Project Overview

 

Location:

• Phase II focused on Reaches 5 and 4 of the larger project
• begins about one-half mile downstream of the Edwards bridge and ends at the Brett Ranch condos

The Issue:

Poor quality habitat from...

• fine sedimentation,
• livestock grazing,
• denuded riparian vegetation,
• local aggradation zones, and 
• channel widening

The Project:

• To improve habitat and function in the Edwards reach of the Eagle River and its floodplain.
• Reduce instream temperatures
• Reduce fine sediment accumulation
• Improve aquatic, riparian, & terrestrial habitat
• Improve channel function
• Improve current land use practices
• Provide educational/recreational opportunities alongside river

Partners:

• Eagle River Water & Sanitation District
• Colorado Department of Transportation
• Colorado Water Conservation Board
• Eagle County
• Edwards Metropolitan District
• Eagle Valley Trout Unlimited
• Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
• B&B Excavating, an Oldcastle company
• 22 Landowners abutting the project

 Weekly Photo Updates

• Photos of the project as it progressed Fall 2010

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Location

View Edwards Eagle River Restoration Project in a larger map

 

The Project

 

 

Weekly Photos 

ERWC took weekly photos of the progress made on Phase II of the restoration project.  You can view each week by clicking on the picture.

Restoration Week of Sept. 27	Phase II week of Oct. 4	Phase II Oct. 12th

Phase II Oct. 19th	Phase II Oct. 26	Phase II Nov. 2nd

Phase II Nov. 19