Rock Creek, Iowa: Removing low head dams to help fish thrive
4 videos • 0 views • by Fishers & Farmers Partnership Rock Creek has a 70 square mile watershed and is a tributary to the Cedar River which is an Upper Mississippi River Basin Initiative watershed. Thirty two fish species inhabit the stream these include smallmouth bass, rock bass and nine species of greatest conservation need of which two are state threatened species. Two low head dams are inhibiting fish movement. By removing both dams to reconnect and make approximately 10.6 miles of stream habitat available for fish use, these projects help fish to thrive.