West Magpie Creek
WATERSHED PROTECTION
Project Profile
| Materials & Equipment | Environmentally Sensitive Stream Crossing EcoArch™ 138” X 40’ Engineered Steel Footing Pads |
|---|---|
| Location: | Dixon, MT |
| Owner: | Consolidated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) |
| Contractor: | Kendall Dupuis Logging |
| Consulting Engineer: | CSKT |
| Application: | West Magpie Creek supports West Slope Cutthroat Trout. It was necessary to remove a perched culvert pipe to allow Salmonid migration and prevent a genetically isolated population. |
| Special Project Elements: | About four miles of the creek are inhabited by fish but it was divided by segments of the perched culvert and needed a viable solution that could be installed in the remote location. |
Why this product versus others?
EcoArch™ product is pre-assembled and ready to set. The excavator was able to set 20’ sections on lightweight corrugated footing pads and simply bolt them together.