Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District. Yamhill Riparian Restoration Partnership - II (OR)

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1 2006 GRANT AWARDS Yamhill Riparian Partnership - II Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation Yamhill Basin Watershed, Yamhill County, Oregon Establish 20 miles of riparian buffer on private lands to provide water quality protection, restore wildlife habitat, and protect cutthroat trout, steelhead, and other species. $47, $221, Willamette Floodplain Workshop and CREP Plans Salem to Eugene, Benton County, Oregon Inform farmers of the importance of riparian areas and gain their participation in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. Project will develop nine farm plans to improve water quality and fish and wildlife habitat. $34, $15, Pilot Training Program for Small Farm Stewardship Oregon State University Linn, Benton, and Lane Counties, Oregon Intensive conservation training for 120 small acreage landowners in three Willamette basin watersheds. Empower landowners to implement management practices on their land to improve water quality. $16, $12, Willamette Salmon Safe Yamhill, Lane, Washington, Polk, and Marion Counties, Oregon Transform the management of 50 Willamette Valley vineyards to fish friendly practices. Partner with wine industry's LIVE program to reduce run off from the valley's steep hillside vineyards. $37, $41, Agricultural Chemical Removal From Critical Eugene Water and Waters Electric Board McKenzie and Middle Fork Willamette Watersheds, Oregon Remove old agricultural chemicals in McKenzie and Middle Fork Willamette watersheds to protect drinking water resources. Existing partnerships will conduct outreach, collect and dispose of chemicals. $40, $70, Riparian and Enhancement Planning East Lane Soil and Water Conservation Conduct outreach, technical assistance, and restoration planning to continue work on restoring streambank in three watersheds. Project will replant riparian areas on 1.8 miles of river bank previously treated for Japanese knotweed. $19, $23, Willamette Ecosystem Marketplace Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments Willamette River Watershed, Oregon Communicate with buyers and sellers of conservation credits to gain insight for planning an Integrated Ecosystem Marketplace. Project will launch regional roundtables of agency, organization, and business leaders to guide market development. $50, $20, Mid-Willamette s Project Planning Mary's River Benton, Linn, Marion, and Yamhill Counties, Oregon Provide eight Mid-Willamette Valley watershed councils technical assistance for restoration projects. Project includes identifying, developing and implementing restoration and protection projects to restore and conserve wildlife and plant resources. $37, $16,000.00

2 Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Center Policy Consensus Initiative, Willamette River Watershed, Oregon Create the Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Center to assist growers with sustainable agriculture practices and goals. Landowner projects will demonstrate habitat enhancement, erosion control, pest management, irrigation efficiency, and energy. $50, $107, GRANT AWARDS Willamette River TMDL Implementation Willamette Riverkeeper Willamette Valley, Oregon Engage agricultural landowners in establishing riparian restoration projects. Project will work with no less than six small cities in the mid-willamette Valley to develop Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) implementation plans. $14, $7, Willamette Small Farm Stewardship Workshops Oregon State University Coast Fork and Middle Fork Willamette, Oregon Create conservation training workshops for small acreage landowners in three Willamette basin watersheds and empower landowners to implement management practices on their land to improve water and soil quality. $27, $ Molalla River Rehabilitation Action Plan Molalla River Watch Molalla River, Clackamas County, Oregon Develop a restoration plan for 27 miles of the Molalla River and 16 miles of Milk Creek, a major tributary, based on aquatic and geomorphic science in order to prioritize projects. $45, $57, Salmon Safe Willamette II Salmon Safe Willamette Valley, Oregon Santiam Basin Fish Santiam Basin adjacent to Willamette Passage National Forest, Oregon Expand Salmon Safe's partnership with the Oregon wine industry to reduce runoff from steep hillside vineyards. Project will transform another 35 vineyards to fish friendly practices. $39, $39, Compile existing and new fish passage barrier data to prioritize barriers for restoration and secure preliminary analysis of the top two barriers. $50, $44, Tualatin River Environmental Education Lab Friends of Tualatin River National Wildlife Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Refuge, Oregon Develop curriculum for new hands-on environmental education laboratory and train volunteers in order to implement on-site programs for local schools. $50, $424, GRANT AWARDS Landowner Recruitment and Design North Santiam River Enhancement Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council North Santiam Watershed, Oregon Identify high-priority river reaches and restoration sites in the Willamette River basins. Project will recruit landowners, resolve constraints, and design restoration projects in at least one priority reach during two design sessions. $34, $147, Complete analysis and restoration plan to restore spawning gravel and riparian areas for threatened and endangered fish in reaches below U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams on the North Santiam River. $50, $90,910.00

