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North Umpqua Hydroelectric Project - Fiscal Year 2013 Projects
Copeland Creek High Risk Culvert Replacement
Description: Completion of Planning (NEPA - National Environmental Protection Act) and designed for stream crossing. Design includes culvert replacements that meet the capacity for passing Q100 flood events and to help reduce potential failure due to capacity, piping, degradation and plugging. The culvert replacements will be identified as “essential” projects in the Copeland Creep WRAP, as part of the Watershed Condition Framework.
Location: Various
Watershed:
- 6th Field Watershed Copeland Creek
- 5th Field Watershed Middle North Umpqua
District: Diamond Lake Ranger District
Copeland Creek Watershed Level 1 Storm Proofing
Description: Conduction NEPA and production of a decision document that would recommend and allow for the implementation of agreed upon restoration management actions for the conservation of at-risk anadromous fish species in the Copeland Creek Tier 1 Key Watershed.
Location: Township 26 South, Range 2 East, Section 23 (Entire Copeland Creek Watershed)
Watershed:
- 6th Field sub-watershed: Copeland Creek
- 5th Field watershed: Middle North Umpqua
District: Diamond Lake Ranger District
Middle North Umpqua & Steamboat Creek Terrestrial Habitat Restoration
Description: Mitigation of the disturbance of forest vegetation resulting from hydropower project implementation. This project reduces conifer stocking levels by pre-commercially thinning 306 acres of 20-25 year-old plantation in Late Successional Reserve within key watersheds adjacent to the utility corridor.
Location: Multiple
Watershed:
- 6th Field sub-watershed: Lower Steamboat Facial, Steamboat Headwaters, Copeland Creek
- 5th Field watershed: Middle North Umpqua, Steamboat Creek
District: North Umpqua Ranger District
Evaluation of Lamprey Upstream of Soda Springs Dam
Description: Implementation of baseline spawning and rearing habitat surveys for Pacific and Western Brooke lamprey upstream of Soda Springs Dam.
Location: Township 26 South, Range 3 East, Section 17, 20, 21, 27, 28, 33
Watershed:
- 6th Field Sub-watershed: Soda Springs Reservoir, Lower Fish Creek
- 5th Field Watershed: Upper North Umpqua, Fish Creek
Partners: Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians, Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnerships
District: Diamond Lake Ranger District
Lemolo Reservoir Fishery Monitoring Project
Description: Investigation and monitoring of the fishery in Lemolo Lake to better understand and recue impacts on water quality and recreation.
Location: Township 26 South, Range 5 East, Section 11-14
Watershed:
- 6th Field Sub-watershed: Lemolo
- 5th Field watershed: Headwaters of North Umpqua
Partner: PacificCorp, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Lemolo Resort
District: Diamond Lake Ranger District
Lemolo Lake Water Quality Investigation, Prevention, Public Health
Description: Improvement of water quality in Lemolo Lake and downstream in the North Umpqua River. Reduction of potential for aquatic invasive species being introduced or leaving the lake. Protecting public health through surveillance monitoring of potentially toxic algae blooms.
Location: Township 26 South, Range 5 East, Section 11
Watershed:
- 6th Field Sub-watershed: Lemolo
- 5th Field watershed: Headwaters of North Umpqua
Partners: PacifiCorp, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Lemolo Resort, US Fish and Wildlife Service
District: Diamond Lake Ranger District
Stinkhole Western Pond Turtle Mortality Reduction
Description: Conduct a NEPA analysis to revise site plans to reduce road caused mortality of adult and juvenile pond turtles and to restore protection of existing nesting locations. Culverts would be installed to provide safe passage for adult and hatchling turtles between the known nesting site and Stinkhole Pond. Vehicle parking control structures would also be installed.
Location: Township 26 South, Range 3 East, Section 25
Watersheds:
- 6th Field sub-watershed: Toketee Falls
- 5th Field watershed: Upper North Umpqua
District: Diamond Lake Ranger District
Kelly Creek Fish Passage-funds transferred to Bureau of Land Management
Description: Develop an engineered design for replacement of the Kelly Creek Culvert. This culvert is the second highest priority in the watershed.
Location: Township 25 South, Range 3 East, Section 36
Watershed:
- 6th Field Sub-Watershed: Lower Rock Creek
- 5th Field Watershed: Rock Creek
Partners: Partnership of Umpqua Rivers.
