Lower Booze Creek Stream Restoration Project

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Watershed Characteristics

Booze Creek, a tributary to Cabin John Creek, is a four square mile urban watershed. Land use is comprised of 94 percent residential and institutional development with six percent open land and deciduous forest fragmented throughout the watershed. The majority of upper Booze Creek is conveyed in a concrete-lined channel or through a stomdrain system. The stream converts to a natural channel on the Holton Arms School property and continues flowing through a natural channel before emptying into Cabin John Creek.

Proposed Lower Booze Creek Stream Restoration Project

The Cabin John Creek Watershed Study (DEP 2004 - click on link for Executive Summary) identified the Lower Booze Creek Stream Restoration Project as a priority stream restoration area. Impacts from uncontrolled runoff from existing development has accelerated stormwater runoff causing the stream to overwiden, erode, and expose sewer lines, which is ultimately degrading the aquatic life in Booze Creek. The proposed 0.8 mile stream restoration project between River Road and Cabin John Parkway focuses on stabilizing the stream channel to reduce excess sediment from further degrading in stream habitat, protecting sewer line infrastructure, and enhancing stream buffer conditions. Overall this project will improve stream conditions in Booze Creek and foster community stewardship.

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View the Lower Booze Creek Stream Restoration power point presentation from the November 9, 2005 public meeting. The presentation provides a general background on urban stream problems and solutions the Department of Environmental Protection is recommending to improve the conditions of lower Booze Creek.

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