Extra Details
Butte, Ruby, Beaver Creek Restoration
Project Type
Restoration of Aquatic Native Fish Habitat
Lead Implementer
North Fork John Day Watershed Council
Funders
North Fork John Day Watershed Council, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, U.S. Forest Service
Other Organizations
U.S. Forest Service - Malheur Management Unit
Project Manager
Javan Bailey (javan@nfjdwc.org)
Project Stage
Post-Implementation
Duration
2020 - 2023
Restoration of Aquatic Native Fish Habitat
This project is located within Butte Creek, Ruby Creek, and Beaver Creek all of which are tributaries to the Middle Fork John Day (all enter the MFJD on the CTWSRO Oxbow Conservation Area). The project proposes to remove decommissioned sections of roadbed that interfere with floodplain connectivity within Beaver and Ruby Creek and completely relocate a road section immediately adjacent to Butte Creek. Additionally livestock and wildlife fencing is proposed for these project areas. Log weirs, which effectively act as juvenile ESA listed Mid-C summer steelhead passage barriers and constrain the stream channel, will be removed from all three streams.
Key Accomplishments
- Number of plantings: 6,000
- Barriers improved for fish passage: 62
- Number of structures installed: 87
- Roads relocated outside riparian area or streambanks: 0.20 miles
- Stream miles treated: 4.55 linear stream miles
Focal Species
- Bull trout
- ESA listed Steelhead
- Pacific Lamprey
- Spring Chinook
Implementation and Ecological Results
- 2 - Reconnect Floodplain
- 4 - Improve Instream Channel Connectivity & Complexity
- 5 - Increase Physical Connectivity to Habitat
Working Groups
- North Fork/Middle Fork John Day Working Group
LJDWG - Critical Issues
- Not Applicable
Ruby Creek Channel
Location
Expenditures
Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $619,879.00
U.S. Forest Service (USFS): $352,225
FIP - Restoration (OWEB): $263,214
North Fork John Day Watersh... (NFJDWC): $4,440
Photos
Existing Weir on Beaver Creek (Timing: Before)
Road Fill in Floodplain on Butte Creek (Timing: Before)
Butte Creek floodplain activated during high flows (Timing: After)
Butte Creek large wood placement and log weir removal (Timing: After)
Beaver Creek side channel activated during high flows (Timing: After)
Project last updated 9/12/2024