a working ranch parcel along the Teton River near Choteau, MT 59422
Retrofit the perched road culvert on the ranch's tributary crossing for fish passage, a working ranch parcel along the Teton River near Choteau, MT 59422.
This ranch's county-road tributary crossing runs an undersized culvert that has scoured out below its outlet, leaving the pipe perched a foot Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $660 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- Proofbefore/after photos + perch-height measurement + baffle/embedment log + flow-continuity confirm + GPS
- Open until2026-11-15
- Leveladvanced
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
This ranch's county-road tributary crossing runs an undersized culvert that has scoured out below its outlet, leaving the pipe perched a foot above the streambed and blocking native trout from moving upstream to spawning water; regrading the outlet pool and setting embedded baffles restores a continuous, passable channel through the crossing.
Fund it for $660. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.
Safety, read before you claim
Trained crew only: coordinate the road-closure window with the county road department, 811 locates before any excavation, in-stream work timed to the state fisheries work-window, never stand downstream of moving equipment.
How this work is done
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Steps
- Coordinate the road-closure window with the county road department and confirm the 811 utility locate before starting.
- Measure and record the perch height at the culvert outlet, then photograph the outlet as found.
- Regrade the outlet pool to streambed grade, removing the perch drop below the culvert.
- Set embedded baffles into the streambed sized and spaced to match the culvert diameter.
- Record a log of the baffle placement and streambed embedment matched to the culvert diameter.
- Photograph the regraded outlet pool showing streambed grade with no perch drop.
- Confirm the water surface runs unbroken from the culvert inlet to the outlet with no jump, and record the flow-continuity confirmation.
- Record the GPS location of the crossing.
What counts as done
- Before photo + measured perch height at the culvert outlet
- Baffle placement / streambed-embedment log matched to the culvert diameter
- After photo showing the outlet pool regraded to streambed grade with no perch drop
- Flow-continuity confirmation (water surface unbroken from inlet to outlet, no jump)
Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.
The standard this serves
Watershed Health. A watershed is everything the land pours into a stream, and the stream keeps the record. The EPA's bioassessment method reads that record through the small creatures living in the gravel: mayflies and caddisflies mean clean water, only worms and midges mean trouble. Mastery looks like a person who can wade one riffle with a net and tell you how the whole valley is doing. That skill is built sample by sample. This packet is one of them: one site, one careful count, one entry in the long record of a stream.
What is promised, and what is not
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