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Little Topashaw Creek - Expected benefits
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Initial results of rehabilitation
Fish collected from Little Topashaw Creek, 2004
 
Site-specific outcomes
  • Restoration of bank stability
  • Expansion of woody cover on banks
  • Increased levels of biodiversity within treated corridor
  • Reduction in NPS loads exported from subwatershed  
Broad outcomes
  • Development and demonstration of low cost technology for habitat rehabilitation and stabilization
  • Adoption of technology elsewhere as appropriate
  • Establishment of benchmark for streams declared impaired due to habitat degradation (TMDL)
 
 
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