Spatial Dataset to Inform Planning on the South Coast

Salmonid Restoration Planning and Assessments

Project ID	OWEB 220-2047-17410
Recovery Domains	-
Start Date	04/22/2020
End Date	10/21/2022
Year	2019
Status	Completed
Last Edited	04/11/2024

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Description

This project compiled and created multiple spatial data layers that are continuous across the project service area. This data depicts and prioritize individual organizational objectives, and that also depict shared partnership objectives. All data was vetted through meetings with technical specialists, made readily accessible to all partners, and will be used to develop priorities and an implementation plan for the SCEPs Strategic Action Plan for the Sixes River Watershed. The project completed significantly under the proposed amount because match funding was ultimately not used for lidar imagery and resulting models as they were not available as planned or in a time frame available for inclusion in this project.

Project Benefit

The South Coast watersheds included in this proposal contain over 700 miles of stream habitat for coho salmon, Chinook salmon, and steelhead. Limiting factors include elevated summer stream temperatures, an overabundant supply of coarse grained sediment, invasive plants, small estuaries, loss of floodplain connectivity and off-channel habitat, the oversimplification of the low gradient stream network, and impacts of urban development. The resulting technical assistance project would generate high-resolution spatial datasets to represent these limiting factors and related objectives to guide projects that will benefit salmon and steelhead habitat across the South Coast.

During the OWEB FIP capacity-building grant 216-8300-12525, the SCEP prioritized the nine South Coast watersheds included in this proposal based on current salmon populations and the potential responses in salmon production, rearing habitat, and the local economy. The Sixes River Watershed was ranked as the highest priority based on this criteria, and chosen for development of a Strategic Action Plan. The datasets created through this proposal will be used by the SCEP and partners in the SAP, to identify and prioritize projects specifically to benefit salmon populations and their habitat in the Sixes River watershed.

Source

Funds

State

$28,518

In-Kind Donated Labor

$34,538

Report Total:

$63,056

Worksites

17410

Worksite Identifier: 17410
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Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

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Watershed:
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Latitude: 42.46656887
Longitude: -124.21624386

ESU

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

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Metrics

B.0 Salmonid Restoration Planning and AssessmentsY (Y/N)

. . B.0.a Planning And Assessment Funding 63,055.90
. . B.0.b.1 Area Encompassed 1,096,125.0

. . B.1 Restoration Planning And CoordinationY (Y/N)

. . . . B.1.a Planning and Coordination funding 63,055.90

. . . . B.1.b.10 Designing or maintaining restoration data systemsY (Y/N)

. . . . . . B.1.b.10.a
Name of plan implemented

The Siskiyou Coast Estuaries Partnership Strategic Action Plan, Siskiyou Coast Estuaries Partnership, 2019.

. . . . . . B.1.b.10.b

Description and scope of the plan implemented

The SCEP SAP for the Sixes River Watershed identifies four strategies, including aquatic organism passage, stream and floodplain restoration, water quality, and habitat protection, to be employed to increase the capacity and enhance the ecosystem functions and services of the Sixes River estuary and adjacent freshwater rearing habitats to produce ocean-ready salmonid smolts. The SCEP has identified coordinating with partners to conduct assessments and prioritize sites, as priority actions to achieve each strategy.