Mill Creek Riparian Restoration, Phase IV.

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	23 370 41
Recovery Domains	N Central California Coast
Start Date	07/15/2004
End Date	05/15/2006
Year	2004
Status	Completed
Last Edited	01/26/2024

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Description

This was the fourth Phase of the large scale Mill Creek Stream & Riparian Restoration Project. Approximately 3,500 feet of primary and secondary channel were developed and modified to promote a single channel system and establish a functional riparian corridor system as proposed. Several thousand Willows, cottonwoods, alders and oaks were planted along the banks of Mill Creek as part of the Riparian corridor development component.

Project Benefit

This Project phase plays an integral component in the completion of channel development and connectivity in the overall Mill Creek Stream Restoration Project. Surface water flows are lasting longer into the summer months and returning earlier in the fall months as the project continues to mature and stabilize. Riparian vegetation is slow to grow in these hash summer conditions, but the vegetation planted in the earlier Phases is starting to take root and become self sufficient. The Project area is actually starting to look like a healthy functional creek again and gets better every year!

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Instream Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.02

Riparian Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

1.34

Acres Treated

6.5

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$60,000

Report Total:

$60,000

Worksites

23 370 41

Worksite Identifier: 23 370 41
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

Basin: Northern California Coastal (180101)
Subbasin:
Watershed: Mill Creek
Subwatershed:

State: California
Recovery Domain: N Central California Coast
Latitude: 39.8246440242389
Longitude: -123.276635291907

ESU

California Coastal Chinook Salmon ESU
Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Salmon ESU
Northern California Steelhead DPS

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Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
- . . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 60,000.00
- . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected 1.30
- . . C.0.c
  Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
  
  Round Valley Indian Tribes 1998 Inventory, Monitoring and Assessment of Anadromous Habitats.
- . . C.0.d.1 Project Monitoring (LOV)
- . . C.0.d.2 Monitoring Location (LOV)
- . . C.0.d.3
  Monitoring text (from Phase I)
  
  Effectiveness monitoring
- . . C.4 Instream Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
  - . . . . C.4.a Instream Habitat Funding 5,000.00
  - . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated .02
  - . . . . C.4.e.1 Streambank stabilization Y (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . C.4.e.2 Material Used For Streambank Stabilization (LOV)
    - . . . . . . C.4.e.3 Miles of streambank stabilized .67
  - . . C.5 Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
    - . . . . C.5.a Riparian Habitat Funding 55,000.00
    - . . . . C.5.b.1 Total riparian miles streambank treated 1.34
    - . . . . C.5.b.2 Total Riparian Acres Treated 6.5
    - . . . . C.5.c.1 Riparian plantingY (Y/N)
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.2
        Species of plants planted in riparian
        
        Cottonwoods (Populus spp.), Willows (Salix spp.), Alders (Alnus spp.), Maples (Acer spp.), Buckeyes (Aesculus californicus), Oaks (Quercus spp.), et. al.
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.3 Acres planted in riparian .3