KWEP Habitat Site:

White Creek Road Rehabilitation

Location: Various locations in White Creek watershed

Status:
Phase I completed

Project Description: Reduce road-related runoff into the stream network in the White Creek watershed. Existing waterbars will be modified and new waterbars will be constructed along approximately 6.0 miles of "high" and "very high" priority, hydrologically connected road segments in the White Creek watershed. Work will implement design guidelines developed from previous assessment work.

Limiting Factors addressed: Increased peak flows due to road run-off (Klickitat Subbasin Plan, Klickitat Lead Entity)

EDT: flow, sediment load and bed scour

Project rationale: White Creek, a 3rd order tributary of the Klickitat River, provides important spawning and rearing habitat for ESA-listed Middle Columbia River steelhead. The White Creek watershed as a whole is likely the most important spawning and rearing tributary watershed within the Klickitat subbasin. In recent years, the White Creek watershed has accounted for up to 40% of the observed steelhead spawning in the entire Klickitat subbasin. EDT identifies the White Cr. watershed as the number 2 priority for restoring population abundance, productivity and life history diversity.

Biological objective:

1. Increase Juvenile steelhead productivity

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