BRWA Culvert Program Strategic Plan

The Bad River watershed is the largest basin on the south shore of Lake Superior. Fish passage and sedimentation at road stream crossings have been identified as major concerns in the watershed. To address this concern, the Bad River Watershed Association (BRWA) initiated a culvert project to conduct a watershed wide, quantitative road-stream crossing inventory and identify specific sites that are priorities for remediation. 

BRWA developed inventories to gather general information about the structure itself, crossing characteristics, and stream channel conditions. Inventories were conducted by a combination of BRWA volunteers and Northland College student interns. Critical criteria were developed with the help of local partners to identify sites with accelerated erosion and sediment loading, or sites that create fish passage problems, or both.

Now that we have a list of priority problem sites, we need to work with local partners to determine how we will fix those sites. This document outlines a process for determining how local partners will work together to remediate problem road stream crossings, and proposes a strategic work plan that identifies specific sites, funding, partners and their roles for the next three years.

BRWA's Culvert Program Strategic Plan is available here:  brwa_culvert_strategic_plan