Holmes Property Acquisition I

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	2002-4-11
Recovery Domains	Middle Columbia River
Start Date	03/01/2005
End Date	12/31/2005
Year	2002
Status	Completed
Last Edited	01/26/2024

1 - 1

Description

The property was purchased in early October, and the project is now complete. It is important to note that limited restoration (primarily riparian revegetation) will be undertaken under a future grant.

Project Benefit

The project targets habitat protection for spring Chinook, coho, steelhead and resident trout. The side channel is of exceptional value as off-channel rearing habitat. The Yakimas hydrograph is inverted, because of irrigation release from over 800,000 acre-feet of artificial storage above the subject property. Stream flow is artificially high throughout the summer. As such, rearing habitat for young of the year salmonids is severely compromised in the mainstem. Off channel habitats, such as that found within the Holmes side channel, is critical for juvenile rearing habitat. Over 80% of the bioregions terrestrial wildlife will also benefit from this habitat protection effort.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Land Acquisition

Acres Acquired or Protected

37.0

7.5

Stream Bank Miles Acquired
or Protected

.66

.00

Riparian Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.00

.10

Acres Treated

1.0

Fish Passage

Barriers Removed

Miles Opened

1.00

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$42,515

Report Total:

$42,515

Worksites

Yakima River

Worksite Identifier: Yakima River
Start Date: 03/01/2005
End Date: 12/31/2005

Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

Basin: Yakima (170300)
Subbasin: Upper Yakima
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: Washington
Recovery Domain: Middle Columbia River
Latitude: 47.097
Longitude: -120.724

ESU

Mid-Columbia River Spring-run Chinook Salmon ESU
Upper Columbia River Summer- and Fall-run Chinook Salmon ESU
Middle Columbia River Steelhead DPS
Un-Named ESU Coho

Map

Photos

Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
- . . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 42,515.00
- . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .66
- . . C.0.c
  Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
  
  Yakama Sub-basin Plan CRITFC, "Wy-Kan0Ish-Mi Wa-Kish-Wit", Portland, OR: 2000.
- . . C.0.d.1 Project Monitoring (LOV)
- . . C.0.d.2 Monitoring Location (LOV)
- . . C.0.d.3
  Monitoring text (from Phase I)
  
  Project monitoring will involve noxious weed surveys, and monitoring riparian conditions, and passage at the weir at the upstream end of the property.
- . . C.2 Fish Passage ImprovementY (Y/N)
  - . . . . C.2.a Fish Passage Funding 7,500.00
  - . . . . C.2.b.1 Length of stream made accessible 1.00
  - . . . . C.2.b.3 Type of blockage/barrier (LOV)
  - . . . . C.2.b.4 Number of blockages/impediments/barriers impeding passage 1
  - . . . . C.2.c.1 Fish passage blockages removed or altered (other than road crossings reported in C.2.f to C.2.i)Y (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . C.2.c.2 Number of blockages/impediments/barriers removed/altered 1
  - . . C.3 Instream Flow ProjectY (Y/N)
    - . . . . C.3.a Instream Flow Funding 5,000.00
    - . . . . C.3.b Length of stream 'protected' for adequate flow .66
    - . . . . C.3.c Change in water flow3 (cfs)
    - . . . . C.3.f.1 Water leased or purchasedY (Y/N)
      - . . . . . . C.3.f.2 Acre feet of water per year purchased/leased1 (Acre feet)
      - . . . . . . C.3.f.4 Start date of no withdrawal09/30/2005 (mm/dd/yyyy)
      - . . . . . . C.3.f.5 End date of no withdrawal.12/31/9999 (mm/dd/yyyy)
    - . . C.5 Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
      - . . . . C.5.a Riparian Habitat Funding 2,500.00
      - . . . . C.5.b.1 Total riparian miles streambank treated .00
      - . . . . C.5.b.2 Total Riparian Acres Treated .0
      -      . . . . C.5.c.1 Riparian plantingY (Y/N)
        
             . . . . . . C.5.c.2
        Species of plants planted in riparian
        
        None
        
             . . . . . . C.5.c.3 Acres planted in riparian .0
      -      . . . . C.5.h.1 Riparian plant removal/controlY (Y/N)
        
             . . . . . . C.5.h.2
        Species of plants treated/removed in riparian
        
        None
        
             . . . . . . C.5.h.3 Acres of riparian treated for plant removal/control .0
      -      . . C.10 Land or Easement AcquisitionY (Y/N)
        
             . . . . C.10.a Land acquisition funding 27,515.00
        
             . . . . C.10.b Habitat treatments applied (LOV)
        
             . . . . C.10.c.1 Acquisition or lease of land, wetland or estuarine area for conservationY (Y/N)
        
             . . . . . . C.10.c.2 Type of acquisition to protect habitat (LOV)
        
             . . . . . . C.10.c.3 Type of property protected (LOV)
        
             . . . . . . C.10.c.4 Date of expiration of protection12/31/9999 (mm/dd/yyyy)
        
             . . . . . . C.10.c.5 Miles of streambank protected by land or easement acquisition .66
        
             . . . . . . C.10.c.6 Acres of land, wetland or estuarine area acquired 37.0