stream restoration projects

Victor #10 Mine Discharge Pipeline Project

The project, located in West Carroll Township, collects an abandoned mine discharge and transports it over 2,100 feet to the Clean Streams Foundation’s 20 Mine Active Treatment Plant. Once the discharge enters the treatment plant it will go through a series of ponds to remove the metals before out-letting into the stream as clean water.

The project restores approximately 1 mile of stream and positively impacts water quality of the West Branch Susquehanna River, which is a Class A Wild Trout Stream for a 20-plus mile portion downstream of this project.

Project cost - $265,865.67

SRBC funding - $130,865.67

Office of Surface Mining (OSM) Cash match - $135,000.00

In-kind match - $55,636.00

Key Project Partners:

• Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC)

• PA-DEP/Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation (BAMR)

• PACD – Technical Assistance

• Cambria County Conservation District

• Clean Streams Foundation – Landowner and Operator of the 20 Mine Active Treatment Plant

• Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (WPCAMR)

• Landowners - 3 Easements

• Office of Surface Mining (OSM)

Fox Run Phase II

The bank was extremely eroded and being undercut by the current of the stream. The bank was regraded and vegetation was planted in order to stabilize the bank. This project resulted in a stream bank that looks completely different and much more natural.

Patton flood control restoration project

The goals of the project were to improve sediment transport through the flood control area  while improving fish habitat and reducing sediment loading from eroded streambanks into Chest Creek.The project recreated a low flow meandering channel within the flood  control area utilizing fish habitat devices.