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Brook trout are dependent on a few key elements in order to be productive.
Cold, clean water, lots of food, and plenty of habitat for spawning and
protection are vital to their success. These requirements can be drastically
altered however when people begin to develop in or around lakes and streams.
Often times, what is good for our productivity has the opposite effect on our
natural resources. The effects of mining in Iron County, as well as residential
or commercial development near the Iron River has resulted in the need to
improve some areas of the Iron River and restore habitat both on the land in the
water. The removal of a man made dam (photo, top right), restoring stream shape variation in a channelized section of river, and revival of stream side vegetation and habitat
(photo, bottom right)
are all projects currently in development through the Iron River Watershed
Project and by the Iron River Watershed Council.
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 Brush
structures, like the one pictured, help trap sediments, create stream
channel variation, and stabilize banks.
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(Click here for first listed project:
Agricultural)
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