Restore Lawyer Creek Habitat: Targeting Steelhead and Chinook Salmon.
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Restore Lawyer Creek Habitat: Targeting Steelhead and Chinook
Salmon
Cooperative Local Effort
Clearwater Economic Development Association (CEDA)
Nez Perce Tribe (NPT) City of Kamiah Idaho County Lewis County Idaho Department of
Fish and Game (IDFG)
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ)
Nez Perce Conservation District (NPCD)
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Water Consulting, Inc. (WCI)
Local Landowners
Lawyer Creek Watershed
Lawyer Creek Drainage Characteristics
Impacted by agriculture in the headwaters.
Grazing and historic stream straightening and modification in middle reaches
Urbanization in lower watershed Inadequate in stream woody debris Past channel and floodplain modifications Transportation system impacts throughout Destabilized by land uses and historic
floods in the mid-1990’s
Impacts on Lawyer Creek
Problems and Influences on Target Fish Species
Target Fish Species• Wild A-run Steelhead• Spring/Summer Chinook• Westslope Cutthroat Trout
Habitat Improvement• Excessive fine sediment• Habitat degradation and simplification• Loss of Riparian Vegetation and Habitat• Floodplain encroachment
Impacts on Target Fish Species
Impact on Fish Populations• Poor spawning • Inadequate deep pool habitats •Poor juvenile rearing habitat• Reduced carrying capacity
Goals
Improve fish habitat quantity, quality and complexity for steelhead and chinook life-history stages
Reduce excessive sediment sources currently contributing to habitat and water quality degradation
Re-establish stream-floodplain connectivity Improve the riparian condition in the project
area
Proposed Solutions Completing a watershed assessment Drafting a Master Plan for the lower 7 miles of
the watershed Developing final channel restoration project
designs Implementing final channel restoration projects Monitoring and evaluating fish and channel
responses to restoration projects
BEFOREAFTERAFTERBEFORE
Relation to Other Projects to Other ProjectsRelation to Other Projects to Other Projects Lawyer Creek Floodplain Mitigation Project NRCS/Nez Perce Conservation District Agricultural
Headwaters Watershed Assessment Habitat Restoration Projects in the Clearwater Basin Newsome Creek Watershed Restoration
Project:sediment abatement measures Mill Creek Watershed Restoration Project: riparian
habitat restoration Meadow Creek Watershed Restoration: riparian habitat
restoration Red River Watershed Restoration: channel
reconstruction and riparian habitat restoration Other scheduled TMDL and watershed assessments in
the Clearwater Basin
Restore Lawyer Creek…“bring harmony back to the watershed”