Ongoing Projects
| Title | Funder/Partner | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arch Cape Watershed Assessement | USFWS | A wetland inventory of the Arch Cape subwatershed and analysis of culverts for fish passage. |
| Bradwood Landing Land Use Review Assistance | Clatsop County | CREST is assisting Clatsop County with review of aspects of LNG developments that may affect Bradwood's shoreline, riparian and aquatic areas. Including a review of the FERC Environmental Impact Statement on behalf of the county. |
| Big Creek Restoration Enhancement | OWEB USFWS Columbia Riverkeepers |
Placement of large wood and riparian enhancements on reaches 1 & 2 of Big Creek. Re-direction of Big Creek around a man-made velocity barrier to open up 3 miles of coho and 8 miles of steelhead habitat. |
| Clatsop County Wetland Services | Clatsop County |
Provide technical support to Clatsop County Public Works Department with regards to wetland issues. |
| Columbia River Estuary Tidal Wetland Restoration and Monitoring Project | NFWF |
Contributed to the Fort Columbia and Lewis and Clark River tidal wetland restoration projects and established an effectiveness monitoring program. Estuary-wide effectiveness monitoring is on-going. |
| Cummulative Effects | Army Corp NOAA PNNL/Battelle |
A collaborative applied research effort to track changes associated with estuarine restoration and assess overall ecological benefit to the Columbia River estuary. |
| Effectiveness Monitoring of Estuary Restoration Projects and Salmon Migration in the Grays River, WA | Columbia Land Trust BPA UW NFWF WDFW |
Fish use monitoring of estuary restoration projects completed by the Columbia Land Trust and their restoration partners. CREST is also involved in a University of Washington led effort to characterize juvenile salmon (hatchery & wild) movement and habitat use within the Grays River system. |
| Fort Clatsop Tidal Wetland Restoration Project | The Conservation Fund |
Restored and conserved approximately 45 acres of tidal wetland for juvenile salmon rearing on the Lewis and Clark River in partnership with the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. This project reconnected 4.5 miles of adult spawning habitat. This project is currently being monitored for project effectiveness. |
| Fort Columbia Tidal Wetland Restoration Project | SRF Board USFWS LCREP/NOAA LCREP/BPA WA DNR NFWF Army Corps Jones & Stakes Inc. |
Restore approximately 96 acres of tidal wetlands in the Chinook River watershed by restoring connection to tidal influence. |
| Gorley Springs Restoration Project, Grays River | WA FWS |
Project involves restoring river habitat forming processes to increase floodplain connectivity and channel complexity. Additionally the project focuses on in-stream design to provide salmon habitat while reducing flood hazard risk to the valley. |
| Lewis and Clark Tidal Wetland Restoration Project | LCREP/BPA |
Restored approximately 25 acres of tidal freshwater wetland habitat for juvenile salmon rearing. This project is currently being monitored for project effectiveness. |
| Nicola-Wickiup Habitat Assessment | OWEB |
Evaluation of restoration options such as large wood placements, riparian plantings, and off-channel enhancement opportunities in the Nicolai-Wickiup Watershed. |
| Oregon Coastal Zone Management | DLCD |
Provide technical planning support to Oregon jurisdictions with regards to Coastal Zone Management Act issues, including shoreline and aquatic permit reviews and long range planning projects. |
| Otter Point Restoration Phase I |
LCREP National Park Service |
Feasibility study on breaching a dike in Fort Clatsop National Park to restore approximately 30 acres of tidal estuarine habitat. |
| Sharnelle Fee Tidal Wetland Restoration Project | OWEB LCREP DU NRCS/WRP Youngs Bay Council |
Restore approximately 30 acres of tidal freshwater wetlands and 20 acres of bottom land in the Klaskanine River, OR. Baseline monitoring of fish use, water quality and vegetation is on-going. |
| Vera Slough Mitigation in Youngs Bay | POA |
To offset impacts from Port of Astoria Port Docks development, CREST planned and implemented two tide gate retrofits. These tide gates were designed to allow a "muted' tidal exchange to occur. This improves water quality, estuarine connectivity and fish access. This project is currently being monitored for project effectiveness. |
| Wahkiakum County Flood Control Management Plan Implementation | Wahkiakum County |
Provide technical support to Wahkiakum County to implement specific actions outlined in the Flood Control Management Plan. |
Key to Acronyms
BEF - Bonneville Environmental Foundation
BPA - Bonneville Power Adminstration
DLCD - Department of Land Conservation and Development
DOE - Washington Department of Ecology
DNR - Washington Department of Natural Resources
DU - Ducks Unlimited
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
LCFRB - Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board
LCREP - Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership
NFWF - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service
ODFW R&E - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Recreation and Enhancement Board
OWEB - Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
PNNL - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
SRF Board - Salmon Recovery Funding Board
SRFB - Salmon Recovery Funding Board
USFWS - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
UW - University of Washington