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Balancing Roadway Corridor Construction with Coldwater Habitat Protection, Rosenow Creek, Wisconsin

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Tom: This is the stream relocation as

part of the Highway 67, Oconomowoc

bypass, which was designed to relieve

traffic, through the city of

Oconomowoc. This is another Wisconsin

Department of Transportation project.

What was special, again, about this

project, was trying to balance a

roadway construction and staging with

the stream relocation here. This

particular stream was very important

because it has a natural reproducing

population of brook trout and brown

trout, so it's a high quality coldwater

stream; again, in a very confined

corridor. As you can see behind me,

there was a retaining wall that was

designed as part of this reconstruction

because of the tight confined location

between the tallest slope of that hill

way as well as the highway

construction.

To help protect the integrity of that

forest area, we erected that retaining

wall and were able to re-meander the

stream and we're standing in the

wetland mitigation area. This was all

part of the restoration design. The

stream itself was relocated far prior

to the roadway construction. That way

we were able to start to establish the

stream, wetland and reconnection prior

to the road construction as well as

design for the stormwater runoff from

that roadway, which, again, is a very

important aspect. We're trying to

maintain reduction of total suspend

solids and reduced erosion and runoff.

We diverted areas of runoff away from

the stream as much as possible, as part

of this overall project.

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Title: Balancing Roadway Corridor Construction with Coldwater Habitat Protection, Rosenow Creek, Wisconsin

Description:

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey) and Tom Slawski (Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission) discuss how designs for stormwater runoff from roadways in narrow transportation corridors can help protect coldwater brook trout habitat in agricultural settings.

Location: WI, Rosenow Creek, USA

Date Taken: 11/17/2011

Length: 1:58

Video Producer: Douglas A. Harned , National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA), USGS, North Carolina Water Science Center, Raleigh, NC

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Additional Video Credits:

Faith Fitzpatrick: Scriptwriter, Narrator, Scientist Consultant

Gerard McMahon: Producer

Douglas Harned: Producer, Video, Editor

Alan Cressler: Video

Luke McMahon: Video

Tom Slawski (Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission)

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