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Ulster County Culvert Assessment Project
a Presentation by
Amanda LaValleCoordinator, Ulster County Department of the Environment
Part of:
Understanding Our Changing EnvironmentWoodstock Land ConservancyWoodstock Elementary School
September 24, 2018
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• Evaluating condition and other indicators relevant to flood mitigation and emergency preparedness.
• Using habitat cores as a way of putting aquatic passage in larger landscape connectivity context.
Ulster County Culvert Assessment Project
• Assessing over 400 stream/road culvert crossings on county/town roads following the NAACP aquatic organism passage protocol.
Project funded in part by a grant from:
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It’s just a culvert….
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It’s just a culvert….
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It’s just a culvert….
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It’s just a culvert….
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It’s just a culvert….
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It’s just a culvert….
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It’s just a culvert….
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It’s just a culvert….
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It’s just a culvert….
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It’s just a small stream…• Make up a large percentage
of stream miles
• Cumulatively provide more habitat than large rivers
• Support species not found in larger streams and rivers
• High productivity
• Provide important spawning & nursery habitat for fish
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North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAACC)
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North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAACC): Objectives
• Reconnect streams & rivers to support healthier populations of fish & wildlife
• Proactively identify and prioritize sites for stream crossing upgrades/replacements
• Facilitate communication and information sharing among partners
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Town# of Culverts Assessed No Barrier
Insignificant Barrier
Minor Barrier
Moderate Barrier
Significant Barrier
Severe Barrier Missing Data
Hurley 9 2 3 3 1
Kingston (town) 5 1 1 2 1
Ulster 4 1 2 1
Woodstock 87 1 26 17 17 10 15 1
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Ferguson Creek- Insignificant Barrier
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Bellows Lane- Minor Barrier
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Nissen Lane- Minor Barrier
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Sweet Meadows Before- Severe Barrier
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Sweet Meadows After
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Ulster County Culvert Assessment Project
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Ulster County Culvert Assessment Project
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• Original cores meant to be reproducible across NYS
• Used national and statewide data sets including the NLCD, a USDS nationally available 30 meter land cover data set
• In 2017, a 1 meter landcover data set was developed for UC, and UC contracted with Green Infrastructure Center, inc. to rebuild the cores layer based on this data
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Ulster County Culvert Assessment Project-Updated UC Habitat Cores
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1:125K
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1:50K
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1:10K
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1:5k
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Yellow = High Res 1m (2017 Update)Red = Original 30m (2014)
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ArcGIS Toolbox for calculating scores and ranks for core habitats
Ulster County Culvert Assessment Project-Updated UC Cores