SF Cowiche Floodplain Restoration
#15-1144 #15-1144
 Naches Cowiche SF Cowiche Floodplain Restoration
Organization Yakima Basin Fish and Wildlife Recovery Board Lead Entity
Sponsor Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group
Status Completed
Schedule Start Date: 12/9/2015 End Date: 5/28/2019
Category Category: Restoration
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DESCRIPTION
The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation will use this grant to restore the floodplain on South Fork Cowiche Creek, a tributary to the Naches River in the Oak Creek Wildlife Area in Yakima County. The partners will install tree root wads and large logs along 2 miles of the creek on land owned by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. These woody materials create places for fish to rest, feed, and hide from predators. They also slow the river, which reduces erosion and allows small rocks to settle to the riverbed, creating areas for salmon to spawn. Finally, they change the flow of the river, creating riffles and pools, which give salmon more varied habitat. The composition of the streambed and length of time that water spends flowing through the substrate reduce stream temperature and increase nutrient cycling that is beneficial to aquatic organisms. The work will reconnect South Fork Cowiche Creek with its floodplain. During seasonal high flows, the woody material will cause flood waters to leave the channel and disperse over large areas. The overland flow will recharge the groundwater, increasing flows to the stream during summer, and reducing flood risk downstream. The South Fork Cowiche Creek is used by middle Columbia River steelhead, which are listed as threatened with extinction under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested08/12/2015Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement GroupMatch$15,000.00
Requested08/12/2015Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$84,314.00
Allocated05/28/2019Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement GroupMatch$14,999.47
Allocated05/28/2019Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects$84,311.00
Spent12/28/2016Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects-$0.00
Spent05/28/2019Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement GroupMatch-$14,999.47
Spent05/28/2019Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects-$84,311.00
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$99,314.00 $99,314.00 $99,310.47 $99,310.47 $0.00
OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
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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:Yakima
HUC12:South Fork Cowiche Creek-Cowiche Creek (170300020311)
HUC8:Naches (17030002)
Lead Entity Area:Yakima Basin
Legislative District:15
Salmon Recovery Regions:Middle Columbia River
Sections:31
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Middle Columbia River, Naches River, Threatened
Township:T14NR17E
Watershed Administrative Unit:Cowiche Agricultural Lands
WRIA:Naches
Yakima Subbasins:Cowchie Creek
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RESTORATION METRICS
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)
2.00mi2.00mi
Instream Habitat Project    
Total Miles Of Instream Habitat Treated (C.4.b)
2.00mi2.00mi
 Channel structure placement (C.4.d.1)    
Acres Of Streambed Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.4)
10.90acres
Miles of Stream Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.3)
2.00mi2.00mi
Number of structures placed in channel (C.4.d.7)
30.0031.00
Pools Created through channel structure placement (C.4.d.5)
40.0040.00
Yards Of Average Stream-Width At Mid-Point Of Worksite (C.4.d.6)
10.00yd
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