Satus Creek Watershed Restoration Project 9603501

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Satus Creek Watershed Restoration
Project(9603501)

• Yakama Nation
• Division of Natural Resources

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Satus Creek Watershed
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Goals

• Moderate flow regime
• Foster vegetative recovery
• Improve habitat for fish and wildlife
• Improve land management
• Monitor and evaluate results, apply adaptive
  management

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Limiting Factors for Fish

• Temperature extremes
• Flow regime
• Habitat discontinuity and simplification
• Limited spawning gravel
• Passage barriers
• Macro climate

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Removing Passage Barriers
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Transportation Management
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Removing Floodplain Constrictions
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Riparian Revegetation
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Riparian Revegetation
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Fire Rehabilitation
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Grazing Management
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Headwater Meadow Restoration
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Degraded Channel Rehabilitation
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Beaver Habitat Rehabilitation
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Monitoring and Evaluation

• Redd counts
• Habitat surveys
• Stream temperature
• Turbidity
• Precipitation/stream discharge
• Proper Functioning Condition (PFC)
• Photo monitoring
• Vegetation mapping and measurement

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Partners

• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Washington State Department of Transportation
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Washington State Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
• Bonneville Power Administration Maintenance
  Division
• Tribal livestock permittees
• Several Bonneville Power Administration funded
  restoration projects
• Yakama Nation Sage Grouse Recovery Project