Ohop Creek was identified as high priority for protection and restoration because of its usage by multiple species of salmon and its significant contribution to life history diversity of Chinook salmon. Mile 1.0 to Mile 4.5 of Lower Ohop Creek was significantly altered by settlers around the turn of the century - the low-gradient, meandering stream channel surrounded by densely vegetated floodplains was converted into a ditched, straightened channel to create drained pasture. The first phase of restoration consisted of creating a 1.0-mile long section of elevated and meandering stream channel addressing 0.7-miles of ditched creek. Construction took place from 2009-2010. Eighty acres of surrounding reconnected floodplain was revegetated from 2009-2011. The next phase addressed the remaining 1.0-mile long ditched channel downstream - construction of this phase was completed in summer 2015. The final phase of this restoration effort addressing the upstream altered section of channel is currently in the planning stages.

The goal of this project is to develop a monitoring plan that would allow project partners and stakeholders to evaluate the success of the phases of restoration.

A USFW Tribal Wildlife Grant was secured in 2012 to fund monitoring of the first phase of the restoration project in order to inform subsequent phases (including fish and wildlife usage of the restored reach, in-channel habitat and revegetation) and to evaluate the success of the first phase in restoring ecosystem processes that support increased biodiversity of the valley. Funding is still needed to be able to further implement the monitoring methods described in the completed plan.