DESCRIPTION
The Beaver Reach Side-Channel Restoration project is located within the Wind River Watershed, Trapper Creek Subwatershed, mainstem Wind River, just down river of Beaver Campground. WRIA 29A, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
The project is in the Trapper Creek Subwatershed which has been designated as a priority subwatershed for habitat restoration by the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. This project is also the second highest-ranking restoration project from the 2017 Wind River Habitat Restoration Strategy by enhancing side channel and floodplain habitat to benefit ESA-listed Lower Columbia steelhead. The project includes the reconnection of a 4,000 linear feet along three side channels with the placement of multiple large wood jams. The large wood jams will increase connectivity between the mainstem Wind River and its floodplain, improving habitat complexity, which will increase habitat for spawning, rearing, and migration.
The Beaver Reach Side-Channel Restoration project reconnects of approximately 4,000 linear feet along three side channels and improves habitat along approximately 2,000 linear feet of the Wind River. The project includes the construction of multiple large wood structures to increase connectivity between the mainstem Wind River and its side channels and floodplain. The work will improve habitat complexity to benefit spawning, rearing, and migration for ESA-listed lower Columbia Steelhead. The project is located within the Wind River Watershed, Trapper Creek Subwatershed, mainstem Wind River, just down river of Beaver Campground, WRIA 29A, Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The project is in the Trapper Creek Subwatershed which has been designated as a priority subwatershed for habitat restoration by the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. This project funds the final design and implementation. Preliminary design was funded by a past SRFB grant. This project was one of the highest-ranking restoration project from the 2017 Wind River Habitat Restoration Strategy.
