FISH HABITAT
The primary goal of the project was to create fish habitat and ultimately convert Davis Creek into a put-and-take trout fishery within Kanawha State Forest. The project goal was achieved by 1) the removal of the Ellison Pond Impoundment by means of lowering the Davis Creek Dam; 2) restoring the Davis Creek stream channel through the former Ellison Pond area; 3) stabilizing and enhancing sections of Davis Creek upstream of the former Ellison Pond; and 4) planting native vegetation within the floodplain and riparian buffer zone of Davis Creek.