The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Yurok Tribe a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.512) to implement the Clear Creek Adaptive Restoration Program (CCARP). The 5-year grant, awarded on September 17, 2024, will fund the following key activities:
- Annual spawning gravel augmentation in Clear Creek to restore anadromous fish habitat.
- Placement of wood structures and berm removal to restore ecosystem processes and expand juvenile rearing habitat in the Clear Creek floodway.
- Rehabilitation of a degraded reach of Clear Creek by removing high terraces, recontouring the channel, and repurposing mine tailings for gravel augmentation.
- Monitoring to evaluate the pre- and post-restoration effects on water quality and juvenile Chinook salmon habitat conditions in Clear Creek.
- Education and outreach to highlight the mission and goals of the CCARP and Clear Creek's ecology.
The grant will be implemented entirely on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service to directly support the CVPIA's objective of enhancing natural adult salmonid production and improving spatial diversity of target salmonid species in Clear Creek.
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