The Small Habitat Restoration Program restored and improved streams and wetlands, and provided technical assistance to property owners, since 1995. This report describes projects accomplished and services provided during 2004, including:

• in urban areas - the Small Habitat Restoration Program (SHRP) had 23 active habitat restoration projects, including 11 projects that were in construction phase, four projects in design and permit phase, seven projects that were maintained and monitored, as well as one technical assistance project. SHRP restoration projects improved a total of 7,550 lineal feet of streambank, 12.9 acres of stream and wetland buffer, and 10,000 square feet of wetlands enhanced in the Urban Service Area in 2004.
• in the rural service area - SHRP had 24 active habitat restoration projects, including 18 in construction phase, one in design and permit phase, and five projects that were maintained and monitored. SHRP restoration projects improved a total of 500 feet of beach and 6,710 lineal feet of streams, 1.5 acres of wetland restored and 19.6 acres of stream and wetland buffer in the Rural Service Area in 2004.

The Small Habitat Restoration Program 2004 Report is available in Adobe Acrobat format.

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Small Habitat Restoration Program 2004 Report

For more information about the Small Habitat Restoration Program, please contact Mason Bowles, senior ecologist, Water and Land Resources Division Ecological Restoration and Engineering Services Unit.