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Reopen four miles of Yellowstone cutthroat habitat in Deep Creek, Salt River, ID
- Idaho
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Fish passage
- Watershed
- In-stream and riparian habitat
- Yellowstone Cutthroat
Surveys indicate that a population of 99% Yellowstone cutthroat trout (YCT) exists in Deep Cr. Telemetry studies conducted in 2005 tracked Yellowstone cutthroat trout movement in the Salt River, and confirmed that Jackknife Creek, tributary to Deep Creek, is one of three drainages utilized for spawning by fluvial YCT in the Salt River watershed.
Salt River fluvial YCT attempt to move up Jacknife Creek annually, but are stopped at this road crossing, located ¾ miles upstream from the confluence with Jackknife Cr. on private land. A combination of culvert slope, stream constriction, and outlet drop have contributed to altered hydrology, channel incision, and blocked fish passage.
The project will remove existing culvert at the Jackknife road crossing which is on private land. Design and place a new fish friendly open-bottom arch culvert in a new stream channel at a better suited location.
- The ultimate goals for this project are to 1) rehabilitate the degraded stream channel 2) restore fish passage 3) facilitate the long term viability of the YCT headwater population.
- Caribou Targhee National Forest
- County of Bonneville
- Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game
- National Fish Habitat Action Plan
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| Deep Creek_Salt River ID YCT Habitat Restoration Project.pdf | 40.46 KB |
