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| | A | 185 | Produce CBFish Status Report | Periodic Status Reports for BPA | | | |
| | B | 119 | Manage and Administer Projects | Manage & Administer Project | Develop Statement of Work (SOW), Budget, and Inventory List. Sponsor may be requested to attend BPA, Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Council), Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority (CBFWA) conferences and workshops. Maintain work plans, workforce and cost records. | | |
| | C | 165 | Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Environmental compliance for CREP technician duties | Bonneville Power Administration funds are utilized for CREP Technical staff time and materials only. BPA does not fund any implementation as these actions are funded by the FSA and completed by the landowners. The CREP technicians will prepare NRCS environmental checklist and complete compliance requirements for actions identified in the conservation plan and funded through the FSA. Appropriate conservation measures outlined in the milestones will be followed by CREP technicians while conducting site visits. | | |
| | D | 99 | Outreach and Education | Landowner Outreach and Project Prioritization | Quarterly presentation or news articles, neighborhood meetings, informing landowners of program availability, etc. Outreach to landowners about the CREP program is targeted to those in anadromous critical habitat or areas that contribute to degraded water quality or habitat conditions through agricultural activities.
SWCD will conduct targeted outreach in ODA Focus Areas, with a primary emphasis on those properties with inadequate streamside vegetation. Focus Areas have many advantages. Measuring progress is easier and more accurate in smaller watersheds. Partners can coordinate financial resources and water quality improvement efforts. Providing outreach and technical assistance in a small geographic area increases the chances of success. Comparisons of baseline and post-implementation data on land conditions or water quality will help ODA and partners evaluate the effectiveness of area plans and programs. | | |
| | E | 122 | Provide Technical Review and Recommendation | Provide Technical Review on Implementation of Approved Conservation Plans | Work under this WE provides technical assistance on agreements signed under prior contracts. The CREP technician will provide additional technical assistance to implement the approved plan. This continued technical assistance consists of periodic status reviews, inspecting conservation practices, addressing additional landowner, and resource concerns. | | |
| | F | 114 | Identify and Select Projects | Initiate Future New CREP Agreements with Landowners, NRCS, SWCD & FSA | New 10 to 15 year CREP agreement(s) will be initiated for future implementation resulting in either riparian protections or new riparian fence exclusion funded through the FSA. BPA funding is utilized only to cover CREP technician time for conducting outreach, and initiating CREP agreement(s) to be finalized in the following contract year. Future fencing installation, riparian planting and other management actions are funded by the FSA through a contract with the landowner. The landowner will responsible for all implementation, once the CREP agreement is finalized.
The location of these fencing and/or riparian buffer contracts has yet to be determined. However, the CREP technician will seek to implement agreements in areas of Essential Salmonid Habitat (ESH) (https://www.streamnet.org). Once the proposed CREP agreement has been identified the location will be provided to the BPA Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for approval prior to expending BPA funds on the CREP development. If the proposed location is outside of the area of ESH a justification will be provided detailing the fish habitat benefit. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii) |
| | G | 47 | Plant Vegetation | Provide technical support to enhance riparian vegetation | Planting plans will be developed by the CREP Technician as part of the Conservation Plan development. Implementation will occur by the landowner under a contract with the FSA. Oregon Department of Forestry also reviews and approves of the planting plans.
Approximately 351 acres of riparian habitat will be restored through planting under all conservation plans developed under this project. The planting efforts will be documented in the metrics as the efforts are completed. Streams on all new leased land contracts and install fence contracts will be planted at an average of 25 plants per 100 lineal feet. Some contract renewals will be planted for enhancement. Planting for renewals will be determined following site inspection and prior to renewal. All planting costs will be covered by FSA and OWEB and the Landowner. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii) |
| | H | 40 | Install Fence | New CREP Agreement with Landowners, NRCS, SWCD & FSA (initiated in a prior contract) | This work element continues the work initiated in the prior contracts 88271 90592 and 92772 (work element H). The CREP agreement was delayed due to landowner management decisions and potentially implementing Low-Tech Process-based restoration prior to enrollment, which is still being negotiated.
