Lolo Creek Watershed Project # 199607702 Nez Perce Tribe Fisheries Watershed Program
Lolo Creek is located in Central Idaho within the Clearwater River Sub-basin. Land ownership is a matrix of federal, private and state.
Partners Clearwater National Forest Potlatch Corporation Inc. State of Idaho Private Grazing Lessee
Lolo Creek Connectivity between DFRM Programs Watershed Restoration Production Research & Monitoring Cultural Importance
Funding Bonneville Power Administration NOAA Fisheries – Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (CRITFC) Potlatch Corporation Clearwater National Forest State of Idaho North Central Idaho Resource Advisory Committee
Limiting Factors Temperature Sediment In-stream cover Watershed disturbances (logging/grazing/roads) Habitat degradation (habitat loss) Passage
Objectives Coordination (cooperators/ESA consultation/permits/SHPO) Restore/enhance riparian and in-stream habitat Restore connectivity/passage Alleviate sediment associated with roads Monitoring and Evaluation
Accomplishments Cost-sharing with CNF, Potlatch Corp., and State of Idaho 15 miles fence construction (25,000 acres/ 6 miles stream protected) Over 50 miles road obliterated Eight culvert replacements & 4 culvert removals 300-feet bank stabilization Riparian Planting/Re-vegetation Culvert Inventory, Survey, and Prioritization
Cattle Exclusion Fence
Riparian Plantings
Streambanks Before Stabilization
Streambank Bioengineering Youth Conservation Corps
Road Surveys
Road Decomissioning
Culvert Inventory & Survey
Culvert Inventory & Replacement Prioritization 86 surveys 12 bridges 12 passable structures 10 sites with no structure 12% 14% 14% 60%
Burnt Creek Log Culvert Removal Before & After
Cedar Creek Culvert Replacement
Cedar Creek with Grade Control in Culvert – 2003
Cedar Creek Outlet August 2004
Monitoring Snorkeling Temperature Stream Habitat Road Obliteration Culverts
The Future Culvert Replacements Road Decommissioning Habitat Enhancement Riparian Re-vegetation Streambank Stabilization