Sonoma Land Trust newsletter
After three years of planning and fundraising, the concrete fish barrier (see above right) on Stuart Creek at Stuart Creek Run in Glen Ellen has been demolished! And the two additional barriers that we discovered after purchasing the property in 2011 will soon follow the same fate so that we can restore the creek’s historic steelhead run.
Before restoration (photo Sonoma Land Trust).
Removing all three barriers is essential to improving juvenile and adult steelhead passage, according to stewardship project manager Tony Nelson, to give the fish access to more than two miles of high-quality spawning and rearing habitat. Next week, our contractor will begin constructing a series of five 40-foot-long chutes and 20-foot-long pools at this site to provide fish with easier passage and places to rest. Look forward to reading more about this exciting project in our fall newsletter.
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