Couse Creek Riparian
#08-2024 #08-2024
Organization Snake River Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity
Sponsor Asotin County Conservation District
Status Completed
Schedule Start Date: 1/1/2009 End Date: 2/14/2012
Category Category: Restoration
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DESCRIPTION
The Couse Creek Riparian Project established 10 acres of native riparian vegetation on a 1,800-foot reach of Couse Creek. Couse Creek is a salmon and steelhead bearing Snake River tributary located in Asotin County, approximately 12 miles upriver from the town of Asotin. The stream is designated as an mSA priority protection reach for salmon and steelhead in the Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan. This project benefits fish through shading to reduce surface temperatures in the drainage and increase the drainages holding potential for base flows. Fish surveys reveal steelhead production and Chinook salmon presence in the lower 1.6 miles where there is extensive riparian habitat. The stream had good riparian cover in the upper and lower reaches, but the middle reach, approximately 1,800 feet, had very poor riparian habitat. This project established native trees over this middle reach within the riparian area between the existing road and the canyon wall. The site is a gravel wash. 3,200 peachleaf, Mackenzie, and Pacific willow cuttings 36 inches long were planted on both sides of the main Couse Creek channel and on some sections of the high water overflow side channels within this reach. Willows were mechanically planted using a stinger mounted on an excavator. Spacing of the willows was 1 to 2 feet apart where you could get them in to a minimum depth of 18 inches. In addition, 929 plugs of Rocky Mountain Juniper, Choke Cherries, and Antelope Bitterbrush were inter-planted by han
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested09/08/2008Asotin County Conservation DistrictMatch$8,190.00
Requested09/08/2008Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$46,410.00
Allocated02/14/2012Asotin County Conservation DistrictMatch$8,190.00
Allocated02/14/2012Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$26,254.44
Spent02/14/2012Asotin County Conservation DistrictMatch-$8,190.00
Spent02/14/2012Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects-$26,254.44
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$34,444.44 $54,600.00 $34,444.44 $34,444.44 $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-Snake River Fall, Snake River Lower Mainstem, Threatened
Chinook2-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Snake River Spring/Summer, Threatened
County:Asotin
HUC12:Couse Creek (170601030302)
HUC8:Lower Snake-Asotin (17060103)
Lead Entity Area:Snake River
Legislative District:09
Salmon Recovery Regions:Snake River
Sections:01
Sections:02
Snake Minor Spawning Areas:Couse Creek
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Snake River, Asotin Creek, Threatened
Township:T08NR46E
Watershed Administrative Unit:Middle Snake Agricultural Lands
WRIA:Middle Snake
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  APPLICATION FINAL 
RESTORATION METRICS
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)
0.34mi0.34mi
Riparian Habitat Project    
*Total Riparian Acres Treated (C.5.b.2)
10.00acres10.00acres
*Total Riparian Miles Streambank Treated (C.5.b.1)
0.68mi0.68mi
 Planting (C.5.c.1)    
Acres Planted in riparian (C.5.c.3)
10.00acres