McGinnis Creek Instream Habitat Enhancement Project

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	1551969290171
Recovery Domains	N Central California Coast
Start Date	04/10/2019
End Date	04/19/2023
Year	2018
Status	Completed
Last Edited	02/15/2024

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Description

The Mattole Salmon Group successfully installed 148 pieces of large wood at 23 instream features locations throughout a 0.75 mile reach in McGinnis Creek. Each location is considered a structure in regards to metrics on this project. No dewatering of the channel was required. Fish relocation occurred in June and July of 2020 and August of 2021 using a combination of CDFW and MSG staff. A total of 667 steelhead were successfully relocated. All FY14 and FY16 PCSRF funds were spent within the award period (even though the project ended outside the FY14/FY16 award periods).

Project Benefit

This project will increase pool frequency, pool depth, channel complexity, cover, and floodplain connectivity through the placement of at least 100 trees in 0.75 miles of a Mattole River tributary in order to enhance spawning and rearing habitat in a stream reach with potential for steelhead, and coho and Chinook salmon.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Instream Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.75

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$326,774

In-Kind Other

$187,875

Report Total:

$514,649

Worksites

1551969290337

Worksite Identifier: 1551969290337
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
Upstream extent of sites

Location Information

Basin: Northern California Coastal (180101)
Subbasin: Mattole (18010107)
Watershed: Mattole River (1801010702)
Subwatershed: Lower Mattole River (180101070209)

State: California
Recovery Domain: N Central California Coast
Latitude: 40.30094
Longitude: -124.2132132

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 514,878.00
- . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .75
- . . C.0.c
  Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
- . . 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 514,877.60
  - . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated .75
  - . . . . 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 .75
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.4 Acres of streambed treated through channel structure placement 1.8
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.5 Pools expected to be created through channel structure placement 33
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.6 Yards of average stream-width at mid-point of channel structure placement project (Yards)
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.7 Number of structures placed in channel 23