Taneum Creek Fish Passage
#07-1551 #07-1551
 Upper Yakima Taneum Taneum Creek Fish Passage
Organization Yakima Basin Fish and Wildlife Recovery Board Lead Entity
Sponsor Kittitas Conservation Trust
Status Completed
Schedule Start Date: 2/1/2008 End Date: 2/13/2012
Category Category: Restoration
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DESCRIPTION
This project removed two outdated fish passage structures in lower Taneum Creek and replaced them by constructing roughened channel fish passage facilities at each site. The sites are located on either side of I-90, about 10 miles northwest of Ellensburg, WA. Neither the Bruton nor Taneum Canal diversions met current criteria for passage of anadromous juveniles or adults. The Bureau of Reclamation had constructed the vertical slot ladder at Bruton and the Taneum Canal jump pool during Phase-1 screening in the 1980’s. Construction of the stream channel modifications produced optimal upstream and downstream passage into 30 stream miles of tributary habitat during all flow scenarios. The Taneum Creek watershed has been designated a high priority tributary to the Yakima River for recovery of salmon and steelhead. Kittitas Conservation Trust (KCT) partnered with the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), Yakima Tributary Access & Habitat Program (YTAHP), WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW), Bruton Water Users, Taneum Canal Co., and the Yakama Nation (YN) on a comprehensive analysis of new fish passage alternatives for lower Taneum Creek. Engineering designs for the roughened channels were produced as a result of that collaborative process. Project objectives achieved: 1) finalize the engineering designs 2) obtain construction permits from regulatory agencies 3) construct the channel modifications in Taneum Creek during low flow conditions 4) re-vegetate the work areas. The Bruton site was constructed in 2009, and the Taneum Canal site in 2010-2011.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested09/16/2007Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$201,429.00
Requested09/16/2007Kittitas Conservation TrustMatch$400,000.00
Allocated02/13/2012Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects$276,813.64
Allocated02/13/2012Kittitas Conservation TrustMatch$440,000.00
Spent02/13/2012Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects-$276,813.64
Spent02/13/2012Kittitas Conservation TrustMatch-$440,000.00
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$706,971.00 $601,429.00 $716,813.64 $716,813.64 $0.00
OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Other Funding Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
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LOCATION
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall, Not Warranted
Chinook2-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Middle Columbia River Spring, Not Warranted
County:Kittitas
HUC12:Taneum Creek (170300010504)
HUC8:Upper Yakima (17030001)
Lead Entity Area:Yakima Basin
Legislative District:13
Salmon Recovery Regions:Middle Columbia River
Sections:05
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Middle Columbia River, Yakima River Upper Mainstem, Threatened
Township:T18NR17E
Watershed Administrative Unit:Yakima River/Dry Creek
WRIA:Upper Yakima
Yakima Subbasins:Taneum Creek
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  APPLICATION FINAL 
RESTORATION METRICS
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)
0.14mi0.15mi
Fish Passage Improvement    
*Miles Of Stream Made Accessible (SRFB) (C.2.b.1)
30.12mi30.12mi
*Number of blockages / impediments / barriers impeding passage (C.2.b.4)
2.00
Square Miles Of streambed made accessible (C.2.b.2)
0.00sq mi
 Fish passage blockages removed or altered (C.2.c.1)    
Change in water flow (fish passage project)(cu feet)
0.00cfs
Number of Blockages/Impediments/Barriers Removed/Altered (C.2.c.2)
2.002.00
 Fishway chutes or pools installed (C.2.d.1)    
Number Of Fishway Chutes/Pools Installed (C.2.d.2)
2.00