Extra Details
Camp Creek Reach 1
Project Type
Restoration of Aquatic Native Fish Habitat
Lead Implementer
North Fork John Day Watershed Council
Funders
Bonneville Power Administration, 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
Implementation
Duration
2024 - 2025
Restoration of Aquatic Native Fish Habitat
Camp Creek Reach 1 Restoration Project is located within the Malheur National Forest in Grant County at the confluence of Camp Creek with the Middle Fork John Day River. The project proposes to fill in the existing Rosgen F channel or stage 6 within the channel evolution model (Cluer and Thorne 2013) and reconnect all the multiple threaded channels across the valley. Large wood and small wood as well as slash would be placed throughout the channels and embedded within floodplains as well as any cut or fill areas. BDAs and PALs would be utilized to lock wood in place and facilitate aggradation, water storage, increase habitat complexity and cover for juvenile fish and beaver.
Key Accomplishments
- Number of plantings: 12,000
- Number of structures installed: 155
- Stream miles treated: 4.20 linear stream miles
Focal Species
- ESA listed Steelhead
- 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
- 6 - Increase Water Quantity & Quality
- 7 - Streambank Shading Increased
- 9 - Stream Temperature Restored to Desired Range
- 10 - Habitat Diversity, Complexity & Structure Improved
Working Groups
- North Fork/Middle Fork John Day Working Group
LJDWG - Critical Issues
- Not Applicable
looking downstream near the top of Camp reach 1
Location
Expenditures
Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $551,051.23
Bonneville Power Administratio... (BPA): $434,185
U.S. Forest Service (USFS): $45,862
FIP - Restoration (OWEB): $71,005
Photos
Floodplain with relic side channels to be reconnected (Timing: Before)
Incised, over widened channel (Timing: Before)
Incised, lacking wood but good willows and sedges (Timing: Before)
Beaver present but dams are usually washed out (Timing: Before)
restoring a floodplain (Timing: During)
confluence Camp and MFJD (Timing: After)
Camp at mouth of MFJDR (Timing: After)
Project last updated 2/18/2025