project brief
This Blue River, WI project will restore 7,700 feet of trout habitat by installing log deflectors, reducing erosion, and improving riparian zones over two years.
Harry and Laura Nohr Chapter of Trout Unlimited Chapter 257
Cassville, WI
Award
$ 25,000
Funding Start Date
Dec 1, 2019
Funding End Date
Sep 30, 2020
Funding Partner
Project Objectives
Project Description
The Harry and Laura Nohr Chapter of Trout Unlimited of Cassville, Wisconsin, was awarded $25,000 for a trout stream habitat improvement project. This project on the Blue River, WI, a class II trout stream, supports some of the better brown trout fisheries in the Southern portion of this management area Work spearheaded by this organization restored trout habitat on a stretch of river with stream bank easements allowing for public access by installing 69 log deflectors and 2 backwater hooks, reducing erosion and
siltation, and making improvements to the riparian zone by cutting back slopes, anchoring edges, and eliminating heavy overhead weed tree cover. The project was previously designed and permitted allowing for quick implementation of on-the-ground activities. Funding was provided for the first year of a 2-year project on this stretch of river that will ultimately improve 7,700 feet of streambank.
Examples of large sections of vertical banks sloughing off.
Before armoring and shaping.
After armoring and shaping with vegetation establishing.
