Funded habitat recovery projects

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IMW Final Restoration Treatments (Funded 2005)
Current Status: Active

Intensively Monitored Watersheds (IMW) have been established to assess the effectiveness of habitat restoration on fish production at the watershed scale. In the SJF region, Deep Creek, E. & W. Twin Rivers are included as study watersheds in the overall IMW design. Their inclusion was based on several factors: completed watershed analysis and restoration plan, ongoing detailed monitoring of habitat and fish population characteristics and planned/completed watershed scale habitat restoration efforts. Restoration activities in Deep Creek have occurred since 1997 and include extensive in-channel LWD efforts, off-channel development, riparian planting and road decommissioning. At the E. Twin R., restoration to date includes in-channel LWD efforts, off-channel development, and riparian plantings. Restoration actions in the IMW watersheds have been funded by multiple sources and total some 2.3 million dollars to date. The W. Twin River has not had any restoration actions and is being used as a control in the study design. This proposal seeks funding to complete in channel LWD restoration activities at the watershed scale in the IMW watersheds. The proposal focuses on both previously untreated tributaries (West and East Fork Deep Creek) and mainstem areas with limited restoration efforts (Upper Deep and E. Twin). The treatments will involve placement of free key pieces of LWD using helicopter. The primary species that will benefit include coho, steelhead and cutthroat.