This project focuses the lower Klickitat River (river miles (RM) 1-43) and its tributaries that provide or affect salmonid habitat. An emphasis is placed on identifying and prioritizing reaches for restoration and protection. Restoration activities will be aimed at returning stream processes by removing or mitigating watershed perturbances and improving habitat conditions and water quality. Habitat improvements will primarily benefit both anadromous (steelhead, chinook and coho salmon) and resident (rainbow trout and bull trout) salmonid populations and will enhance wildlife habitat for many terrestrial and amphibian species as well. Protection activities will compliment restoration efforts within the subbasin by securing refugia and prevention of degradation. Maximum effectiveness will be accomplished via cooperation with state, federal, tribal, and private entities. The project augments goals and objectives presented in the Klickitat Subbasin Summary, the 1994 NWPPC Fish and Wildlife Program (FWP), and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Biological Opinion (All-H paper).To date, project activities have included inventory of a major lower basin tributary (Swale Creek), fencing of 14 miles of stream, revegetation of seven miles of stream, construction and revegetation of seven sediment retention and base flow augmentation ponds.