3 Linn Benton Farm Chemical Disposal Lane Council of Governments Linn and Benton Counties, Oregon Protect ground and surface water by safely disposing of old agricultural chemicals located in Linn and Benton Counties. Project will create a collaboration of existing partnerships that will work with growers on collection and disposal. $49, $52, Willamette 2008, Willamette Valley, Oregon Expand pioneering partnership with the wine industry. Project will further engage 150 Willamette Valley vineyards in protecting water quality and biodiversity while building markets for ecologically sustainable Oregon wine. $26, $61, Tangent Stormwater Master Drainage Plan City of Tangent, Oregon Tangent, Oregon Preserve, restore, and protect natural waterways, riparian areas, and habitat within Tangent City Limits and downstream. Project includes performing hydrological engineering, biological assessment and planning to achieve these goals. $49, $13, Camp Creek Basin Study and McKenzie Watershed Alliance Implement a watershed monitoring and restoration program with help from high school students. Project will examine water quality and riparian conditions and develop restoration projects based upon monitoring data. $40, $202, Coyote Creek Community-Based Long Tom Watershed Council Provide education and technical assistance to landowners in Oregon's Coyote Creek subwatershed, a key native species recovery area. Project will develop restoration projects that address critical water quality and habitat issues in this area. $43, $19, McKenzie River Flow The Nature Identify natural flow regimes and re-operate dams on the Willamette and McKenzie Rivers. Project will restore aquatic and terrestrial habitat for Chinook salmon, cutthroat trout, bull trout, and Oregon chub. $29, $41, Santiam Landowner Planning Linn and Marion Counties, Oregon Assist landowners with restoring two Santiam Basin tributaries by providing outreach, technical assistance, and design consultation. plans will restore riparian habitat via erosion control, placement of woody debris, and native plantings. $44, $99, GRANT AWARDS Luckiamute Watershed Fish Passage Mid Willamette Watershed Alliance (formerly Salem Keizer Watershed Councils Association) Locations are on Waymire, Berry and Grant Creeks in Polk and Benton counties of western Oregon. All are tributaries to the Luckiamute River. Restore native fish passage at four sites in the Luckiamute River watershed. Project will replace existing culverts with steel pipe arch culverts. $15, $121,866.00

4 Yamhill-Polk Riparian Partnership Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation Riparian plans will be prepared for projects located along CREP eligible rivers, streams, small tributaries, and wetlands on privately owned lands in Yamhill and Polk Counties. Develop 30 plans to follow USDA Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program standards. Project will assist in maintaining 54 Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program projects that are in active restoration on private lands. $50, $424, North and South Scappoose Creek Confluence Scappoose Bay This project is located at the confluence of North and South Scappoose Creeks in the Scappoose Bay Watershed. Scappoose Bay is located near the confluence of Multnomah Channel and the Columbia River. Address degrading creek conditions and disconnection from the floodplain at the confluence of North and South Scappoose Creeks. Project will create a restoration plan that will reconnect creeks with the floodplain, reconnect existing side channels, and provide additional in-stream habitat for fish. $38, $10, Bowers Rock Reconnection Willamette Riverkeeper Meet with stakeholders; engineer a reconnection plan to This project is located in Linn County between river miles on the restore side channel, floodplains, and wetlands; and reach out to landowners interested in restoration on their land. mainstem Willamette just upstream of Project will use hydraulic models to show reconnection the confluence of the Calapooia and Willamette Rivers in Albany. potentials of the Willamette River in Bowers Rock State Park. $50, $10, Willamette 2009, Willamette Valley agricultural lands, primarily focused on Yamhill, Washington, Benton, Marion, and Lane counties. Expand a pioneering partnership that has helped transition 144 Willamette Valley vineyards to water quality & biodiversity protection practices to other key sectors: hops, hazelnut & nursery industry. $45, $47, Calapooia-Santiam Outreach for Implementation Projects will be in 3 Mid-Willamette River Valley watersheds in Oregon, including: Calapooia, South Santiam, and North Santiam. Project sites will be along prioritized tributaries in these watersheds. Work with 10 landowners to begin design for in-stream projects. Project will conduct one-on-one sessions with 15 landowners to assist them in enrolling in and implementing a U.S. Farm Bill Program to improve watershed health. $45, $23, GRANT AWARDS Scappoose Bottomlands Channel Reconnection Assessment Scappoose Bay The project site is located just upstream from the confluence of Multnomah Channel and the Columbia River. The project area encompasses part of Multnomah Channel, Scappoose Bay, and Sauvie Island. Conduct an assessment of the historic tidal channel network connecting Scappoose Bay with Multnomah Channel. Project will develop a design concept to reconnect and enhance these waterways. $48, $10, Willamette Mission Programmatic Reconnection Project Willamette Riverkeeper Project is located at Willamette Mission State Park, Gervais, Oregon. Project is on a side channel between River Miles 72 and 74 of the mainstem Willamette River. Reconnect side channels and floodplains by removing fish passage barriers that isolate a mile of back channel and a natural oxbow lake during low flow periods. Restore native plant communities. $49, $225,258.00

