ADAMS COUNTY: Big Spring Creek Restoration
Adams Co., in conjunction with Wis. DNR, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, River Alliance of Wisconsin, USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, Trout Unlimited and the Fish America Foundation, proposes to remove a deteriorated, former Hydro electric dam on Big Spring Creek and to restore the creek to a riverine environment. Major project elements to include: 1) dam breach, dewatering of impoundment, removal of dam, 2) floodplain excavation, 3) channel restoration and bank revegetation, 4) culvert replacement.
| Project Type
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RIVER_GRANT
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River Protection Grant
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| Project ID
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RM-030-07
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Year Started
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2006
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| Status
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COMPLETE
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Activities
- Habitat Restoration - Instream
- Partnership Project
- Habitat Restoration - Shoreland
- Dam Safety or Removal