When our family first purchased the ranch, there were numerous culverts placed in the creeks for crossing, and one old wood bridge that was partially finished. We finished the wood bridge in 2007, and pulled out several culverts that were fish barriers as well.
There was one culvert in particular that caused a lot of heartache. Beavers moved into our creek valley in 2008, and immediately began plugging all the culverts in the creek. This caused them to washout during the spring melt, and left us without a crossing. We applied for the Family Forest Fish Passage Program (FFFPP), but because our creek system does not have any protected salmonid species, funding would have been highly unlikely. So, with the aid of Wilcon Construction company, we engineered and installed our own 40′ steel and concrete bridge to permanently solve our culvert issues.