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John Day Basin Partnership North Fork John Day Watershed Council

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 Actions
10. Floodplain Construction, 11. Perennial Side Channel, 12. Secondary (non-perennial) Channel, 16. Beaver Restoration Management, 17. Riparian Fencing, 18. Riparian Buffer Strip, Planting, 2. Channel Reconstruction, 20. Thinning or removal of understory, 27. Boulder Placement, 28. LWD Placement, 30. Restore bank lines with LWD - Bioengineering, 7. Levee Modification: Removal, Setback, Breach, 9. Restoration of Floodplain Topography and Vegetation
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
(Timing: After) (~9,826 KB)
Credit: Javan Bailey
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) (~668 KB)
Credit: Dan Armichardy
Floodplain with relic side channels to be reconnected (Timing: Before)
Incised, over widened channel
(Timing: Before) (~2,015 KB)
Credit: Dan Armichardy
Incised, over widened channel (Timing: Before)
Incised, lacking wood but good willows and sedges
(Timing: Before) (~2,228 KB)
Credit: Dan Armichardy
Incised, lacking wood but good willows and sedges (Timing: Before)
Beaver present but dams are usually washed out
(Timing: Before) (~1,024 KB)
Credit: Dan Armichardy
Beaver present but dams are usually washed out (Timing: Before)
restoring a floodplain
(Timing: During) (~2,297 KB)
Credit: Javan Bailey
restoring a floodplain (Timing: During)
confluence Camp and MFJD
(Timing: After) (~10,108 KB)
Credit: Javan Bailey
confluence Camp and MFJD (Timing: After)
Camp at mouth of MFJDR
(Timing: After) (~9,707 KB)
Credit: Javan Bailey
Camp at mouth of MFJDR (Timing: After)

Project last updated 2/18/2025

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

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