NF Lewis RM 13.5 Off-Channel Habitat Enhancement
Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition
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| 10-1498 R | | Willamette R. - Lower Columbia | | 12/10/2010 | | 06/14/2012 | | 2007 | | Completed | | 04/19/2022 | | |
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Description
This project created 2,500 ft of new side-channel habitat on on the North Fork Lewis River near river mile 13.5. The designs utilized to construct this project was provided as part of SRFB Project #08-2059 “North Fork Lewis Side-Channel Design”. This project was located in reach Lewis 5, a Tier 1 reach in the Lower Columbia Salmon Recovery and Fish & Wildlife Subbasin Plan (LCFRB 2010).
The project has created and enhanced important spawning, rearing, and adult holding habitat for ESA-listed salmonids in the North Fork Lewis River. The newly connected side-channel habitat has hundreds of logs placed for LWD complexity and provided excellent rearing habitat for tenths of thousands of juvenile coho, chinook and steelhead. In addition, we have observed chinook, steelhead and coho adults spawning in at the inlet of the side channel. The project has enhanced key habitat for ESA-listed salmonids and created pool-riffle habitat with LWD placements, and connected off-channel (backwater) habitat to benifit rearing juveniles seeking velocity refuge during high flows. The project also included the rehabilitation of approximately 200 feet of a perennial spring-fed tributary using channel re-grading and LWD placements.
Project Benefit
The project has created and enhanced important spawning, rearing, and adult holding habitat for ESA-listed salmonids in the North Fork Lewis River. The newly connected side-channel habitat has hundreds of logs placed for LWD complexity and provided excellent rearing habitat for tenths of thousands of juvenile coho, chinook and steelhead. In addition, we have observed chinook, steelhead and coho adults spawning in at the inlet of the side channel. The project has enhanced key habitat for ESA-listed salmonids and created pool-riffle habitat with LWD placements, and connected off-channel (backwater) habitat to benifit rearing juveniles seeking velocity refuge during high flows. The project also included the rehabilitation of approximately 200 feet of a perennial spring-fed tributary using channel re-grading and LWD placements. Accomplishments
| Instream Habitat |
| Stream Miles Treated |
.50 |
.00 |
| Riparian Habitat |
| Stream Miles Treated |
.50 |
.50 |
| Acres Treated |
5.0 |
5.0 |
Funding Details |
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| PCSRF | $531,520 |
| Other | $4,429 |
| In-Kind Volunteers | $62,762 |
| In-Kind Donated Labor | $2,218 |
| In-Kind Other | $76,893 |
| Report Total: | $677,822 |
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Worksites
1-NF Lewis RM 13.5 Side-Chann
- Worksite Identifier: 1-NF Lewis RM 13.5 Side-Chann
- Start Date:
- End Date:
Area Description
No Area Description data was found for this worksite.
Location Information
- Basin: Lower Columbia
- Subbasin:
- Watershed:
- Subwatershed:
- State: Washington
- Recovery Domain: Willamette R. - Lower Columbia
- Latitude: 45.92966654
- Longitude: -122.65273574
ESU
- Lower Columbia River Steelhead DPS
- Lower Columbia River Chinook Salmon ESU
- Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon ESU
- Columbia River Chum 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 677,822.07
- . . C.0.b
Length of stream treated/protected .50
- . . C.0.c
| Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment | |
| Project identified in the Lower Columbia Salmon Recovery Plan |
- . . 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 587,972.02
- . . . . C.4.b
Total length of instream habitat treated .50
- . . . . 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 .50
- . . . . . . C.4.c.4
Miles of off-channel stream created through channel reconfiguration and connectivity .50
- . . . . . . C.4.c.5
Acres of off-channel or floodplain connected through channel reconfiguration and connectivity 1.0
- . . . . . . C.4.c.6
Instream pools created/added through channel reconfiguration and connectivity 5
- . . . . 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 .50
- . . . . . . C.4.d.5
Pools expected to be created through channel structure placement 6
- . . . . . . C.4.d.7
Number of structures placed in channel 8
- . . C.5
Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
- . . . . C.5.a
Riparian Habitat Funding 89,850.05
- . . . . C.5.b.1
Total riparian miles streambank treated .50
- . . . . C.5.b.2
Total Riparian Acres Treated 5.0
- . . . . C.5.c.1
Riparian plantingY (Y/N)
- . . . . . . C.5.c.2
| Species of plants planted in riparian | |
| Willow, Fraxinus latifolia, Salix scoulerana, Salix, hookeriana, Spirea douglasii, Rosa nootkana |
- . . . . . . C.5.c.3
Acres planted in riparian 5.0
- . . . . C.5.h.1
Riparian plant removal/controlY (Y/N)
- . . . . . . C.5.h.2
| Species of plants treated/removed in riparian | |
| Rubus Discolor, Fallopia Japonca, hedera helix, Cytisus Scoparius |
- . . . . . . C.5.h.3
Acres of riparian treated for plant removal/control 5.0
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