Cooperative Agreement F22AC03097

Award Date 6/8/22
Completion Date 12/31/23
Dollars Obligated $150K
Federal Grant Program
15.608
Assistance Type
Cooperative Agreement
Place of Performance
Roslyn, WA, USA
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THE UPPER KACHESS RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT WILL IMPROVE REARING AND MIGRATORY CONDITIONS FOR ESA LISTED BULL TROUT UPPER KACHESS RIVER IS HOME TO AN ISOLATED AND GENETICALLY DISTINCT BULL TROUT POPULATION THIS POPULATION S NUMBERS ARE LOW, AND THEIR SURVIVAL IS COMPROMISED BY IMPAIRED HABITAT, A RESULT OF HUMAN ALTERATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT INCLUDED LOGGING, ROAD BUILDING, AND DAM CONSTRUCTION AS A RESULT OF THESE IMPACTS, APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE 2 6 MILES OF HABITAT AVAILABLE TO BULL TROUT IN THE UPPER KACHESS RIVER DEWATERS EVERY SUMMER DEWATERING NEGATIVELY AFFECTS BULL TROUT AT VARIOUS LIFE STAGES INCLUDING SPAWNING AND REARING JUVENILES DEWATERING DIMINISHES THE CONDITION OF REARING HABITAT REDUCING THE CAPACITY OF YOUNG BULL TROUT TO GROW, RESULTS IN HIGH MORTALITY OF BOTH JUVENILE AND SPAWNING ADULTS DUE TO STRANDING IN DEWATERED STRETCHES, AND MAKES SPAWNING HABITAT INACCESSIBLE FOR WEEKS OR MORE AT A TIME RESULTING IN LOWER REDD NUMBERS AND REDD PLACEMENT IN LESS THAN SUITABLE LOCATIONS SUCH S THE RESERVOIR BED GIVEN THE SMALL SIZE OF THE BULL TROUT POPULATION IN KACHESS RIVER, THESE IMPACTS ARE SIGNIFICANT TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS POPULACE THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO REDUCE THE TIMING AND DURATION OF DEWATERING ON 0 2 MILES OF KAHCESS RIVER RM 0 7 0 9 AND WILL ENHANCE HABITAT SO THAT WHEN DEWATERING DOES OCCUR, THE CONDITIONS ARE MORE SUITABLE FOR BULL TROUT SURVIVAL TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE WILL CONSTRUCT 5 MID CHANNEL JAMS, 5 BAR STABILITY ROUGHNESS FEATURES, AND 2 BANK BURIED LOG JAMS REVEGETATE 1 2 ACRES OF RIPARIAN AND UPLAND SITES RECONNECT FLOODPLAIN TRIBUTARIES MAGIC CREEK AND COLD CREEK

Posted 8/23/22, 12:00 AM