Lake Branch Stream Restoration Project

Project_Lake Branch installProject_Lake Branch helicopterThe US Forest Service (USFS) and Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation (CTWS) conducted a project in 2014 to help restore habitat for summer steelhead in Lake Branch. 603 logs were placed by helicopter along 1.7 miles of creek. The installation of large wood help restore and/or increase floodplain connectivity, increase stream habitat complexity, and collect and sort spawning gravels.

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