Environmental Services
Stream Restoration Projects
Stream restoration was one of the main recommendations from the 2001 Watershed Management Plan. Goals of stream restoration are to create a more stable stream channel, reconnect the channel with a flood plain area, reduce stream bank erosion, and improve stream habitat. Projects are selected using criteria such as severity of channel erosion, threats to nearby infrastructure (sanitary sewer lines, trails, etc.), potential for restoration, and community support. A stream inventory was recently completed that will help prioritize future stream restoration projects (see link below).
The stream restoration projects that have been completed, or are underway, are listed below. The projects vary in size and complexity. Find out more about these projects below:
- Four Mile Run (Benjamin Banneker park) - completed, 2001
- Lower Four Mile Run Stream Restoration Project
- Four Mile Run Master Plan (Adopted, 2006)
- Four Mile Run Design Guidelines (Adopted, 2009)
- Tidal stream restoration - in design, 2011
- Donaldson Run Stream Restoration Tributary A - completed, 2006
- Donaldson Run Stream Restoration Tributary B - in design, 2011
- Windy Run Stream Restoration - in design, 2011
- Little Pimmit Run watershed retrofit study and downstream study - Completed, 2010
- Ballston Beaver Pond restoration project - in design, 2011
- Stream Inventory and Assessment - Completed, 2011
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Current Projects