Presenter Information

James MacCartney, TU

Location

UMass Amherst

Start Date

29-6-2011 1:55 PM

End Date

29-6-2011 2:15 PM

Description

Nash Stream located in northern New Hampshire was once a quality wild brook trout stream, and home to Atlantic salmon. Unfortunately, instream habitat and fish passage were significantly degraded due to historic logging practices and a catastrophic dam failure in 1969. The Nash Stream Restoration Project is a multi-year, collaborative effort that was launched in 2005 to improve the watershed’s condition so that it once again functions as a healthy and self-sustaining coldwater fishery. The Nash Stream Case Study demonstrates how partnerships met a variety of challenges including technical and funding to successfully remediate six perched culverts on tributaries to Nash Stream. Two of the culverts were removed and the crossings retired; four were replaced with bridges. The case study explores the roles of the participating state, federal, nonprofit and private partners, and shows how these entities successfully collaborated to assess, research, design, engineer, construct, monitor, and coordinate the Project. The partners include Trout Unlimited, NH Fish and Game Department, NH Division of Forest and Lands, US Fish and Wildlife Service, NH Department of Environmental Services, Natural Resource Conservation Service, NH Charitable Foundation, Trout and Salmon Foundation, and Fish America Foundation.

Comments

James MacCartney is River Restoration Director for Trout Unlimited (TU). He works nationwide on a variety of river restoration projects including stream crossing remediation, channel restoration, bank stabilization, habitat enhancement, dam removal, and watershed assessment. Before joining TU, Jim worked for the NH Department of Environmental Services where he administered the NH Rivers Program and led development of the State’s instream flow policy. Jim is immediate Past President of the River Management Society, and earned his M.S. in Resource Management and Administration from Antioch University New England. In addition to his job with TU, Jim also works part-time for the National Park Service on Wild and Scenic Rivers.

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Jun 29th, 1:55 PM Jun 29th, 2:15 PM

Session C8- Partnerships strategies: Nash Stream restoration project case study

UMass Amherst

Nash Stream located in northern New Hampshire was once a quality wild brook trout stream, and home to Atlantic salmon. Unfortunately, instream habitat and fish passage were significantly degraded due to historic logging practices and a catastrophic dam failure in 1969. The Nash Stream Restoration Project is a multi-year, collaborative effort that was launched in 2005 to improve the watershed’s condition so that it once again functions as a healthy and self-sustaining coldwater fishery. The Nash Stream Case Study demonstrates how partnerships met a variety of challenges including technical and funding to successfully remediate six perched culverts on tributaries to Nash Stream. Two of the culverts were removed and the crossings retired; four were replaced with bridges. The case study explores the roles of the participating state, federal, nonprofit and private partners, and shows how these entities successfully collaborated to assess, research, design, engineer, construct, monitor, and coordinate the Project. The partners include Trout Unlimited, NH Fish and Game Department, NH Division of Forest and Lands, US Fish and Wildlife Service, NH Department of Environmental Services, Natural Resource Conservation Service, NH Charitable Foundation, Trout and Salmon Foundation, and Fish America Foundation.