Wakefield Run
Stream Restoration Project

September 14, 2019

THE END!

This photo set is the last in the 5-year monitoring period connected with the 2013-2014 stream restoration project.

When the restoration of Wakefield Run was completed in 2014, we undertook to evaluate it for five years. The results are a mixture.

• The stream bed is largely stable, but the stream shows signs of going its own way.
• The vegetation planted along the banks is flourishing.
• The trees planted at further distance from the stream have not fared particularly well.
• While we do see a change in the diversity of macroinvertebrate life, the numeric scores have remained in the unacceptable range.
• Fish have recolonized the stream, but not in the numbers that were present before.