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Draft Quassaick Creek (Hudson River) Plan Unveiled

The Quassaick Creek is one of sixty-six tributaries to the Lower Hudson River estuary. On April 2, 2014, a public meeting was held in Newburgh, New York to unveil the Draft Quassaick Creek Watershed Management Plan.

The 56 square-mile watershed contains more than 100 miles of streams, more than 5000 acres of National Wetland Inventory (NWI) wetlands and both rural and urban communities. Benthic invertebrates, American eel, and river herring are being monitored by citizen-based volunteer programs to provide information on water quality and habitat usage. The Draft Plan is promoting the protection of water quality, restoration and protection of riparian and wetland habitats, enhancement of hydraulic connectivity and dam removal.

The Draft Plan has a nexus to NOAA's restoration planning activities within the estuary. NOAA has been investigating numerous barriers to fish passage on the lower Hudson River tributaries including within the Quassaick Creek watershed and provided information to the Quassaick Creek Watershed Alliance during the preparation of the plan. At the meeting, two stream bank erosion projects involving dams were discussed. These are two of the dams that NOAA has identified for removal.

For more information, contact Lisa.Rosman@noaa.gov or Carl.Alderson@noaa.gov.

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Photo of a waterfall.
The proposed rerouting of Quassaick Creek around Holden Dam to protect a sewer line that runs parallel to the creek will have the added benefiting of removing an impediment to fish passage. (NOAA)
Last updated Tuesday, November 8, 2022 1:54pm PST