Cortland County projects fit into a broader New York effort to identify and address barriers to aquatic organism passage. New York's Department of Environmental Conservation has described culvert assessments as a tool for identifying severe barriers and prioritizing projects that can improve stream flow, aquatic connectivity and flood resilience.

Cortland County projects fit into a broader New York effort to identify and address barriers to aquatic organism passage. New York's Department of Environmental Conservation has…

A culvert replacement project in Delaware County, New York, addressed stream-flow, erosion, sediment, and fish-passage problems along an unnamed tributary to the Little Delaware…