Rock Creek - Derr Meadow Restoration

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	OWEB 221-6012-19036
Recovery Domains	-
Start Date	03/09/2021
End Date	01/22/2024
Year	2019
Status	Completed
Last Edited	04/12/2024

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Description

The Rock Creek Derr – Meadow restored creek function after years of degradation caused by poor agricultural practices by installing a combination of partial and full structures to reduce the flow rate and keep water instream longer, which is critical during the summer months for steelhead rearing. In addition, large woody debris (LWD) was placed strategically in-stream to aid in stream complexity and habitat. Fencing was installed, although this was not done as part of the CREP program as initially planned.

Project Benefit

The John Day Subbasin Plan and OWEB Basin Priorities both rank altered Habitat Complexity and Limited In-Channel Wood as High Impact with a High confidence rating.

This project will address both limiting factors.

Currently the landowner is working with the Wheeler SWCD to enroll the project area into CREP to provide exclusion fencing.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Instream Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.42

Riparian Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.84

1.26

Acres Treated

29.3

37.2

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$56,573

In-Kind Donated Labor

$1,448

In-Kind Other

$31,318

Report Total:

$89,339

Worksites

20230143

Worksite Identifier: 20230143
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: 44.50833505
Longitude: -119.74017745

ESU

Mid-Columbia River Spring-run Chinook Salmon ESU
Middle Columbia River Steelhead DPS

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Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
- . . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 89,339.10
- . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .42
- . . C.0.c
  Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
  
  Northwest Power and Conservation Council, 2005-03-15, Northwest Power and Conservation Council John Day Subbasin Plan;
- . . 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 72,243.62
  - . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated .42
  - . . . . 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 .42
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.5 Pools expected to be created through channel structure placement 26
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.7 Number of structures placed in channel 49
  - . . C.5 Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
    - . . . . C.5.a Riparian Habitat Funding 17,095.48
    - . . . . C.5.b.1 Total riparian miles streambank treated .84
    - . . . . C.5.b.2 Total Riparian Acres Treated 29.3
    - . . . . C.5.c.1 Riparian plantingY (Y/N)
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.2
        Species of plants planted in riparian
        
        White alder, Black cottonwood, Quaking aspen, Ponderosa pine, Red dogwood, Blue elderberry, Wax currant, Service berry, Mock orange, and Golden currant.
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.3 Acres planted in riparian 29.3
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.4 Miles of streambank treated with riparian planting .84
    - . . . . C.5.d.1 FencingY (Y/N)
      - . . . . . . C.5.d.2 Miles of fence along stream .52
      - . . . . . . C.5.d.3 Acres of riparian area protected by fencing 29.3