As it is throughout trout country, the reconnection of fragmented or dammed rivers resides at the core of TU’s strategy to maintain and improve the habitat of New York’s wild trout.
With our small but mighty team, TU’s staff team in New York completed seven culvert replacements in 2024 while employing a seasonal field crew to survey, quite literally, several hundred more culverts and stream crossings to be reviewed for future replacement.
Here are some stats & photos on the projects completed this year around TU’s Priority Waters in New York:
Adirondacks- Brewery Road
Beaver River Watershed – Lake Ontario Tributary
Total Reconnection – 2.96 Miles
Adirondacks – Long Pond
Beaver River Watershed – Lake Ontario Tributary
Total Reconnection – 10.70 Miles
Saranac-Goldsmith
North Branch Saranac – Lake Champlain Tributary
Total Reconnection – 1.60 Miles
Taconic Range-Haddock
Stony Kill – Hudson River Estuary
Total Reconnection – 3.50 Miles
Taconic Range-George
Fitting Creek – Hudson River Estuary
Total Reconnection – 6.16 Miles
Upper Susquehanna- Ives
Wylie Brook – Upper Susquehanna Tributary
Total Reconnection – 3.41 Miles
Upper Delaware-Mellis
Mellis Brook – East Branch Delaware Tributary
Total Reconnection – 3.57 Miles