community
january 5
2010
UNWC Stream Restoration Project Sees Results
Coho salmon were spotted spawning at the site of a recently com-
pleted Upper Nehalem Watershed Council stream restoration
project.
A watershed restoration project,
managed by the Upper Nehalem Water-
shed Council , and constructed this past
summer, is already seeing positive re-
sults.
The Tweedle Project included
two culverts which were removed and
replaced with bridges over Tweedle and
George Creeks in Clatsop County. This
fall, Coho Salmon were seen spawning
at the site of the new bridge over George
Creek.
“I haven’t actually been up there
myself, but the Clatsop County Road De-
partment took these photos for us,” said
UNWC Director Maggie Peyton.
The project was funded by Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board finds and
was a collaboration between numerous
agencies, jurisdictions and groups.
“The significance is that before the
project, that would have been a culvert,
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and they wouldn’t have been spawning there,” said
Peyton. “And it also means the salmon are able to
go further upstream and spawn.”
Vernonia’s Voice reported on the culvert
replacement project in our November 2009 issue.
“Before the replacement, passage would have been
conditional,” said Peyton.
The culvert allowed some fish to get up-
stream, but was perched and required a jump. Also,
a certain amount of stream flow is required to allow
fish to get through, but too much flow causes the
culvert to act like a pressure washer and pushes the
fish back. “There are velocity constraints,” says
Peyton. “It would have to be the right amount of
flow. In a culvert like that, when it’s undersized
and the run is so long, if the pressure and veloc-
ity are too much, then the salmon can’t go the dis-
tance.”
“It’s pretty exciting to have them right there
at the bridge,” continues Peyton. “That means that
the habitat we built at the bridge as part of the proj-
ect is suitable for spawning.”
And it means that more salmon
will be returning further upstream. “They
have 100% access to the reaches above,”
says Peyton.
Vernonia Cares Food Bank received a
$1,000 donation from Bridge Street Mini
Mart. Pictured is Toni Barton transferring
the check to Vernonia Cares Food Bank
Treasurer, Josette Mitchell, and her daugh-
ter Sailor. “The food bank had double duty
this month,” comments Josette. “We assist
over 400 people per month with emergen-
cy food boxes plus in December we gave
away 185 Christmas meal food boxes. This
generous check will allow us to continue
to feed hungry people in and around Ver-
nonia. Thanks so much!” concludes Ms.
Mitchell. The community has been very
generous in Vernonia Cares’ fund raising
efforts, especially during this holiday time.
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