A stream restoration project has been launched by Idaho Panhandle National Forest in Northern Idaho. The project is named Moose Drool Watershed Restoration. The two-year stream restoration project will cost $1.8 million.

The project will continue through early October and is supposed to resume in 2015.

It is one of the largest watershed restoration projects ever implemented in the mountainous state, Idaho. After the completion of the project, 21 fish passages are projected to be improved.

The objective of Moose Drool Watershed Restoration Project is to improve about 34 square miles of land for fish passage in-stream fish habitation, which includes installation of more than 1,000 pieces of woody debris.

According to Will Young, Fisheries biologist, workers have started working in the Horse Haven area. Some closed roads will be destroyed and trails will be reconstructed. Young also said that only cross streams will be repaired and main roads will not be the part of construction.

Will Young said, "Most of these aren't roads that are drivable in the first place. These were not open to motorized use anyway. Most of them were so brushed in that you get back there with an ATV or truck"

The restoration is designed to improve fish habitation for westslope trout and advance stream hydrology in Idaho.