Whiskey Creek Restoration
#00-1690 #00-1690
Organization Snake River Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity
Sponsor Mike Fletcher
Status Completed
Schedule Start Date: 6/1/2001 End Date: 11/13/2002
Category Category: Restoration
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DESCRIPTION
Whiskey Creek is a tributary to the Touchet River in WRIA 32 and is home to ESA listed stocks of summer steelhead and bull trout. Prior to this project, it was blocked to upstream passage by a concrete barrier at river mile 1. This project modified the barrier and constructed 4 weirs to allow for upstream passage at all flows and for all age classes of salmonids, making more that 10 miles of useable spawning and rearing habitat accessable. In addition, 23 woody debris structures were placed in the channel over a distance of 0.4 miles to compliment instream rearing habitat, recruit spawning gravels and provide velocity refuge during high flow events. 2 acres of riparian trees were planted along the 0.4 mile reach to maintain cool water temperatures and provide large woody debris recruitment for future years. The original application noted that a surface-water pump with a water right of 0.5 CFS would be screened, but this aspect of the project was not completed. The Confederated Tribe of the Umatilla Indian Reservation provided $10,000 towards modifying the barrier to allow upstream passage.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested11/13/2000Mike FletcherMatch$10,000.00
Requested11/13/2000Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$56,665.00
Allocated01/26/2001Mike FletcherMatch$10,000.00
Allocated01/26/2001Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects$56,665.00
Spent11/07/2001Mike FletcherMatch-$10,000.00
Spent11/07/2001Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects-$56,665.00
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$66,665.00 $66,665.00 $66,665.00 $66,665.00 $0.00
OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Other Funding Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
Grand Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
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LOCATION
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Middle Columbia River Spring, Not Warranted
County:Columbia
HUC12:Whiskey Creek (170701020402)
HUC8:Walla Walla (17070102)
Lead Entity Area:Snake River
Legislative District:09
Salmon Recovery Regions:Snake River
Sections:07
Sections:17
Snake Major Spawning Areas:Middle Touchet River
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Middle Columbia River, Touchet River, Threatened
Township:T09NR38E
Watershed Administrative Unit:Walla Walla Agricultural Lands
WRIA:Walla Walla
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  APPLICATION FINAL 
RESTORATION METRICS
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)
0.05mi0.40mi
Fish Passage Improvement    
*Miles Of Stream Made Accessible (SRFB) (C.2.b.1)
10.00mi10.00mi
*Number of blockages / impediments / barriers impeding passage (C.2.b.4)
1.00
Square Miles Of streambed made accessible (C.2.b.2)
0.01sq 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)
1.001.00
 Fishway chutes or pools installed (C.2.d.1)    
Number Of Fishway Chutes/Pools Installed (C.2.d.2)
1.00
Instream Habitat Project    
Total Miles Of Instream Habitat Treated (C.4.b)
0.40mi
 Channel structure placement (C.4.d.1)    
Acres Of Streambed Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.4)
0.30acres
Miles of Stream Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.3)
0.40mi
Number of structures placed in channel (C.4.d.7)
23.00
Pools Created through channel structure placement (C.4.d.5)
23.00
Yards Of Average Stream-Width At Mid-Point Of Worksite (C.4.d.6)
2.00yd
Riparian Habitat Project    
*Total Riparian Acres Treated (C.5.b.2)
2.00acres
*Total Riparian Miles Streambank Treated (C.5.b.1)
0.40mi
 Planting (C.5.c.1)    
Acres Planted in riparian (C.5.c.3)
2.00acres