Illinois Valley WC Council Capacity_2021-23

Salmonid Restoration Planning and Assessments

Project ID	OWEB 222-012-19410
Recovery Domains	-
Start Date	07/01/2021
End Date	09/21/2023
Year	2021
Status	Completed
Last Edited	04/11/2024

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Description

The Council Capacity grant provided operating capacity for the Illinois Valley Watershed Council. Key watershed issues addressed included coho salmon recovery, water quality, water theft, organizational capacity, and community and stakeholder engagement. In the past two years the council implemented three stream and habitat restoration projects, helped form and lead a local wildfire resiliency stakeholder group, co-developed and launched a new water quality monitoring program, restructured board governance, participated with Rogue Basin Partnership and OWEBs Small Grant Team to further basin-wide recovery planning, secured funding for strategic planning, engaged with regulators and legislators to curb harmful agricultural practices, began exploring and developing a partnership with Josephine County to safeguard and restore natural resources on seized lands, and participated in local recovery planning for the Southern Oregon Northern California Coastal coho ESU.

Project Benefit

The grant will enable IVWC staff - especially its watershed coordinator - to put in the necessary work to identify and develop projects that directly address limiting factors for salmon and steelhead in high priority subwatersheds prior to receiving technical assistance and/or implementation funding. OWEBs Council Capacity funding plays a critical role for IVWC in filling that critical funding gap in the project management process.

This capacity funding ensures project momentum can be achieved and maintained during its vital preliminary developmental phase, enabling restoration projects to successfully launch and be implemented on the landscape.

Particularly, the multi-phase Page Creek Aquatic Restoration Activities project is slated for this period, as is additional project development under the USFSs Watershed Restoration Aquatics Action Plan for the East Fork Illinois River and a small dam removal on Squaw Creek. The East Fork Illinois River watershed (including Page Creek) provides the Rogue Basins highest Intrinsic Potential for SONCC coho salmon.

Source

Funds

State

$148,465

Other

Report Total:

$148,466

Worksites

19410

Worksite Identifier: 19410
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Area Description

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Location Information

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Subbasin:
Watershed:
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State:
Recovery Domain:
Latitude: 42.165008
Longitude: -123.646225

ESU

Southern Oregon / Northern California Coastal Chinook Salmon ESU
Southern Oregon/Northern California 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 148,466.00
. . B.0.b.1 Area Encompassed 596,413.0

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

. . . . B.1.a Planning and Coordination funding 148,466.00

. . . . B.1.b.4 Watershed council supportY (Y/N)

. . . . . . B.1.b.4.a

Name of plan developed or implemented
Final Recovery Plan for the Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit of Coho Salmon, National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Region, 2014.

. . . . . . B.1.b.4.b

Description of the Plan

This project supports local watershed councils by providing capacity to engage in salmonid recovery planning and coordination. The Recovery Plan(s) indicate state and local collaboration and partnerships, especially in the form of watershed councils, are needed to successfully implement Recovery Plan actions and refer to the Oregon Plan. The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds (1997) provides the governance structure for implementing restoration in Oregon and specifically charges these watershed councils with the task of developing and implementing watershed improvement projects. Additionally, the Oregon Plan indicates that, in order to complete these tasks, watershed councils require funding to provide for stable infrastructure and support for council activities.