WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL
Project ID: 2003DE22B
Title: Fairfield Run: An Evaluation of Stream Habitat Restoration at the UD Experimental Watershed
Project Type: Research
Focus Categories: Surface Water, Ecology, Management and Planning
Keywords: stream habitat, restoration practices, watershed planning
Start Date: 06/01/2003
End Date: 02/28/2004
Federal Funds: $3000.00
Matching Funds: $6000.00
Congressional District: At large
Principal Investigator: Kauffman, Gerald
Abstract: Stream restoration is a preferred watershed restoration technique in the Piedmont of the Christina Basin in northern Delaware and Southeastern Pennsylvania. But little field data exists that evaluates the success of this best management practice. The two states are working together to implement a watershed restoration strategy in accordance with Total Maximum Daily Loads that may be imposed under the Clean water Act. The research is designed to gather data on stream restoration techniques that might be most successful in the forested, hilly, and rocky piedmont which is characteristic of the Christina Basin.