A new 15 year CREP agreement will be developed and signed resulting in new riparian fence exclusion funded through the FSA. BPA funding is utilized only to cover CREP technician time for conducting outreach, preparing the conservation plan, and providing technical assistance prior to and during implementation. Fencing installation and other management actions are funded by the FSA through a contract with the landowner. The landowner is responsible for all implementation.
A completed water survey form will be uploaded if water rights are associated with the CREP buffer.
Under this CREP Conservation Plan approximately 1.51 miles of stream will be protected on Hay Creek for 15 years. This stream reach is located above known steelhead distribution, but benefits of the stream protection will carry downstream to areas of known distribution. Hay Creek is an important spawning tributary for the summer run Mid-Columbia River steelhead that utilize the watershed and is the focus of collaborative restoration efforts intended to support fisheries restoration, improve stream habitat, restore natural stream processes, enhance streamflow, and enhance surface water during base flow conditions.
The ecogeomorphic impairments on Hay Creek are the combined result of historic human-induced impacts that include intensive grazing, intensive agriculture, and the eradication of beaver. Intensive upland grazing has increased surface runoff and reduced rates of precipitation infiltration and aquifer recharge. In addition, grazing has resulted in the reduction of riparian vegetation, which may be slow to reestablish on degraded streams such as Hay Creek.
Through CREP this reach will be heavily planted and fencing will be installed to exclude livestock grazing. These practices will allow for plant development and natural regeneration to increase shading and reduce sediment input into Hay Creek.
Upon completion of this project and one other project in this contract (WE: I) 15.5 miles of eligible stream in Hay Creek will be enrolled in CREP. In addition this reach lies directly above many previously implemented CREP projects as well as Riparian Fencing provided through the BPA funded John Day Habitat Enhancement project on the main stem of Hay Creek. All 18.7 miles of Hay Creek below this point have been (or will be upon completion of this contract) enrolled in CREP, and or have fencing provided by the John Day Habitat Enhancement project. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii) |
| | I | 40 | Install Fence | New CREP Agreement with Landowners, NRCS, SWCD & FSA (initiated in a prior contract) | This work element continues the work initiated in the prior contracts 79668, 82500, 85333, 88271, 90592 and 92772 (work element I). The CREP agreement was delayed due to the FSA waiver process with respect to fence buffer widths. Additionally, this project was delayed to seek funding for Low-Tech Process Based Restoration prior to enrollment. This funding has since been secured and implementation will take place this summer.
A new 15 year CREP agreement will be developed and signed resulting in new riparian exclusion fence funded through the FSA. BPA funding is utilized only to cover CREP technician time for conducting outreach, preparing the conservation plan, and providing technical assistance prior to and during implementation. Fencing installation and other management actions are funded by the FSA through a contract with the landowner. The landowner is responsible for all implementation.
A completed water survey form will be uploaded if water rights are associated with the CREP buffer.
Under this CREP Conservation Plan approximately 4.1 miles of stream will be protected on Hay Creek for 15 years. Hay Creek represents an important spawning tributary for the summer run Mid-Columbia River steelhead that utilize the watershed and is the focus of collaborative restoration efforts intended to support fisheries restoration, improve stream habitat, restore natural stream processes, enhance streamflow, and enhance surface water during base-flow conditions.
The ecogeomorphic impairments on Hay Creek are the combined result of historic human-induced impacts that include intensive grazing, intensive agriculture, and the eradication of beaver. Intensive upland grazing has increased surface runoff and reduced rates of precipitation infiltration and aquifer recharge. In addition, grazing has resulted in the reduction of riparian vegetation, which may be slow to reestablish on degraded streams such as Hay Creek.
