Granite Creek RM 7.5
Project Overview
Basics
Granite Creek RM 7.5
Implementation
The Granite Creek RM 7.5 Implementation effort is located two miles downstream of Granite, Oregon in Grant County between RM 7.1 and 7.9. Granite Creek is a tributary of the North Fork of the John Day River located within the John Day Partnership’s Upper North Fork John Day Focus Area. The lower portion of the project site is managed by the Umatilla National Forest and the upper portion by private individuals. This effort is a continuation of previous efforts which addressed mine tailings although they did not address floodplain connectivity and stream channel and floodplain complexity.
2017
2020
2021
8/30/2024
Project Attributes
Additional Project Attributes
FIP Status
Receiving FIP Funding
Restoration Actions
11. Perennial Side Channel, 13. Floodplain Pond - Wetland, 14. Alcove, 15. Hyporheic Off-Channel Habitat (Groundwater), 16. Beaver Restoration Management, 18. Riparian Buffer Strip, Planting, 2. Channel Reconstruction, 21. Remove non-native plants, 3. Pool Development, 30. Restore bank lines with LWD - Bioengineering, 32. Improve Thermal Refugia (spring reconnect, other), 4. Riffle Construction, 7. Levee Modification: Removal, Setback, Breach, 9. Restoration of Floodplain Topography and Vegetation
For Land Acquisition and Easement Projects
Project Type
None
Location
Organizations
| Funders | |
| Lead Implementer | |
| Partner | |
| Other Partners | Private Landowners |
Contacts
Metrics
Expected Metrics
| Number of pools created | 8 | |
| Number of riffles created | 14 | |
| Number of structures installed | Anchored: Anchored Location: Instream Type of Structure: BDA | 11 |
| Number of structures installed | Anchored: Anchored Location: Instream Type of Structure: LWD | 187 |
| Stream miles treated | Treatment Type: instream restoration | 0.8 linear stream miles |
| Stream miles treated | Treatment Type: off/side channel habitat created | 0.6 linear stream miles |
| Stream miles treated | Treatment Type: riparian planting | 0.8 linear stream miles |
Reported Metrics
| Number of plantings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2021 | 2020 | Units | |
| 1,100 | 850 | 250 | number | |
| Total | 1,100 | 850 | 250 | number |
| Number of pools created | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2021 | 2020 | Units | |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | number | |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 3 | number |
| Number of riffles created | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2021 | 2020 | Units | |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | number | |
| Total | 10 | 7 | 3 | number |
| Number of structures installed | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchored | Location | Type of Structure | Total | 2021 | 2020 | Units |
| Anchored | Floodplain | BDA | 11 | 3 | 8 | number |
| Anchored | Floodplain | LWD | 79 | 39 | 40 | number |
| Anchored | Instream | LWD | 84 | 48 | 36 | number |
| Total | 174 | 90 | 84 | number | ||
| Stream miles treated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment Type | Total | 2021 | 2020 | Units |
| instream restoration | 0.65 | 0.45 | 0.2 | linear stream miles |
| off/side channel habitat created | 0.55 | 0.25 | 0.3 | linear stream miles |
| Total | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | linear stream miles |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $387,582.00 | $535,605.00 | $923,187.00 |
| FIP - Restoration (OWEB) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $395,248.00 | $204,752.00 | $600,000.00 |
| Grand Total | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $782,830.00 | $740,357.00 | $1,523,187.00 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Focal Species
Focal Species
Critical habitat with project site,
Critical habitat with project site,
Known to exist within Granite Creek basin.
Juvenile and adult life-stages known to occur in project location.
Implementation and Ecological Results
Implementation and Ecological Results
A fifteen year landowner/CTUIR conservation agreement is in place on private land. The Umatilla National Forest manages public lands under a under multidisciplinary/use management scheme.
Within 6 acres of the project site mine tailings will be excavated and/or shaped during the development and improvement of primary and secondary stream channels and adjacent tailing to improve floodplain connectivity in conjunction with riffle development .
Although not technically buffer strip planting native vegetation plantings will include trenched cuttings or potted plants associated with all developed/improved stream channels (Actions #2 & #11), Restoration of floodplain topography (Action # 9), Wetlands (Action # 13), and LWD (Action #28).
CTUIR controls invasive weds as part of conservation agreements and will work with the Umatilla National Forest to the extent possible to do so on federally managed lands
development of riffles, side channels, channel meanders, and introduction of large wood structures significantly increased instream complexity and potential for more useful and sustainable sediment deposition and mobilization within the project site. While portions of the floodplain pine trees were aging out it would have taken considerably more than the 80+ years since mining ceased to improve channel and floodplain form and function.
The lack of pre-implementation severely limited access to the few off-channel habitat opportunities available. Most of these were remnants of past mining activity and were wet only by groundwater inundation. Where connectivity did exist, these habitats contained juvenile salmon and trout.
Distributing flows across the floodplain decreases flow celerity and improved groundwater recharge. Increased shade improves water temperature by reducing thermal inputs.
Native plantings to increase shading in the future.
Increased floodplain complexity during high flows, instream complexity at all times, and improved channel form will improve the spatial distribution of aquatic species during all flows.
Stream complexity, floodplain complexity, streamside shade from plantings, and formation and maintenance of gravel bars will all contribute to improved water quality.
Increased instream and floodplain complexity through altered channel morphology, large woody debris structures, pool-riffle-run sequences, BDA development, floodplain grading, and native plantings.
Pre-implementation channel condition was impaired by past mining activity though in better condition than other portions of Granite Creek. That said, available habitat for aquatic species was limited and Granite Creek was simplified and juvenile rearing and while adult spawning existed simplified habitat limited opportunities. Additionally refuge during higher flows was limited with very little floodplain connectivity except at the highest flows.
Working Groups
Working Groups
This project was predominantly a private landowner, /CTUIR, and Umatilla National Forest effort with input from all. The JDBP was kept apprised of the project's development and implementation and updates were provided to the NF/MF John Day working group. The coordination required to develop, design, and implement this effort was significant and coordination with and amongst the working group contributed to the project’s success.
LJDWG - Critical Issues
LJDWG - Critical Issues
Vegetation does not grow well on elevated mine tailing piles. Increasing groundwater elevations through riffle development and floodplain grading improve vegetative growth potential by bringing plants closer to baseflow water levels. Additionally high flows distribution across the floodplain deposits fine materials needed for vegetative growth.
Increasing the number of riffles and variable stream depths will improve the potential for groundwater/surface water exchange and increased water quality. native vegetative growth will improve streamside shade and reduce thermal input into Granite Creek.
Riffle construction, floodplain grading, and side channel development have significantly increase floodplain inundation during spring run-off. The elevated groundwater table and floodplain inundation will deposit fine materials across the floodplain, thus the potential for native hardwood growth has improved as a result of the design's implementation while bring planting closer to baseflow water improves vegetative growth.
Project Details
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Granite Creek RM 7.5 OWEB Pre & Post Implementation Photos
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- Several pre & post implementation photographs for the Granite Creek RM 7.5 restation effort
Granite Creek RM 7.5 2018 Design Specifications
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- Design specifications for the Granite Creek RM 7.5 restoration effort
Granite Creek RM 7.5 2018 Design Plan Set
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- Design Plan Set for the Granite Creek RM 7.5 restoration effort
Granite Creek RM 7.5 2018 Basis of Design Report
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- Design Report for the Granite Creek RM 7.5 restoration effort
Granite Creek RM 7.5 2020 OWEB FIP Presentation
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- Presentation to John Day Basin Partnership Technical Team
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Area Map
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