Kuckucéepe téekin (Bull Run Creek RM 3) Phase II Implementation
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Project Overview
Basics
Kuckucéepe téekin (Bull Run Creek RM 3) Phase II Implementation
Planning/Design
The Kuckucéepe téekin (Bull Run Creek RM 3) Project site is located in Grant County, near Granite, Oregon. Bull Run Creek is a cold-water tributary of Granite Creek in the North Fork John Day River’s headwaters and critical to recovery of ESA listed and unlisted native species. This project was selected as a priority action in the Bull Run Creek Action Plan with development beginning in 2017 by the USFS, North Fork John Day Watershed Council, and CTUIR. In 2023's Phase 1 an inset floodplain was developed containing new stream channel. Phase 2 will include additional tailing cut, channel fill and activation and development of features to increase floodplain and stream channel complexity.
2017
2025
2025
10/23/2024
Project Attributes
Additional Project Attributes
FIP Status
Receiving FIP Funding
Restoration Actions
12. Secondary (non-perennial) Channel, 13. Floodplain Pond - Wetland, 14. Alcove, 16. Beaver Restoration Management, 2. Channel Reconstruction, 28. LWD Placement, 3. Pool Development, 4. Riffle Construction, 6. Spawning Gravel Cleaning and Placement, 9. Restoration of Floodplain Topography and Vegetation
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Project Type
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Location
Organizations
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Contacts
Metrics
Expected Metrics
| Number of plantings | 15,000 | |
| Number of riffles created | 30 | |
| Number of structures installed | Anchored: Anchored Location: Floodplain Type of Structure: LWD | 61 |
| Number of structures installed | Anchored: Anchored Location: Instream Type of Structure: Boulder | 30 |
| Stream miles treated | Treatment Type: instream restoration | 0.85 linear stream miles |
| Stream miles treated | Treatment Type: riparian planting | 0.65 linear stream miles |
Reported Metrics
Reported Metrics are not relevant for Projects in the Planning/Design stage.
Financials
Budget
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Reported Expenditures
No Expenditures have been reported for this Project.
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Focal Species
Focal Species
The project site lies within an area identified as critical over wintering habitat with spawning and rearing habitat identified in Boundary Creek. Boundary Creek joins Bull Run Creek within the project site.
ESA listed summer steelhead trout are known to inhabit the project site. Restoration will improve spawning and rearing opportunities.
Although not specifically identified in the project site Pacific lamprey are known to exist in the Granite Creek basin. Therefore, site recovery will improve habitat for Pacific lamprey within the Granite Creek basin, if not, the Bull Run Creek basin.
Spring Chinook are known to spawn and rear within the project site. Restoration will improve spawning and rearing opportunities.
Implementation and Ecological Results
Implementation and Ecological Results
Removal of piled tailings and creation of an inset floodplain containing new stream channel and wetlands will improve floodplain complexity and inundation during spring run-off. Floodplain inundation prior to tailing removal occurred only adjacent to Bull Run Creek.
The current channel form consisting of extended riffles separated by short lower velocity areas and few pools was created through confinement to a narrow portion of the historic floodplain and compression of stream power in a small area. New morphometrically appropriate and complex channel within the inset floodplain will encourage flow velocity complexity and appropriate sediment mobilization and deposition increasing regular pool/riffle/run sequences and in turn spawning and rearing habitat for listed and unlisted species.
Native plantings will occur within the project site thereby increasing streamside shade, increasing long term woody debris entrainment, improving floodplain roughness, and improving potential for beaver inhabitation.
The existing channel consists of long riffles broken by short runs and a few pools containing little effective habitat for aquatic species. New channel with appropriate morphology and function will increase long term pool/riffle/run sequence formation and maintenance. Large wood and Debris Control Structures will encourage flow velocity complexity and complex sediment mobilization and deposition important for the formation and maintenance of spawning and rearing habitat. Wetlands, large wood structures, and plantings will increase the viability of floodplain habitats for beaver and amphibians.
A more appropriate stream channel will increase hyporheic cycling which has been shown to have a significant impact upon stream temperatures. Increasing flow residence time and floodplain inundation reduces streamflow energy and improves vegetative growth and maintenance of off-channel habitat and is critical to robust and healthy floodplain and stream channel functions. With beaver in the system actively trying to develop and maintain dams and lodges, vegetative recovery over time will support their inhabitation and contribute to improved stream temperatures.
Pre-implementation condition was one of a heavily disturbed area with tailings left in place after dredge mining ceased. Disturbance occurred to a depth of six to eight feet and the stream was restricted to a 25'-30' band in the center of a 250'-350' wide historic floodplain. This constriction had significant effects upon channel form and function. Stream power was inadequate to mobilize significant amounts of tailings. Improvement will allow for recovery of base physical and biologic terrestrial and aquatic process within the setting of a highly disturbed system.
This effort will not increase flows in and of themselves. Within restriction imposed by mining, treatments will allow for more natural floodplain and wetland inundation, lower flow velocities, and within the stream channel and across the floodplain, more appropriate sediment deposition and mobilization. Greater inundation, increased flow residence time, and more complex flow velocities will have a significant effect upon the presence and recovery of process which supports habitat utilized by ESA listed and unlisted native anadromous and resident species.
Working Groups
Working Groups
This effort has been discussed with the working group.
LJDWG - Critical Issues
LJDWG - Critical Issues
The project site is located in the JDBP's Upper North Fork John Day priority area.
Project Details
Attachments
Kuckucéepe téekin (Bull Run Creek RM 3) Restoration Project’s Phase 2 Plan Set
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Kuckucéepe téekin (Bull Run Creek RM 3) Restoration Project’s Phase 2 FIP Interest Form
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Kuckucéepe téekin (Bull Run Creek RM 3) Restoration Project’s Phase 2 Budget
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Kuckucéepe téekin (Bull Run Creek RM 3) Restoration Project Phase 2 Area Map
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