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RESTORING FISH PASSAGE AND ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION IN MAINE ATLANTIC SALMON ENDANGERED DPS WATERSHEDS

THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A FISH PASSAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE MOOSEHORN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.MAGURREWOCK STREAM FLOWS THROUGH THE REFUGE AND INTO THE ST. CROIX RIVER. MOOSEHORN NWR CURRENTLY MAINTAINS IMPOUNDMENTS TO PROVIDE MIGRATORY BIRD HABITAT ALONG MAGURREWOCK STREAM. RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A PUSH TO ENHANCE FISH PASSAGE IN THE ST. CROIX WATERSHED TO INCREASE ACCESS TO ALEWIFE SPAWNING HABITAT. WE WILL EVALUATE THE SUITABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF THE IMPOUNDMENTS FOR RIVER HERRING. DATA COLLECTED WILL BE USED TO INFORM MANAGEMENT DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE.

THE "CONNECTIVITY AND HABITAT SUITABILITY RESTORATION IN THE DOWNEAST MAINE ATLANTIC SALMON SHRU" PROJECT WILL RESTORE ACCESS TO DESIGNATED CRITICAL HABITAT FOR ENDANGERED ATLANTIC SALMON, A NOAA SPECIES IN THE SPOTLIGHT, THROUGH THE REPLACEMENT OF UNDERSIZED CULVERTS. THE SITES ARE LOCATED IN THE WATERSHEDS OF THE DENNYS, MACHIAS, PLEASANT, UNION, AND NARRAGUAGUS RIVERS IN THE DOWNEAST COASTAL SALMON HABITAT RECOVERY UNIT (SHRU), IN THE STATE OF MAINE. PROJECT SHARE WILL COMPLETE 13 ROAD/STREAM CROSSING PROJECTS, WHICH WILL CONNECT NEARLY 700 HABITAT UNITS ACROSS THE WATERSHEDS. HABITAT SUITABILITY IMPROVEMENTS USING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS ENGINEERED LOG JAMS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN 550 HABITAT UNITS WITHIN MAINSTEM AND TRIBUTARY REACHES. IN ADDITION, FEASIBILITY STUDIES WILL BE CONDUCTED TO IMPROVE FISH PASSAGE FOR ATLANTIC SALMON AND OTHER SEA-RUN FISH LIKE ALEWIFE AND AMERICAN EEL TO 375 SALMON HABITAT UNITS AT THE GREAT WORKS DAM AND MARION FALLS FISHWAY ON CATHANCE STR

CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ATLANTIC SALMON HABITAT RESTORATION IN THE DOWNEAST SHRU

RESTORING FISH PASSAGE FOR ALEWIFE AND ATLANTIC SALMON IN THE UPPER NARRAGUAGUS RIVER WATERSHED

17 HIGH PRIORITY BROOK TROUT FISH PASSAGE PROJECTS IN UPPER NARRAGUAGUS RIVER, BEDDINGTON, ME NFPP

8 CULVERT REPLACEMENTS IN T28 AND T34 IN THE NARRAGUAGUS RIVER, HANCOCK COUNTY, BEDDINGTON ME

100TH MERIDIAN INITIATIVE

RBDG RURAL BUSINESS COOP RURAL ENTERPRISE GRANT

PROJECT SHARE WAS AWARDED EASTERN BROOK TROUT JOINT VENTURE FUNDING TO ADD LARGE WOOD TO A SECTION OF WEST BRANCH BROOK (UPPER NARRAGUAGUS RIVER NEAR BEDDINGTON MAINE) TO INCREASE HABITAT AND FLOW DIVERSITY. WOOD WILL EITHER BE SOURCED FROM THE RIPARIAN AREA, WHERE AVAILABLE, OR WILL BE DELIVERED FROM OFF-SITE VIA MAINE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD HELICOPTERS. THE TREATMENT AREA IS LOCATED WITHIN THE DEEPWOODS MILITARY OPERATIONS AREA. THE NATIONAL GUARD USES THIS AREA AS A TRAINING GROUND FOR GROUND AND AIR UNITS. THE NATIONAL GUARD WILL USE THIS PARTNERSHIP AS A TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR ITS HELICOPTER PILOTS AND CREWS. SHARE STAFF WILL THEN USE THE DELIVERED WOOD MATERIAL TO CONSTRUCT LARGE WOOD JAMS WITHIN THE STREAM AND ON ITS ASSOCIATED FLOODPLAINS. SHARE STAFF WILL ALSO PARTNER WITH VOLUNTEERS TO PLANT NATIVE, WOODY AND HERBACEOUS PLANTS ALONG THE RIPARIAN AREA TO SPEED RECOVERY FROM PERPETUAL FLOODING DUE TO A BLOCKED ROAD CROSSING. THE ROAD CROSSING WAS REPLACED WITH A BRIDGE IN 2018. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE FROM AUGUST 1, 2024 TO DECEMBER 31, 2028.

