Project Number
221-2007-1902
Grantee
Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers
Challenge
Mid-restoration, the Archie Creek fire consumed over 70% of the watershed. While this was a tragic loss, it also presented an opportunity for a large-scale, multi-year, multi-phase, post-fire stream and floodplain restoration. The project was also able to maintain monitoring stations before, during, and after the fire.
Project Overview
In total, over 300 large fire-killed logs were placed at 8 sites in the Rock Creek Campground reach of Rock Creek. Rock Creek’s large, intact floodplains, multiple side channels, wide valleys, and low gradients are extremely rare within the North Umpqua River basin. This habitat type has proven to produce more fish per mile than the steeper, narrower streams in the rest of the North Umpqua system.
Snorkel surveys indicate an impressive increase in fish population over the first year after restoration (from 2021 to 2022).
- Juvenile coho salmon increased three-fold from 2,965 fish to 7,320 fish.
- Juvenile Chinook salmon increased eighteen-fold from 6 fish to 109 fish.
- Adult cutthroat trout increased four-fold from 124 fish to 497 fish.
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