This project will restore degraded salmonid spawning habitat and improve stream complexity on 0.4 miles of Chelatchie Creek, a tributary of Cedar Creek which is a tributary of the North Fork of the Lewis River in Clark County. According to the draft WRIA 27 Limiting Factors Report: The Cedar Creek watershed provides the majority of spawning and rearing habitat left for all species of anadromous fish in the North Fork (Lewis River) system. Two species listed as threatened (Chinook and Steelhead) and one candidate for listing as threatened (Coho) and one proposed for listing (Cutthroat) are present in the Cedar Creek system. The draft WRIA 27 LFR and the Lower Columbia Steelhead Conservation Initiative both identify the system as sanctuary habitat in need of protection and restoration. The subject properties have historically provided excellent spawning and rearing habitat with spawning habitat that has become degraded due to past removal of most large woody debris and sediment locking up otherwise excellent spawning gravel. The rearing habitat on this property is excellent, probably the best on the Cedar Creek system. This project will develop in-stream spawning beds anchored by large rock vanes and add root wads and other LWD.
