Pinkham Fish Passage Restoration - Carpinteria Creek

The Pinkham fish passage restoration project along Carpinteria Creek, represents one of the last barriers in the Carpinteria Creek Watershed. The project will replace an undersized rail car bridge with a wider and taller bridge. It will also remove 90 feet of concreted stream channel and banks. The stream channel will be regraded and the creek banks will be restored with native riparian vegetation. When the project is complete steelhead trout will have access to upstream habitat.

Friday, November 8, 2013

Project Update - 4

This week Shaw contracting continued to work on forming the abutments at the Pinkham project site. The concrete for the abutment wingwalls was poured today. The concrete will cure for a few days after which the wood forms will be stripped. By the end of next week the contractor should begin filling in behind the abutments with compacted soil.

The contractor working to shape and tie together the inner reinforcement structure of the abutments.

The abutments take shape as the last pieces of wood forming go up around the rebar.

Check back next week to see the finished abutments.

Working with the various project funders and partners, South Coast Habitat Restoration, is managing the grant funding for the project and coordinating operations between project partners. SCHR is a local non-profit organization based in Carpinteria that is dedicated to environmental stewardship and habitat enhancement. We emphasize steelhead trout recovery through a variety of watershed restoration projects throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

For additional information on the project please contact Mauricio Gomez at mgomez@schabitatrestoration.org 805-729-8787