Miller Creek Restoration (Leik) - Future Fisheries Environmental Assessment

Mar 1, 2024 12:00 AM

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is seeking public participation and comment on a project to fund a stream restoration project on Miller Creek (near Lolo) through the Future Fisheries Improvement Program. This project would build upon two miles of stream restoration in Miller Creek and diversify the channel plan form and realign it away from eroding banks, add grade and elevation controls to increase floodplain connectivity, use large wood/debris matrix structures to increase instream habitat complexity, and employ large scale riparian planting to facilitate recovery of the riparian community. The goals are to reduce sediment delivery to the stream, promote riparian recovery, increase floodplain connectivity, and increase habitat complexity to improve fish habitat.