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Gold Creek is designated as critical habitat, yet seasonal dewatering creates a fish passage barrier for ESA-listed bull trout for spawning adults and strands juveniles in disconnected pools. The Gold Creek Restoration Project will decrease the extent and duration of seasonal dewatering in Gold Creek and provide more complex habitat by restoring the aquatic connectivity of the lower Gold Creek Valley.

The objectives of the project are to: 1) increase duration of stream flow by restoring the borrow pits to riparian and forested wetland, totaling 30 acres. 2) restore 2.5-miles of instream fish habitat by installing 141 large wood structures within the streambed and the adjacent floodplain. 3) recharge groundwater aquifers by removing a 0.25-mile-long levee, reconstructing 8 side channels totaling 1.4 miles, and reconnecting 245 acres of floodplain.

4) Restore 47 acres of riparian and forested wetland habitat with native vegetation.

Kittitas Conservation Trust

THE NATIONAL FISH PASSAGE PROGRAM WORKS TO RESTORE NATIVE FISH AND OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES TO SELF-SUSTAINING LEVELS BY RECONNECTING HABITATS FRAGMENTED BY BARRIERS. THE PROGRAM ALSO STRIVES TO DELIVER BENEFITS TO HUMAN COMMUNITIES THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER ACTIONS THAT INCREASE RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS.

15.685 - National Fish Passage

FWS Headquarters (HQ) [DOI - FWS]

Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1: Pacific [DOI - FWS]

Easton, Washington United States

City-Wide

F24AS00062 National Fish Passage Program Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Restoring River, Floodplain, and Coastal Connectivity and Resiliency (F24AS00062)