Watch a recording of the “Fish Habitat Restoration on the West Fork Hood River” here.

This past summer’s fish habitat project on the West Fork Hood River near Red Hill Creek improved a quarter-mile of the river and reconnected roughly one thousand feet of historic side channels to improve spawning and rearing habitat for threatened spring Chinook salmon and summer steelhead. Brian Bair, with the USFS Enterprise Program, and Cindy Thieman, HRWG Coordinator, give a virtual tour of the project. Brian also shares lessons learned from large wood placement projects over the past thirty years, which influenced the design and construction of this project. Funding for this project was provided by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, and the U.S. Forest Service.