Project partners will install low tech process based restoration structures in snake creek and the sycan river and replace a water control structure in the pond to increase fish passage in a…

Trout Unlimited, Inc. will receive $150,000 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). Under this award, Trout Unlimited will install low-technology process-based restoration structures in Snake Creek and the Sycan River in Oregon to increase fish passage. This includes replacing a water control structure and developing a new design to better control water levels and increase flow down an existing fish passage channel. At least five beaver dam analogs will also be installed to spread water across the floodplain and stimulate riparian growth while reducing sediment input. Large wood structures will be placed in the Sycan River mainstem. The work will be completed by September 30, 2027 to deliver the Department of the Interior's priorities of conserving natural resources through voluntary partnerships with landowners.

Project partners will install low tech process based restoration structures in snake creek and the sycan river and replace a water control structure in the pond to increase fish passage in a restored channel the proposed project will develop a design to replace the existing vertical corrugated pipe control structure in the pond that controls water levels a new structure will allow for more precise control of the water levels in the pond which will result in more flow going down the existing constructed passage channel this example of adaptive management will resolve the fish passage issue other actions include the installation of at least 5 beaver DAM analogs bdas these structures will help spread water across the snake creek floodplain, stimulate new riparian plant growth, and reduce sediment input into the sycan river finally, large wood structures or post assisted log structures will be installed in the mainstem sycan river