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=Projects =

Robin Hood Allen 6th APES 13 January 2012 __** Successful Ecological Restoration Project **__ The Center Hill Dam was constructed in 1948 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose of controlling floods and to generate hydroelectric power. The lake has multiple tributaries, including the Caney Fork River. These tributaries make up the 23, 606 acre Center Hill Reservoir. This area of the lake, the Caney Fork River is a very popular spot for recreational fishing, and at one point was struggling with the fish population. Center Hill Lake in Smithville, Tennessee went through a successful restoration project in the years past. This proje ct was to restore diversity to the in-stream habitat providing high flow refuge for fish, substrate components for the aquatic invertebrate population, and improved spawning areas. For the restoration project they placed boulders in 16 sites, substrate features in eight locations, four riparian zones, and one site combined of riprap and revegetation in a twenty-six mile radius of the Caney Fork which is downstream from Center Hill Dam. The project came to an estimated cost of $489,000. In the end the riparian zone created 12,200 square meters of prime wildlife habitat. On top of that, the TWRA also added fish to this area that could survive the long migration they go through annually so that they could help increase the population and provide for better fishing grounds.

Works Cited "American Rivers : Successful Habitat Restoration Projects." //American Rivers : Protecting Our Rivers and Clean Water//. Charity Navigator. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. . Fiss, Frank C., and David W. Young. //Management Plan for the Center Hill Tailwater Trout Fishery//. Issue brief. TWRA, Dec. 2003. Web. 18 Dec. 2012. [].

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