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217-6054-14306

Project Abstract 

Project Location

This project is located on Badger Creek, Six miles southeast of the town of Mitchell in Wheeler County.

Project Need

Badger Creek is an important steelhead tributary of Mountain Creek. Identified during the Mountain Creek Rach Assessment, this sixth highest diversion is a barrier to all lfie stages of steelhead. 

Proposed Project Work 

Besides replacing the diversion, other components of the project include replacing a failing bridge, installing instream habitat and bank pullbacks to reconnect to the floodplain; and installing dual pipelines and dual flow measuring devices to replace 3,460' of open ditch that currently conveys two water rights. The diversion will be replaced with a stream simulation type, similar to a successful one installed upstream. Two acres will also be enrolled into CREP.

Project Partners

Partners on the project include Wheeler SWCD, NRCS and CTWS/BPA.

Project Completion Report

Final_Report_14306.pdf

Monitoring Reports

PISR#1_217-6054-14306_5.16.22.pdf
A mountainous landscape with dry grass, trees, and a clear blue sky.
(Before) Overview of Badger Creek and planned riparian restoration.
Rural landscape with open field, sparse trees, fences, and a mountain backdrop.
(After) Overview of Badger Creek and planned riparian restoration.
An open field with dry grass, a fence line, and a backdrop of trees and hills under a blue sky.
(Before) Overview of Badger Creek, and planned riparian restoration.
A barren field with patches of snow, a fence, and a forested hill in the background.
(After) Overview of Badger, fencing and planned riparian restoration.
A stream through a grassy field with a makeshift bridge, surrounded by forested hills, under a clear sky.
(Before) Up-stream from Bridge.
Bridge over a dry riverbed with grassland and trees under a clear blue sky.
(After) Up-stream from Bridge.
Rural landscape with a creek, wooden bridge, grassy field, trees, and distant hills under a blue sky.
(Before) Down-stream from Bridge.
A bridge under construction with an excavator and truck in a rural setting.
(After)Down-stream from Bridge.
A wooden bridge over a small stream, with erosion on the bank and trees in the background, vehicles on the horizon.
(Before) Looking up-stream Badger Creek, showing location of in-stream work.
Dry creek bed with uprooted trees, rocks, construction equipment, and vehicles in a wooded area.
(After) Looking up-stream Badger Creek, showing location of in-stream work.
A mountainous landscape with dry grass, trees, and a clear blue sky.
Rural landscape with open field, sparse trees, fences, and a mountain backdrop.
An open field with dry grass, a fence line, and a backdrop of trees and hills under a blue sky.
A barren field with patches of snow, a fence, and a forested hill in the background.
A stream through a grassy field with a makeshift bridge, surrounded by forested hills, under a clear sky.
Bridge over a dry riverbed with grassland and trees under a clear blue sky.
Rural landscape with a creek, wooden bridge, grassy field, trees, and distant hills under a blue sky.
A bridge under construction with an excavator and truck in a rural setting.
A wooden bridge over a small stream, with erosion on the bank and trees in the background, vehicles on the horizon.
Dry creek bed with uprooted trees, rocks, construction equipment, and vehicles in a wooded area.