Willits Creek Instream Restoration Project

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	1671664733910
Recovery Domains	N Central California Coast
Start Date	04/25/2023
End Date	05/30/2026
Year	2022
Status	Ongoing
Last Edited	05/01/2025

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Description

This project is the installation of 54 large wood structures along 10,700 feet of Willits Creek. These structures will provide summer and winter habitat to salmonids. The LWD will be designed to increase flood plain inundation, deepen pools, increase shelter and shelter complexity, sort spawning gravels, and to provide velocity refugia to Coho, Chinook, and steelhead. The winter following project implementation will include planting of native shrubs and trees, with a primary focus in areas lacking sufficient conifer cover or riparian vegetation.

Project Benefit

This project will greatly improve salmonid habitat in Willits Creek. The large wood structures are designed to promote flood plain engagement, provide velocity refugia, sort gravel, scour pools and provide pool cover. Enhanced habitat in Willits Creek will improve salmonid growth and survival.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Instream Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

2.00

Riparian Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.18

Acres Treated

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$535,947

In-Kind Donated Labor

$35,411

In-Kind Other

$15,400

Report Total:

$586,758

Worksites

1671664734236

Worksite Identifier: 1671664734236
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
Willits Creek

Location Information

Basin: Northern California Coastal (180101)
Subbasin:
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: California
Recovery Domain: N Central California Coast
Latitude: 39.43528
Longitude: -123.38369

ESU

Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Salmon ESU

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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.0.d.2 Monitoring Location (LOV)
- . . C.4 Instream Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
  - . . . . C.4.a Instream Habitat Funding
  - . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated
  - . . . . C.4.d.1 Channel structure placementY (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.2 Material used for channel structure (LOV)
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.3 Miles of stream treated through channel structure placement
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.7 Number of structures placed in channel
  - . . C.5 Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
    - . . . . C.5.a Riparian Habitat Funding
    - . . . . C.5.b.1 Total riparian miles streambank treated
    - . . . . C.5.b.2 Total Riparian Acres Treated
    - . . . . C.5.c.1 Riparian plantingY (Y/N)
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.2
        Species of plants planted in riparian
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.3 Acres planted in riparian
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.4 Miles of streambank treated with riparian planting