Session B2- Fourmile Creek Steelhead Fish Passage Projects
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Abstract
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commussion (PFBC) and Kleinschmidt have worked closely on the design and installation of tow fish passage projects on Fourmile Creek in Erie County, PA. Both facilities are designed primarily for the passage of steelhead trout Oncrhynchus mykiss, but will also allow passage of resident fishes, and provide management options for the invasive sea lamprey Petromyzon marianus. One project included the design and installation of an Alaskan steeppass fishway on an existing low-head dam near the mouth of Fourmile Creek, a small tributary to Lake Erie that runs through a private golf club, the Lawrence Park Golf Club. The fishway went into operation in fall of 2010 and has passed and undermined number of steelhead upstream. The second fish passage project involves the design and installation of a waterfall bypass channel at a natural obstruction located some 750 feet upstream of the low-head dam. The construction of the second fish passage facility is anticipated to be open allowing passage during the fall 2011 steelhead run. Kleinschmidt's scope of work for the steeppass fishway included final design, acquisition of all necessary permits/waivers, preparation of contractor bid package, and construction observation. Final design of the bypass channel at the waterfall included a site survey, hydraulic analysis, a site meeting to review and adjust the conceptual layout of the bypass channel, final design of the bypass channel, preparation and sedimentation control plan. The PFBC's involvement included easement acquisition, grant funding management, ordering pre-fabriacted sections of fishways and site construction with the landownver and interested private parties such as fisherman's groups.
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Date
2011-06-27