Kincaid Sprague River Restoration Project - Instream Structures and Spawning Gravel

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Instream Habitat
Project IDKlamath-2023-01 Kincaid
Recovery Domains -
Start Date06/01/2024
End Date09/30/2025
Year2023
StatusOngoing
Last Edited11/19/2024
 
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Description    


The Kincaid Sprague River Restoration Project is intended to restore approximately 300 feet of the Sprague River channel and floodplain habitat through addition of large wood for fish rearing and holding habitat, establishment of a bank full bench and woody vegetation for moderating erosive flood flows, and addition of gravel providing spawning habitat. The Kincaid Sprague River Restoration Project is located approximately 0.5 miles upstream from the Chiloquin Ridge Road Bridge along the Sprague River (River Mile 6), east of the town of Chiloquin along the Sprague River Highway. The project is located directly below the “narrows” portion of the Sprague River. The “narrows” is highly productive salmonid habitat with abundant rock cover and adequate dissolved oxygen conditions during the summer associated with turbulent mixing in this river section. This project is also intended to minimize erosion on the floodplain during high flow events and allow riparian vegetation to become established.





This project will provide important spawning, juvenile rearing, and adult holding/resting habitat for anadromous salmonids including Chinook and Steelhead upon their re-introduction. The project will also improve habitat for ESA-listed species C’waam (Lost River sucker) and Koptu (Shortnose sucker), and other native species including Redband trout, lamprey, and sculpins.



Anadromous salmonids and adfluvial non-anadromous salmonids adult upstream migration is expected to be enhanced by providing large woody debris (LWD) cover along with expected pool deepening via change in structure associated velocity vectors. Spawning and egg incubation are expected to be enhanced through addition of gravel at locations associated with LWD structure placement. Fry colonization and juvenile salmonid rearing habitat will also be improved through woody structure additions.

Project Benefit    


Project Objective: Provide spawning, juvenile rearing, and adult holding/resting habitat for Chinook salmon, Steelhead, Redband trout and native fish.



Install 2 partial cross vanes and toe wood structures along 300 feet of streambank and add spawning gravel. Project Benefits: This project is considered a crucial step towards achieving the tribal restoration goal of reintroduction and restoration of the Klamath Tribes historic anadromous fisheries that have been extirpated. Specifically, the project will enhance spawning, rearing and holding habitat in the Sprague River to benefit Chinook salmon, Steelhead and other native fishes. The project will address factors limiting the productivity of Chinook salmon and Steelhead necessary for the exercise of native subsistence fishing. Priority 1

Accomplishments

Metric Completed Originally
Proposed
Instream Habitat
  Stream Miles Treated .10

Funding Details

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Worksites

1801020207    


  • Worksite Identifier: 1801020207
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Location Information

  • Basin: Klamath (180102)
  • Subbasin: Sprague (18010202)
  • Watershed: Sprague River (1801020207)
  • Subwatershed:
  • State: Oregon
  • Recovery Domain:
  • Latitude: 42.586697945
  • Longitude: -121.8400383

ESU

  • Upper Klamath / Trinity Rivers Chinook Salmon ESU

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Metrics

Metrics
  • C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
    •      . . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding .00
    •      . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected
    •      . . 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
      •      . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated
      •      . . . . C.4.f.1 Spawning gravel placementY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . C.4.f.2 Miles of stream treated with addition of spawning gravel