Umatilla River Basin, Anadromous Fish Habitat Enhancement Project : Annual Report 1989.

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6020500· OSTI ID:6020500

Scheeler, Carl A

The Umatilla habitat improvement program targets the improvement of water quality and the restoration of riparian areas, spawning and rearing habitat of steelhead, spring and fall chinook and coho salmon. The channelization of Meacham Creek by the Union Pacific Railroad combined with poor riparian livestock management created extreme channel instability and bedload movement within the project area. The resulting loss of riparian vegetation caused an increase in water temperatures, evaporative losses and sediment loading from upland sites. Four leases and nine right-of-way agreements were procured for the restoration of 2 miles of stream channel on Meacham Creek and lower Boston Canyon Creek. Treatments included: sloping of gravel deposits to reduce channel braiding and develop a more stable channel configuration, placement of rock and wood structures to reduce erosion of stream banks and encourage the deposition of fines for the establishment of riparian vegetation, placement of instream boulders, weirs and large organic debris to increase holding and hiding cover and to encourage the development of a stable thalweg, and the enhancement of riparian vegetation through planting of hardwood cuttings and grass and forb seeds. Baseline data on stream flows, water temperature and suspended sediments, and channel morphology was collected.

• Research Organization: Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Bonneville Power Administration
• DOE Contract Number: BI79-87BP35768
• OSTI ID: 6020500
• Report Number(s): DOE/BP-35768-2; ON: DE92003443
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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13 HYDRO ENERGY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ANADROMOUS FISHES
HABITAT
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
REMEDIAL ACTION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
MITIGATION
COLUMBIA RIVER
HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
OPTIMIZATION
PROGRESS REPORT
REARING
SALMON
SEDIMENTS
TEMPERATURE MONITORING
TROUT
TURBIDITY
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOSYSTEMS
FISHES
MONITORING
POWER PLANTS
RIVERS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
VERTEBRATES
Fish habitat improvment - Oregon - Umatilla River Watershed
130600* - Hydro Energy- Environmental Aspects
540350 - Environment
Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)