5 Bear & Ferguson Creek Fish Passage Project Development Long Tom Watershed Council The project will take place in the Bear & Ferguson Creek Sub-watersheds in the Long Tom Watershed northwest of Eugene, Oregon. The project will utilize the Council's 2009 fish passage inventory to conduct targeted outreach & complete fish passage enhancement designs for priority sites in Bear & Ferguson Creeks. $49, $41, Middle McKenzie Side Channel Enhancement Project McKenzie Watershed Alliance Project located in the McKenzie watershed, Lane County, OR. Outreach will focus on private lands within McKenzie River floodplain from the town of Vida upstream to the South Fork McKenzie Rive Project seeks to enhance habitat for spring Chinook and bull trout while creating a unique learning experience for local students. Outreach will focus on initiating similar projects on private lands. $28, $326, Willamette 2010, Willamette Valley agricultural lands, primarily focused on Yamhill, Building on innovative project that's transitioned 180+ Willamette Valley vineyards to, we will join Washington, Marion, Clackamas, and nursery industry in building focused certification initiative for Lane counties. this key ag sector. $49, $56, McKenzie Watershed Healthy Farms Clean Water Program Eugene Water and Electric Board Agricultural lands located along the valley floor of the McKenzie Watershed. Some agricultural lands in this area adjoin BLM and U.S. Forest Service land, as well as County Parks. Conduct workshops with McKenzie Watershed growers to access opportunities in energy, certification, conservation, local food, and chemical disposal to protect water quality and increase revenue. $45, $98, Fifteen Willamette Valley CREP Plans from Signup to CPO Willamette Valley Streams and Rivers including tributaries to the North Santiam, South Santiam, Calapooia. 15 CREP Plans will be Complete from signup to Conservation Plan of Operation. NFWF funds will fill technical assistance gap safeguarding current and future landowner interest. $45, $5, Luckiamute Watershed Fish Passage - II Mid Willamette Watershed Alliance (formerly Salem Keizer Watershed Councils Association) Upper Luckiamute River, Polk County, western Oregon Replace two culverts and remove two sets of abandoned railroad bridge pilings. This will open unrestricted passage to approximately 13.2 miles of excellent winter steelhead and trout habitat. $20, $48, Model Watershed Landowner Outreach and Project Design Mary's River Greasy Cr, Tum Tum River & Beaver Cr are high potential tributaries draining from the Coast Range (incl. highest point Mary's Peak) into the Willamette River basin. Conduct rapid biological assessment as outreach tool for landowner recruitment on Tum Tum River, Greasy Cr, and Beaver Cr. Identify restoration sites and develop floodplain connection project designs. $33, $69, Oak Creek Landowner Recruitment for Riparian Benton Soil and Water Conservation The Oak Creek watershed is a subbasin of the Mary's River watershed, located in the Willamette Basin, in and around Corvallis. T11 This project will provide capacity to conduct watershed-wide RW S13,19,20,24-25,28-30,31-32,36; outreach to approximately 57 landowners in the Oak Creek T12 RW S3 watershed for riparian restoration. $41, $12,470.00

