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PARTNERING
for a Healthier Watershed
photo-PFBC archives
by Tyler Neimond
Division of Habitat Management
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Pennsylvania Angler & Boater * May/June 2020
photo- Cameron Englehart, PFBC
In 2007, a partnership among the Pennsylvania Fish &
Boat Commission (PFBC), the Northcentral Pennsylvania
Conservancy, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, and the local county conservation districts
was formed to tackle stream restoration and watershed
stabilization in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. This
Northcentral Stream Restoration Partnership has worked
diligently since 2007 and is going to expand in 2020.
Pennsylvania has approximately 85,000 miles of streams
and rivers. Unfortunately, this vast resource has been impacted
by current and past land use practices. Many streams in the
Chesapeake Bay Watershed are considered impaired by the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
One of the common impairments in the Chesapeake Bay
Watershed is nutrient enrichment and sedimentation in
agricultural settings.
Some erosion in a stream channel is part of the natural
stream hydrology. However, excessive erosion can release
too much nitrogen and phosphorus-laden sediment into
the stream, which can cover the stream bottom and destroy
aquatic habitats and reduce the diversity and abundance of
aquatic life. This is where the partnership comes into play.
The partnership strives to restore the watersheds of
northcentral Pennsylvania while maintaining a working
agricultural landscape. We focus on a collaborative, low-cost
approach to stream restoration. This involves working with
the local landowners to advance stream corridor restoration
projects that will reduce nonpoint source nutrient and
sediment inputs in agricultural settings. A typical project
involves installation of instream habitat improvement
devices, livestock exclusion fencing, stable agricultural stream
crossings, and riparian buffer plantings.
The PFBC Stream Habitat Section works with the
partnership to design and construct instream habitat
improvement devices that not only provide fish habitat but
stabilize eroding streambanks. Habitat improvement devices
such as mud sills and log vane deflectors are often used. Mud
sills are a great way to stabilize eroding streambanks while
providing an excellent source of overhead cover. Log vane
A completed project in 2019 where the partnership installed
instream habitat improvement devices, livestock exclusion fencing,
stable agricultural stream crossings, and riparian buffer plantings.
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