Beaver Run Fish Habitat Improvement Project

Hemlock Logs Being Unloaded

 

Work Crew Setting a Log Into Place for a Log Vane

 

Hand Placement of Rock to Stabilize a Log Vane

 

Final Adjustment of Log in Log Vane

 

Work Crew Pounding in Rebar to Secure Logs Into Stream Bed

 

Work Crew Observes How Well a New Log Vane Works

 

A Backhoe Was Used to Help Place Large Rocks and Logs

 

A Completed Log Vane with Rock Anchors

 

Log Vane and Random Boulder Placed to Provide Fish Cover

 

Rocks Anchor the Logs and Provide Places for Fish to Hide

 

Through the cooperation of the Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, and many other private organizations and individuals, four log cross vane structures, one single log vane, and random boulders were installed in the Beaver Run channel. Fish began utilizing the habitat structures within minutes of their installation, and a trout exceeding 20-inches in size was spotted resting in one of the log cross vanes on the day of the project. Since the structures were installed, the stream has responded as planned, and scour pools and other habitat areas have developed nicely.

Moshannon Creek Watershed Coalition Offers Our Thanks to the Following Project Participants and Sponsors:

• Lytle Lumber
• E.M. Brown, Inc.
• Alder Run Engineering
• 4C Lumber
• Dan Rebar Contracting, Inc.
• Dennis Merrow
• New Enterprise Stone and Lime
• Wal-Mart
• PA Fish And Boat Commission
• Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy
• Clearfield County Conservation District
• Centre County Conservation District
• Kelly Williams, CCCD Watershed Specialist
• Ann Donovan, CCCD Watershed Specialist
• Landowners:
  • Jim and Lorena Twoey and Family
  • Robert Anderson
  • Frank Ream
  • Edward George