6 Lower John Day River - Hay Creek Project Western Rivers Lower John Day River Basin. Sherman and Gilliam Counties, eastern Oregon. Private land adjacent to Bureau of Land Management. Restore about 200 acres along Hay Creek and main stem lower John Day River. Murtha Ranch lands enhanced for native fish and wildlife and positioned for permanent stewardship with Oregon State Parks. $50, $50, Elk Creek Phase II - Fish Passage Upper Nehalem Located on Scappoose-Vernonia Hwy (owned/managed by Columbia County), 3 miles east of Hwy 47 in Columbia County, northwest Oregon near the community of Pittsburg. Restore coho, cutthroat and lamprey passage to 3.6 miles of refugia habitat on Elk Cr, a tributary to the EF Nehalem under a Columbia County Road crossing in NW Oregon. Multiple partners. $50, $398, Thompson Creek Floodplain North Coast Land, Owned by North Coast Land, the Thompson Creek property is located within the city limits of Seaside, in Clatsop County, Oregon. Restore estuarine function by reconnecting Thompson Creek to 30 acres of historic floodplain habitat. $15, $5, Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division Oregon State Police The Oregon State Police has thirteen Oregon Plan officers throughout the state with ten stationed in the project focus area. Several watersheds statewide benefit from our investigations. Improve the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division's ability to investigate environmental and wildlife protection crimes by providing the necessary water testing equipment to its officers. $41, $ GRANT AWARDS Mary's River Shotpouch Creek Floodplain Connection Enhancement Shotpouch Creek is a headwater stream that flows off of Mary's peak in the Oregon Coast Range, in the Mary's River Watershed, a fifth field watershed in mid-willamette Valley. See vicinity map. Address limiting factors for cutthroat trout by reconnecting the stream to its floodplain and increasing in-stream habitat complexity along 7 miles of Shotpouch Creek, with nine landowners. $49, $187, The Nature Upper Willamette Floodplain Design The Middle and Coast forks of the Willamette River flow north from their headwaters and join near Eugene to form the Willamette River. Work will occur on both forks directly before confluence. This project will help to complete and refine final 30% designs for 11 floodplain restoration projects identified in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Willamette Floodplain Study. $50, $50, Recruiting Landowners to Restore and Recover Watersheds Projects are located on ESA-listed fish streams throughout the Calapooia and North and South Santiam Watersheds in the Willamette Valley. Contiguous project locations will be sought. The goal of this project is to reach 60% of landowners living in Model Watershed tributaries, and to recruit landowners to plan and participate in on-the-ground restoration. $47, $15,000.00

7 , Willamette 2011 Willamette Valley agricultural lands, primarily focused on Marion and Polk counties. New initiative to transition half of Willamette Valley's hop acreage to practices, leveraging our success in transitioning 200+ Willamette vineyards to fish friendly farming practices. $32, $55, Willamette Partnership Ramping up in Rural Communities The project is located in the Upper Klamath, but deliverables will be applicable statewide. Willamette Partnership will assist small municipalities and landowners access potential water quality markets in the Upper Klamath using tools developed in the Willamette Basin. $15, $30, West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation Sauvie Island Pesticide Collection Event Sauvie Island lies approximately ten miles northwest of Portland, Oregon and is situated between the Columbia River to the east, and the Willamette River to the west and south. West Multnomah SWCD, Oregon DEQ and partners will provide a free event for agricultural producers to dispose of old, outdated, or banned pesticides. $10, $19, Sandy River Basin Middle Sandy River Prioritization Phase I Free flowing since Marmot Dam s 2007 removal, the 55-mile Sandy River gathers the 500-sq mile basin s wild and scenic tributaries, providing anchor habitat for Lower Columbia salmonid recovery. The project will prioritize restoration actions in Oregon s Middle Sandy River, linking key areas now being restored. Pre-design work will combine GIS, field surveys, and limiting factors analysis $50, $50, Western Rivers Lower John Day - Hay Creek Project : Phase II Lower John Day River Basin. Sherman and Gilliam Counties, eastern Oregon. Private land adjacent to Bureau of Land Management land. In the John Day ESA recovery area, WRC and partners are: increasing floodplain connectivity and channel complexity; restoring riparian habitat; conserving water; and encouraging participation in CREP. $35, $35, North Fork John Day Fox Creek USACE Channel Fox Creek is a major tributary to the North Fork John Day River located in Grant County that provides critical spawning and rearing habitat for threatened steelhead and resident redband trout. To permanently abandon the USACE channel on Fox Creek and redirect all water into the historic, meandering channel resulting in improved spawning and rearing habitat during both high and low flows. $35, $91, The Freshwater Trust Rudio Creek Watershed Habitat Plan and Community Project work will be centered in the Rudio Creek watershed. Rudio Creek originates on Rudio Mountain and flows 16.8 miles before entering the North Fork John Day River near Kimberly, Oregon. The Freshwater Trust will develop a comprehensive plan to restore the aquatic habitat of Rudio Creek. Outreach will engage local stakeholders in watershed-scale habitat and flow restoration efforts. $38, $45, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership Tillamook Bay Watershed Culvert Prioritization This project addresses stream crossings throughout the entire Tillamook Bay Watershed. This includes the Miami, Kilchis, Wilson, Trask, and Tillamook river basins. Survey stream crossings throughout Tillamook Bay Watershed and collect data to prioritize culverts for replacement based on fish passage and upstream habitats. $50, $25,000.00

