The Fishway at the East Haven Dam on the Farm River (First Upstream

Easygrants ID: 39391 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation NFWF Project ID: 1401.13.039391 LI Sound Futures Fund 2013 - Planning All Types and Water Quality Monitoring - Submit Final Programmatic Report (New Metrics) Grantee Organization: Hammonasset Chapter #446, Trout Unlimited, Inc. Project Title: Pages Millpond Fishway Design, Farm River (CT)

Project Period 10/01/2013 - 6/30/2015 Project Location Pages Millpond Dam, North Branford and East Haven Dam, East Haven, Farm River, CT. Description (from Proposal) Project Finalize a plan for two fishways restoring free fish passage to 5.35 river miles to increase spawning Summary (from habitat for alewife, blueback herring, American eel, and sea run brown trout. Proposal) Summary of The fishway at the East Haven Dam on the Farm River (first upstream impoundment from Accomplishments Long Island Sound) was designed and constructed by the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority. This fishway allows access by diadromous fish, at essentially all water levels, to 1.75 river miles of the Farm River up to the Pages Millpond Dam.

The final design and permitting of the Pages Millpond Dam fishway was completed. A determination that the project was eligible under Category 1 of the Connecticut General Permit was issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on April 17, 2014. This determination is valid until the General Permit expires on 07-15-2016. It is anticipated that this determination can be easily renewed when a new General Permit is issued.

A Dam Safety construction permit was issued on October 22, 2014 by the CT DEEP authorizing the project pursuant to Section 22a-403 of the CGS. The CTDEEP permit is valid until 10-22-2017. An additional three year extension may be requested.

A draft project manual which is essentially a draft bid package was completed. The project was not put out to bid as the required construction funding was not fully secured.

Lessons Learned No generally applicable lessons were learned in this project, except perhaps that permitting takes longer than anticipated even with a good project designer and timely submission of information to the regulatory agencies. The final design and permitting of the project was accomplished. The lack of availability of construction funding has put the project on hold once again. It is anticipated that the project can be put out to bid within a relatively short time frame when construction funding is obtained.

Activities and Outcomes

Funding Strategy: Habitat Restoration Activity / Outcome: LISFF - Fish passage improvements - # passage barriers rectified Description: Enter the number of fish passage barriers rectified Required: Recommended # passage barriers rectified - Current: 0.00 # passage barriers rectified - Grant Completion: 1 Notes: Two fishways were proposed. Planning and construction was completed for the East Haven Dam Fishway by the SCCRWA in 2014. This planning grant put the Pages Millpond Fishway on track to be completed when construction funding is found.

Funding Strategy: Habitat Restoration Activity / Outcome: LISFF - Fish passage improvements - Miles of stream opened Description: Enter the number of miles of stream opened Required: Recommended Miles of stream opened - Current: 7.00 Miles of stream opened - Grant Completion: 8.75 Notes: 5.35 rivermiles will be opened to free fish passage once both fishways are constructed. The steepass fishway at the dam at rivermile 7 has been completed. The steepass fishway for Pages Millpond Dam at rivermile 8.75 has been designed and permitted and we are trying to find construction funding. A total of 12.35 rivermiles of anadromous fish riverine migratory corridor will be available following the construction made possible by this planning grant.

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Final Programmatic Report Narrative

1. Summary of Accomplishments In four to five sentences, provide a brief summary of the project’s key accomplishments and outcomes that were observed or measured.

While not specifically a deliverable for this planning grant, the fishway at the East Haven Dam on the Farm River (first upstream impoundment from Long Island Sound) was designed and constructed by the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority. The final design and permitting of the Pages Millpond Dam fishway was completed.

A determination that the project was eligible under Category 1 of the Connecticut General Permit was issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on April 17, 2014. This determination is valid until the General Permit expires on 07-15-2016. It is anticipated that this determination can be easily renewed when a new General Permit is issued.

A draft project manual which is essentially a draft bid package was completed. This package will be used to solicit bids for construction when funds are available.

2. Project Activities & Outcomes

Activities  Describe and quantify (using the approved metrics referenced in your grant agreement) the primary activities conducted during this grant. –

Project managers worked with Nathan L. Jacobson and Associates, the selected Engineering Consultant, to finalize design plans, copies of which have been uploaded to the Easygrants system;

Nathan L. Jacobson and Associates with assistance of Project managers developed and submitted a Dam Safety permit application and a Corps of Engineers form identifying the project as a Category 1 under the Connecticut General Permit;

CT DEEP and U. S. Army Corps of Engineers processed the permit applications and issued the permits, copies of which have been uploaded to the Easygrants system;

Nathan L. Jacobson and Associates with help from the Project managers developed the bid package, a copy of which has been uploaded to the Easygrants system.

Project managers added a project web page to the existing Hammonasset Chapter Trout Unlimited webpage at: http://www.hctu.org/farm-river-fish-passage-project---frfpp.html.

 Briefly explain discrepancies between the activities conducted during the grant and the activities agreed upon in your grant agreement.

There were no discrepancies between the amended project scope and the accomplishments. The scope had to be revised as the construction funding was not available to put the project out to bid as originally anticipated. Bid documents were developed to the level that could be done without knowing the source of construction funding.

Outcomes  Describe and quantify progress towards achieving the project outcomes described in your grant agreement. (Quantify using the approved metrics referenced in your grant agreement or by using more relevant metrics not included in the application.)

The anticipated outcomes were fulfilled. Final design plans were completed for permitting and future construction of the Pages Millpond Dam Fishway, all permits required for construction were obtained including CT Dam Safety and Corps of Engineers concurrence that project is consistent with Category 1 of existing CT General Permit, a bid package was developed, and project information was placed on HCTU website.

 Briefly explain discrepancies between what actually happened compared to what was anticipated to happen.

There are no discrepancies between amended project outcomes and actual outcomes.

 Provide any further information (such as unexpected outcomes) important for understanding project activities and outcome results.

No further information is necessary.

3. Lessons Learned Describe the key lessons learned from this project, such as the least and most effective conservation practices or notable aspects of the project’s methods, monitoring, or results. How could other conservation organizations adapt their projects to build upon some of these key lessons about what worked best and what did not?

No generally applicable lessons were learned in this project, except perhaps that permitting takes longer than anticipated, even with a good project designer and timely submission of information to the regulatory agencies. The final design and permitting of the project was accomplished. The lack of availability of construction funding has put the project on hold one again. It is anticipated that the project can be put out to bid within a relatively short time frame when construction funding is obtained.

4. Dissemination Briefly identify any dissemination of lessons learned or other project results to external audiences, such as the public or other conservation organizations.

Project information has been placed on HCTU Website at: http://www.hctu.org/farm-river-fish-passage-project--- frfpp.html.

5. Project Documents Include in your final programmatic report, via the Uploads section of this task, the following:

 2-10 representative photos from the project. Photos need to have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi and must be accompanied with a legend or caption describing the file name and content of the photos;  report publications, GIS data, brochures, videos, outreach tools, press releases, media coverage;  any project deliverables per the terms of your grant agreement.

POSTING OF FINAL REPORT: This report and attached project documents may be shared by the Foundation and any Funding Source for the Project via their respective websites. In the event that the Recipient intends to claim that its final report or project documents contains material that does not have to be posted on such websites because it is protected from disclosure by statutory or regulatory provisions, the Recipient shall clearly mark all such potentially protected materials as “PROTECTED” and provide an explanation and complete citation to the statutory or regulatory source for such protection.