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Manitou River – Site M-52

Channel Rehabilitation and Restore Aquatic Habitat Features 

This project created a stream channel that is narrower and deeper than the existing channel which subsequently increased the available resting, foraging and juvenile rearing habitat for the valued recreational sport fish of theManitouRiver (i.e. Chinook salmon, Coho salmon and Steelhead) and their associated aquatic species.  The undertaking involved: purchasing and installing 50 cubic meters of 600 mm diameter boulders to mitigate shoreline erosion, drilling boulders to secure sweeper and lunker structures. These structures will markedly improve the habitat diversity of this currently degraded section of the Manitou River while functioning to dissipate the fluvial energy of the system during high flow periods.  The work was completed according to the site plans through the cooperation of landowners, dedicated volunteers, consulting expertise of Great Lakes Environmental Services (GLES) and equipment, material, and services of Lloyd & Sons Trucking Ltd. and Beacon Images.  Funds from various sources were used to complete this project including CFWIP (materials purchased) and  COA.

Aquatic restoration work completed included the installation and strategic placement of 600mm boulders to channelize flow and prevents further scouring of the riverbank which subsequently leads to sedimentation of the riverbed.  Fish habitat features including root wads, lunkers and sweepers were also installed in the channel to increase resting, foraging, and rearing habitat for fish.

The project was completed by restoring the riparian vegetation including the planting of eastern white cedar and white clover.
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