UPPER NARRAGUAGAS AND NORTHERN STREAM ME

RESTORE AQUATIC CONNECTIVITY WITHIN GOM DPS ATLANTIC SALMON RIVERS, ME

RESTORATION OF NATURAL HYDROLOGY AND HABITAT COMPLEXITY IN THE MACHIAS RIVER, ME

CURRY BROOK, MEDDYBEMPS, ME

AS DESCRIBED IN OUR NATIONAL FISH HABITAT ACTION PLAN- EASTERN BROOK TROUT JOINT VENTURE PROPOSAL AND U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT SECTION 7 BIOLOGICAL OPINION 05E1ME00-2021-F-1078, PROJECT SHARE WILL USE HEAVY MACHINERY TO ADD WOOD AND BOULDER COMPLEXITY STRUCTURES TO A 0.4-MILE REACH OF THE MAINSTEM NARRAGUAGUS ABOVE BEDDINGTON LAKE. THE PROJECT (AND STRUCTURES) WAS DESIGNED USING A COMBINATION OF HIGH-RESOLUTION ORTHOPHOTOS (INCLUDING LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING)), TOTAL STATION SURVEYS AND HYDROLOGIC MODELING UNDER THE GUIDANCE-APPROVAL OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS AT THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED WITHIN DESIGNATED CRITICAL HABITAT FOR FEDERALLY LISTED ATLANTIC SALMON AND A BIOLOGICAL OPINION WAS REQUIRED TO ADDRESS IMPACTS TO THIS ENDANGERED SPECIES. WE EXPECT THIS STREAM RESTORATION PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 15 AND SEPT. 30TH, 2022. THE MAIN OBJECTIVES ARE TO PROVIDE INCREASED QUALITY HABITAT AND FLOW DIVERSITY FOR NATIVE SALMONID SPECIES SUCH AS BROOK TROUT AND ATLANTIC SALMON. PRIMARY CONTACT FOR THIS AGREEMENT IS CHRISTOPHER FEDERICO- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PROJECT SHARE.

LEWEY BROOK CULVERT REPLACEMENT

RIPARIAN BUFFERS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH OF RIVER AND STREAM ECOSYSTEMS. A WELL WOODED BUFFER PROVIDES BANK STABILITY, A SOURCE OF ORGANIC MATERIAL AND TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATES, REGULATE WATER TEMPERATURE THROUGH SHADE, AND IS A SOURCE OF IN-STREAM COMPLEXITY THROUGH COURSE WOODY DEBRIS. INDUSTRIAL LOG DRIVES OF YESTERYEAR AND THE SUBSEQUENT NETWORK OF LOGGING ROADS HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLL ON RIPARIAN BUFFERS IN A NUMBER OF AREAS. DURING THE LOG DRIVE ERA FORESTS WERE CUT ALL THE WAY TO THE STREAM BANKS REDUCING BANK STABILITY AND ALLOWING CHANNELS TO BECOME OVER WIDENED. DRIVING LOGS INVOLVED STORING WATER AND LOGS BEHIND A SERIES OF DAMS AND THEN RELEASING TORRENTS OF WATER IN THE SPRING SO THAT THE LOGS COULD BE TRANSPORTED ALONG WITH THE FLOOD OF WATER TO THE MILLS AT THE COAST. ANY IN-STREAM STRUCTURES (I.E. BOULDERS AND LOG JAMS) WERE SYSTEMATICALLY REMOVED EACH YEAR TO FACILITATE THE DRIVES. EVENTUALLY THE LOG DRIVES WERE REPLACED WITH A NETWORK OF LOGGING ROADS SO THAT INLAND WOOD COULD BE HARVESTED AND TRUCKED TO THE MILLS. THESE ROAD NETWORKS INCLUDE NUMEROUS STREAM CROSSINGS, MOST OF WHICH INVOLVED PLACING CULVERTS, THAT WERE OFTEN IMPROPERLY SIZED AND OR IMPROPERLY INSTALLED, AT THE STREAM ROAD INTERSECTIONS. THESE SITES OFTEN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BACKWATER AREAS UPSTREAM OF THE ROAD. NOW THAT THESE CROSSINGS ARE BEING REPLACED WITH PROPERLY SIZED OPEN-BOTTOM STRUCTURES (BRIDGES OR ARCH CULVERTS) THERE ARE MANY LEGACY BACKWATER AREAS BEING DRAINED ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO RE-VEGETATE THESE DRAINED BACKWATER AREAS TO HELP JUMP-START THE FOREST SUCCESSION. WE WILL ALSO BE REPLANTING RIPARIAN BUFFERS IN AREAS THAT ARE CONSISTENTLY SCOURED BY WINTER ICE FLOWS AND FLOOD EVENTS CAUSED BY THE LACK OF IN-STREAM STRUCTURE.

INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A SPATIAL DECISION MODEL FOR THE ENDANGERED GULF OF MAINE DISTINCT POPULATIONS SEGMENT OF ATLANTIC SALMON

RESTORE WATERSHED PROCESSES, CONDUCTIVITY & FISH PASSAGE IN PRIORITY AREAS IN LOWER PENOBSCOT

COMMUNITY FACILITY GRANTS

RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR ATLANTIC SALMON IN MACHIAS RIVER

COMMUNITY FACILITY GRANTS

ATLANTIC SALMON HABITAT RESTORATION