gee creek watershed restoration - WSU Clark County Extension ...

• Stormwater detention and infiltration• Riparian planting• Protect and restore riparian set back buffer areas - absolutely essential• Community involvement and education• Riparian shade suggested for RNWR Carty Unit23, 241998 – USFWS-CRFPO Ecklund Project Report and Letter:• Protect and restore headwater riparian and buffers• Adequate stormwater controls on new development• Stabilize landslide in Abrams Park• Replace I-5 culverts with bridges• Replace culvert at Royle Road• Cut channel and restore riparian on RNWR Carty Unit• Continue outreach and education through volunteer activities like plantingsRecent Past Recommendations2000 – USFWS-RNWR Riparian Restoration Plan: 24• Riparian plantings recommended for west shoreline of Gee Creek from refugeboundary to Middle Lake.2003 – StreamFix Report: 4710 Enhancement Recommendations were made:1. Realign stream from head of Abrams Park to Heron Drive2. Stabilize bank at study station* 38.00 in upper reach (*A’station’ is a streamassessment convention. Distance is shown as stationing, i.e., 12,285 feet is shown as122+85. Stationing increases in a downstream direction. (0+00 is at Royle Rd.) 473. Develop knotweed eradication plan4. Develop comprehensive stormwater plan for upper watershed5. Establish riparian access corridor between15th and Pioneer - remove invasivesand plant6. City of Ridgefield should develop land use ordinances to drop summer runofftemperatures7. Exclude livestock access at stations 47+50 to 60+008. Encourage landowners to reduce erosion at several sites above station 137+00(listed under Recommended Projects List later in report)9. Consult WDFW and consider replacing fish-impassable culverts at 1st andBertsinger Rd and under Pioneer and Bertsinger roads10. Sample fish and benthic macro-invertebrates quarterly; continue high schoolsampling projectIn addition, a list of Recommended Projects was produced by StreamFix:36