HAWKINS CREEK - RAILBED REMOVAL
Hawkins Creek Stewardship Committee - (Yahk, BC)
$10,000.00

In the early 20th century, a railway system ws built up Hawkins Creek and some of its tributaries to transport lumber to the sawmill in Yahk. A remnant of the old railbed is confining a section of the channel at the upper end of Hawkins Creek Reach 8, resulting in degradation, bank erosion and channel entrenchment for approximately 250-500 meters, and a 2005 Hydrogeomorphic Assessment recommends removing portions of the railbed (Green, 2005). A plan for removing portions of the old railbed to reduce channel confinement and allow the stream to overflow through an alternate channel will be developed and implemented.

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