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Project Details
Clackamas Partnership

South Fork Clackamas River Habitat Restoration Project

Limiting Factor
Degraded Channel Structure and Complexity
Lead Implementer
U.S. Forest Service
Funders
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, U.S. Forest Service
Other Organizations
Clackamas River Basin Council
Project Primary Contact
Isaac Sanders (isaac@clackamasriver.org)
Project Stage
Implementation
Duration
2023 - 2026
Degraded Channel and Riparian Areas Degraded Channel Structure and Complexity
After the devastating fires of 2020 the Mt Hood NF working with CRBC added 50 trees killed by during the fires to the lower 1000' of the South Fork Clackamas River. The project included constructing one 15 log apex log structure near the confluence of the SFK and mainstem Clackamas and tipping another 35 trees into the river. The largest tree was over 5 feet in diameter and 200 feet tall. Areas disturbed by the fire were treated for invasive weeds and replanted. Adding instream woody debris is a common strategy to increase habitat complexity, or alter the stream channel by reducing water velocity and increasing stream depth and pool frequency

Key Accomplishments

  • Large Wood Placement: 1,000.00 lf
  • Riparian / Floodplain Invasive Species Removal Area: 20.00 acres
  • Riparian / Floodplain Native Planting Area: 20.00 acres

Focal Species

  • Bull Trout
  • Coho
  • Pacific Lamprey
  • Spring Chinook
  • Steelhead

Project Types

  • Restoration

FIP Bienniums

  • FIP Biennium 1 work plan
Looking downstream at upper log jam, note man on the bank in upper right of photo is over 6' tall
(Timing: After) (~5,635 KB)
Credit: CRBC
Looking downstream at upper log jam, note man on the bank in upper right of photo is over 6' tall

Location

Expenditures

Expenditures by Fund to Date: $59,397.74
OWEB Focused Investment Partn... (OWEB): $25,429

USFS General Fund (USFS): $33,968

Photos

Photopoint a looking downstream
(Timing: Before) (~383 KB)
Credit: CRBC
Photopoint a looking downstream (Timing: Before)
Photopoint B looking downstream
(Timing: Before) (~258 KB)
Credit: CRBC
Photopoint B looking downstream (Timing: Before)
Photopoint C looking upstream 
(Timing: Before) (~284 KB)
Credit: CRBC
Photopoint C looking upstream (Timing: Before)
Photopoint D looking downstream 
(Timing: Before) (~258 KB)
Credit: CRBC
Photopoint D looking downstream (Timing: Before)
SFK site before project from drone
(Timing: Before) (~2,369 KB)
Credit: CRBC
SFK site before project from drone (Timing: Before)
Log jam under construction at South Fork Clackamas
(Timing: During) (~5,654 KB)
Credit: CRBC
Log jam under construction at South Fork Clackamas (Timing: During)
DFK Clackamas project during construction
(Timing: During) (~6,788 KB)
Credit: CRBC
DFK Clackamas project during construction (Timing: During)
SFK site during project from drone
(Timing: During) (~2,397 KB)
Credit: CRBC
SFK site during project from drone (Timing: During)
Trees tipped in to SFK Clackamas
(Timing: After) (~6,918 KB)
Credit: CRBC
Trees tipped in to SFK Clackamas (Timing: After)
Photopoint B looking downstream post 
(Timing: After) (~5,919 KB)
Credit: CRBC
Photopoint B looking downstream post (Timing: After)
Photopoint C looking upstream post 
(Timing: After) (~6,306 KB)
Credit: CRBC
Photopoint C looking upstream post (Timing: After)
Photopoint D looking downstream post
(Timing: After) (~5,835 KB)
Credit: CRBC
Photopoint D looking downstream post (Timing: After)
SFK Clackamas tipped trees
(Timing: After) (~11,158 KB)
Credit: CRBC
SFK Clackamas tipped trees (Timing: After)
SFK Clackamas looking downstream at new over 6 foot deep pool formed by tipped trees
(Timing: After) (~5,883 KB)
Credit: CRBC
SFK Clackamas looking downstream at new over 6 foot deep pool formed by tipped trees (Timing: After)
Looking up SFK Clackamas constructed apex jam on left tipped trees in distance
(Timing: After) (~4,941 KB)
Credit: CRBC
Looking up SFK Clackamas constructed apex jam on left tipped trees in distance (Timing: After)
SFK site after project from drone
(Timing: After) (~2,369 KB)
Credit: CRBC
SFK site after project from drone (Timing: After)

Project last updated 10/17/2024

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