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GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY Pope Branch Stream Restoration Washington, DC The regenerative stream channel system approach used on Pope Branch re-establishes ecological functions within the stream valley, creating a natural system that functions to improve stream stability, water quality, in-stream, and riparian habitats with a cost effective, aesthetic solution that minimizes impacts to the existing mature forest community. ope Branch Stream the riparian and fl oodplain PRestoration is a design habitat. All these objectives project on the Pope Branch work towards improving the tributary to the Anacostia overall ecological value of River for DCWATER and the Pope Branch stream and the District Department of fl oodplain area. The project the Environment. The stream will provide the City with a restoration is being done in unique, aesthetically pleasing conjunction with a sewer line community space that would replacement along the stream serve as a showcase for eco- valley. The project objectives logical restoration being done are to stabilize nearly 5,000 in the City. linear feet of stream channel within Pope Branch Park, thus SERVICES above: Proposed grading plan top, middle and bottom reducing the sediment load Design right: Initial conditions carried to the Anacostia River; Permitting enhance in-stream habitat Project Management for resident fi sh and benthic Green Infrastructure communities; and enhance conservation planning ecological restoration regenerative design Physiographic Province Atlantic Coastal Plain Bioregion GREAT LAKES BIOREGION Chesapeake/Delaware Bays 800.220.0919 Watershed www.biohabitats.com Chesapeake Bay.

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