West Fork Teanaway River Floodplain Restoration

The project will work on the West Fork Teanaway Reach RM 5.1 - 7.2. The project will remove old berms and return native material to the streambed. It will place trees in-stream to restore natural geomorphic processes. Channel-spanning log structures will raise the water surface elevation, engaging side channel areas and the floodplain. The installation of large wood accumulations will create complex hydraulics and promote gravel deposition. New pools, gravel bars, and floodplain alluvium will retain water. Re-engaged side channels will improve stream shading from the riparian canopy, with multiple narrow channels lined with diverse riparian trees and shrubs instead of a widened and incised single-threaded channel.