West Fork of Little Bear PCEI Habitat Improvement Project
Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition
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| 015 22 CW | | Snake River | | 12/16/2022 | | 10/31/2025 | | 2022 | | Ongoing | | 04/17/2025 | | |
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Description
The Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute (PCEI) will implement habitat improvement practices on a 0.57 mile section of the West Fork of Little Bear Creek in Troy, Idaho. Currently, the stream has eroded banks, un-vegetated sections, and very little woody debris.
Project actions to aid in improving steelhead habitat will include: 1) installing six Post-Assisted Log Structures (P.A.L.S.) throughout the upper 0.29 miles of stream to stabilize banks, increase woody debris, and create habitat complexities, and 2) install a Riparian Buffer Zone on 0.57 mile with native upland and riparian plantings to improve water quality.
Project Benefit
The implementation of PALS and vegetation along this section of Little Bear Creek will improve steelhead habitat. Erosion along the stream will decrease, woody debris will accumulate, habitat diversity will increase, and water temperatures will eventually decrease. Accomplishments
| Instream Habitat |
| Stream Miles Treated |
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.29 |
| Riparian Habitat |
| Stream Miles Treated |
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1.14 |
| Acres Treated |
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4.8 |
Funding Details |
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| In-Kind Volunteers | $26,955 |
| In-Kind Other | $24,750 |
| Report Total: | $51,705 |
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Worksites
West Fork of Little Bear Creek
- Worksite Identifier: West Fork of Little Bear Creek
- Start Date: 03/15/2023
- End Date: 09/30/2025
Area Description
No Area Description data was found for this worksite.
Location Information
- Basin: Clearwater (170603)
- Subbasin: Clearwater (17060306)
- Watershed: Big Bear Creek (1706030610)
- Subwatershed: Little Bear Creek (170603061002)
- State: Idaho
- Recovery Domain: Snake River
- Latitude: 46.739676
- Longitude: -116.778572
ESU
- Snake River Basin 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 .00
- . . C.0.b
Length of stream treated/protected
- . . C.0.c
| Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment | |
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- . . 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
- . . . . C.4.b
Total length of instream habitat treated
- . . . . 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
- . . . . . . C.4.d.5
Pools expected to be created through channel structure placement
- . . . . . . C.4.d.7
Number of structures placed in channel
- . . C.5
Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
- . . . . C.5.a
Riparian Habitat Funding
- . . . . C.5.b.1
Total riparian miles streambank treated
- . . . . C.5.b.2
Total Riparian Acres Treated
- . . . . C.5.c.1
Riparian plantingY (Y/N)
- . . . . . . C.5.c.2
| Species of plants planted in riparian | |
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- . . . . . . C.5.c.3
Acres planted in riparian
- . . . . . . C.5.c.4
Miles of streambank treated with riparian planting
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