Johnston Wilson Creek Restoration

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	17-1030 R
Recovery Domains	Lower Columbia River
Start Date	01/19/2018
End Date	12/31/2022
Year	2017
Status	Completed
Last Edited	11/22/2024

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Description

Wahkiakum Conservation District worked with two non-industrial private landowners to implement a salmon recovery project on Wilson Creek in the Skamokawa Creek watershed. The project addressed restoration priorities identified in the Lower Columbia Salmon Recovery Plan for juvenile and adult Winter Steelhead, Chum, Coho, and Fall Chinook. The project installed 40 wood-based structures with emphasis on spawning and rearing habitat and treated about 12 acres of riparian buffer. The number of structures was reduced due to access issues to the left bank due to riparian conditions.Two side channels were treated to increase habitat quantity and quality.

2017 PCSRF funds were spend within the award period.

Project Benefit

This project will address limiting factors for spawning, rearing, and off-channel habitat for various life states of Winter Steelhead, Chum, and Coho. This project will add large wood to create pool and riffle complexes for rearing habitat. The slower water will sort gravel and reduce sediment for spawing habitat.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Instream Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.78

Riparian Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.57

Acres Treated

15.0

17.6

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$154,778

Other

$101,222

In-Kind Volunteers

$216

Report Total:

$256,216

Worksites

1-Johnston Wilson Creek

Worksite Identifier: 1-Johnston Wilson Creek
Start Date:
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Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

Basin: Lower Columbia (170800)
Subbasin: Lower Columbia-Clatskanie (17080003)
Watershed: Elochoman River-Frontal Columbia River (1708000307)
Subwatershed: Skamokawa Creek (170800030703)

State: Washington
Recovery Domain: Lower Columbia River
Latitude: 46.29567164
Longitude: -123.395521

ESU

Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon ESU
Columbia River Chum Salmon ESU
Southwest Washington Steelhead DPS

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Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
- . . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 256,216.08
- . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .78
- . . 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 234,258.81
  - . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated .78
  - . . . . C.4.c.1 Channel reconfiguration and connectivityY (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . C.4.c.2 Type of change to channel configuration and connectivity (LOV)
    - . . . . . . C.4.c.3 Miles of stream treated for channel reconfiguration and connectivity .78
    - . . . . . . C.4.c.4 Miles of off-channel stream created through channel reconfiguration and connectivity .21
    - . . . . . . C.4.c.5 Acres of off-channel or floodplain connected through channel reconfiguration and connectivity .4
    - . . . . . . C.4.c.6 Instream pools created/added through channel reconfiguration and connectivity 0
  - . . . . 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 .78
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.5 Pools expected to be created through channel structure placement 40
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.7 Number of structures placed in channel 40
  - . . C.5 Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
    - . . . . C.5.a Riparian Habitat Funding 21,957.27
    - . . . . C.5.b.1 Total riparian miles streambank treated .57
    - . . . . C.5.b.2 Total Riparian Acres Treated 15.0
    - . . . . C.5.c.1 Riparian plantingY (Y/N)
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.2
        Species of plants planted in riparian
        
        Picea sitchensis, Tsuga heterophylla, Thuja plicata, Alnus rubra, Salix sitchensis
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.3 Acres planted in riparian 15.0
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.4 Miles of streambank treated with riparian planting .57
    - . . . . C.5.h.1 Riparian plant removal/controlY (Y/N)
      - . . . . . . C.5.h.2
        Species of plants treated/removed in riparian
        
        Polygonum cuspidatum, Rubrus armeniacus
      - . . . . . . C.5.h.3 Acres of riparian treated for plant removal/control 15.0
      - . . . . . . C.5.h.4 Miles of streambank treated for riparian plant removal/control .57