1. Build It and They Will Come
The Restoration of Nevada Spring Creek Early Monitoring Results
Ron Pierce, Craig Podner & Ryen Anderson
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
&
Don Peters
DJP Aquatic Consulting
Example of the type of restoration projects occuring the blackfoot different set of tools

2. Acknowledgements Nevada Spring Creek Partners USFWS
Big Blackfoot Chapter of TU
Blackfoot Challenge
Nature Conservancy
North Powell Conservation District
Northwestern Energy

3. Nevada Spring Creek

4. Nevada Spring Creek New Channel Nevada Spring Creek Old Channel
Nevada Creek

8. Nevada Creek

14. Objectives Restore habitat suitable for cold water communities
Reduce thermal stress in Nevada Spring Creek, Nevada Creek and Blackfoot River
Improve downstream water quality to Nevada Creek and Blackfoot River
Provide a salmonid recruitment source to downstream reaches

15. Examples
Before
Before
After
After

16. Before and After
April 2002
July 2003

17. Before and After
April 2002
June 2003