SARP Announces FY 2016 Aquatic Habitat Restoration Project Awards
Tennessee River, Tennessee by TNC
Through a collaborative funding program with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and work with local partners, SARP is integral to identifying, implementing and administering habitat restoration projects throughout the southeastern United States. These on-the-ground, local level projects are helping to address regional habitat objectives and national conservation priorities.
To learn more about the SARP-USFWS-NFHP Aquatic Habitat Restoration Program, click here or contact Lindsay Gardner, SARP Communications & Habitat Program Manager, lindsayg@southeastaquatics.net or 615-730-8178.
This year, SARP will support the following restoration projects:
Streambank Stabilization Benefiting Rare Mussels on the Tennessee River Mainstem Below Pickwick Dam, Tennessee
Project Lead: Corey Giles, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Agriculture and Stewardship Manager, (615) 383-9909, corey_giles@tnc.org
This project will address extensive bank destabilization along the Lower Tennessee River that results in sedimentation and threatens a number of aquatic species and the river's diverse mussel assemblage. The plan is to stabilize banks that provide near-shore habitat and protect against wave erosion and fluctuating reservoir levels on private lands.
Continuing Aquatic & Riparian Habitat Restoration in the Valley River Watershed, North Carolina
Project Lead: Callie Moore, Hiawassee River Watershed Coalition, Inc. (HRWC), (828) 837-5414, cmoore@hrwc.net
This project will address erosion/sedimentation and increasing instream temperatures, along with a lack of both adequate buffers and large woody debris instream, that threaten aquatic biodiversity and recovery of sensitive and recreational species in the Valley River. The plan is to work with partners, landowners and volunteers, to enhance and restore 11 acres of buffers along at least 2.0 miles of stream; restore aquatic habitat by reducing sedimentation and adding large woody debris; and educate watershed residents.