Through CREP this reach will be heavily planted and fencing will be installed to exclude livestock grazing. These practices will allow for plant development and natural regeneration to increase shading and reduce sediment input into Hay Creek.
Upon completion of this project and one other project in this contract (WE: H) 15.5 miles of eligible stream in Hay Creek will be enrolled in CREP. In addition, this reach lies directly above many previously implemented CREP projects, as well as Riparian Fencing, provided through the BPA funded John Day Habitat Enhancement project on the main stem of Hay Creek. 18.7 continuous miles of Hay Creek above and below this point have been (or will be upon completion of this contract) enrolled in CREP, and or have fencing provided by the John Day Habitat Enhancement project.
While conducting the CREP planning process, outreach, and coordination, additional resource concerns were identified on this stream reach. Further outreach was provided to encourage additional treatment with funds from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement board. This additional treatment includes developing low-tech restoration action outreach and planning on this reach to install features such as PALS and Beaver Dam Analogs. Channel-spanning Post-Assisted Log Structures (PALS) and primary and secondary BDAs will force flow onto accessible floodplain surfaces. BDAs will force connectivity during baseflow, PALS force overbank flows during high flow. These structures will also be used to facilitate floodplain reconnection, riparian enhancement (improves, shading, provides cover, increases allochthonous nutrient input, etc.), channel complexity, and restoration of natural processes. The restoration work will remediate channel degradation to improve stream health and restore ecological stream function; increase physical complexity to address juvenile steelhead habitat requirements (zones for feeding, energy conservation, predator refugia); improve spawning conditions for adult steelhead through restoration of natural processes; and increase the wetted extent of the channel during low flow conditions to increase the quantity of habitat available to juvenile steelhead during summer low flow as segments of the stream are intermittent. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii) |
| | J | 40 | Install Fence | New CREP Agreement with Landowners, NRCS, SWCD & FSA (initiated in a prior contract) | This work element continues the work initiated in the prior contract 88271 90592 and 92772 (work element K). The CREP agreement was delayed due to landowner management decisions. Additionally this project was delayed to implement Low-tech Process-Based Restoration. This work took place in the summer of 2022 and is now ready for CREP enrollment.
A new 15 year CREP agreement will be developed and signed resulting in new riparian exclusion fence funded through the FSA. BPA funding is utilized only to cover CREP technician time for conducting outreach, preparing the conservation plan, and providing technical assistance prior to and during implementation. Fencing installation and other management actions are funded by the FSA through a contract with the landowner. The landowner is responsible for all implementation. A small portion of this project was previously fenced by the BPA funded John Day Habitat Enhancement project. This section will be heavily planted with FSA funding and no fence or maintenance will be provided from
FSA.
A completed water survey form will be uploaded if water rights are associated with the CREP buffer.
Under this CREP Conservation Plan approximately 1.13 miles of stream will be protected on Thirtymile Creek for 15years.
Thirtymile Creek represents an important spawning tributary for the summer run Mid-Columbia River steelhead that utilize the watershed and is the focus of collaborative restoration efforts intended to support fisheries restoration, improve stream habitat, restore natural stream processes, enhance streamflow, and enhance surface water during base flow conditions.
The ecogeomorphic impairments on Thirtymile Creek are the combined result of historic human-induced impacts that include intensive grazing, intensive agriculture, and the eradication of beaver. Intensive upland grazing has increased surface runoff and reduced rates of precipitation infiltration and aquifer recharge. In addition, grazing has resulted in the reduction of riparian vegetation, which may be slow to reestablish along degraded streams such as Thirtymile Creek.
