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Middle Fork John Day Planting 2024

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Project Overview

Basics

Restoration of Aquatic Native Fish Habitat
Middle Fork John Day Planting 2024

Planning/Design
This project is located within the Middle Fork John Day River, a tributary to the John Day River. Work will be entirely located within Grant County, Oregon, beginning approximately 13 miles northeast of the town of Prairie City. This project is a continuation of an on-going effort in the Middle fork of the John Day River to provide shade via riparian planting efforts. This project is proposing to revegetate sections of the Middle Fork to reestablish the riparian corridor and reduce solar inputs through planting of native vegetation. Funding from this grant will contribute to revegetation efforts on tribal lands. Planting will occur on previous restoration projects.

2024
2024
2024
12/3/2024

Project Attributes

Additional Project Attributes

FIP Status
None
Restoration Actions
18. Riparian Buffer Strip, Planting, 21. Remove non-native plants

For Land Acquisition and Easement Projects

Project Type
None

Location

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  • Upper Middle Fork Focus Area

  • Bridge MFJDR / Big / Camp

Organizations

Fiscal Sponsor
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Funder
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Lead Implementer
  • Confederated Tribes Of Warm Springs
Partner
  • Bonneville Power Administration

Contacts

Elizabeth Ruszczyk - Confederated Tribes Of Warm Springs (Warm Springs Tribe) (liz.ruszczyk@ctwsbnr.org)

Metrics

Expected Metrics

Number of plantings 13,000
Stream miles treated Treatment Type: riparian planting 1 linear stream miles

Reported Metrics

Reported Metrics are not relevant for Projects in the Planning/Design stage.

Financials

Budget

$361,463.00
$100,000.00
$261,463.00
$0.00
Total
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) $0.00 $111,463.00 $111,463.00
John Day Basin Focus Investment Partnership (OWEB) $0.00 $150,000.00 $150,000.00
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (NOAA) $100,000.00 $0.00 $100,000.00
Total $100,000.00 $261,463.00 $361,463.00
Comment: None provided

Reported Expenditures

No Expenditures have been reported for this Project.


Note: None provided

Focal Species

Focal Species

The Middle Fork John Day River is classified as feeding, migratory, overwintering, and resident habitat for bull trout. Mitigation of solar input and reduced in-stream temperatures addresses a critical limiting factor for this species.
The Middle Fork John Day River is critical spawning and rearing habitat for steelhead. Mitigation of solar input and reduced in-stream temperature addresses a critical limiting factor for this species.
The Middle Fork John Day River is spawning and rearing habitat for pacific lamprey. Improved habitat conditions including stream temperature reduction are expected to provide benefit for this species.
The Middle Fork John Day River is critical spawning and rearing habitat for chinook salmon. Mitigation of solar input and reduced in-stream temperature addresses a critical limiting factor for this species.

Implementation and Ecological Results

Implementation and Ecological Results

This project will directly improve riparian plant diversity and abundance within our project areas.
This project aims to establish the riparian corridor by means of planting riparian species along the stream back to provide shade along the Middle Fork John Day River.
A primary goal of installing shading vegetation is to reduce in-stream temperatures, thereby reducing stress to various salmonid species in the basin during sensitive life stages.

Working Groups

Working Groups

Middle Fork John Day working group goals are to improve habitat for ESA-listed species within the MF John Day River, this project directly addresses limiting factors found in the MFJDR.

LJDWG - Critical Issues

LJDWG - Critical Issues

Project Details

Attachments

Middle Fork Planting 2024 FIP Interest Form
Uploaded On
8/28/2023
File Type
PDF
Description

No attachments

Middle Fork Planting 2024 FIP Budget
Uploaded On
8/28/2023
File Type
PDF
Description
Vincent to Vinegar Phase I and II Planting Areas
Uploaded On
8/28/2023
File Type
PDF
Description
Most of the planting should occur on the phase I portion of this project with select areas to be planted in phase II as needed.

Notes

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Photos

Photos

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    Aerial Photo- Looking downstream from Vinegar Creek
(Timing: After) (~7,774 KB)
Credit: Stefan Kelly

    Aerial Photo- Looking downstream from Vinegar Creek
    (Timing: After) (~7,774 KB)
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    Aerial Photo- Looking Upstream towards Vinegar Creek
(Timing: During) (~7,514 KB)
Credit: Stefan Kelly

    Aerial Photo- Looking Upstream towards Vinegar Creek
    (Timing: During) (~7,514 KB)

Home page photo by Bob Wick, BLM, shared under the Creative Commons 2.0 license.

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