Widows Creek Ranch Upland Health
Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition
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| OWEB 221-6030-19495 | | Middle Columbia River | | 10/26/2021 | | 02/22/2024 | | 2021 | | Completed | | 05/02/2025 | | |
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Description
The Widows Creek Ranch is located halfway between Mt. Vernon, and Dayville on the Upper Mainstem John Day River, in Grant County, Oregon. The restoration efforts addressed in this project included fencing riparian areas, clearing Juniper, and developing upland water installations for strategically grazing livestock. These actions draw livestock away from sensitive riparian habitats along Widows Creek, Bridge Creek (Steelhead Critical Habitat), Grousse Creek, and Dry Creek (Redband bearing streams). Riparian fencing and associated metrics were inadvertently omitted at project proposal due to misunderstanding of where fencing would occur.
Project Benefit
Through enrolling their critical habitat and fishbearing streams in the CREP program the Widows Creek ranch is protecting and enhancing their riparian habitat, for Steelhead and Salmon. Accomplishments
| Riparian Habitat |
| Stream Miles Treated |
10.00 |
.00 |
| Acres Treated |
146.0 |
.0 |
| Upland Habitat |
| Acres Treated |
60.0 |
136.7 |
Funding Details |
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| State | $62,307 |
| Other | $69,300 |
| In-Kind Donated Labor | $3,000 |
| Report Total: | $134,607 |
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Worksites
60933802
- Worksite Identifier: 60933802
- Start Date:
- End Date:
Area Description
No Area Description data was found for this worksite.
Location Information
- Basin: John Day (170702)
- Subbasin:
- Watershed:
- Subwatershed:
- State: Oregon
- Recovery Domain: Middle Columbia River
- Latitude: 44.39832588
- Longitude: -119.35517055
ESU
- Middle Columbia River Steelhead DPS
- Mid-Columbia River Spring-run 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 134,607.25
- . . C.0.b
Length of stream treated/protected 5.00
- . . C.0.c
| Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment | |
| Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2010-02-01, Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon Steelhead Populations in the Middle Columbia River Steelhead Distinct Population Segment; Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2016-01-01, Oregon Conservation Strategy ; |
- . . C.0.d.1
Project Monitoring (LOV)
- . . C.0.d.2
Monitoring Location (LOV)
- . . C.5
Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
- . . . . C.5.a
Riparian Habitat Funding 69,300.13
- . . . . C.5.b.1
Total riparian miles streambank treated 10.00
- . . . . C.5.b.2
Total Riparian Acres Treated 146.0
- . . . . C.5.d.1
FencingY (Y/N)
- . . . . . . C.5.d.2
Miles of fence along stream 10.00
- . . . . . . C.5.d.3
Acres of riparian area protected by fencing 146.0
- . . C.6
Upland Habitat And Sediment ProjectY (Y/N)
- . . . . C.6.a
Upland Habitat / Sediment Funding 65,307.12
- . . . . C.6.b.1
Acres of upland habitat area treated 60.0
- . . . . C.6.h.1
Upland vegetation managementY (Y/N)
- . . . . . . C.6.h.2
| Species of plants in upland vegetation management | |
| Juniperus occidentalis |
- . . . . . . C.6.h.3
Acres treated for upland vegetation management 60.0
- . . . . C.6.j.1
Upland livestock management Y (Y/N)
- . . . . . . C.6.j.2
Upland livestock management action(s) taken (LOV)
- . . . . . . C.6.j.4
Number of livestock water installations/developments 7
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