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Abstract:
The Bad River Watershed Association (BRWA), a group of citizen volunteers working in association with many federal and local government agencies has undertaken an inventory and assessment of all road/stream crossings with the goal of decreasing the impact culverts have in the watershed. Citizen volunteers, students, and agency personnel have done extensive culvert assessment and water-quality monitoring. Based on these assessments, culverts have been ranked according to their impacts on stream flow, sediment supply, and fish passage. The BRWA has worked cooperatively with local highway departments and government agencies to begin replacing the worst of the culverts. Three high-priority culverts were replaced in 2007, and two more are to be completed in 2008. Detailed studies of the streams and their fish populations are being done to assess the effects of culvert replacement. Although there is much more work to be done, the cooperation of citizens and government agencies has set the foundation for continued improvement of the water quality in the Bad River watershed and Lake Superior.
See more from this Division: General Discipline Sessions
See more from this Session: Environmental Geoscience II