Extra Details
Desolation Meadows TA
Project Type
Technical Assistance
Lead Implementer
Trout Unlimited
Funders
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Other Organizations
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Confederated Tribes Of Warm Springs, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service - Umatilla
Project Manager
Levi Old (Levi.Old@tu.org)
Project Stage
Planning/Design
Duration
2021 - 2022
Estimated Total Cost
$137,901.00
Secured Funding
$125,356.00
No Funding Source Identified Yet
$0.00
Pending Funding
$12,545.00
Technical Assistance
Desolation Meadows (DM) Restoration Project will take place in a high priority salmon and steelhead stream. The restoration effort will occur on the North Fork of Desolation Creek, in the North Fork John Day Sub-watershed - Umatilla National Forest. The overall project goal is to achieve proper ecological form and function of DM and its floodplain and meadow habitats, thereby improving spawning and rearing habitat for several listed fish populations, and ecosystem function for other aquatic and terrestrial species. TU in partnership with the CTWS, and the UNF will plan, design, and implement the project. In addition CTUIR, ODFW, and the BOR will serve on the project's technical team.
Targeted Metric
No Expected Accomplishments provided
Focal Species
- Bull trout
- ESA listed Steelhead
- Pacific Lamprey
- Spring Chinook
Implementation and Ecological Results
- 2 - Reconnect Floodplain
- 3 - Increase Riparian Connection & Plant Communities
- 4 - Improve Instream Channel Connectivity & Complexity
- 5 - Increase Physical Connectivity to Habitat
- 7 - Streambank Shading Increased
- 8 - Spatial Distribution of Native Fish Increased
- 10 - Habitat Diversity, Complexity & Structure Improved
Working Groups
No Working Groups provided
LJDWG - Critical Issues
No LJDWG - Critical Issues provided
Desolation Meadows 1990
Location
Budget
$125,356.00 Secured Funding: FIP - Restoration (OWEB)
$350.00 Pending Funding: Confederated Tribes of the U... (CTUIR)
$5,100.00 Pending Funding: Confederated Tr... (Warm Springs Tribe)
$3,225.00 Pending Funding: Trout Unlimited (TU)
$3,870.00 Pending Funding: U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
Photos
Photo of where 2-track crosses creek (Timing: Before)
Rock weir spanning main channel in reach 1 of project area (Timing: Before)
Photo of degraded/incised bank (Timing: Before)
Channel incision and bank degradation (Timing: Before)
Project last updated 11/24/2020