1. Salmon Habitat and Still Creek Restoration
Greg Wanner
Zigzag Ranger District Fisheries Program
Mt. Hood National Forest

5. Wood slows down water

6. Captures bedload – spawning gravel

7. Protects banks from eroding

9. Provides slow water refuge during floods

10. Creates side-channels, wetlands, pools and other slow water habitat (refuges)

11. Headwaters Nirvana Reach Still Creek Reach Delineation
Camp Creek
Zigzag River
Rhododendron
FS 2632 Road
20 Road
Bridge
Salmon River
Henry Creek
Little Zigzag River
FS 2612 Road
Cabins Reach
Elder Growth Reach
Cool Creek
Straights Reach
Compression Reach
Pumpkin Patch Reach
Canyon Reach
Headwaters Nirvana Reach
Mars Attacks Reach
Still Creek Reach Delineation
Still Creek was delineated into ten reaches (RM 1.78 to 8.05) based on physical survey measurements, contour map analysis, LiDAR data, and aerial photography. Restoration goals and objectives were developed for each reach based on physical conditions that currently exist and from hydraulic equation predictions and reference reaches.
Boulder Garden Reach

13. 30 % Increase in coho salmon smolts!!!

14. 2013 Oregon State Lands Board Award
2015 Western Division AFS Riparian Challenge Award
2015 USDA National Rise to the Future Award

15. Headwaters Nirvana Reach
Camp Creek
Zigzag River
Rhododendron
FS 2632 Road
20 Road
Bridge
Salmon River
Henry Creek
Little Zigzag River
FS 2612 Road
Cabins Reach
Elder Growth Reach
Cool Creek
Straights Reach
Compression Reach
Pumpkin Patch Reach
Canyon Reach
Headwaters Nirvana Reach
Mars Attacks Reach
Boulder Garden Reach
= 2016

17. Rd 13 - lot 9
Rd 13 - lot 7
Rd 10 - lot 1

18. Rd 14 - lot 10
Rd 14 - lot 8
Rd 12a - lot 6
Rd 12a - lot 4
Rd 12a - lot 2

19. Rd 12 - lot 101
Rd 12 - lot 87
Rd 12 - lot 85
Rd 12 - lot 103
Rd 12 - lot 83
Rd 12 - lot 81

20. July 5 – July 15 = 40 Log trucks
July 11 – 15 = Skidder staging logs along FS Roads
July 18 – July 19 = Helicopter
July 18 – August 5 = Instream restoration

21. Cabin locations in yellow highlighted area
180 logs/rootwads; °/ °; 1,740 elev.
200+ logs
2,450’
Log Deck;
°/ °;
2,120 elev.
1,900’
Refueling Site;
°/ °; 2,230 elev.
2632 Bridge
1.95 miles flight path
0.35 miles

22. Partners 1 August 2013; 8:00 a.m. 1 August 2013; 1:00 p.m.
2013 Straights photo point

23. Compression June 2013
Compression November 2013
Straights June 2013
Straights November 2013

24. Partners
USDA Forest Service - Mt. Hood NF
USDA Forest Service - TEAMS Enterprise Unit
The Freshwater Trust
Sandy River Basin Watershed Council
Bureau of Land Management
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Ecotrust
Wilderness Volunteers
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Farline Bridge Inc.
Clackamas County
Oregon Department of Transportation
Sandy River Basin Partners
Mazamas
Monitoring
Pre- and post- restoration
Cross sections
Longitudinal profiles
Pebble counts
Photo points
Level II surveys
Continuous
Spawning surveys
Smolt out-migration monitoring