Bureau of Land Management

Description

Background: The Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council completed field surveys of over 130 culverts within the watershed. They used data from the field surveys to identify culverts that pose a barrier to fish passage according to the USFS/BLM coarse-screen filter, and to prioritize culverts for replacement across the entire watershed. Geographic Information Systems were used to prioritize culverts based on fish use, barrier severity, available upstream habitat, the presence of impassable culverts downstream, and culvert condition. The Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council received a grant which was used to generate engineering plans for the replacement of 7 high-priority culverts in the Lost Creek and Rattlesnake Creek basins to allow for the passage of juvenile and adult salmonids, and to identify appropriate sites for the addition of large wood structures to improve habitat conditions for fish in the streams where culverts will be replaced. Objectives: The objective of this agreement is to restore temporal and spatial connectivity within the Lost Creek Watershed.

Who can apply

• Unrestricted

Contact

Jessica Clark, 503-808-6226<br/>j1clark@blm.gov<br/>
j1clark@blm.gov