The city of ashland is seeking funding for the planning design and implementation of habitat and stream bed modifications using best management practices to enhance the urbanized BAY city creek…

This $150,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program supports the City of Ashland, Wisconsin in planning, designing, and implementing habitat and stream bed modifications to enhance the Bay City Creek riparian corridor. The project aims to improve water quality and habitat for critical species in this urbanized area through best management practices such as removing invasive species, encouraging native plant regeneration, and addressing erosion and sediment transport issues. The city is the primary landowner for this project, which involves collecting data, developing a restoration prioritization plan, and undertaking habitat and stream restoration activities to benefit federal trust species within the Coastal Program's focus areas.

The city of ashland is seeking funding for the planning design and implementation of habitat and stream bed modifications using best management practices to enhance the urbanized BAY city creek riparian corridor to improve water quality and habitat for critical species. The city is the primary landowner for this project. The project collected data to determine the greatest areas of erosion and understand sediment transport in BAY city creek and to develop a restoration prioritization plan that works to remove and treat invasive species and encourage native plant regeneration and animal species.