The project area is located on the wood river approximately a mile south of the town of fort klamath

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to enhance riparian and instream habitat along one mile of the Wood River in Oregon. The project aims to add approximately 50 large woody debris structures to the river to increase habitat complexity and benefit species like bull trout, Lost River and shortnose suckers, and redband trout. Additional benefits are expected for riparian-dependent birds, pollinators, and other wildlife. The work will be performed through August 2028 and involves using heavy equipment to strategically place logs with intact root wads, backfill with soils, and plant native vegetation to minimize erosion. This project builds on previous habitat restoration efforts in the area and aligns with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's priorities for improving water quality and increasing climate resilience on private lands.

IT borders a PFW project to the north where we installed riparian fence, large wood, riparian plants, and restored 3 wetland acres. The objectives of this project are to enhance riparian and instream habitat and complexity through the addition of approximately 50 large woody debris (LWD) structures on one mile of the wood river. Exact locations for installation of lwds will be determined summer 2023. Lwds will consist of logs with cleaned root wads intact. Logs will be set into the banks using a backhoe or excavator and anchored using ballast rock or similar material where necessary. We will use soils from the excavation to backfill over the logs and plant a fast-germinating native seed mix to ensure minimal soil erosion into the river. This property is in bull trout (salvelinus confluentus) critical habitat and will add value habitat to that species. Other species likely to benefit from this project are resident native fish including endangered lost river (deltistes luxatus) and shortnose suckers (chasmistes brevirostris), and redband trout (oncorhynchus mykiss). Further, many species of riparian dependent and neotropical birds, pollinators, and other shrubby riparian habitat dependent species are likely to benefit from this project (e.g. yellow-billed cuckoo and monarch).