This funding proposal supports a collaboration to implement low tech process based restoration techniques (which include beaver DAM analogs, post assisted woody structures, and other similar…

The Trout Unlimited, Inc. was awarded a $231,714 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608). The grant will support implementation of low-technology process-based restoration techniques throughout the Sprague River watershed in Oregon from September 30, 2022 to September 30, 2027. Activities will include providing technical support to local restoration crews, streamlining permitting on public and private lands, and implementing projects to restore at least 15 stream miles annually. Expected outcomes are reduced sedimentation and improved habitat, groundwater storage, and ecosystem resilience. Subrecipients Klamath Tribes, Klamath Watershed Partnership, and Sustainable Northwest will assist with planning, implementation, and outreach. The grant aims to benefit aquatic species and water quality in the Klamath River basin through collaborative watershed restoration efforts.

This funding proposal supports a collaboration to implement low tech process based restoration techniques (which include beaver DAM analogs, post assisted woody structures, and other similar structures) throughout the sprague river watershed in order to reduce sedimentation, increase groundwater storage, and improve habitat conditions.activities to be performed this project will provide additional technical support to local restoration crews and local restoration professionals, streamline the ltpbr permitting process on public and private lands, and implement high quality ltpbr projects throughout the sprague river basin. This effort will include voluntary restoration on private lands and restoration on public lands (primarily USFS).expected deliverables or outcomes the proposed project will build upon ongoing ltpbr efforts throughout the sprague basin that have already restored 3.2 miles of stream length, in addition to 12.1 miles anticipated in 2022. With additional funding support for the collaboration, project partners plan to greatly increase the scale of this work, to at least 15 miles per year. Ltpbr, which utilizes hand built non permanent structures to increase surface water residence time, groundwater storage, floodplain connectivity, in channel habitat complexity, and ecosystem resilience, implemented at a watershed scale will greatly improve habitat conditions for aquatic species and improve resiliency to drought and wildfire. Further, ltpbr efforts will help reduce suspended sediment and nutrient concentrations in the sprague river that contribute to algae blooms and associated poor water quality in upper klamath lake and the klamath river downstream.intended beneficiaries klamath tribes, local communitiessubrecipient activities klamath tribes project planning and implementation. Klamath watershed partnership project planning and implementation. Sustainable northwest outreach and education coordination. The nature conservancy technical support.