PHOTOS
| Organization | Yakima Basin Fish and Wildlife Recovery Board Lead Entity |
| Sponsor | Kittitas Conservation Trust |
| Status | Active |
| Schedule | Start Date: 9/23/2021 End Date: 12/31/2025 |
| Category | Category: Restoration |
Kittitas Conservation Trust proposes to complete Phase I of the Kachess River Restoration Project to improve spawning, rearing and migratory conditions for ESA listed bull trout. This project will focus on improving bull trout habitat in a 0.3-mile reach of Kachess River that dewaters annually. Restoration activities will include installation of large wood structures, excavating portions of the channel bed, and constructing bar roughness areas. Project designs are being developed as part of the Upper Kachess River Assessment (18-1428) funded with Yakima Basin Integrated Plan dollars. This restoration project is shaped by the best available science, historic data collected from past and current assessment work, and with input from technical experts and partners working on bull trout in the Yakima Basin.
| Type | Date | Funding Org | Funding Program | Match | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requested | 04/16/2021 | Kittitas Conservation Trust | Match | $86,850.00 | |
| Requested | 04/16/2021 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | Salmon State Projects | $492,145.00 | |
| Allocated | 04/24/2025 | Kittitas Conservation Trust | Match | $86,850.00 | |
| Allocated | 04/24/2025 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | General Habitat State Project | $98,339.04 | |
| Allocated | 04/24/2025 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | Salmon State Projects | $492,145.00 | |
| Spent | 09/04/2024 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | General Habitat State Project | -$98,339.04 | |
| Spent | 12/23/2025 | Kittitas Conservation Trust | Match | -$86,850.00 | |
| Spent | 12/23/2025 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | Salmon State Projects | -$492,145.00 |
| Grant Project Agreement Totals | Proposed | Requested | Allocated | Spent | Balance |
| $578,995.00 | $578,995.00 | $677,334.04 | $677,334.04 | $0.00 |
| Type | Date | Funding Org | Funding Program | Match | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spent | 12/17/2025 | US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) | National Fish Passage Program | -$150,000.00 | |
| Spent | 12/17/2025 | Department of Ecology (ECY) | Yakima Basin Integrated Plan | -$320,193.00 | |
| Spent | 12/17/2025 | Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (YN) | -$120,000.00 | ||
| Spent | 12/17/2025 | US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) | National Fish Passage Program | -$63,150.00 | |
| Spent | 12/17/2025 | US Forest Service Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Cle Elum Ranger District | Central Washington Initiative - Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding | -$452,407.00 | |
| Spent | 12/17/2025 | Deptartment of Ecology | Stream Flow Restoration | -$1,817,581.00 |
| Other Funding Totals | Requested | Allocated | Spent | Balance | |
| $0.00 | $0.00 | $2,923,331.00 | -$2,923,331.00 |
| Grand Totals | Proposed | Requested | Allocated | Spent | Balance |
| $578,995.00 | $578,995.00 | $677,334.04 | $3,600,665.04 | -$2,923,331.00 |
| Chinook-Pop (ESU): | Chinook-Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall, Not Warranted |
| Chinook2-Pop (ESU): | Chinook-Middle Columbia River Spring, Not Warranted |
| Coho-Pop (ESU): | Coho-Interior Columbia, Not Warranted |
| County: | Kittitas |
| HUC12: | Kachess River (170300010303) |
| HUC8: | Upper Yakima (17030001) |
| Lead Entity Area: | Yakima Basin |
| Legislative District: | 13 |
| Salmon Recovery Regions: | Middle Columbia River |
| Sections: | 05 |
| Sections: | 08 |
| Steelhead-Pop (ESU): | Steelhead-Middle Columbia River, Yakima River Upper Mainstem, Outside anadromous area |
| Township: | T22NR13E |
| Watershed Administrative Unit: | Kachess |
| WRIA: | Upper Yakima |
| Yakima MidLevel Units: | Upper Yakima Watershed |
| Yakima Subbasins: | Upper Kachess River |
| APPLICATION | FINAL | ||||
| RESTORATION METRICS | |||||
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b) | 0.10 | mi | 1.09 | mi | |
| Instream Habitat Project | |||||
Total Miles Of Instream Habitat Treated (C.4.b) | 0.10 | mi | 1.09 | mi | |
| Channel reconfiguration and connectivity (C.4.c.1) | |||||
Acres Of Channel/Off-Channel Connected Or Added (C.4.c.5) | 6.90 | acres | 15.60 | acres | |
Instream Pools Created/Added (C.4.c.6) | 0.00 | 61.00 | |||
Miles of Off-Channel Stream Created or Connected (C.4.c.4) | 0.00 | mi | 0.30 | mi | |
Miles of Stream Treated for channel reconfiguration and connectivity (C.4.c.3) | 0.00 | mi | 1.09 | mi | |
| Channel structure placement (C.4.d.1) | |||||
Acres Of Streambed Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.4) | 13.00 | acres | |||
Miles of Stream Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.3) | 0.10 | mi | 0.99 | mi | |
Number of structures placed in channel (C.4.d.7) | 61.00 | ||||
Pools Created through channel structure placement (C.4.d.5) | 5.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Riparian Habitat Project | |||||
*Total Riparian Acres Treated (C.5.b.2) | 19.00 | acres | |||
*Total Riparian Miles Streambank Treated (C.5.b.1) | 2.00 | mi | |||
| Planting (C.5.c.1) | |||||
Acres Planted in riparian (C.5.c.3) | 7.40 | acres | |||
Miles of streambank planted (C.5.c.4) | 1.00 | mi | |||
| Upland Habitat And Sediment Project | |||||
Acres of Upland Habitat Area Treated (C.6.b.1) | 3.10 | acres | |||
Miles of Road Treated (C.6.b.2) | 0.99 | mi | |||
| Road abandonment (C.6.d.1) | |||||
Average width of road abandoned (in whole yards) (C.6.d.3) | 10.00 | yd | |||
Miles of Road Abandoned (C.6.d.2) | 0.27 | mi | |||
| Road drainage system improvements and reconstruction (C.6.c.1) | |||||
Miles of Road Treated for drainage improvements and reconstruction (C.6.c.2) | 0.72 | mi | |||
