PHOTOS
| Organization | Yakima Basin Fish and Wildlife Recovery Board Lead Entity |
| Sponsor | Kittitas Conservation Trust |
| Status | Active |
| Schedule | Start Date: 9/14/2023 End Date: 6/30/2027 |
| Category | Category: Restoration |
Gold Creek contains one of the few remaining populations of the ESA threatened Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in the upper Yakima Basin. The current seasonal dewatering conditions and lack of habitat complexity in the creek are so dire that if change does not occur immediately, this population will be extirpated. The dewatering creates a passage barrier that blocks mature Bull trout migrating to their natal spawning habitat and strands juvenile fish in disconnected pools, exposing them to predation.
Historically, natural dewatering may have occurred, but nearly a century of anthropogenic impacts has drastically increased the frequency, extent, and duration of dewatering. Interstate 90 gravel borrow pits - Gold Creek Pond and Heli's Pond - act as siphons that exacerbate the dewatering of Gold Creek. Decade
| Type | Date | Funding Org | Funding Program | Match | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requested | 04/21/2023 | Kittitas Conservation Trust | Match | $100,000.00 | |
| Requested | 04/21/2023 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | Salmon State Projects | $500,000.00 | |
| Allocated | 04/30/2024 | Kittitas Conservation Trust | Match | $112,000.00 | |
| Allocated | 04/30/2024 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | Salmon State Projects | $560,000.00 | |
| Spent | 06/20/2024 | Kittitas Conservation Trust | Match | -$1,569.30 | |
| Spent | 06/20/2024 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | Salmon State Projects | -$7,846.49 |
| Grant Project Agreement Totals | Proposed | Requested | Allocated | Spent | Balance |
| $500,000.00 | $600,000.00 | $672,000.00 | $9,415.79 | $662,584.21 |
| Type | Date | Funding Org | Funding Program | Match | Amount |
|---|
| Other Funding Totals | Proposed | Requested | Allocated | Spent | Balance |
| Grand Totals | Proposed | Requested | Allocated | Spent | Balance |
| Chinook-Pop (ESU): | Chinook-Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall, Not Warranted |
| Chinook2-Pop (ESU): | Chinook-Middle Columbia River Spring, Not Warranted |
| County: | Kittitas |
| HUC12: | Keechelus Lake (170300010301) |
| HUC8: | Upper Yakima (17030001) |
| Lead Entity Area: | Yakima Basin |
| Legislative District: | 13 |
| Salmon Recovery Regions: | Middle Columbia River |
| Sections: | 11 |
| Steelhead-Pop (ESU): | Steelhead-Middle Columbia River, Yakima River Upper Mainstem, Outside anadromous area |
| Township: | T22NR11E |
| Watershed Administrative Unit: | Keechelus |
| WRIA: | Upper Yakima |
| Yakima Subbasins: | Gold Creek |
| APPLICATION | FINAL | ||||
| RESTORATION METRICS | |||||
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b) | 0.66 | mi | |||
| Instream Habitat Project | |||||
Total Miles Of Instream Habitat Treated (C.4.b) | 0.66 | mi | |||
| Channel structure placement (C.4.d.1) | |||||
Miles of Stream Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.3) | 0.66 | mi | |||
Number of structures placed in channel (C.4.d.7) | 28.00 | ||||
Pools Created through channel structure placement (C.4.d.5) | 28.00 | ||||
