scholarly journals Stream Restoration: Project Evaluation and Site Selection in the Cacapon River Watershed, West Virginia

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan L. Pitchford
Keyword(s):  
West Virginia ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Stream Restoration ◽  
Project Evaluation ◽  
Restoration Project ◽  
River Watershed

scholarly journals Integrated Hydraulic Modelling, Water Quality Modelling and Habitat Assessment for Sustainable Water Management: A Case Study of the Anyang-Cheon Stream, Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4330
Author(s):  
Byungwoong Choi ◽  
Seung Se Choi
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Quality Index ◽  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Stream Restoration ◽  
Restoration Project ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Habitat Simulation ◽  
Canadian Council

Recent ecological stream restoration projects have focused on expanding the water-friendly space of streams, promoting the health of aquatic ecosystems, and restoring various habitats, which raise the need for relevant research. Applying integrated environmental analysis, this study quantifies the change in hydraulic characteristics before and after the restoration projects through physical habitat simulation and links the results of physical impacts to estimate benefits of increase in water quality and aquatic ecosystem health due to the implementation of the project. For this, the study area is a 3.3 km long reach of the Anyang-cheon Stream, Korea. Field monitoring revealed that five fish species are dominant and sub-dominant, and account for 76% of the total fish community. To assess the change of before and after ecological stream restoration project, the River2D and Coastal Modelling System (CMS)-Flow 2D models were used for hydraulic and water quality simulations, respectively. For the habitat simulation, the HSI (Habitat Suitability Index) model was used. In addition, the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Water Quality Index (CCME WQI) was used to calculate changes in water quality index and to examine changes in habitat areas with an integrated quantitative index, the methodology of Zingraff-Hamed et al. was adopted. It was found that the ecological stream restoration project significantly increased for the eco-friendly area. In addition, the changes in water quality and habitat suitability grades before the ecological river restoration project were improved to two stages and one stage, respectively. This study applied the integrated analytical framework as a policy/project assessment tool and the results of this study will be useful for the integrated water management policy.

Den-Site Selection by Eastern Spotted Skunks in the Central Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (sp11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kendyl N. Hassler ◽  
Charles D. Waggy ◽  
R. Manuel Spínola ◽  
Kevin J. Oxenrider ◽  
Rich E. Rogers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Virginia ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Appalachian Mountains ◽  
Den Site Selection

scholarly journals Tujunga Wash Greenway and Stream Restoration Project

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Lehrman ◽  
Alexander Robinson ◽  
Myvonwynn Hopton ◽  
Mallory Piazzola
Keyword(s):  
Stream Restoration ◽  
Restoration Project

scholarly journals Reducing Sediments from Skid Roads in West Virginia Using Fiber Mats

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 118-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawn T. Grushecky ◽  
Ben D. Spong ◽  
David W. McGill ◽  
John W. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Soil Erosion ◽  
West Virginia ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Sediment Traps ◽  
Native Grass ◽  
Fiber Mats ◽  
River Watershed ◽  
Grass Seed ◽  
Road Section ◽  
Native Seed

Abstract A research study was established to test the effectiveness of fiber mats and native seed mixtures in reducing soil erosion from newly constructed skid roads in the Elk River watershed in central West Virginia. Six road sections received fiber mat and native grass seed and were pairedwith randomly selected sections of equal grade receiving no treatments. Silt fences with sediment traps were constructed at the downslope terminus of each road section. Sediments were collected from silt traps three times during summer 2005 and 2006. Over the 2-year study period, sedimentswere reduced by 88% on skid trails treated with fiber mats and seeding. Our findings suggest that the use of fiber mats has the potential to significantly reduce sedimentation from skid roads in West Virginia.

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