of Cold Water Resource for Watershed

  • Increased Involvement of Communities/Businesses in Resource Enhancement and Protection

  • Increased Fishing Opportunity for Multiple Municipalities Within 30 Miles of Project

Project Description

The Wisconsin Clearwaters Chapter (#255) of Trout Unlimited was awarded $15,000 to restore a section of Hay Creek, a designated  brook trout reserve with 4 miles of public access/fishing easements. Hay Creek is a Class I trout stream that meanders for six miles through western Chippewa County before it empties into Duncan Creek.  It is home to a native brook trout population that is sustained entirely by natural reproduction.

The density is well above the average for western WI with about 500 adult brook trout per mile.  However, due to a lack of habitat, this density drops to 150 adult brook trout per mile in the proposed project site. To improver habitat conditions in this section of stream, project organizers, working with the Wisconsin DNR, stabilized eroding streambanks by reshaping, and resloping, supplemented with the addition of in-stream hydraulic and fish habitat structures.

 

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