Buck Gulch Barrier Removal

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	1578344974975
Recovery Domains	N Central California Coast
Start Date	04/01/2020
End Date	03/09/2022
Year	2019
Status	Completed
Last Edited	02/27/2024

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Description

The project removed the existing culvert, contoured the stream banks, installed five rock grade control weirs, built three large wood features, armored the banks, and installed a 90? long bridge according to the design plans. Fill removed from the original crossing was moved offsite and placed upslope and contoured into the existing landscape. All bare soil was seeded with native grass and mulched with rice straw. ERWIG planted trees and native plants in disturbed areas.

Project Benefit

The objective of the Project is to replace a failing, partial barrier, culvert with a free-span bridge that will provide salmonids with uninhibited access to 0.52 miles of year-round habitat. The bridge will allow full passage to
juvenile and adult salmonids and will convey 100-year flows. In addition, eight grade control weirs and five large wood (LW) structures will be built to maintain grade and habitat complexity. Rock armoring of the banks upstream, underneath,
and downstream of the bridge will be constructed to protect banks from erosion. Forty native plants and trees will be planted to replace those disturbed during
implementation.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Instream Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.03

Riparian Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.03

Acres Treated

Fish Passage

Barriers Removed

Miles Opened

.52

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$194,867

In-Kind Donated Labor

$1,980

In-Kind Other

$4,671

Report Total:

$201,518

Worksites

1578344975179

Worksite Identifier: 1578344975179
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
Buck Gulch Project Site

Location Information

Basin: Northern California Coastal (180101)
Subbasin: South Fork Eel (18010106)
Watershed: Lower South Fork Eel River (1801010604)
Subwatershed: Redwood Creek (180101060402)

State: California
Recovery Domain: N Central California Coast
Latitude: 40.122538
Longitude: -123.914536

ESU

California Coastal Chinook Salmon ESU
Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Salmon ESU
Northern California Steelhead DPS

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Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)

. . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 194,867.00
. . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .03

. . C.0.c

Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
Final Coastal Multispecies Recovery Plan for California Coastal Chinook Salmon, Northern California Steelhead and Central California Coast Steelhead (NOAA Oct 2016)

. . C.0.d.1 Project Monitoring (LOV)
. . C.0.d.2 Monitoring Location (LOV)
. . C.2 Fish Passage ImprovementY (Y/N)
- . . . . C.2.a Fish Passage Funding 182,477.00
- . . . . C.2.b.1 Length of stream made accessible .52
- . . . . C.2.b.2 Square miles of streambed made accessible0 (Square miles)
- . . . . C.2.b.3 Type of blockage/barrier (LOV)
- . . . . C.2.b.4 Number of blockages/impediments/barriers impeding passage 1
- . . . . C.2.g.1 Bridge installed or improved at road stream crossingY (Y/N)
  - . . . . . . C.2.g.2 Number of bridges installed or improved/upgraded 1
  - . . . . . . C.2.g.3 Miles of stream made accessible by bridge installation or improvement/upgrade .52
- . . C.4 Instream Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
  - . . . . C.4.a Instream Habitat Funding 12,000.00
  - . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated .03
  - . . . . 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 .03
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.5 Pools expected to be created through channel structure placement 2
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.7 Number of structures placed in channel 3
  - . . C.5 Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
    - . . . . C.5.a Riparian Habitat Funding 390.00
    - . . . . C.5.b.1 Total riparian miles streambank treated .03
    - . . . . C.5.b.2 Total Riparian Acres Treated .1
    - . . . . C.5.c.1 Riparian plantingY (Y/N)
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.2
        Species of plants planted in riparian
        
        Sequoia sempervirens, Vaccinium ovatum, Rhododendron occidentale
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.3 Acres planted in riparian .1