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Project Details
John Day Basin Partnership Gilliam County Soil and Water Conservation District

Sniption-Thirtymile Creek

Project Type
Restoration of Aquatic Native Fish Habitat
Lead Implementer
Gilliam County Soil and Water Conservation District
Other Organizations
Confederated Tribes Of Warm Springs, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Farm Services Agency, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service
Project Manager
Herb Winters (herb.gilliamswcd@gmail.com)
Project Stage
Planning/Design
Duration
2021 - 2022
Est. Annual Operating Cost
$68,154.00
Secured Funding
$0.00
No Funding Source Identified Yet
$68,154.00
Pending Funding
$0.00
Restoration Actions
1. Protect Land and Water (Easement, Acquisition), 15. Hyporheic Off-Channel Habitat (Groundwater), 16. Beaver Restoration Management, 18. Riparian Buffer Strip, Planting, 20. Thinning or removal of understory, 21. Remove non-native plants
Restoration of Aquatic Native Fish Habitat
The project is located on Thirtymile Creek approximately miles from the 9 miles mouth. Thirtymile is a tributary to the John Day River and the John Day River drains into the Columbia River. It is approximately 8.5 miles southwest of Condon in Gilliam County. The major watershed issue for this reach is intermittent flow during the summer months. The reaches upstream and downstream have perennial flow and this project aims to extend those wetted reaches. This project will use various floodplain connection actions to create pool habitat and extend perennial flow. Once perennial flow is established riparian plantings will begin. The reach is currently protected by riparian fence.

Targeted Metric

  • Number of structures installed: 90
  • Stream miles treated: 1.60 linear stream miles

Focal Species

  • ESA listed Steelhead

Implementation and Ecological Results

  • 1 - Protect Land and Water
  • 2 - Reconnect Floodplain
  • 3 - Increase Riparian Connection & Plant Communities
  • 4 - Improve Instream Channel Connectivity & Complexity
  • 6 - Increase Water Quantity & Quality

Working Groups

No Working Groups provided

LJDWG - Critical Issues

No LJDWG - Critical Issues provided
Aerial Sniption Canyon Before Section 2
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Credit: Herb Winters
Aerial Sniption Canyon Before Section 2

Location

Budget

$68,154.00 No Funding Source Identified Yet

Photos

Aerial Sniption Canyon Before Section 1
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Credit: Herb Winters
Aerial Sniption Canyon Before Section 1 (Timing: Before)
Aerial Sniption Canyon Before Section 3
(Timing: Before) (~11,992 KB)
Credit: Herb Winters
Aerial Sniption Canyon Before Section 3 (Timing: Before)

Project last updated 8/25/2021

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

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