MetaData for Umpqua Fish Management District Guide to Restoration Site Selection
Umpqua Fish Management District Guide to Restoration Site Selection
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Citation
- Originator: Nicholas, J., K. Moore, and A. Talabere
- Publish Date: December 1996
- Online Link: None
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Contact Information
- Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Name: Cedric Cooney
- Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager
- Telephone: 503-947-6094
- E-Mail Address: Cedric.X.Cooney@odfw.oregon.gov
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Description
- Abstract: Research in Oregon coastal areas indicates there is potential to improve the productive
capacity of freshwater rearing streams, principally by improving the quality of over-winter
rearing habitat for juvenile salmonids. The objective of this document is to identify stream
reaches where habitat restoration work may improve the status of anadromous salmonids.
This document also represents a contribution to the Oregon's Coastal Salmon Restoration
Initiative. In this report, we identify stream reaches in the Umpqua basin with habitat
restoration potential. We also discuss selection of appropriate restoration techniques. The list of potential restoration reaches was compiled based on analysis of Aquatic Habitat Inventory Data and recommendations of ODFW biologists. Our work is designed to complement ongoing habitat protection and restoration efforts by ODFW personnel. The selected reaches may be suitable for various instream and riparian-zone restoration activities specific to perceived limiting factors, thereby increasing capacity to produce salmonids. The reaches have relatively low gradient (<5%), moderate active channel width (3-12 m), and are within relatively broad valleys. These physical characteristics offer the highest potential capacity to support juvenile anadromous fish. The proposed work is intended to help restore natural stream and riparian processes to a condition that will support more production of anadromous fish than is currently possible. Data from almost 1,200 stream reaches were screened to identify the 215 potential restoration sites described in this report. The sites are primarily on private industrial timberlands. A full description of each potential restoration site was limited by our timetable. As work proceeds on these reaches in the future, prioritization of current sites and identification of additional restoration reaches will occur. In guides prepared for other basins, the sites or reaches were presented as "probably suitable" for restoration activities to begin immediately. In this guide, however, we could not reduce the list to those sites appropriate for immediate project design. Consequently, the reaches described should be evaluated further before making any commitments to project design. An approach to further evaluation of the proposed restoration sites is described in this report.
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- Geographic Extent: Umpqua River
- Status: Final
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- Format: PDF file
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