Doc Fritchey TU looking for volunteers on Hammer Creek projects

[The Rodfather]

Doc Fritchey has a slew of projects lined up on the Hammer Creek with funding in place needing volunteers to move forward with them.

These projects are large scale, high lift projects that will greatly impact the ecological landscape of this watershed.

If you are interested you can reach out to Russ Collins or myself and I can help point you in the right direction to help out with these projects.

 

[Jszczerba07]

Doc Fritchey has a slew of projects lined up on the Hammer Creek with funding in place needing volunteers to move forward with them.

These projects are large scale, high lift projects that will greatly impact the ecological landscape of this watershed.

If you are interested you can reach out to Russ Collins or myself and I can help point you in the right direction to help out with these projects.

What dates? I’m the leader of a student TU club at my high school in Wilmington, DE. I’d love to get our guys out for a stream restoration project sometime in the spring if this is something we’d be able to help with

 

[The Rodfather]

Awesome! I sent you a PM to collect contact info to help in coordinating your get involved with some of these projects.

 

[salmonoid]

Could you provide a little bit more info about the nature of the projects and the type of help you are looking for?

 

[The Rodfather]

These are very large scale legacy sediment restoration projects designed to increase ground water recharge and thus increase spring discharge and cool water temperatures.

Will need volunteers to do some physical work as well as working with Russ in coordinating the work to be done within the grant and project framework.

Target species of restoration is Brook Trout.

Doc Fritchey TU is having an informal meeting at Snitz Creek Brewery in the next month to discuss more in deprh about the projects with perspective volunteers. I'll post here when that date and time is set. Russ Collins will be reaching out to those interested as well. If you're interested, message me your contacts and I will pass along to him.

 

[lycoflyfisher]

Who is funding those projects? The legacy sediment removal projects typically run in the millions of dollars range and are major earth moving projects. I guess volunteers could likely help with planting efforts, depending on the circumstances of the funding and performance requirements. Many if not most legacy sediment removal projects are being counted on as mitigation, or for credits to satisfy nutrient and sediment reduction requirements of urban entities. The projects often have explicit prescribed planting plans and performance standards.

 

[The Rodfather]

That's a better question for Russ, if you are looking at specifics, but my understanding is that the funding is through 319, CAP, and NFWF. Doc Fritchey looked at credits but what scares people away from that is there is a permanent easement that goes on the deed to the property and most landowners were not interested as a result.

The biggest need right now is help with administering existing grants on 5 different properties for the legacy sediment removal. Thats the meat and potatoes in this project.

Staking trees in the ground is the final step that volunteers will be helpful with, but getting there is the result of the grant administration.

 

[sixfootfenwick]

Yeah, there is no way in hell the Barry's would allow easements on that upper farm