The area of the Thirtymile Watershed has been identified by the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) as a priority through their Strategic Implementation Area (SIA) process and was selected for action in 2018. The Gilliam County SWCD board of directors has committed to assist ODA with the SIA process in the Thirtymile Watershed. Thirtymile creek provides critical habitat for Mid-Columbia Steelhead, a species listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1998. The Mid-C Plan list temperature and sediment load as high restoration priorities for Thirtymile Creek. Thirtymile Creek is included in Oregon's 303d List for not meeting state water quality standards for temperature and sediment. A TMDL is in place for temperature, a limiting factor for aquatic species present in Thirtymile. The Thirtymile Creek Watershed Assessment states that 70% of streams in Thirtymile have little to no shade. This project is also within the John Day partnership Focus area and will be implemented along with other conservation projects.
Through CREP this reach will be heavily planted and fencing will be installed to exclude livestock grazing. These practices will allow for plant development and natural regeneration to increase shading and reduce sediment input into Thirtymile Creek.
This reach lies above many previously implemented CREP projects as well as riparian fencing provided through the BPA funded John Day Habitat Enhancement project. Upon completion of this project and 2 others on this contract, the majority of Thirtymile Creek will be protected from grazing.
While conducting the CREP planning process, outreach and coordination, additional resource concerns were identified on this stream reach. Further outreach was provided to encourage additional treatment with funds from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement board. This additional treatment includes developing, low-tech restoration action on this reach, as well as an additional 3.97 miles, to install features such as PALS and Beaver Dam Analogs. Channel-spanning Post-Assisted Log Structures (PALS) and primary and secondary BDAs will force flow on to accessible floodplain surfaces. BDAs will force connectivity during baseflow, PALS force overbank flows during high flow. These structures will also be used to facilitate floodplain reconnection, riparian enhancement (improves, shading, provides cover, increases allochthonous nutrient input, etc.), channel complexity, and restoration of natural processes. The restoration work will remediate channel degradation to improve stream health and restore ecological stream function; increase physical complexity to address juvenile steelhead habitat requirements (zones for feeding, energy conservation, predator refugia); improve spawning conditions for adult steelhead through restoration of natural processes; and increase the wetted extent of the channel during low flow conditions to increase the quantity of habitat available to juvenile steelhead during summer low flow as segments of the stream are intermittent. Using funds from OWEB (and BPA funds for project oversight) implementation of Low-tech Process-Based restoration took place on this reach in the summer of 2022. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii) |
| | K | 40 | Install Fence | New CREP Agreement with Landowners, NRCS, SWCD & FSA (initiated in prior contract) | This work element continues the work initiated in the prior contract 85333and 92772 (work element L). Due to planning challenges to meet landowner objectives this project was unable to be completed in the previous contract. Additionally, this project was delayed to further look at Low-tech Process-Based restoration prior to enrollment. Currently, Low-tech Process-Based designs are being developed for this project reach.
A new 15 year CREP agreement will be developed and signed resulting in new riparian exclusion fence funded through the FSA. BPA funding is utilized only to cover CREP technician time for conducting outreach, preparing the conservation plan, and providing technical assistance prior to and during implementation. Fencing installation and other management actions are funded by the FSA through a contract with the landowner. The landowner is responsible for all implementation. A small portion of this project was previously fenced by the BPA funded John Day Habitat Enhancement project. This section will be heavily planted with FSA funding and no fence or maintenance will be provided from FSA.
A completed water survey form will be uploaded if water rights are associated with the CREP buffer.
Under this CREP Conservation Plan approximately 4 miles of streambank will be protected on Thirtymile
Creek for 15 years.
Thirtymile Creek represents an important spawning tributary for the summer run Mid-Columbia River
steelhead that utilize the watershed and is the focus of collaborative restoration efforts intended to support fisheries restoration, improve stream habitat, restore natural stream processes, enhance streamflow, and enhance surface water during base-flow conditions.
The ecogeomorphic impairments on Thirtymile Creek are the combined result of historic human-induced
impacts that include intensive grazing, intensive agriculture, and the eradication of beaver. Intensive upland grazing has increased surface runoff and reduced rates of precipitation infiltration and aquifer recharge. In addition, grazing has resulted in the reduction of riparian vegetation, which may be slow to reestablish along degraded streams such as Thirtymile Creek.
The area of the Thirtymile Watershed has been identified by the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA)
as a priority through their Strategic Implementation Area (SIA) process and was selected for action in 2018. The Gilliam County SWCD board of directors has committed to assist ODA with the SIA process in the Thirtymile Watershed. Thirtymile creek provides critical habitat for Mid-Columbia Steelhead, a species listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1998. The Mid-C Plan list temperature and sediment load as high restoration priorities for Thirtymile Creek. Thirtymile Creek is included in Oregon's 303d List for not meeting state water quality standards for temperature and sediment. A TMDL is in place for temperature, a limiting factor for aquatic species present in Thirtymile. The Thirtymile Creek Watershed Assessment states that 70% of streams in Thirtymile have little to no shade. This project is also within the John Day partnership Focus area and will be implemented along with other conservation projects.
Through CREP this reach will be heavily planted and fencing will be installed to exclude livestock grazing. These practices will allow for plant development and natural regeneration to increase shading and reduce sediment input into Thirtymile Creek.
This reach lies directly above and directly below many previously implemented CREP projects as well as riparian fencing provided through the BPA funded John Day Habitat Enhancement project. Upon completion of these project (and three others on this contract) the majority of Thirtymile will be
protected from grazing.
While conducting the CREP planning process, outreach and coordination, additional resource concerns were identified on this stream reach. Further outreach was provided to encourage additional treatment with funds from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement board. This additional treatment includes developing low-tech restoration outreach on this reach to install features such as PALS and Beaver Dam Analogs. Channel-spanning Post-Assisted Log Structures (PALS) and primary and secondary BDAs will force flow onto accessible floodplain surfaces. BDAs will force connectivity during baseflow, PALS force overbank flows during high flow. These structures will also be used to facilitate floodplain reconnection, riparian enhancement (improves, shading, provides cover, increases allochthonous nutrient input, etc.), channel complexity, and restoration of natural processes. The restoration work will remediate channel degradation to improve stream health and restore ecological stream function; increase physical complexity to address juvenile steelhead habitat requirements (zones for feeding, energy conservation, predator refugia); improve spawning conditions for adult steelhead though restoration of natural processes; and increase the wetted extent of the channel during low flow conditions to increase the quantity of habitat available to juvenile steelhead during summer low lows segments of the stream are intermittent. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii) |
| | L | 40 | Install Fence | New CREP Agreement with Landowners, NRCS, SWCD & FSA | This work element continues the work initiated in the prior contract 90592 and 92772 (work element M). The CREP agreement was not signed due to delayed practice implementation on another CREP agreement with this landowner and Farm Bill Transition.
A new 15 year CREP agreement will be developed and signed resulting in new riparian exclusion fence funded through the FSA. BPA funding is utilized only to cover CREP technician time for conducting outreach, preparing the conservation plan, and providing technical assistance prior to and during implementation. Fencing installation and other management actions are funded by the FSA through a contract with the landowner. The landowner is responsible for all implementation.
A completed water survey form will be uploaded if water rights are associated with the CREP buffer.
Under this CREP Conservation Plan approximately 1.9 miles of stream will be protected on Lost Valley Creek, a tributary within the Thirtymile watershed.
Lost Valley Creek represents an important spawning tributary for the summer run Mid-Columbia River steelhead that utilize the watershed and is the focus of collaborative restoration efforts intended to support fisheries restoration, improve stream habitat, restore natural stream processes, enhance streamflow, and enhance surface water during base flow conditions.
The ecogeomorphic impairments on Lost Valley Creek are the combined result of historic human-induced impacts that include intensive grazing, intensive agriculture, and the eradication of beaver. Intensive upland grazing has increased surface runoff and reduced rates of precipitation infiltration and aquifer recharge. In addition, grazing has resulted in the reduction of riparian vegetation, which may be slow to reestablish on degraded streams such as Thirtymile Hay Creek.
The area of the Thirtymile Watershed has been identified by Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) as a priority through their Strategic Implementation Area (SIA) process and were selected for action in 2018. The Gilliam County SWCD board of directors has committed to assist ODA with the SIA process in the Thirtymile Watershed. Thirtymile creek provides critical habitat for Mid-Columbia Steelhead, a species listed as threatened by the federal Endangered Species Act in 1998. The Mid-C Plan list temperature and sediment load as high restoration priorities for Thirtymile Creek. Thirtymile Creek is included in Oregon's 303d List for not meeting state water quality standards for temperature and sediment. A TMDL is in place for temperature, a limiting factor for aquatic species present in Thirtymile. The Thirtymile Creek Watershed Assessment states that 70% of streams in Thirtymile have little to no shade. This project is also within the John Day partnership Focus area and will be implemented along with other conservation projects.
Through CREP this reach will be heavily planted and fencing will be installed to exclude livestock grazing. These practices will allow for plant development and natural regeneration to increase shading and reduce sediment input into Lost Vally Creek.
While conducting the CREP planning process, outreach and coordination, additional resource concerns were identified on this stream reach. Further outreach was provided to encourage additional treatment with funds from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement board. This additional treatment includes developing low-tech restoration outreach on this reach to install features such as PALS and Beaver Dam Analogs. Channel-spanning Post-Assisted Log Structures (PALS) and primary and secondary BDAs will force flow onto accessible floodplain surfaces. BDAs will force connectivity during baseflow, PALS force overbank flows during high flow. These structures will also be used to facilitate floodplain reconnection, riparian enhancement (improves, shading, provides cover, increases allochthonous nutrient input, etc.), channel complexity, and restoration of natural processes. The restoration work will remediate channel degradation to improve stream health and restore ecological stream function; increase physical complexity to address juvenile steelhead habitat requirements (zones for feeding, energy conservation, predator refugia); improve spawning conditions for adult steelhead though restoration of natural processes; and increase the wetted extent of the channel during low flow conditions to increase the quantity of habitat available to juvenile steelhead during summer low lows segments of the stream are intermittent. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii) |
| | M | 40 | Install Fence | New CREP Agreement with Landowners, NRCS, SWCD & FSA (initiated in prior contract) | This work element continues the work initiated in the prior contract 90592 and 92772 (work element N). The CREP agreement was delayed due to FSA ownership requirements and Farm Bill Transition.
A new 15 year CREP agreement will be developed and signed resulting in new riparian fence exclusion funded through the FSA. BPA funding is utilized only to cover CREP technician time for conducting outreach, preparing the conservation plan, and providing technical assistance prior to and during implementation. Fencing installation and other management actions are funded by the FSA through a contract with the landowner. The landowner is responsible for all implementation.
A completed water survey form will be uploaded if water rights are associated with the CREP buffer.
Under this CREP Conservation Plan approximately 2.06 miles of stream will be protected on Rock Creek for 15 years.
Rock Creek represents an important spawning tributary for the summer run Mid-Columbia River steelhead that utilize the watershed and is the focus of collaborative restoration efforts intended to support fisheries restoration, improve stream habitat, restore natural stream processes, enhance streamflow, and enhance surface water during base flow conditions.
The ecogeomorphic impairments on Rock Creek are the combined result of historic human-induced impacts that include intensive grazing, intensive agriculture, and the eradication of beaver. Intensive upland grazing has increased surface runoff and reduced rates of precipitation infiltration and aquifer recharge. In addition, grazing has resulted in the reduction of riparian vegetation, which may be slow to reestablish on degraded streams such as Rock Creek. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii) |
| | N | 40 | Install Fence | New CREP Agreement with Landowners, NRCS, SWCD & FSA (initiated in prior contract) | This work element continues the work initiated in the prior contract 92772 (work element O). The CREP agreement was delayed due to FSA ownership requirements and Farm Bill Transition.
A new 15 year CREP agreement will be developed and signed resulting in new riparian fence exclusion funded through the FSA. BPA funding is utilized only to cover CREP technician time for conducting outreach, preparing the conservation plan, and providing technical assistance prior to and during implementation. Fencing installation and other management actions are funded by the FSA through a contract with the landowner. The landowner is responsible for all implementation.
A completed water survey form will be uploaded if water rights are associated with the CREP buffer.
Under this CREP Conservation Plan approximately 2.05 miles of stream will be protected on the East Fork of Thirtymile Creek for 15 years. This project does not enroll habitat in known steelhead distribution. However, ODFW supports restoration activities above known distribution that can help to increase water quality and reduce temperature that could provide cumulative benefits to fish habitat downstream. This project is within the John Day partnership Focus area and will be enrolled adjacent to other owners participating in the program as well as additional conservation work. Restoration activities will include robust planting as well as livestock exclusion to allow for natural streambank vegetation regeneration. Additionally, adult Steelhead have been observed on this project reach. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii) |
| | O | 40 | Install Fence | New CREP Agreement with Landowners, NRCS, SWCD & FSA (initiated in prior contract) | This work element continues the work initiated in the prior contract 92772 (work element Q). The CREP agreement was delayed due to FSA ownership requirements and Farm Bill Transition.
A new 15 year CREP agreement will be developed and signed resulting in new riparian fence exclusion funded through the FSA. BPA funding is utilized only to cover CREP technician time for conducting outreach, preparing the conservation plan, and providing technical assistance prior to and during implementation. Fencing installation and other management actions are funded by the FSA through a contract with the landowner. The landowner is responsible for all implementation.
A completed water survey form will be uploaded if water rights are associated with the CREP buffer.
Under this CREP Conservation Plan approximately 1.49 miles of stream will be protected on Rock Creek for 15 years.
Rock Creek represents an important spawning tributary for the summer run Mid-Columbia River steelhead that utilize the watershed and is the focus of collaborative restoration efforts intended to support fisheries restoration, improve stream habitat, restore natural stream processes, enhance streamflow, and enhance surface water during base flow conditions.
The ecogeomorphic impairments on Rock Creek are the combined result of historic human-induced impacts that include intensive grazing, intensive agriculture, and the eradication of beaver. Intensive upland grazing has increased surface runoff and reduced rates of precipitation infiltration and aquifer recharge. In addition, grazing has resulted in the reduction of riparian vegetation, which may be slow to reestablish on degraded streams such as Rock Creek. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii) |
| | P | 40 | Install Fence | New CREP Agreement with Landowners, NRCS, SWCD & FSA (initiated in prior contract) | This work element continues the work initiated in the prior contract 92772 (work element R). The CREP agreement was delayed due to FSA ownership requirements and Farm Bill Transition.
This work element continues the work initiated in the prior contract 90592 (work element M). The CREP agreement was not signed due to delayed practice implementation on another CREP agreement with this landowner.
A new 15 year CREP agreement will be developed and signed resulting in new riparian exclusion fence funded through the FSA. BPA funding is utilized only to cover CREP technician time for conducting outreach, preparing the conservation plan, and providing technical assistance prior to and during implementation. Fencing installation and other management actions are funded by the FSA through a contract with the landowner. The landowner is responsible for all implementation
A completed water survey form will be uploaded if water rights are associated with the CREP buffer.
Under this CREP Conservation Plan approximately 3.24 miles of stream will be protected on Lost Valley Creek, a tributary within the Thirtymile watershed.
Lost Valley Creek represents an important spawning tributary for the summer run Mid-Columbia River steelhead that utilize the watershed and is the focus of collaborative restoration efforts intended to support fisheries restoration, improve stream habitat, restore natural stream processes, enhance streamflow, and enhance surface water during base flow conditions.
