Improve 18 miles of stream channel by building process-based restoration structures and reintroducing 24 beavers to selected locations within the Rio Grande National Forest. Project will protect native fish and restore habitat conditions at key locations by enhancing aquatic habitat, improving channel function, reconnecting streams to their floodplains, and reestablishing riparian vegetation to benefit Rio Grande cutthroat trout, Rio Grande sucker, and North American beaver.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Southwestern Rivers
Project Title: Beaver Reintroduction and Process-Based Restoration in the Rio Grande National Forest (CO)
Organization:
Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation
Project ID:
2504.23.078457
Description:
Award Amount:
$99359.45
Location:
Rio Grande National Forest, Creede, Colorado