Trap Creek A-line Abandonment & Stream

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	00-1894 AR
Recovery Domains	-
Start Date	05/01/2001
End Date	12/31/2004
Year	2001
Status	Completed
Last Edited	04/12/2024

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Description

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) used this grant to acquire and restore key parts of Trap Creek in the Willapa Bay watershed in Pacific County. Road abandonment work had been completed on the Trap Creek A-Line Road up to the location of the 5-acre rock quarry which was acquired in this project. By acquiring the rock quarry, DNR was able to continue road abandonment work downstream, eliminating 1.4 miles of stream-edge road and returning the area to a functioning riparian environment and helping alleviate the risk of human caused mass-wasting events. In addition, DNR and its partners addressed the loss of LWD and spawning habitat in Trap Creek by placing 78 engineered large woody debris structures along 0.77 miles of stream and increasing nutrients by placing 600 pounds of salmonid carcasses.

The Trap Creek sub-basin was identified in the Willapa Headwaters Watershed Analysis and the Limiting Factors Report as a very important area for salmon habitat. The lower three miles of Trap Creek have been noted as some of the best potential spawning habitat in the Willapa Watershed. Through the aforementioned watershed analysis, the A-line was documented as a major contributor of sediments to Trap Creek due to mass wasting. Partners in this project were the Willapa Bay Fisheries Enhancement Group and the South Bend School District.

Project Benefit

The goal of the project is to protect and improve instream morphology and habitat in salmon bearing streams. The objective of the project is to protect and increase instream cover, spawning, and resting areas.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Instream Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.77

Land Acquisition

Acres Acquired or Protected

5.0

Stream Bank Miles Acquired
or Protected

.77

Upland Habitat

Acres Treated

5.0

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$249,740

In-Kind Donated Labor

$17,359

In-Kind Other

$25,000

Report Total:

$292,099

Worksites

1-Trap Creek A-Line Abandonme

Worksite Identifier: 1-Trap Creek A-Line Abandonme
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

Basin:
Subbasin:
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State:
Recovery Domain:
Latitude: 46.54234133
Longitude: -123.61816978

ESU

Washington Coast Chinook Salmon ESU
Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon ESU
Southwest Washington Steelhead DPS

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Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
- . . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 187,136.06
- . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected 1.50
- . . C.0.c
  Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
  
  Weyerhaeuser, 1994, Willapa Headwaters Watershed Analysis
- . . 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 157,072.88
  - . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated .77
  - . . . . 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 .77
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.5 Pools expected to be created through channel structure placement 20
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.7 Number of structures placed in channel 78
  - . . C.6 Upland Habitat And Sediment ProjectY (Y/N)
    - . . . . C.6.a Upland Habitat / Sediment Funding 30,063.18
    - . . . . C.6.b.1 Acres of upland habitat area treated 5.0
    - . . . . C.6.b.2 Miles of road treated in upland area 1.40
    - . . . . C.6.d.1 Road closure / abandonmentY (Y/N)
      - . . . . . . C.6.d.2 Miles of road closed / abandoned 1.40
    - . . C.10 Land or Easement AcquisitionY (Y/N)
      - . . . . C.10.a Land acquisition funding 104,962.54
      - . . . . C.10.b Habitat treatments applied (LOV)
      -      . . . . C.10.c.1 Acquisition or lease of land, wetland or estuarine area for conservationY (Y/N)
        
             . . . . . . C.10.c.2 Type of acquisition to protect habitat (LOV)
        
             . . . . . . C.10.c.3 Type of property protected (LOV)
        
             . . . . . . C.10.c.4 Date of expiration of protection12/31/9999 (mm/dd/yyyy)
        
             . . . . . . C.10.c.5 Miles of streambank protected by land or easement acquisition .77
        
             . . . . . . C.10.c.6 Acres of land, wetland or estuarine area acquired 5.0