Aikens Creek Instream Habitat Enhancement Project

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	1578344725409
Recovery Domains	N CA - S Oregon
Start Date	04/13/2020
End Date	01/29/2024
Year	2019
Status	Completed
Last Edited	05/03/2024

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Description

The Project constructed 24 large wood structures within 2,100 feet of Aikens Creek, consisting of 88 logs. Live riparian vegetation was incorporated into the log structures for wood recruitment and fish cover habitat. These log structures will enhance fish spawning habitat by altering channel geomorphology to sort and retain gravel to increase spawning habitat.

Project Benefit

Create juvenile salmonid refugia for cover and rearing habitat by installing wood structures. Log structures will enhance spawning by altering channel morphology for gravel retention, reduce stream flow velocity for summer/winter rearing.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Instream Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.60

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$241,327

In-Kind Other

$76,775

Report Total:

$318,102

Worksites

1578344725613

Worksite Identifier: 1578344725613
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
Aikens Creek-Downstream

Location Information

Basin:
Subbasin:
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: California
Recovery Domain: N CA - S Oregon
Latitude: 41.228025
Longitude: -123.65304

ESU

Upper Klamath / Trinity Rivers Chinook Salmon ESU
Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Salmon ESU
Klamath Mountains Province Steelhead DPS

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Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)

. . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 318,102.00
. . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .60

. . C.0.c

Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
Final Recovery Plan for the Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast (SONCC) Evolutionarily Significant Unit of Coho Salmon (2014) National Marine Fisheries Service

. . 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 318,102.00
- . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated .60
- . . . . 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 .60
  - . . . . . . C.4.d.5 Pools expected to be created through channel structure placement 12
  - . . . . . . C.4.d.7 Number of structures placed in channel 24