Enhance instream and riparian habitat along the East Verde River to improve stream function, increase resilience to disturbance, and enhance a recreational Gila trout fishery. Project will mitigate recreational impacts, restore hydrologic processes, improve sediment transportation, stabilize stream banks, and support stream heterogeneity and pool habitats to improve Gila trout habitat.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Bring Back the Natives / More Fish
Project Title: Instream Habitat Restoration in the East Verde River to Increase Resiliency of a Gila Trout Fishery (AZ)
Organization:
U.S. Forest Service
Project ID:
0901.18.061956
Description:
Award Amount:
$38529.70
Location:
East Verde River, a tributary of the Verde River, Gila County, Arizona