Cowlitz Tribe Abernathy Creek Wisconsin Site Project

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Instream Habitat
Project IDWisconsin
Recovery DomainsLower Columbia River
Start Date12/01/2014
End Date12/31/2016
Year2014
StatusCompleted
Last Edited01/25/2024
 
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Description    


The Cowlitz Indian Tribe completed a restoration project to place channel spanning log jams, smaller wood accumulations, and pre-excavate side channels to increase the quality and quantity of spawning and juvenile rearing habitat for Washington Coast steelhead and Lower Columbia coho in Abernathy Creek near Longview, Cowlitz County. Log jams will sort and accrete gravel suitable for spawning, and will encourage off-channel and side channel habitat development.

Project Benefit    


The project site is in a high priority stream reach for salmon and steelhead recovery; a group of local experts has identified the project as a priority action through the Intensively Monitored Watershed (IMW) implementation process (LCFRB 2009). The project would re-establish and enhance two relict side channels on Abernathy Creek; aggrade gravel on the incised, plane-bed mainstem; and increase wood-forced complexity throughout the stream reach. Improving off-channel and margin habitat will benefit a wide variety of aquatic and terrestrial species, but the focus of this project is to benefit Lower Columbia coho (O. kisutch) and Southwest Washington steelhead (O. mykiss) by addressing factors limiting their productivity.

Accomplishments

Metric Completed Originally
Proposed
Instream Habitat
  Stream Miles Treated .57 .57

Funding Details

SourceFunds
PCSRF$321,813
Report Total:$321,813


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Worksites

Wisconsin Site    


  • Worksite Identifier: Wisconsin Site
  • Start Date: 12/01/2014
  • End Date: 12/31/2016
Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

  • Basin: Lower Columbia (170800)
  • Subbasin:
  • Watershed:
  • Subwatershed:
  • State: Washington
  • Recovery Domain: Lower Columbia River
  • Latitude: 46.27547749735409
  • Longitude: -123.18775177001645

ESU

  • Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon ESU
  • Southwest Washington Steelhead DPS

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Metrics

Metrics
  • C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
    •      . . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 321,813.00
    •      . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .57
    •      . . C.0.c
      Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
      Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board (2010). Lower Columbia Salmon Recovery and Fish & Wildlife Subbasin Plan. Longview, WA.
    •      . . 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 321,813.00
      •      . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated .57
      •      . . . . C.4.c.1 Channel reconfiguration and connectivityY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . C.4.c.2 Type of change to channel configuration and connectivity (LOV)
        •      . . . . . . C.4.c.3 Miles of stream treated for channel reconfiguration and connectivity .57
        •      . . . . . . C.4.c.4 Miles of off-channel stream created through channel reconfiguration and connectivity .30
        •      . . . . . . C.4.c.6 Instream pools created/added through channel reconfiguration and connectivity 10
      •      . . . . 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 .57
        •      . . . . . . C.4.d.5 Pools expected to be created through channel structure placement 18
        •      . . . . . . C.4.d.7 Number of structures placed in channel 12