COLORADO OPEN LANDS Tarryall Creek Stream Restoration Design-Build Park County,

The stabilization of Tarryall Creek restored prime trout habitat, returned willows to the riparian corridor, and greatly reduced sediment production in the creek.

iohabitats was retained approval from the Colorado Bby Colorado Open Department of Wildlife. Lands, a land conservation organization, to restore por- The design restored a stable tions of Tarryall Creek along pattern and dimension to a two-mile reach that fl owed the degraded reaches while through a working ranch. maintaining the existing, This narrow stream valley had stable riffl e/pool sequences. been used for grazing and hay Trees and boulders from cutting for over 100 years. The another location on the ranch riparian buffer contained only were harvested and used to sporadic clumps of willows, construct log vanes, rootwads, and the stream banks were and large, woody debris. These severely eroded. structures, along with gravel/ cobble point bar material and The goals of this design-build transplanted willow clumps, project were to stabilize erod- were combined to stabilize ing banks, re-establish a natu- eroding banks while also creat- ral riparian buffer, and provide ing cover for trout. habitat for trout. A stable reach of Tarryall Creek on private SERVICES fi shing club land was measured Inventory & Assessments and utilized as a reference Design-Build top: Eroding bank typical of pre-restoration conditions reach. Biohabitats obtained Permitting bottom: Stream bank following restoration the 404 permit from the U.S. Construction Management Army Corps of Engineers and Project Management

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