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Presented at the NABS Annual meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2002
in Conservation Ecology
A FEDERAL AND LOCAL PARTNERSHIP FACILITATES RESTORATION AND MONITORING OF A VERMONT STREAM.
J.L. Carrien1, S.R. Flowers1, M.T. Dolski1, and H.M. Peters1. 1Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont, USA 05827, 2United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, Essex Junction, Vermont, USA 05451, 3Jones Dairy Farm, Craftsbury, Vermont, USA 05826
Cass Brook flows through a dairy cattle pasture owned by the Jones Dairy Farm in Craftsbury, Vermont. Before this project, the brook was not enclosed, therefore subject to heavy impact. With the assistance of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and the Jones Dairy Farm, we undertook restoration of a 1,200-foot section of this brook in the fall of 2000. We also began a monitoring program. In the fall of 2001, a notable difference in the relative abundance of Plecoptera was observed. The data showed that the relative abundance of Plecoptera increased from 2% to 17% over the year. In 2001, we also investigated diatoms. Our results showed that there was a significant difference in the mean number of diatom genera, ranging from 7 (SE ± 1.3), in the section of brook being restored, to 12 (± 1.7), in a control section. Sterling College will continue to monitor this brook.
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