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Little Salmon River Restoration Project

Join the Nez Perce Tribe in protecting and restoring the Little Salmon River to benefit endangered species and improve habitat quality. Help reduce stream temperature, sediment input, and agricultural runoff impacts. Educate the public on natural resource restoration. Phase 1 focuses on Circle C Ranch Riparian Protection, while Phase 2 includes a comprehensive watershed assessment and restoration action list implementation. Monitoring and evaluation ensure project effectiveness. Supported by Project #28045.

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Little Salmon River Restoration Project

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  1. Protect and Restore Little Salmon River Project # 28050 Nez Perce Tribe Fisheries/Watershed Program By Chad Fealko

  2. ESA Affected Species • Spring/Summer Chinook • Steelhead • Bull Trout Sensitive species: Pacific lamprey, redband rainbow and westslope cutthroat trout.

  3. Little Salmon River Basin

  4. Migration problems/blockages* Riparian Alteration* Channel Alteration* Streamflow Alteration* Water Temperatures* Other water quality problems* Streambed sedimentation* Reduced habitat complexity* Wetland destruction* Ecological interactions with exotics* Toxics/Contamination* Little Salmon RiverLimiting Factors Bold and underlined entries indicate an elevated impact of that limiting factor.

  5. Protect, create, restore and reconnect riparian and floodplain areas Reduce stream temperature. sediment and embeddedness… Restore & augment streamflows Reduce impacts from agricultural sediment and road runoff Educate the public on natural resource restoration issues Fisheries/Aquatic Needs

  6. Phase 1:Circle C Ranch Riparian Protection and Restoration

  7. Phase 2: • Completion of Watershed Assessment • Identification of restoration action list • Implement restoration action list

  8. Benefits • Improved Water Quality • Reduced Stream Temperature • Reduced Sediment Inputs • Improved Riparian Health and Function • Increase Habitat Utilization • Increase Potential Rearing Habitat • Improve Available Spawning Habitat • Elevate Habitat Complexity • Improved Passage • Increased Stream Flow

  9. Monitoring and Evaluation • Project Effectiveness Monitoring • NPTFW Comprehensive Watershed Monitoring Program (Project #28045) -- Tiered

  10. Bank Erosion Rates Greenline Survey Temperature Bank Stability Stream Shade Channel Morphology Pebble Counts Peizometers Photo Points Project Specific Monitoring

  11. NPTFW Watershed Monitoring and Evaluation Plan#28045 • Provide Tier I & II Monitoring • Habitat extent and condition • Biological trend monitoring

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