Address impairments to habitat for native and naturalized Eastern Brook Trout and to improve the conditions of the surrounding riparian forest corridor by installing riparian plantings within the floodplain, replacing an undersized and degraded culvert with climate-adaptive culvert and installing stream grade controls. Project will restore passage and expanded spawning habitat for brook trout and other aquatic species and enhanced 3.7 miles of riparian habitat.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Sustain our Great Lakes Program
Project Title: Removing Brook Trout Passage Barrier and Restoring Stream Habitat in the Upper Tonawanda Creek (NY)
Organization:
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper, Inc.
Project ID:
0501.21.071904
Description:
Award Amount:
$256455.05
Location:
Upper Tonawanda Creek sub basin of the Niagara River Watershed in Wyoming County, New York