Agreement Award #F20AC00007 Sub-Contract #22-034 By: Mid Klamath Watershed Council jimmy@mkwc.orgSub-Contract • October 17th, 2023
Contract Type FiledOctober 17th, 2023The Mid Klamath Creek Mouth Enhancement Project is one of the Mid Klamath Watershed Councils longest running restoration projects, and has been implemented every summer for the past 13 years. This project has focused on improving access to cold water refugia for out migrating juvenile salmonids and upriver adult migrants by remediating seasonal barriers to migration and enhancing creek mouths to ease passage into important cold water habitat. The barriers encountered are typically anthropogenic, such as swimmer/mining dams, low flow barriers, and road crossings. During the summer of 2022, our survey crews assessed 41 creeks for migration barrier, and improved access to 7.75 miles of cold water habitat for anadromous fish species (Oncorhynchus spp.). MKWC identified 16 barriers, and treated 14 of the barriers that were disrupting migratory patterns or seasonal use for either adult or juvenile salmonids. These barriers consisted of swimmer’s dams, large log/debris jams, boulder/bedrock c