Assess road stream crossings and dirt and gravel roads in McKean County, Pennsylvania, using Environmentally Sensitive Maintenance principles to identify high priority projects that will reduce stream sedimentation and improve aquatic connectivity and habitat for eastern brook trout, eastern hellbenders and freshwater mussels and their host fish species. Project will rectify three fish barriers, open 8 miles of stream and improve 5 miles of road in the Upper Allegheny watershed.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program
Project Title: Assessing and Modifying Road Stream Crossings in McKean County, Pennsylvania to Benefit Aquatic Species
Organization:
McKean County Conservation District
Project ID:
0407.18.062072
Description:
Award Amount:
$199999.62
Location:
Liberty, Annin, Keating, Sergeant, Norwich, Hamlin, Wetmore, Lafayette and Hamilton Townships, McKean County, Pennsylvania