Waite Ranch Tidal Wetlands Project Phase II Part One

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	Waite Ranch Restoration Project Phase II Part One
Recovery Domains	Oregon Coast
Start Date	10/01/2021
End Date	02/01/2023
Year	2021
Status	New
Last Edited	04/22/2025

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Description

Phase II of this project includes the final design, permitting, and geotechnical investigation of the tide gate location. Pre-construction activities are also planned as part of this project, including importing the remaining material for constructing the offset levee which will protect Highway 126 from wind and waves after full restoration is complete and regular inundation occurs.

Project Benefit

The overall goal of this restoration project is to enhance and improve habitat and watershed processes for Oregon Coast Chinook, coho, Steelhead, and cutthroat trout, and other important aquatic species that were once abundant in the rivers of the Tribe’s Ancestral Territory. The full restoration of Waite Ranch will restore over 200 acres of former tidal wetland and Siuslaw River riparian area and support a complex food web, improved water quality, and resilience to the impacts of climate change.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Estuarine Habitat

Acres Created

Acres Treated

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$351,841

Report Total:

$351,841

Worksites

CTCLUSI

Worksite Identifier: CTCLUSI
Start Date: 10/01/2021
End Date: 02/01/2023

Area Description
The Waite Ranch is located upstream from Cushman Landing, approximately 8.5 miles from where the Siuslaw River enters the Pacific Ocean. The Waite family homesteaded the Western Lane County area somewhere around the turn of the century.

Location Information

Basin: Northern Oregon Coastal (171002)
Subbasin: Siuslaw (17100206)
Watershed: Lower Siuslaw River (1710020608)
Subwatershed: Bernhardt Creek-Siuslaw River (171002060804)

State: Oregon
Recovery Domain: Oregon Coast
Latitude: 43.991384449
Longitude: -124.027907661

ESU

Oregon Coast Chinook Salmon ESU
Oregon Coast Coho Salmon ESU
Oregon Coast Steelhead DPS
Un-Named ESU Cutthroat

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Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
- . . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding .00
- . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected
- . . C.0.c
  Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
- . . C.0.d.1 Project Monitoring (LOV)
- . . C.9 Estuarine/Nearshore ProjectY (Y/N)
  - . . . . C.9.a Estuarine/nearshore funding
  - . . . . C.9.b Total amount of estuarine/nearshore area treated
  - . . . . C.9.h.1 Fill placementY (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . C.9.h.2 Acres of estuary treated