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Mill Creek Report
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SUMMER SUCCESS STORIES
Mill Creek, Cayuga, 2010
It is not even the end of the September, but we have done so much already that I felt it necessary to pass on the summary of what we have done so far, and a peek at what’s next. We finished the installation of our Data Loggers over three days requiring 30+ volunteer hours. A lower stream job cleared two “Leaner trees” for local firewood use, plus fallen trees clogging the
stream.
After installing our first prominent Beaver Baffler at the top of Taquanyah at DeCewsville Road, with the help of our Haldimand Stewardship Rangers, on July 7th we began the process of preparing the downstream for the installation of three more. These will be at crucial places where most beaver pond flooding causes the most damage. We had to carve access paths through the bush to enable us to move the 60 to 70” long 12” conduits into place in the breached beaver dams. This took five separate work events involving our Rangers and 60+ volunteer hours!
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We now have scheduled the assembly and positioning of the last three units on two weekends: September 18th and 25th. It is hoped we can arrange for an on-site party on the Aldridge property on the 18th at 1PM. We will confirm by midweek. When these chores are done, we have only non-critical jobs left, like filter cloth, soil and seeding of the Armstrong site, replacing the fence and installing our signage, now in draft stage.
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This month also saw staff conduct two more “Bug” samplings, which show much greater and varied populations of vital insect life. Last years formal report will be updated with 2010 data over the winter. Our Temperature draft report is in hand. It shows what we expected: Outstanding LOW mean temps, necessary for Brook trout habitat. With our biomass survey planned for this month, we look forward to having no more major hurdles to overcome before restocking is Okayed by the
MNR.
This report is being done to coincide with the presentation to HAFFT at 7:30 PM on Monday, September 13th in Hamilton. Titled: “Turning Back the Clock 40 years” We will be reporting that to date, we have had over 811 volunteer hours donated by over 75 different individuals, representing 9 organizations, plus 15 involved residents and five Mill Creek land owners. It is an amazing and heartwarming story!
Thanks to all who have helped. We look for even greater participation as we move ahead.
Bill Christmas, Project Coordinator, Ted Knott Chapter, Trout Unlimited Canada |
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Trout
Unlimited Canada