District: Bureau of Land Management - Roseburg District
McComas Creek Fish Passage
Description: Developed an engineered design for replacement of the McComas Creek culvert. This is the highest priority culvert replacement in the watershed
Location: Township 25 South, Range 3 West, Section 36
- Watershed:
- 6th Field Sub-watershed. Lower Rock Creek.
- 5th Field Watershed: Rock Creek
Partners: Partnership of Umpqua Rivers.
District: Bureau of Land Management - Roseburg District
Lemon Butte Vegetation Management
Description: Assemble an interdisciplinary team and complete all project planning to Decision by the end of Fiscal Year 2013.
Location: Township 24 South, Range 1 East, Sections: Multiple
Watersheds:
- 6th Field Sub-watershed: Steamboat Headwaters
- 5th Field watershed: Upper North Umpqua
District: North Umpqua Ranger District
Macro Invertebrate Study on Selected North Umpqua River Tributaries
Description: Re-sampling of up to 15 sites in the watersheds listed above, have samples analyzed, and have a Biotic indices report generated through contract. This would be used in conjunction with baseline data established during previous studies in the same areas to improve anadromous fish rearing habitat below the dam and increase the numbers of downstream migrating smolts.
Locations: Various
Watersheds:
- 6th Field sub-watershed: Various
- 5th Field watershed: Upper North Umpqua, Middle North Umpqua, Steamboat Creek.
Partners: Steamboaters
District: North Umpqua Ranger District
Long Creek Fish Passage Culvert
Description: Replaced the undersized perched fish barrier culvert with a stream simulation buried pope arch able to convey 100 year flow events and allow for aquatic organism passage at all stream flows. This will allow for migratory fish species to enter spawning habitat in Longs Creek.
Location: Township 24 South, Range 2 East, Section 20
Watersheds:
- 6th Field sub-watershed: Upper Steamboat
- 5th Field watershed: Steamboat Creek
District: North Umpqua
Canton Creek False Brome Removal
Description: Treatments of False Brome to help protect the native ecology of the Federal Lands we manage. This includes hand pulling and removal of False Brome populations for approximately two miles along the Canton Creek and Steamboat drainages on both Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands.
Location:
- Township 25 South, Range 1West, Sections 26, 26
- Township 25 South, Range 1 East, Section 31
Watersheds:
- 6th Field sub-watershed: Lower Canton Creek
- 5th Field Watershed: Canton Creek
District: North Umpqua Ranger District and Bureau of Land Management - Roseburg District
Instream Restoration and Riparian Planting-Steamboat Creek
Description: Improvement of aquatic and riparian habitat connectivity by mitigating disturbance to riparian vegetation resulting from hydropower project implementation, operation and maintenance.
Location:
- Township 25 South, Range 2 East, Sections 17,20,29,32
Watersheds:
- 6th Field sub-watershed: Middle Steamboat, Upper Steamboat
- 5th Field watershed: Steamboat creek
District: North Umpqua Ranger District
Ragged Ridge Fuels Reduction
Description: Increase the amount and quality of available forage and cover for priority wildlife species as well as the propagation of priority plants and habitats while reducing hazardous fuels, protecting recreation and visual resources values along the North Umpqua Corridor, and restoring natural disturbance regimes across the landscape.
Location:
- Township 26 South, Range 1 East, Sections 1, 2,3,4,8,11,12,15
- Township 26 South, Range 2 East, Sections 7, 6
Watersheds:
- 6th Field sub-watershed: Dog Creek, Apple Creek, Jack Creek, Redman Creek
- 5th Field watershed: Middle North Umpqua
Partners: Oregon Department of Agriculture, Native Plant Conservation, Oregon State University, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Secure Rural Schools Act Title 3 Douglas County, Secure Rural Schools Act Title 2 Douglas County, R6 Challenge Cost Share.
District: North Umpqua Ranger District
Steamboat Fish Ladder Reconstruction Monitoring Project.
Description: Assess the success of the ladder reconstruction through monitoring the movement and the timing of steelhead migration through the structure and into the known holding pools.
Location: Township 25 South, Range 1 East, Section 25
- Watershed:
- 6th Field sub-watershed: Lower Steamboat
- 5th Field watershed: Steamboat Creek
Partners: North Umpqua Foundation
District: North Umpqua Ranger District
Strategic Plan Completion/Program Management
Description: Completion of the Mitigation Fund Strategic Plan and Mitigation Fund Program management