8 Umatilla County Soil and Water Conservation Taylor Birch Creek Fish Passage Project The project is located on private land at the mouth of Birch Creek at the confluence with the Umatilla River. Restore three miles on Birch Creek by the removal of two T2N R32E S13 in Pendleton, Umatilla abandoned irrigation dams to give access to summer County, eastern Oregon. It is not next steelhead, redband trout, and lamprey to rearing/spawning to federal land habitat in the headwaters. $43, $86, GRANT AWARDS National Forest Foundation Whychus Creek Streamflow Enhancement Project Whychus Creek originates in the Three Sisters Wilderness, is a tributary to the Deschutes River in central Oregon, and joins the Deschutes just above Lake Billy Chinook. The NFF will partner with the Deschutes River and private landowners to replace 6,000 feet of leaky irrigation pipeline and restore (cfs) in water savings to Whychus Creek. $25, $123, Lower Nehalem Roy Creek Fish Passage Improvement This project is located on the main stem Nehalem River, on the North Coast of Oregon. Fish congregate here waiting for the first cold water freshets before traveling upstream. This project will replace two six foot diameter perched culverts stacked atop a series of crushed and derelict culverts with a 36 ft bridge, a span 1.5 times the active channel width of Roy Creek. $30, $952, Deschutes River Uncle John Ditch Piping Project: Whychus Flow Flow will be permanently restored to Whychus Creek from RM 23 to where it joins the Deschutes. Piping will occur on the Uncle John Ditch located just west of Sisters, OR in Deschutes County. This project pipes 3.8 mile of open canal restoring up to 2.5 cfs of protected instream flow to Whychus Creek. Additionally, this project eliminates an unscreened irrigation diversion. $50, $1,021, McKenzie River Trust Upper Willamette Riparian Stewardship The project targets properties owned by public and private organizations as well as private landowners in the riparian floodplain along the Willamette River from Eugene to Harrisburg. This project brings together public and private organizations and private landowners to eradicate invasive weeds and work towards longer-term conservation and restoration projects. $24, $52, Crooked River McKay Creek Habitat Lower McKay Creek area joins the Crooked River about three miles below the project site. Located in Crook County, Oregon, north and west of Prineville. Riparian and instream habitat restoration of 0.6 miles of lower McKay Creek, a critical component of the upper Deschutes anadromous fish reintroduction plan and Middle Columbia Steelhead Recovery Plan $45, $127, Siuslaw Watershed Council, Waite Ranch Tidal Wetland The WRTWRP is located along Hwy 126 in the Siuslaw Estuary, five miles from Florence. Historically the Siuslaw was one of the most The WRTWRP will restore tidal exchange, restore 200 acres of tidal wetlands in a range of tidal wetland classes, productive salmon fisheries outside of and create critical rearing habitat for juvenile salmonids, the Columbia Basin and Alaska. including listed species. $50, $50,000.00

9 Sandy River Basin Lower Sandy II - Camp Collins Reconnection The Wild and Scenic Lower Sandy River, Oregon, adjacent to Oxbow Regional Park on the site of a YMCA youth camp also used for 6th grade outdoor school programs The Camp Collins Reconnection will enhance habitat complexity in a side channel ranked high in a Lower Sandy mainstem assessment to support recovery of ESA listed salmonids in a high priority basin. $45, $100, Freshwaters Illustrated Willamette Futures: A Film on Willamette Basin Conservation This project will affect people and communities in the Willamette River basin, Oregon's most densely populated region. This documentary film campaign will raise literacy around Willamette River conservation issues and current restoration efforts. This film will be shared through OPB, schools, and community screenings $35, $96, , Walla Walla/Umatilla Walla Walla (Oregon side) and Umatilla valley agricultural lands New initiative to transition 60 percent of Blue Mountain orchard acreage to practices, leveraging recently established vineyard presence in Walla Walla. $38, $62, Total grants: 65 Total funds: $2,538, $7,086,838.47