Gravel Drops
Club members built rock wing deflectors to prepare Mott's Ravine Bend site for later spawning gravel delivery by Air National Guard. Club members also provided support for 3 local National Guard ground units (Ashland, Hayward, and Superior) and the Madison Air National Guard helicopter unit to deliver spawning gravel to very remote locations on the Upper Brule to create spawning habitat. Sites and amount of gravel delivered:
- Three sites downstream of Hwy P on the West Fork for brook and brown trout, 14 yards
- Forks of West and East branch for brown trout, 10 yards
- Three sites upstream of Swamp Angel on mainstem for brown trout, 15 yards
- Swamp Angel Creek for brook trout, 2 yards
- Little Swamp Angel Creek for brook trout, 2 yards
- Mott’s Ravine, 40 yards
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National Guard planning the mission
Fueling the Blackhawk helicopter
Loading gravel
Connecting gravel bucket
Gravel bucket ready to go
Gravel lift off
Ground crew mobilizing
Gravel load at Motts Ravine
Gravel about to be deposited
Releasing the gravel
Lift away at Motts Ravine
Leveling gravel after release
Completed Motts Ravine
Target site on West Fork of Brule
Gravel dump at Highway P rapids
Club providing lunch
Roger Anderson serving the pilots
Rocky Bend before project
Rocky Bend from the air
Rocky Bend after project
Finished project on East Fork at mouth
Completed site at West Fork rapids
Another West Fork site
Another West Fork site