Trout Unlimited’s staff and municipal partners continue to work diligently to complete a wide-spanning list of New York priority culvert surveys and replacements.
The reconnection of fragmented and dammed rivers resides at the core of our strategy to improve habitat for New York’s wild trout. With our small but mighty team, we reconnected over 30 miles and replaced seven culverts in2024 while employing a seasonal field crew to survey several hundred more to be considered 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