The Mianus Chapter is actively involved in many river restoration
projects each year. The projects are geared towards improving water
quality and habitat for trout, insects and other river dwellers.
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• Norwalk River
Twelve years of restoration projects have allowed wild brown trout to once again spawn in the Norwalk River. While identified by the state Department of Environmental Protection as an "impaired" waterway, due in large part to non-point source pollution such as failing septic systems, over-use of residential fertilizers and pesticides, road runoff and other factors, the Norwalk has had a rebirth as a quality trout stream in the last decade thanks to the chapter's restoration efforts and increasing awareness of environmental degredation.
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| The Mianus Chapter's Cannondale Dam bypass channel, which allows trout and other fish to migrate around a residential dam, has opened new spawning grounds in the Norwalk River. |
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• Mianus River
After years of behind the scenes collaboration, in 2008 the Mianus Chapter once again began working on the Mianus River. The Pilot Project involved constructing two stone vanes in a section of stream heavily damaged by flooding in April of 2007. Future work at this site, and other sites along the river are planned for 2009.
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| Two stone vanes jutting into the stream channel on the Mianus River will help prevent further bank erosion while also causing the center of the stream to be scoured out, adding deeper pools which will serve as protective lies for trout. |
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