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Completed the works on the Rio Caprionero 19 Jul

Completed the works on the Rio Caprionero

The Caprionero stream is an important tributary of the Volturno river, where native trout usually go to reproduce. As is known, near Sant’Eusanio, it was interrupted in its continuity by a waterfall of about one meter jump and by an artificial section in reinforced concrete box without any shelter for the ascent of the fish fauna.

Through the construction of a ramp for fish and the installation of some small deflectors, it was possible to reconstruct a hydraulic continuity to ensure that the fish can ascend the impetuous current, finding areas of refuge and thus access the upper sector of the torrent.

Here the entire stretch: