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Metric 1750: # of miles of side channel treated in the estuarine zone - Published

Metric Type ID:

1750

Metric Name:

# of miles of side channel treated in the estuarine zone

Metric Unit Type:

number

Is Numeric:

Yes

Precision:

0.01

Metric Guidance ID	Description	Used on Work Elements
419	TBD	30

Work Element	Work Element Association Status	Description	FY Start	FY End	Guidance ID	Guidance	Required / Optional	Is Activated By Default	Included in PI	Supports PCSRF/PNSHP (Katz)	PNSHP Metric Code	PNSHP Metric
30. Realign, Connect, and/or Create Channel	Active	This work element is intended for adding sinuosity, meanders, side channels, and/or off-channel habitats (e.g., sloughs or oxbows). Actions include reconnection of historical channels, excavation of new channels, or actions that significantly alter channel planform, profile, and cross-section. Channel modifications should create diverse habitats (pools, riffles, glides and runs) while retaining characteristic features and forms over time. These actions should increase stream channel and/or side channel length and acreage. This WE may be the main emphasis of an aquatic habitat restoration project, or part of a larger habitat project. Design review should be at 80% completion before contracting to help assure implementation and expenditure of contracted funds. When this WE is used, the contract must also include 175. Produce Design . If work is solely to add structures/features within the existing channel, then use 29. Increase Aquatic and/or Floodplain Complexity . If structures are being added to resolve a fish passage barrier, use 184. Install Fish Passage Structure . If work is to create, restore, or enhance wetland function then use 181. Create, Restore, and/or Enhance Wetland	2011		419	TBD	Required	Yes	Yes	No

Rationale:

Measure	HLI
miles of stream with improved channel form

Supports PCSRF/PNSHP (Katz):