Cumberland County Conservation District Completes Restoration Project

Written by Shannon Wehinger on September 19, 2025. Posted in Conservation District Project Spotlight

Mudsill installed on Mountain Creek. Photo provided by Cumberland County Conservation District.

Cumberland County Conservation District funded a stream restoration project along the Mountain Creek of Mount Holly Springs. This project successfully restored 640 feet of stream bank with the use of saw-tooth modified mudsill, log-framed cross vanes with rock throats, saw-tooth stone deflectors, and log-framed stone deflectors.

By installing these practices, the district and partners:

• Improved water flow & oxygen
• Reduced erosion
• Created a better habitat for trout & aquatic life

Project partners included the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Habitat Management Division, Western PA Conservancy, the Mountain Creek Trout Club and Conservation Society, and Gleim Excavating.

The project was funded with $50,337 from the Unconventional Gas Well Fund (Marcellus Shale).