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Lampa Creek Sediment Abatement and Culvert Replacement
Road and Fish Passage Improvement (2001)
Salmon License Plate Funds $18,364
Total Project Cost $32,024
An overabundance of sediment input threatens native fish species in many coastal watersheds by covering spawning beds and limiting access to rearing habitat for juvenile salmonids. Failing rural roads, eroding stream crossings and culverts, and agricultural impacts have intensified this problem in the Lampa Creek stream system. Salmon license plate funds from OWEB helped complete a watershed-scale sediment reduction plan by the Coquille Watershed Association. Three culverts obstructing fish passage and contributing to excessive sedimentation were removed. Larger, fish-friendly culverts replaced two of the culverts, while a cattle bridge replaced the third. A cattle watering site was also removed from the stream bank. Livestock now enjoy unlimited access between fields without entering riparian areas, while five miles of previously closed low gradient fish habitat is now accessible to both juvenile and adult fish. Sediment from badly eroding culverts no longer enters the stream system, further enhancing Lampa Creek's valuable spawning and rearing habitat for coho salmon, cutthroat trout, and chinook salmon. |
Cattle bridge with riparian fencing
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New culvert with natural stream bottom
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For more information contact Jennifer Hampel, Coquille Watershed Association (541.396.2229) |
South Fork Coquille River Road and Landing Survey
Road and Landing Survey (2002)
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Salmon License Plate Funds $45,650
Total Project Cost $62,800
With excessive sediment input threatening native fish populations throughout the Coquille River watershed, the Coquille Watershed Association has worked to assess problems in the watershed as a whole and prioritize restoration projects by habitat benefit and estimated cost. Salmon license plate funds from OWEB allowed the watershed association to survey over 400 potential project sites and inspect nearly 50 miles of roadway within the South Fork Coquille River sub-basin for excessive sediment inputs, fish passage barriers, and potential road erosion and mass failure problems. In the future, the watershed association will use this information to attract funding for corrections to priority restoration projects. In this way, salmon license plate funds aided in producing essential groundwork for future sediment reduction projects and restoration of native fish habitat throughout the Coquille River Watershed.
For more information contact Jennifer Hampel, Coquille Watershed Association (541.396.2229) |
Impassable perched culvert
Severe road erosion
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Tenmile Lakes Watershed Fish Passage and Sediment Abatement
Road and Fish Passage Improvement (2003)
Salmon License Plate Funds $192,078
Total Project Cost $321,822
Covering approximately 2,000 surface acres a few miles inland of the Oregon Coast, Tenmile Lakes' was historically one of Oregon's largest producers of native coho salmon. For years, the tributaries of these lakes suffered from excessive sediment input, limiting the availability of spawning and rearing habitat for native fish and other aquatic species. Through salmon license plate funds from OWEB, the Tenmile Lakes' Basin Partnership in cooperation with local government and private landowners replaced or removed 18 chronic sediment sources and fish passage barriers, while permanently removing 3,000 cubic yards of sediment buildup. Many of the fish passage barriers were replaced with bridges, while four undersized stream crossings were replaced with larger culverts. All sites were also seeded with native grass mix and planted with red alder and big leaf maple seedlings to reduce erosion and provide shade. Thanks to salmon license plate funds, native fish throughout the Tenmile Lakes' system now enjoy cleaner water and a greater availability of spawning and rearing habitat.
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Private landowner removing
a fish passage barrier
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New bridges allowing
fish passage year round
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Salmon spotted above
previous barrier sites
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For more information contact Mike Mader, Tenmile Lakes' Basin Partnership (541.759.2414) |
North Fork Coquille River Fish Passage
Restoration Project (2005)
Salmon License Plate Funds $15,046
Total Project Cost $214,500
Undersized culverts and road erosion have significantly contributed to losses in juvenile rearing habitat and adult spawning habitat for native fish populations throughout much of the Coquille River Basin. As part of the Coquille Watershed Association's watershed-wide sediment reduction strategy, failing and undersized culverts on Anderson and Wood Creek will be replaced using salmon license plate funds from OWEB. When completed, this fish passage project will have opened over a mile of spawning and rearing habitat to anadromous and resident fish species.
For more information contact Jennifer Hampel, Coquille Watershed Association (541.396.2229) |
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