Bull Run Mine Tailings Restoration
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Project Overview
Basics
Bull Run Mine Tailings Restoration
Completed
This project will take place on Bull Run Creek in the headwaters of the North Fork John Day River near Granite, OR. The project is a cooperative effort between the North Fork John Day Watershed Council, The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the Whitman Ranger District of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. The project will involve the excavation and removal of mine tailings on 9.8 acres of floodplain on Bull Run Creek as well as side channel excavation, placement of large woody debris, and planting of riparian woody species.
2022
2023
2024
2/19/2025
Project Attributes
Additional Project Attributes
FIP Status
None
Restoration Actions
10. Floodplain Construction, 11. Perennial Side Channel, 2. Channel Reconstruction, 28. LWD Placement, 9. Restoration of Floodplain Topography and Vegetation
For Land Acquisition and Easement Projects
Project Type
None
Location
Organizations
| Fiscal Sponsor | |
| Funders | |
| Lead Implementer | |
| Partners |
Contacts
Javan Bailey - North Fork John Day Watershed Council (NFJDW) (javan@nfjdwc.org)
Metrics
Expected Metrics
| Number of plantings | 3,000 | |
| Number of structures installed | Anchored: Unanchored Location: Instream Type of Structure: LWD | 150 |
| Stream miles treated | Treatment Type: instream restoration | 2 linear stream miles |
| Stream miles treated | Treatment Type: off/side channel habitat created | 2 linear stream miles |
| Stream miles treated | Treatment Type: riparian planting | 2 linear stream miles |
Reported Metrics
| Number of plantings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2024 | 2023 | Units | |
| 3,000 | 0 | 3,000 | number | |
| Total | 3,000 | 0 | 3,000 | number |
| Number of structures installed | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchored | Location | Type of Structure | Total | 2024 | 2023 | Units |
| Unanchored | Instream | LWD | 243 | 0 | 243 | number |
| Total | 243 | 0 | 243 | number | ||
| Stream miles treated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment Type | Total | 2024 | 2023 | Units |
| instream restoration | 2 | 0 | 2 | linear stream miles |
| riparian planting | 2 | N/A | 2 | linear stream miles |
| off/side channel habitat created | 2 | N/A | 2 | linear stream miles |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 6 | linear stream miles |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America the Beautiful Challenge (NFWF) | $0.00 | $509,260.20 | $0.00 | $509,260.20 |
| Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) | $0.00 | $345,130.00 | $0.00 | $345,130.00 |
| FIP - Restoration (OWEB) | $0.00 | $178,852.00 | $34,386.00 | $213,238.00 |
| U.S. Forest Service (USFS) | $0.00 | $190,740.00 | $0.00 | $190,740.00 |
| Grand Total | $0.00 | $1,223,982.20 | $34,386.00 | $1,258,368.20 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Focal Species
Focal Species
Steelhead use this reach for spawning and rearing. This project will create habitat, improve habitat conditions and will improve water quality, flow regimes, and water residence times by restoring channel morphology, floodplain connectivity, and side channels.
Chinook use this reach for spawning and rearing. This project will create habitat, improve habitat conditions and will improve water quality, flow regimes, and water residence times by restoring channel morphology, floodplain connectivity, and side channels.
Implementation and Ecological Results
Implementation and Ecological Results
This project will restore the floodplain by removing mine tailings and amending remaining soil to restore natural conditions and connectivity. currently, the level of the floodplain is approximately 10 feet above the stream channel due to mine tailings. The project will involve removal of these mine tailings as well as excavation of new side channels and placement of LWD all of which should serve to improve floodplain connectivity.
Placement of large woody debris, excavation of side channels, and remeandering of the stream will all serve to increase habitat quantity as well as complexity improving habitat availability for native fish species.
Working Groups
Working Groups
LJDWG - Critical Issues
LJDWG - Critical Issues
Project Details
Attachments
FIP Interest Form for Bull Run
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- 9/15/2022
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Bull Run Plan Set
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- 9/15/2022
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Bull Run Mine Tailings Restoration Budget
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- 9/14/2022
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Bull Run Overview Map
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