The ecogeomorphic impairments on Lost Valley Creek are the combined result of historic human-induced impacts that include intensive grazing, intensive agriculture, and the eradication of beaver. Intensive upland grazing has increased surface runoff and reduced rates of precipitation infiltration and aquifer recharge. In addition, grazing has resulted in the reduction of riparian vegetation, which may be slow to reestablish on degraded streams such as Thirtymile Hay Creek.
The area of the Thirtymile Watershed has been identified by Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) as a priority through their Strategic Implementation Area (SIA) process and were selected for action in 2018. The Gilliam County SWCD board of directors has committed to assist ODA with the SIA process in the Thirtymile Watershed. Thirtymile creek provides critical habitat for Mid-Columbia Steelhead, a species listed as threatened by the federal Endangered Species Act in 1998. The Mid-C Plan list temperature and sediment load as high restoration priorities for Thirtymile Creek. Thirtymile Creek is included in Oregon's 303d List for not meeting state water quality standards for temperature and sediment. A TMDL is in place for temperature, a limiting factor for aquatic species present in Thirtymile. The Thirtymile Creek Watershed Assessment states that 70% of streams in Thirtymile have little to no shade. This project is also within the John Day partnership Focus area and will be implemented along with other conservation projects.
Through CREP this reach will be heavily planted and fencing will be installed to exclude livestock grazing. These practices will allow for plant development and natural regeneration to increase shading and reduce sediment input into Lost Vally Creek.
While conducting the CREP planning process, outreach and coordination, additional resource concerns were identified on this stream reach. Further outreach was provided to encourage additional treatment with funds from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement board. This additional treatment includes developing low-tech restoration outreach on this reach to install features such as PALS and Beaver Dam Analogs. Channel-spanning Post-Assisted Log Structures (PALS) and primary and secondary BDAs will force flow onto accessible floodplain surfaces. BDAs will force connectivity during baseflow, PALS force overbank flows during high flow. These structures will also be used to facilitate floodplain reconnection, riparian enhancement (improves, shading, provides cover, increases allochthonous nutrient input, etc.), channel complexity, and restoration of natural processes. The restoration work will remediate channel degradation to improve stream health and restore ecological stream function; increase physical complexity to address juvenile steelhead habitat requirements (zones for feeding, energy conservation, predator refugia); improve spawning conditions for adult steelhead though restoration of natural processes; and increase the wetted extent of the channel during low flow conditions to increase the quantity of habitat available to juvenile steelhead during summer low lows segments of the stream are intermittent. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii) |
| | Q | 40 | Install Fence | New CREP Agreement with Landowners, NRCS, SWCD & FSA (initiated in prior contract) | This work element continues the work initiated in the prior contract 92772 (work element S). The CREP agreement was delayed due to FSA ownership requirements and Farm Bill Transition.
A new 15 year CREP agreement will be developed and signed resulting in new riparian fence exclusion funded through the FSA. BPA funding is utilized only to cover CREP technician time for conducting outreach, preparing the conservation plan, and providing technical assistance prior to and during implementation. Fencing installation and other management actions are funded by the FSA through a contract with the landowner. The landowner is responsible for all implementation.
A completed water survey form will be uploaded if water rights are associated with the CREP buffer.
Under this CREP Conservation Plan approximately .82 miles of stream will be protected on Rock Creek for 15 years.
Rock Creek represents an important spawning tributary for the summer run Mid-Columbia River steelhead that utilize the watershed and is the focus of collaborative restoration efforts intended to support fisheries restoration, improve stream habitat, restore natural stream processes, enhance streamflow, and enhance surface water during base flow conditions.
The ecogeomorphic impairments on Rock Creek are the combined result of historic human-induced impacts that include intensive grazing, intensive agriculture, and the eradication of beaver. Intensive upland grazing has increased surface runoff and reduced rates of precipitation infiltration and aquifer recharge. In addition, grazing has resulted in the reduction of riparian vegetation, which may be slow to reestablish on degraded streams such as Rock Creek. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii) |
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