Whe n Do We Put the T ro ut Bac k In? Je nnife r F a lc k, One ida Na tion E HS Division June 9, 2009 Spe c ia l T ha nks: Jim Snitge n, Wate r Re sour c e s Supe r visor Stac y Gilmor e , Wate r Re sour c e s Spe c ia list T ony Kuc hma, We tland Pr ogr am Coordina tor
The Oneida Reservation & Trout Creek Watershed
Goals of Trout Creek Watershed Restoration 1. Enhance stream habitat 2. Improve water quality 3. Gain broader public support 4. Reintroduce Original Sample Site Brook Trout November 23, 1999
What was done… Goal 1: Enhance 17 restoration or containment projects stream habitat completed
Goal 1: Enhance stream habitat 2002 HBI Score= Manure Containment Before & After Fairly poor- significant organic pollution Control Study 2004 HBI Score= Water Quality Indicator # before # after Good- some organic pollution Species system system Est. Today = 1999 2004 Excellent- no apparent organic pollution Caddisfly ( Trichoptera ) 0 132 HBI Scores Since 2002 Stonefly ( Plecoptera ) 8 Mayfly ( Ephemeropterea) 6.79 7 6 5.28 5 4 3 3 2 1 0 6/13/2002 7/13/2004 Est. Today
TCFF: Trout Cr. Phosphorus as P (Phosphorous, tot. as P) 0.5 0.45 Goal 2: Improve 0.4 0.35 Water Quality 0.3 mg/l What was done… Mean 0.25 Linear (Mean) 0.2 0.15 Routine monitoring. As 0.1 0.05 projects were completed 0 November, June, 2004 March, 2005 June, 2005 September, November, March, 2008 June, 2008 September, November, 2003 2005 2007 2008 2008 Sample Time Period water quality improved Suspended sediment trends in Suspended Sediment in Trout Creek Trout Creek from 2000-2007 180 measured in routine monitoring 160 program. 140 120 mg/L suspended sediment There is a noticeable decrease in 100 suspended sediments from 2005 80 to present-indicating clearer 60 water, and possibly less runoff. 40 20 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
What was done… -Community Events Goal 3: Gain broader support -Outreach -Annual Water Report -Partnerships
Goal 4: Reintroduce Brook Trout What was done… Blind review
Project Timeline 1999 2002 2003 2004 First Invertebrate Stream LWH samples Study begins Restoration Project collected- Project on south Results in Manure 1,850 feet of branch Notice of containment headwater Discharge system installed Wetland restoration completed on tributary to Trout Creek
Project Timeline 2005 2006 2007-08 LWH project LWH Oneida Nation met on north project on with Brown County to branch Brookwood discuss stream Drive erosion issues and All waterways fish passage around in ag areas of pond in Brown County headwaters Golf Course. buffered
October 2003 July 2003 July 2004 September 2003
“It’s important to restock this creek. “One of the reasons we settled here was the abundance of animals, trees and fish.” -Rick Hill, Oneida Chairman
1910. WI SHS So when did we put the fish back in? When… • Data demonstrated improvements to habitat and water quality had been made as measured against known standards • An outside source identified Trout Creek as a cold water trout stream in a blind test
Contact Information Jennifer Falck, Environmental Health Supervisor jfalck@oneidanation.org Oneida Nation Environmental, Health & Safety Division web site www.oneidanation.org/environment/
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