Elk Creek Cooperative Salmon Habitat project phase 1
Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition
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Elk Creek | Oregon Coast | 09/01/2010 | 12/31/2014 | 2010 | Completed | 01/25/2024 | |
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Description
In Elk Creek, a tributary to the South Umpqua River within the Tribes Ancestral Territory, the Tribe partnered with two local watershed action groups The South Umpqua Rural Community Partnership and the Partnership for Umpqua Rivers as well as the Umpqua National Forest Tiller Ranger District, to mount an expansive cooperative fish habitat restoration project. PCSRF funds were used to support project management, beaver reintroduction, and riparian restoration. Specifically, .13 miles of riparian stream bank was restored through invasive species removal and native planting. Four beavers were reintroduced into the watershed to restore .2 miles of instream habitat. In total .33 miles of stream was treated.
Project Benefit
Increase beaver constructed pools within the watershed from 1 to 4 and maintain at least 4 beavers in the watershed Decrease the width to depth ratio of the streams on private lands from 23 to 17 Increase residual pool depth on private lands from 2.5 feet to 3.5 feet Stabilize 800 feet of eroding streambank Maintain a 5 cubic feet per second increase at the Elk Creek stream gage in August Reduce noxious weed cover to less than 1 percent of riparian vegetation
Accomplishments
Instream Habitat |
Stream Miles Treated |
.20 |
.10 |
Riparian Habitat |
Stream Miles Treated |
.13 |
.10 |
Acres Treated |
5.9 |
.1 |
Funding Details |
PCSRF | $100,000 |
In-Kind Donated Labor | $2,000 |
Report Total: | $102,000 |
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Worksites
Elk Creek
- Worksite Identifier: Elk Creek
- Start Date:
- End Date:
Area Description
No Area Description data was found for this worksite.
Location Information
- Basin: Southern Oregon Coastal (171003)
- Subbasin:
- Watershed:
- Subwatershed:
- State: Oregon
- Recovery Domain: Oregon Coast
- Latitude: 42.86696523228247
- Longitude: -122.88095444264606
ESU
No ESU data was found for this worksite.
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Metrics
Metrics
- C.0
Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
- . . C.0.a
Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 102,000.00
- . . C.0.b
Length of stream treated/protected .33
- . . C.0.c
Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment | |
Oregon Department of Fish and Game. 2007. Oregon Coast Coho Conservation Plan for the State of Oregon.
USDA Forest Service. 1996. Elk Creek Watershed Analysis. Umpqua National Forest, Tiller Ranger District. |
- . . 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 5,994.00
- . . . . C.4.b
Total length of instream habitat treated .20
- . . . . C.4.h.1
BeaversY (Y/N)
- . . . . . . C.4.h.2
Number of beavers introduced 4
- . . C.5
Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
- . . . . C.5.a
Riparian Habitat Funding 96,006.00
- . . . . C.5.b.1
Total riparian miles streambank treated .13
- . . . . C.5.b.2
Total Riparian Acres Treated 5.9
- . . . . C.5.c.1
Riparian plantingY (Y/N)
- . . . . . . C.5.c.2
Species of plants planted in riparian | |
Calocedrus decurrens, Pinus ponderosa, Thuja plicata, Acer macrophullum, Rhamnus purshiana, Cornus, nutallii, Symphoricarpos albus |
- . . . . . . C.5.c.3
Acres planted in riparian 5.9
- . . . . C.5.h.1
Riparian plant removal/controlY (Y/N)
- . . . . . . C.5.h.2
Species of plants treated/removed in riparian | |
Rubus discolor |
- . . . . . . C.5.h.3
Acres of riparian treated for plant removal/control 5.9
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