Watershed Projects

Clear Creek

map of watershed showing location of dams and major roads

Watershed Information

PRODUCTION
Species	1967-1991 Baseline	Target	1992-2009 Average	Increase	Percent Change
fall-run Chinook salmon	3,576	7,100	10,940	7,364	205.9
WATERSHED STATISTICS		ANADROMOUS HABITAT		COORDINATORS
Watershed area: 238 square miles Watershed Priority: high Total storage: 241,000 acre-feet		Historic: 35 miles Current: 18 miles ( 51.4 %)		Patricia Bratcher
RESTORATION
Projected number of restoration projects: >40 Projected total cost of restoration: $12,000,000.00
Total invested to date: AFRP $0.00 other $2,500,000.00

Projects

YEARS	PROJECT TITLE	LAST UPDATE

2000 - 2004	Develop an adaptive management forum for large-scale restoration projects.	6/29/2010

Documents

Lower Clear Creek Adaptive Management Forum Report. March 10, 2003, 0.113 mb (.113 MB)

Monitoring of Restoration Projects in Clear Creek Annual Report FY 2001. February 15, 2002, 0.125 mb (.125 MB)

Monitoring of Restoration Projects in Clear Creek Annual Report FY 1999. October 4, 1999, 0.241 mb (.241 MB)

Monitoring of Restoration Projects in Clear Creek Annual Report FY 2000. October 19, 2000, 0.119 mb (.119 MB)

Adaptive Management Forum for Large-scale Channel and Riverine Habitat Restoration Projects Final Report. July 2004, 0.29 mb (0.29 MB)

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Actions and Evaluations

Status	Description
Complete	E1. Evaluate the feasibility of reestablishing habitat for spring-run chinook salmon and steelhead; including ensuring that water temperatures five miles downstream of Whiskeytown Dam do not exceed upper temperature limits for each of the life history stages present in the creek from June 1 to November 1, ≤60°F for holding of prespawning adults and for rearing of juveniles, and ≤56°F for egg incubation.
Complete	A6. Preserve the productivity of habitat in the Clear Creek watershed through cooperative watershed management and development of a watershed management analysis and plan.
Ongoing	A5. Replenish gravel and restore gravel recruitment blocked by Whiskeytown Dam.
Complete	A4. Develop an erosion control and stream corridor protection program to prevent habitat degradation due to sedimentation and urbanization.
Complete	A3. Remove sediment from behind McCormick-Saeltzer Dam and provide fish passage, either by removing the dam or improving fish passage facilities.
Ongoing	A2. Halt further habitat degradation and restore channel conditions from the effects of past gravel mining.
Complete	A1. Release 200 cfs October 1 to June 1 from Whiskeytown Dam for spring-, fall- and late fall-run chinook salmon spawning, egg incubation, emigration, gravel restoration, spring flushing and channel maintenance; release 150 cfs, or less, from July through September to maintain ≤60°F temperatures in stream sections utilized by spring-run chinook salmon. Both releases should be within the average total annual unimpaired flows to the Clear Creek watershed.

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