Limiting Factors Assessment and Restoration Plan for Steer Creek Tributary of Rock Cr Siletz

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Originator: Midcoast Watersheds Council, Bio-Surveys LLC and Sialis Company

Publish Date: Summer 2004

Online Link: None

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Agency: Watershed Councils

Name: Wayne Hoffman

Job Position: Midcoast Watersheds Council Coordinator

Telephone: (541) 265-9195

E-Mail Address: midcoast@newportnet.com

Description

Abstract: This document provides watershed restoration actions proposed to enhance the Coho Salmon population within the Steer Cr. 6th field in Lincoln County, Oregon. This stream is a 4th order contributor to Rock Creek, which joins the Siletz River near Logsden, Oregon. The stream has been prioritized for restoration by the Midcoast Watershed Council because it appears to provide the best remaining spawning and rearing potential within the Rock Cr. basin. The report contains information on the physical setting, current status of Coho, resources used in developing the plan, general questions that guided the assessment, pre-survey mapping/location of habitat subdivisions, secondary branch habitats, critical contributing areas, lowland area, summer and winter habitat assessment, lake habitat, location of other resources, juvenile Coho, evaluation of habitat quality and Coho production, Field Assessment, location of potential migration barriers, potential sites for restoration work, morphology, rank of restoration efforts, riparian corridor, and core area.

Purpose: The goal of the restoration effort has been to identify the dominant processes and habitat characteristics in the Steer Cr. watershed that currently limit the production of Coho salmon smolts, and to develop a prioritized list of actions ("prescriptions") for removing the limitations in ways that normalize landscape and stream channel function.

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Geographic Extent: Steer Cr. 6th field in Lincoln County, Oregon

Status: Complete

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Format: MS Word document

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