Hanson Ponds Floodplain Restoration on the Yakima River II

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	2002-4-02
Recovery Domains	Middle Columbia River
Start Date	05/22/2003
End Date	12/31/2004
Year	2002
Status	Completed
Last Edited	01/26/2024

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Description

This project recreated a large side channel along the Yakima River mainstem. To accomplish this, a 4500-foot levee has been breached, allowing a controlled portion of the river to flow through the Hanson Ponds, which are shallow, floodplain gravel pits. The upper pond is 12 acres, while the lower pond is 18 acres in size. The levee served as an access road into the property. The roadway surface has been ripped and seeded. The project also placed large woody debris in the ponds to enhance stream complexity, and excavation spoils have been placed in the ponds to create peninsulas. Juvenile spring Chinook, coho, steelhead, and resident game fish will benefit through improved rearing habitat. The City of Cle Elum, Washington Department of Transportation, and Washington Fish and Wildlife are involved in the project.

Project Benefit

Improved Survival of Juvenile salmonids. Ancillary benefits for terrestrial wildlife.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Instream Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

1.30

.40

Riparian Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.50

Acres Treated

1.0

Fish Passage

Barriers Removed

Miles Opened

1.00

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$75,796

Report Total:

$75,796

Worksites

Hanson Ponds/Yakima River

Worksite Identifier: Hanson Ponds/Yakima River
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

Basin: Yakima (170300)
Subbasin: Upper Yakima
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: Washington
Recovery Domain: Middle Columbia River
Latitude: 47.156
Longitude: -120.821

ESU

Mid-Columbia River Spring-run Chinook Salmon ESU
Upper Columbia River Summer- and Fall-run Chinook Salmon ESU
Middle Columbia River Steelhead DPS
Un-Named ESU Coho
Baker River Sockeye Salmon ESU

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Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)

. . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 75,796.00
. . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected 2.40
. . C.0.c
Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment

Unknown
. . C.0.d.1 Project Monitoring (LOV)
. . C.0.d.2 Monitoring Location (LOV)

. . C.0.d.3

Monitoring text (from Phase I)
Plant survival, and vehicular access will be visually monitored, with remedial measures implemented as needed. Fish presence in the ponds and downstream channel will be monitored via snorkel surveys. Faculty and graduate students from Central Washington University are monitoring the project as well.

. . C.2 Fish Passage ImprovementY (Y/N)
- . . . . C.2.a Fish Passage Funding 30,296.00
- . . . . C.2.b.1 Length of stream made accessible 1.00
- . . . . C.2.b.3 Type of blockage/barrier (LOV)
- . . . . C.2.b.4 Number of blockages/impediments/barriers impeding passage 1
- . . . . C.2.c.1 Fish passage blockages removed or altered (other than road crossings reported in C.2.f to C.2.i)Y (Y/N)
  - . . . . . . C.2.c.2 Number of blockages/impediments/barriers removed/altered 2
- . . . . C.2.f.1 Culvert installed or improved at road stream crossingY (Y/N)
  - . . . . . . C.2.f.2 Number of culverts installed or improved 1
  - . . . . . . C.2.f.3 Miles of stream made accessible by culvert installation/upgrade 1.00
- . . C.4 Instream Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
  - . . . . C.4.a Instream Habitat Funding 30,500.00
  - . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated 1.30
  - . . . . C.4.e.1 Streambank stabilization Y (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . C.4.e.2 Material Used For Streambank Stabilization (LOV)
    - . . . . . . C.4.e.3 Miles of streambank stabilized .20
  - . . C.5 Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
    - . . . . C.5.a Riparian Habitat Funding 15,000.00
    - . . . . C.5.b.1 Total riparian miles streambank treated .50
    - . . . . C.5.b.2 Total Riparian Acres Treated .2
    - . . . . C.5.c.1 Riparian plantingY (Y/N)
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.2
        Species of plants planted in riparian
        
        unknown
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.3 Acres planted in riparian .5