THE HOOPA VALLEY TRIBAL FISHERIES WILL COLLABORATE WITH THE ARCATA PARTNERS FOR FISH & WILDLIFE PROGRAM TO CONSTRUCT BEAVER DAM ANALOGS IN TRIBUTARIES THROUGHOUT THE HOOPA VALLEY RESERVATION TO REINTRODUCE COMPLEX HABITAT FEATURES FOR FISH, WILDLIFE AND PLANTS AND INCREASE WATER RETENTION AND SEDIMENT CAPTURE. THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN THE INSTALLATION OF APPROXIMATELY 20 BEAVER DAM ANALOGS ACROSS FIVE STREAM REACHES PRIORITIZED FOR JUVENILE SALMONID REARING HABITAT IN TRIBUTARIES TO THE TRINITY RIVER IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. BEAVER DAM ANALOG STRUCTURES WILL BE STRATEGICALLY PLACED IN HEAVILY CHANNELIZED AND INCISED STREAM REACHES TO AGGRADE SEDIMENT AND RECONNECT FLOODPLAINS. THIS WORK WILL CREATE IMPORTANT SLOW-WATER REARING HABITAT AND PREVENT DOWNSTREAM SCOURING OF SPAWNING AREAS FOR FEDERALLY THREATENED SOUTHERN OREGON NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST COHO SALMON. IT WILL ALSO PROMOTE RIPARIAN VEGETATION GROWTH TO PROVIDE SHADE, INCREASE COVER, AND STABILIZE BANKS, ALL OF WHICH ARE CRITICAL FOR JUVENILE SALMONID SURVIVAL. THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WILL ACHIEVE MULTIPLE DOI PROPOSED STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES INCLUDING 3.3, ?RESTORE LANDS AND WATERS? BY RECONNECTING FLOODPLAIN HABITAT SLOWING WATER, AND CAPTURING SEDIMENT, 3.4 ?SPECIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES ARE PROTECTED? BY CREATING A HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM, AND 4.1, ?TRUST AND TREATY RESPONSIBILITIES TO TRIBES AND NATIVE PEOPLES? BY PARTNERING WITH THE HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE. THIS PROJECT ADHERES TO THE FISH AND WILDLIFE ACT OF 1956 AND ALIGNS WITH THE MISSION OF THE PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM IN THAT IT WILL EFFICIENTLY ACHIEVE VOLUNTARY HABITAT RESTORATION ON PRIVATE LANDS, THROUGH FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF FEDERAL TRUST SPECIES.