King Solomon Mine Tailings Dams Reclamation Project

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	703754
Recovery Domains	N CA - S Oregon
Start Date	06/01/2002
End Date	03/02/2004
Year	2001
Status	Completed
Last Edited	01/26/2024

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Description

Excavated and removed unstable portions of 2 remnant tailings dams and stabilized several segments of stream channel to eliminate the threat of a large volume sediment release into Matthews Creek.

Project Benefit

The project’s overall goal was restoration and protecting of Late Successional Reserve and summer and winter run steelhead trout and Chinook and coho salmon habitat by reducing sediment input to Matthews Creek from unstable tailings dams and eroding streambanks within the project area.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Instream Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.19

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$101,072

Report Total:

$101,072

Worksites

7003053

Worksite Identifier: 7003053
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
Matthews Creek - Sites 1-4 (dam modification and bank stabilization)

Location Information

Basin: Klamath (180102)
Subbasin:
Watershed: South Fork Salmon River
Subwatershed:

State: California
Recovery Domain: N CA - S Oregon
Latitude: 41.181582
Longitude: -123.172671

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 101,072.00
- . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .19
- . . C.0.c
  Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
  
  N/A
- . . 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 101,072.00
  - . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated .19
  - . . . . 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 .19