Collette Mine Stream Restoration Ph A

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Instream Habitat Riparian Habitat
Project ID015 11 CW
Recovery DomainsSnake River
Start Date01/06/2015
End Date10/31/2015
Year2011
StatusCompleted
Last Edited01/14/2025
 
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Description    


Solicit and award for bids for contractor: Worked with Nez Perce Clearwater National Forest to solicit and award contract.

Pre-work meeting: Nez Perce Tribe and Nez Perce Clearwater National Forest staff met with contractor on site to review site and term and conditions of the contract.

Livestock fencing: Approximately 0.95 miles of fence was installed to protect the area from livestock damage.

Berm removal: 0.28 miles of eroding berm adjacent to Lolo Creek was removed. BMP’s were used to minimize sediment/turbidity. Removed berm material was used to fill dredge ponds and excess material was hauled to an upland depository site.

The following instream structure placements and stabilization occurred within the 0.28 mile stretch of stream where the berm was removed. Instream large wood structures: 10 large wood structures (total of 0.04 miles) were installed after exclusion and fish salvage. Muddy water was pumped onto the floodplain to minimize instream turbidity. Each of these structures will result in 10 pools created by scour. Vegetated log and brush fascines for stabilization: 0.15 miles of log and brush fascines were constructed as bank stabilization for eroding banks associated with the berm removal.

Mine tailing removal: Approximately 10,510 yards of mine tailings were hauled to the upland depository site or used to fill ponds and a dewatering channel adjacent to the floodplain to restore natural hydrology.

Floodplain grading: 4.0 acres of floodplain grading was completed. Floodplain roughness features and clump planting of trees, brush, and slash were spread across the floodplain to create roughness features during high flow events. Roughness features also provide microsites for increased plant survival and wildlife habitat.

Riparian planting and grass seeding: 13,950 plants were planted at the project site over a 4.2 acre area; the entire area was also seeded with a grass and forbs weed free mixture. the riparian planting work was implemented through the entire 0.31 mile project stream stretch.

Final Inspection: Nez Perce Tribe and Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forest staff met with the contractor on site to review contract specification and deliverables. The Contracting Officer determined all work met specifications and quantities.

Project monitoring progressed as proposed. During implementation monitoring it was discovered that a significant number of pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) ammocoetes (2,690) and juvenile spring-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) (160) existed in one of the ponds adjacent to Lolo Creek. The original design called for filling all of the deeper ponds, and preserving the shallow ones as wetland inclusions. To protect banks at the outlet of the alcove, one of the large wood structures located adjacent to the pond was modified to allow low water access to the pond to prevent stranding during the summer months. Rock grade control structures were installed to prevent head-cutting and scour during high water events.

Project Benefit    


Restoring the historic channel morphology, geometry, and riparian vegetation will result in a high quality and diverse stream habitat for all ESA-listed fish species as well as other resident fish. Restoring the natural watershed and floodplain function and processes will result in a long term trend toward the recovery of the habitat needed to support fish populations.

Accomplishments

Metric Completed Originally
Proposed
Instream Habitat
  Stream Miles Treated .28 .50
Riparian Habitat
  Stream Miles Treated .31 .31
  Acres Treated 4.2 5.0

Funding Details

SourceFunds
PCSRF$117,974
Other$142,017
Report Total:$259,991


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Worksites

Collette Mine Stream Rest    


  • Worksite Identifier: Collette Mine Stream Rest
  • Start Date: 07/20/2015
  • End Date: 10/31/2015
Area Description
Lolo Creek - Clearwater Subasin

Location Information

  • Basin: Clearwater (170603)
  • Subbasin: Clearwater (17060306)
  • Watershed:
  • Subwatershed:
  • State: Idaho
  • Recovery Domain: Snake River
  • Latitude: 46.333317
  • Longitude: -115.73372

ESU

  • Snake River Basin Steelhead DPS
  • Snake River Fall Chinook Salmon ESU

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Metrics

Metrics
  • C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
    •      . . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 259,991.00
    •      . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .31
    •      . . C.0.c
      Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
      1) NMFS. 2015. Proposed ESA Recovery Plan for Idaho Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook and Steelhead Populations. Portland, Oregon 2) Upper Lolo Creek Ecosystem Assessment at the Watershed Scale (EAWS) U.S. Forest Service, Clearwater National Forest, November 2003, US Forest Service, Orofino, Idaho.
    •      . . 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 72,798.00
      •      . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated .28
      •      . . . . 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 .28
        •      . . . . . . C.4.c.4 Miles of off-channel stream created through channel reconfiguration and connectivity .00
        •      . . . . . . C.4.c.5 Acres of off-channel or floodplain connected through channel reconfiguration and connectivity 4.0
        •      . . . . . . C.4.c.6 Instream pools created/added through channel reconfiguration and connectivity 0
      •      . . . . 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 .04
        •      . . . . . . C.4.d.5 Pools expected to be created through channel structure placement 10
        •      . . . . . . C.4.d.7 Number of structures placed in channel 10
      •      . . . . 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 .15
      •      . . C.5 Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . C.5.a Riparian Habitat Funding 187,193.00
        •      . . . . C.5.b.1 Total riparian miles streambank treated .31
        •      . . . . C.5.b.2 Total Riparian Acres Treated 4.2
        •      . . . . C.5.c.1 Riparian plantingY (Y/N)
          •      . . . . . . C.5.c.2
            Species of plants planted in riparian
            Larix occidentalis, Pinus contorta, Picea engelmanii, Alnus incana, Cornus sericea, Salix scouleriana, Salix drummondiana, Salix bebbiana, Symphoricarpos albus, Agrostis scabra, Deschampsia cespitosa, Calamagrostis canadensis, Camassia quamash, Bromus marginatus, Potentilla gracilis, Senecio hydrophioides, Thermopsis montana, Penstemon globosus
          •      . . . . . . C.5.c.3 Acres planted in riparian 4.2
        •      . . . . C.5.d.1 FencingY (Y/N)
          •      . . . . . . C.5.d.2 Miles of fence along stream .95
          •      . . . . . . C.5.d.3 Acres of riparian area protected by fencing