NFWF Grant Profile

Restore vital Rio Grande cutthroat trout habitat in Santa Clara Creek, an area severely impacted by fire and debris deposition. Project will restore and enhance 3 acres of riparian habitat and 1,000 feet of stream through the construction of off channel ponds, establishing grade control, facilitating fish passage with the removal of natural barriers, revegetation of native plants, spreading mulch and woody debris and planting/transplanting of at least 30 conifer tree species.