The Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation has teamed up with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and PennDOT to implement a stream restoration project to restore a section of Tipton Run, Blair County.

Severe storms in 2004 and 2006 began to severely erode the banks causing sediment to accumulate underneath the bridge. One landowner had lost 10 to 20 feet of the bank along with trees and shrubs.

Approximately 950 feet of stream channel has been restored to narrow the channel to its proper width. Construction also included five rock vanes and two long vanes to direct high water stream flow away from the banks.

The project had multiple benefits: decreasing sediment, decreasing bank erosion, thereby protecting property trees and shrubs, and improving habitat for birds and mammals. The improvement also made the stream more conducive for fish reproduction. The rock and log structures provide areas for many aquatic species.

The project is located near the town of Tipton in Blair County on SR 4021. In 1964 PennDOT relocated a portion of Tipton Run to accommodate a new roadway (SR 4021) and bridge.

More information visit the Foundation's website.

3/28/2008