Trout Unlimited, Inc.
South Fork of the Snake River Watershed II
PROJECT NUMBER 2002-0311-003
NFWF & JHOF Partnership: $35,000
Local Match: $86,636
Trout Unlimited’s (TU) mission is to conserve, protect and restore North
America’s trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds. TU
accomplishes this mission on local, state and national levels with an
extensive and dedicated volunteer network. TU’s national office, based
just outside of Washington, D.C., and its regional offices employ
professionals who testify before Congress, publish a quarterly magazine,
intervene in federal legal proceedings, and work with the organization’s
125,000 volunteers in 500 chapters nationwide to keep them active and
involved in conservation issues.
The Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation - National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation Conservation Partnership Program is providing funding for
this project to protect and restore habitat in the South Fork Snake
River
 watershed.
They will work on fish passage projects, riparian protection,
restoration components of re-connecting Garden Creek, an irrigation
efficiency project, and the initiation of a large undertaking to
properly assess and eventually restore the lower portion of Rainey Creek
so that it once again thrives as one of the major South Fork drainage
spawning and rearing tributaries.
Project Status:
The project was completed in August 2003, except for the installation of
a new bridge over the creek to direct traffic away from the streambed,
which occurred in November 2003. The project was developed, funded, and
implemented in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service. Project
components included removing an old dam structure, beveling back and
reforming more than a half a mile of stream bank, seeding both the
reformed banks and uplands with native grasses, transplanting hawthorns
and willows into the restored riparian area, and the installation of a
solar watering system so that cattle no longer enter sensitive stream or
riparian areas. An agreement between the Forest Service and the grazing
allotment permittee no longer allows cattle inside the restoration
project area. Restoring these small tributaries, which are essential
spawning and rearing areas, is an integral part of renovating the South
Fork Snake River.
For more information, contact: Scott Yates,
syates@tu.org, 208-552-0891.
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