Dunn Creek Habitat Enhancement Project
Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition
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725506 | N Central California Coast | 06/15/2018 | 07/23/2020 | 2017 | Completed | 01/25/2024 | |
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Description
Using the crossings and existing skid roads the excavator operator installed twenty instream features consisting of 71 pieces of large wood logs. Logs were obtained by falling live conifer trees from the riparian and logs were purchased. The California Conservation Corps used grip hoists to move logs into final position and anchored logs to riparian trees using 1? threaded bar. The large wood features were designed to enhance spawning and rearing habitats by providing cover, increasing pool complexity, increasing pool depth and frequency, sorting and collecting spawning gravels, increasing the quality and quantity of rearing habitat within the project reach, and by providing velocity refuge during peak winter flows for juvenile salmonids and migrating adult salmonids. Planting of 120 Sequoia sempervirens seedlings occurred on March 6th, 2020 and is intended to restore damaged riparian vegetation, provide additional shade for the stream, and establish wood for future recruitment.
Project Benefit
The expected benefits are to enhance pools with complex cover, increase gravel sorting and provide velocity refugia for migrating salmonids. In addition, 120 conifers will be planted to enhance future wood recruitment, restore access routes, and provide additional bank stability.
Accomplishments
Instream Habitat |
Stream Miles Treated |
.42 |
.56 |
Riparian Habitat |
Stream Miles Treated |
.40 |
.56 |
Acres Treated |
2.4 |
2.4 |
Funding Details |
PCSRF | $89,419 |
In-Kind Donated Labor | $12,846 |
In-Kind Other | $26,000 |
Report Total: | $128,266 |
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Worksites
7211107
- Worksite Identifier: 7211107
- Start Date:
- End Date:
Area Description
Dunn Creek Site 1
Location Information
- Basin: Northern California Coastal (180101)
- Subbasin: Big-Navarro-Garcia (18010108)
- Watershed: Usal Creek-Frontal Pacific Ocean (1801010806)
- Subwatershed: Cottaneva Creek (180101080602)
- State: California
- Recovery Domain: N Central California Coast
- Latitude: 39.801203
- Longitude: -123.8231315
ESU
- California Coastal Chinook Salmon ESU
- Central California Coast Coho Salmon ESU
- Northern California 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 90,319.00
- . . C.0.b
Length of stream treated/protected .42
- . . C.0.c
Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment | |
Recovery Plan for Central CA Coast Coho Salmon (NOAA Final Sept 2012) |
- . . 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 89,419.00
- . . . . C.4.b
Total length of instream habitat treated .42
- . . . . 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 .42
- . . . . . . C.4.d.5
Pools expected to be created through channel structure placement 4
- . . . . . . C.4.d.7
Number of structures placed in channel 20
- . . C.5
Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
- . . . . C.5.a
Riparian Habitat Funding 900.00
- . . . . C.5.b.1
Total riparian miles streambank treated .40
- . . . . C.5.b.2
Total Riparian Acres Treated 2.4
- . . . . C.5.c.1
Riparian plantingY (Y/N)
- . . . . . . C.5.c.2
Species of plants planted in riparian | |
Sequoia sempervirens |
- . . . . . . C.5.c.3
Acres planted in riparian 2.4
- . . . . . . C.5.c.4
Miles of streambank treated with riparian planting .40
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