Trout Stream & Habitat Improvement Projects
2000
South Fork of the Snake River Projects
Because the South Fork of the Snake is part of the One Fly venue we
have aggressively been involved in helping fund and start stream
improvement projects there. Three flood years have taken a hard toll
on the river with damage to spawning habitat and to feeder streams.
Because of the importance of the South Fork fisheries to the region,
the foundation has an obligation to help restore the fish stocks to
pre-flood conditions. To this end, we have funded projects slated to
help bring back the river. Our funds have generated numerous
matching federal funds so that these expensive projects can go
forward.
Rainey Creek Habitat and Stream Spawning Improvement
$32,000 Joint project with U.S. Forest Service, Idaho Game and Fish,
and Trout Unlimited. An important stream project to bring back
spawning to one of the major tributaries to the South Fork. Project
will be completed this year and will have far reaching benefits for
the immediate future.
Burns Creek Fish Weir Spawning Bed Rehabilitation
$40,000 Another joint project with U.S. Forest Service, Idaho Game
and Fish and One Fly. This is a major project to stop erosion of
Burns Creek, the top spawning stream of the South Fork from damaged
irrigation ditches and to control fish movement in the irrigation
system. This project will increase the upstream movement of the
Snake River Cutthroat and limit rainbow intervention during
spawning. The project started construction the summer of 2000, and
is a major step in increasing the fish population on the South Fork
of the Snake River.
BLM Boat Ramp Improvement Project
$6,000 Three years of high water had destroyed most of the
structures at the Palisades boat launching area. Since it was a
benefit both for the public, guides on the South Fork and the
One Fly during the event we donated a cost sharing with the BLM for
the new construction the Palisades boat ramp, public restrooms and
other amenities. Without our help the government would have tabled
the project.
More South Fork Projects
Pine Creek restoration project for 2001 will be considered for
funding. New access sites for the Snake River drainage. New Jackson Hole Projects
A major project with the U.S. Forest Service on the Hoback River for
$50,000. Several spring creek restoration projects with more silt removal. Children's Elk Refuge Fishing Pond. A complete dredging and redoing
of the North Park pond in Jackson.
Silt Removal in Jackson Hole Spring Creeks
We will be funding several projects to remove silt from Wyoming Game
and Fish slip traps to allow freer movement of spawning trout. This
low cost, high results project created record spawining runs for the
year 2000.
Buffalo River Immigration Study
$12,000. Funding to map spawning and immigrant fish. Project
included video tapes of how trout negotiate around barriers and
checked returning spawners and will help develop better ways to
encourage more spawning in all our western rivers with natural and
man-made barriers. Henry's Fork and Snake River Access Project
$10,000. We joined with Henry's Fork Foundation and the Idaho Game
and Fish to improve access points and boat launch areas at five
different points on the Snake and Henry's Fork areas. All fly
fishers will enjoy better access to one of America's greatest trout
rivers just about an hours drive from Jackson Hole.
Thurman Creek Fish Eradication & Reintroduction
$5,000. A project to poison non-native species and reintroduce
native cutthroat to a creek that feeds the Henry's Fork drainage. |
