SRP Project

DESCRIPTION

The Poorman Creek Barrier Removal project removed the last human caused barriers on Poorman Creek, a tributary of the Twisp River in Okanogan County. The objective of this project was to restore access to habitat for threatened Upper Columbia steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and endangered Upper Columbia spring Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) by replacing an existing barrier road culvert on Poorman Creek with a 14' 6" wide bottomless steel plate arch and engineered streambed designed to ensure passage at the full range of flows modeled for Poorman Creek. Threatened Upper Columbia bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) have not been observed in Poorman Creek, but they are present in the Twisp River immediately downstream of the project area. An irrigation diversion immediately below the culvert was also a partial barrier and was replaced with a rock weir structure that allows passage at all flows. The project also improves downstream habitat in the creek by restoring bedload and wood transport through the culvert. This project removed the last fish passage barrier on Poorman Creek. The project complements two prior fish passage barrier culvert replacements on National Forest lands upstream of this project site, thereby restoring fish passage into Poorman Creek and creating access to 3 miles of habitat above the culvert and irrigation diversion. The project features included the following design elements: · Installation of a bottomless steel plate arch under Poorman Creek Cutoff Road. · Installation of pre-cast concrete footings. · Construction of an engineered streambed through the project area, approximately 150 feet in length. · Reconstruction of the irrigation intake downstream of the culvert using rock weirs to allow low flow passage. · Reconstruction of the disturbed portion of Poorman Creek Cutoff Road, including installation of guard rails at the culvert crossing. · Revegetation of areas disturbed by construction; vegetation continued to be monitored and maintained through separate funding. This project was sponsored by Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation, in partnership with the Bureau of Reclamation and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

FUNDING SOURCES

FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT

Type	Date	Funding Org	Funding Program	Match	Amount
Requested	09/12/2008	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon State Projects		$59,292.00
Requested	09/12/2008	Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation		Match	$65,287.00
Allocated	01/19/2011	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon Federal Projects		$47,931.97
Allocated	01/19/2011	Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation		Match	$52,778.37
Spent	01/19/2011	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon Federal Projects		-$47,931.97
Spent	01/19/2011	Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation		Match	-$52,778.37

Grant Project Agreement Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Grant Project Agreement Totals	$106,805.50	$124,579.00	$100,710.34	$100,710.34	$0.00

OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)

Type	Date	Funding Org	Funding Program	Match	Amount

Other Funding Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Other Funding Totals

Grand Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Grand Totals

PRIMARY SPONSOR

Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation

PROJECT CONTACT

Chris Johnson

ALT PROJECT CONTACT

Chris Eliassen
Deb Nickell
Jessica Goldberg

PROJECT MANAGER

Amee Bahr

LOCATION

Chinook-Pop (ESU):	Chinook-Upper Columbia River Spring, Methow River, Endangered
Chinook2-Pop (ESU):	Chinook-Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall, Not Warranted
County:	Okanogan
HUC12:	Lower Twisp River (170200080509)
HUC8:	Methow (17020008)
Lead Entity Area:	Upper Columbia
Legislative District:	07
Salmon Recovery Regions:	Upper Columbia River
Sections:	10
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):	Steelhead-Upper Columbia River, Methow River, Threatened
Township:	T33NR21E
Upper Columbia Assesment Unit:	Lower Twisp River
Watershed Administrative Unit:	Twisp
WRIA:	Methow

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		APPLICATION		FINAL
RESTORATION METRICS
	Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)	0.10	mi	0.01	mi
	Fish Passage Improvement
	*Miles Of Stream Made Accessible (SRFB) (C.2.b.1)	5.00	mi	3.00	mi
	*Number of blockages / impediments / barriers impeding passage (C.2.b.4)			1.00
	Square Miles Of streambed made accessible (C.2.b.2)			0.01	sq mi
	Culvert installed or improved (C.2.f.1)
	Miles of stream made accessible by culvert installation/repair (C.2.f.3)	5.00	mi	3.00	mi
	Number of culverts (C.2.f.2)			1.00
	Instream Habitat Project
	Total Miles Of Instream Habitat Treated (C.4.b)	0.10	mi	0.03	mi
	Channel structure placement (C.4.d.1)
	Acres Of Streambed Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.4)			0.10	acres
	Miles of Stream Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.3)			0.10	mi
	Number of structures placed in channel (C.4.d.7)			6.00
	Pools Created through channel structure placement (C.4.d.5)			6.00
	Yards Of Average Stream-Width At Mid-Point Of Worksite (C.4.d.6)			3.00	yd
	Streambank stabilization (C.4.e.1)
	Miles of Streambank Stabilized (C.4.e.3)	0.00	mi	0.01	mi

Organization	Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity
Sponsor	Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation
Status	Completed
Schedule	Start Date: 1/1/2009 End Date: 1/19/2011