Logan Valley Wildlife Mitigation Project

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Logan Valley Wildlife Mitigation Project
Jess Wenick Rangeland Ecologist Burns Paiute Fish
and Wildlife Dept.
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Project Introduction

• Consists of 1,760 deeded acres timber, sagebrush,
  and wet/dry meadow habitats.
• Includes Big, Lake, and McCoy Creeks.

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• This project will continue to enhance fish and
  wildlife habitat and will benefit a variety of
  species such as
• - bull trout
• - upland sandpiper
• - redband trout

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• Project cooperators include
• ARS/OSU
• ODFW
• The Nature Conservancy
• Oregon Water Trust
• Private landowners

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Subbasin Needs and Limiting Factors

• Restore anadromous and resident fish to their
  historic habitats.
• Restore migration routes and connectivity on now
  isolated populations of bull trout and redband
  trout.
• Improve meadow habitats through disturbance,
  water distribution, and other means.

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• Improve water quality, with emphasis on reducing
  summer stream temperature.
• Protect and restore riparian zones from excessive
  livestock grazing.
• Conduct habitat restoration studies and projects
  to address
• riparian habitat, flow
• issues, and water
• quality problems.

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Our Role in Subbasin Recovery

• Rehabilitation of wet/dry meadow wildlife habitat
• - ARS/OSU/BPT irrigation study
• - Use of prescribed disturbance

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• Rehabilitation of riparian areas and stream banks
  and enhancement of water quality
• - Rosgen Level III assessments
• - NAWCA grant opportunities
• - Reestablishment of native shrubs

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• - ARS/OSU/BPT irrigation study

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