Wild Rivers Trout Unlimited is sponsoring a restoration project on Colburn Creek, Forest County, WI. An undersized and failing double culvert system at Kufner Road will be replaced as part of this project. The existing culverts are constricting the natural river width and are too small to pass normal flows, resulting in negative river impacts at the road and both up and downstream from the road crossing. The crossing is a barrier to the movement of trout, and other aquatic organisms. Project goals: Restore the instream habitat and aquatic connectivity of Colburn Creek by: 1) eliminating significant braiding due to impounding conditions upstream from Kufner Road ; 2) restore natural stream velocities up and downstream of the road crossing; 3) restore trout and other aquatic organism movement throughout the entirety of Colburn Creek, its tributaries and reconnect movement by fish and other aquatic organisms in and out of the Rat River by: reconnecting .673 miles of Colburn Creek; reconnecting 1.15 miles of Mexico Creek, 1.21 miles of Kufner Creek, and 1.22 miles of Johnson Creek, all tributaries to Colburn; these reconnections will allow movement in and out of the Rat River allowing brook trout and other organisms to complete life history stages, increase coldwater refuge areas during warm water periods in the Rat River and, increase genetic diversity among the trout population in the entire system.

Wild Rivers Trout Unlimited is sponsoring a restoration project on Colburn Creek, Forest County, WI. An undersized and failing double culvert system at Kufner Road will be replaced as part of this project. The existing culverts are constricting the natural river width and are too small to pass normal flows, resulting in negative river impacts at the road and both up and downstream from the road crossing. The crossing is a barrier to the movement of trout, and other aquatic organisms. Project goals: Restore the instream habitat and aquatic connectivity of Colburn Creek by: 1) eliminating significant braiding due to impounding conditions upstream from Kufner Road ; 2) restore natural stream velocities up and downstream of the road crossing; 3) restore trout and other aquatic organism movement throughout the entirety of Colburn Creek, its tributaries and reconnect movement by fish and other aquatic organisms in and out of the Rat River by: reconnecting .673 miles of Colburn Creek; reconnecting 1.15 miles of Mexico Creek, 1.21 miles of Kufner Creek, and 1.22 miles of Johnson Creek, all tributaries to Colburn; these reconnections will allow movement in and out of the Rat River allowing brook trout and other organisms to complete life history stages, increase coldwater refuge areas during warm water periods in the Rat River and, increase genetic diversity among the trout population in the entire system.