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 22, 2013

Project Update - 6

The Pinkham project is on track to finish up over the next few weeks. The back filling around the abutments was completed this week and the contractor worked to finish the channel and rock placement around the abutments. A California Conservation Corps crew was out to drill and anchor the log structures with threaded rod. Willow poles were placed throughout the rock lined channel. Poles that were placed a few weeks ago are already sprouting.

Shaw Contracting working to place rock around the abutments and build up the new stream channel.

The California Conservation Corps working to apply epoxy to secure and anchor the large woody debris structures.

Willow poles that were installed a few weeks ago are already sprouting.

The project is on schedule for the bridge delivery during the first week of December. Check back next week for more updates.

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