Completed Projects > 2014 Projects > Camp Creek Restoration Map 2014
Camp Creek, a tributary to Mill Creek on the Lower Umpqua River, is the subject of another basin-wide restoration approach undertaken by the Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers. A lack of Large Woody Debris (LWD) and boulders is limiting spawning and rearing habitat for anadromous fish. Fish present include OC coho salmon, Pacific lamprey, Eulachon smelt, Chinook salmon, cutthroat trout, and steelhead trout. The Gardiner-Reedsport-Winchester Bay Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program (GRWB STEP) was integral in moving this project forward, and will continue to play an important role. Roseburg Resources, Co. is an important landholder in the basin and has again been highly supportive of our efforts. The Coos BLM and ODFW provided crucial expertise in designing the project, and the Umpqua Derby, Bring Back the Natives Program, and Meyer Memorial Trust are contributing valuable cash funds to see this project through to completion. Helicopter mobility costs will be shared with the Smith River Watershed Council in an effort to leverage funds across multiple projects. This project will complement work in Camp Creek that began in 2008 of this whole watershed restoration effort. Work completed in 2013 (funded through OWEB) successfully placed, with an excavator, 150 boulders, 151 40’ logs, 34 50’ logs, and 60 whole alders throughout 25 sites on Buck Creek, a tributary to Camp Creek. PUR seeks funds for work planned for 2014 to place, with a helicopter, 113 whole trees, 26 trees with rootwads, and 77 30' logs into three tributaries of Camp Creek. Additional work planned for 2015 will restore the mainstem of Camp Creek and result in the complete restoration of all portions of the Camp Creek basin that is accessible to anadromous fish. We have also added two nearby streams to this project to maximize efficiency. Sagabeard Creek (the location of a recent OWEB-funded fish passage project) will receive a total of 50 whole trees and 50 whole trees with rootwads, also placed via helicopter. The treated reach on this stream is one mile in length. Footlog Creek will receive 30 LWD pieces from a recent landslide on the Elliott State Forest, placed with a line-pulling machine.