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Table 11: Usshers Creek Subwatershed Restoration ActionsRESTORATIONOPPORTUNITIESUSSHERS CREEK NORTH OF THE QEWPROJECT OPPORTUNITIES RECOMMENDED RESTORATION STRATEGIESRIPARIAN WETLAND UPLAND ANDECOLOGICAL LINKAGES RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDSGEOMORPHIC ASSESSMENT STUDY(NPCA 2007B)Niagara River Parkway (Reach UCMa)Marshall Road (Reach UCMc)74
Table 11: Usshers Creek Subwatershed Restoration ActionsPROJECT OPPORTUNITIESRECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDSGEOMORPHIC ASSESSMENT STUDY(NPCA 2007B)3. Ort Road (Reach UCMc-2): This section of the stream is moderately to slightlyentrenched which results in flood waters having limited access to the floodplain.Therefore, the energy within the flow is contained in the channel. Allowing afloodplain to develop within entrenched streams and increasing the sinuosity alongstraightened reaches will help to dissipate the energy within the flow. Some areashave a high width to depth ratio indicating that excessive sedimentation may beoccurring. A slight oil sheen, duckweed, and algae were identified during a site visitin 2007. Recommendations for this site include not grading the banks too steepduring dredging so that vegetation can become established and stabilize the soil inaddition to providing cover and habitat for fish, insects, and invertebrate along thechannel. Water quality should be continually monitored in this watershed.4. Bossert Road (Reach UCMd): The majority of this reach is flat with wetland typevegetation. This section is also entrenched resulting in flood waters having limited tono access to the floodplain; therefore, the energy within the flow is contained in thechannel. Numerous debris jams are also present here indicating that some wideningmay be occurring. Recommendations for this site include not grading the banks toosteep during dredging so that vegetation can become established and stabilize thesoil, and increase the amount of wetland vegetation to provide cover and habitat forfish, insects, and invertebrate along the channel.5. Sodom Road (UCTb): This section of the stream is moderately to slightly entrenchedwhich results in flood waters having limited access to the floodplain; therefore, theenergy within the flow is contained in the channel. Allowing a floodplain to developwithin entrenched streams and increasing the sinuosity along straightened reacheswill help to dissipate the energy within the flow. Deep sediment deposits, as well ashigh width to depth ratios in some areas indicate that excessive sedimentation isoccurring. Numerous debris jams also indicate that channel widening may beoccurring. The presence of algae was identified during a site visit in 2007.Recommendations for this site include not grading the banks too steep duringdredging so that vegetation can become established and stabilize the soil. Inaddition, the vegetation will provide cover and habitat for fish, insects, andinvertebrate along the channel. Water quality should be continually monitoredin this watershed.6. Sodom Road (Reach UCTb-2): This section of the stream is entrenched (due todredging) which results in flood waters having limited to no access to the floodplain;therefore, the energy within the flow is contained in the channel. Allowing afloodplain to develop within entrenched streams and increasing the sinuosity alongstraightened reaches will help to dissipate the energy within the flow. Some areashave a high width to depth ratio indicating that excessive sedimentation may beoccurring. Bank erosion is present along the steep banks in the form of: exposedroots; bare soil extending up the bank; and slumped soil. Exposed tree roots are anindication of channel widening, and bank slumping indicates that vegetative rootsare too shallow. The presence of algae was identified during a site visit in 2007.Recommendations for this site include not grading the banks too steep duringdredging so that vegetation can become established and stabilize the soil. Thevegetation will also provide cover and habitat for fish, insects, and invertebratealong the channel. Water quality should be continually monitored in this watershed.Usshers Creek is designated as Union Marsh municipal drain. Some of the field siteswere identified as entrenched, which means that flood waters have little to no access tothe floodplain. Confining the flood waters to the channel results in the loss of theadjacent floodplain, which impacts the hydraulic function of the stream (floodplains arestorage areas for flood waters) and the physical habitat (loss of floodplain vegetationand the organisms that live there). It will also change the channel geometry overtimedue to increased velocity, stream power and channel slope. Bank erosion and sediment75
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Watershed ObjectivesEach watershed
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Figure 3: TopogRaphy6
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Figure 5: Geology8
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Town of Fort Erie. Some sections of
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Figure 8: Niagara River Area of Con
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WetlandsThe Ontario Wetland Evaluat
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The following descriptions of the r
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The Old Lincoln Street Woodlot is a
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Aquatic HabitatFish Community Studi
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Page 33 and 34: Figure 14: WATER QUALITY AND POTENT
Page 35 and 36: Groundwater ResourcesA Groundwater
Page 37 and 38: Niagara Falls watershed, the roads
Page 39 and 40: Municipal Drain MaintenanceSeveral
Page 42 and 43: Water Quality Best Management Pract
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Page 46 and 47: table 6: provincially rare species
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Page 52: Grassy Brook Restoration StrategyGr
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Page 57 and 58: Hunters Drain Restoration StrategyH
Page 59 and 60: table 8: hunters drain subwatershed
Page 61 and 62: Tee Creek Restoration StrategyThe m
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Page 69 and 70: Lyons Creek Restoration StrategyThe
Page 71 and 72: Table 10: Lyons Creek Subwatershed
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Page 87 and 88: Table 12: Bayers Creek Subwatershed
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Page 91 and 92: Table 13: Niagara River 9 Subwaters
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Page 101 and 102: Environment Canada. 2004b. Best Man
Page 103 and 104: GlossaryArea of Concern: An area is
Page 105 and 106: South Niagara FallsAPPENDICES
Page 107 and 108: Land Management Issues and Concerns
Page 109 and 110: BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND RESTO
Page 111 and 112: Scoring Descriptions for Stream Vis
Page 113 and 114: APPENDIX bINSECT/INVERTEBRATE HABIT
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Page 121 and 122: BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES MENUAPPEN
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