This project will restore degraded salmonid spawning habitat, improve stream complexity and recover and restore rearing habitat on 1.7 miles of the Amboy to Yacolt reach of Cedar Creek, 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 that has become degraded due to past removal of most large wood debris. That removal has resulted in loss of stream complexity, spawning gravel locked up in a mix of cobble and substrate fines, and loss of access to high quality rearing habitat. This project will develop in-stream spawning beds anchored by large rock vanes, add root wads and other LWD and recover several lost rearing areas.
