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Amity Creek Watershed

In 2011 our office, in cooperation with the MPCA and the U of M Natural Resource Research Institute, received a $252,000 grant from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The Amity Creek Restoration Project is one of only a handful of Minnesota projects to receive funding through this $475 million initiative. Impaired for turbidity, these efforts on Amity are to improve habitat for its cold-water trout.

Bridge remnants on AmityWe have identified priority areas. Work on these projects will take place in summers of 2012 and 2013. The restoration project will include four elements:

- one bank stabilization project to reduce sediment loads;

- removal of an old bridge to facilitate fish passage;

- restoration of a gully caused by improperly sized culvert; and

- tree planting on to reduce runoff and cool water temperatures for trout.

Pictured here, asphalt from an old bridge blocks stream flow and fish passage

View a slideshow from our Fall 2011 Amity Creek reconnaissance.

Amity Creek Bank Stabilization
During the summer of 2009, our office conducted a reconnaissance study of the stream, which revealed several failing banks. Thanks to funding from the Weber Stream Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Basin Program, we and several partners were able to re-shape and re-vegetate two eroding banks that were contributing especially large amounts of sediment to the stream. 

Before - Amity bank erosion After - bank revegetation
At left, before, our staff stands above badly eroding river bank. At right, after contouring and revegetation.

Amity Creek Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
Listed: 2004
Impairment: Turbidity
Current Status: TMDL study has not yet begun.
More Information: See the Lake Superior Streams Amity Creek webpage.


Additional Resources

Great Lakes Basin Program

Weber Stream Restoration Initiative

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Lake Superior Streams 		 
     
   

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