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 2003, including:

• in urban areas - the Small Habitat Restoration Program (SHRP) had 28 active habitat restoration projects, including 14 projects that were in construction phase, five projects in design and permit phase, seven projects that were maintained and monitored, as well as two technical assistance projects. SHRP restoration projects improved a total of 1.4 stream miles, 1.2 acres of wetland, and 12.2 acres of buffer in the Urban Service Area in 2003.
• in the rural service area - SHRP had 19 active habitat restoration projects, including 14 projects that were in construction phase, three projects in design and permit phase, and two projects that were maintained and monitored. SHRP restoration projects improved a total of 4.75 stream miles, 37.42 acres of wetland, and 123 acres of buffer in the Rural Service Area in 2003.

The Small Habitat Restoration Program 2003 Report is available in Adobe Acrobat format.

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Small Habitat Restoration Program 2003 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.