Restoring watershed health helps preserve critical ecosystem services such as protecting water security as temperatures continue to rise and snowpack decreases. Restoring headwater floodplains and adjacent wetlands is one of the best proactive ways to address both water quality and water supply while improving habitat for aquatic and terrestrial species. It has the additional benefits of improving water quality delivered to municipal systems and reducing sedimentation of reservoirs and headgates. Specific benefits from healthy watersheds include improved water quality, storm flow attenuation, flood reduction, and habitat resiliency.

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HCCA works on a range of projects that improve watershed conditions. We implement wet meadow restoration projects that restore degraded gullies, retain sediment, and foster growth of native plants. We assist with illegal route closures, preventing additional erosion, lowering of water tables, and avoiding habitat fragmentation. We’ve been exploring opportunities to use beaver dam analogues and other beaver restoration tactics to rework stream habitat.

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