PHOTOS
| Organization | Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board Lead Entity |
| Sponsor | Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) |
| Status | Dormant |
| Schedule | Start Date: 6/15/2024 End Date: 10/15/2024 |
| Category | Category: Restoration |
The East Fork of Deep River is the primary source of fluvial inputs to Deep River. The system has 17 stream miles, all of which sits above a levee and bank of five top-hinged tide gates. That levee also holds the County-owned East Deep River Road. In 2018, one of the five culverts collapsed in a sink hold and was filled in, reducing flow capacity by 20%. Flooding of private lands upstream now covers more than 50 acres at a time, for up to 60 days a year. The project will replace the bank of tide gates with a muted tidal regulator that will greatly increase fish access and flow capacity. This is Phase 1 of restoring wild salmon runs to the EF Deep River system.
The East Fork of Deep River is the primary source of fluvial inputs to Deep River. The system has 17 stream miles, all of which sits above a levee and bank of five top-hinged tide gates. That levee also holds the County-owned East Deep River Road. In 2018, one of the five culverts collapsed in a sink hold and was filled in, reducing flow capacity by 20%. Flooding of private lands upstream now covers more than 50 acres at a time, for up to 60 days a year. The project will replace the bank of tide gates with a muted tidal regulator that will greatly increase fish access and flow capacity. This is Phase 1 of restoring wild salmon runs to the EF Deep River system.
| Type | Date | Funding Org | Funding Program | Match | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requested | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | Salmon State Projects | $400,000.00 |
| Grant Project Agreement Totals | Proposed | Requested | Allocated | Spent | Balance |
| $0.00 | $400,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Type | Date | Funding Org | Funding Program | Match | Amount |
|---|
| Other Funding Totals | Requested | Allocated | Spent | Balance | |
| Grand Totals | Proposed | Requested | Allocated | Spent | Balance |
| Chinook-Pop (ESU): | Chinook-Lower Columbia River, Grays and Chinook Rivers, Threatened |
| Chum-Pop (ESU): | Chum-Columbia River, Grays and Chinook Rivers, Threatened |
| City Areas: | Deep River |
| Coho-Pop (ESU): | Coho-Lower Columbia River, Grays and Chinook Rivers Late, Threatened |
| County: | Wahkiakum |
| HUC12: | Deep River-Frontal Columbia River (170800060402) |
| HUC8: | Lower Columbia (17080006) |
| Lead Entity Area: | Lower Columbia River |
| Legislative District: | 19 |
| Lower Columbia Basins: | Grays |
| Lower Columbia Estuary: | Coastal Uplands Salinity Gradient |
| Salmon Recovery Regions: | Lower Columbia River |
| Sections: | 17 |
| Steelhead-Pop (ESU): | Steelhead-Washington Coast, Not Warranted |
| Township: | T10NR08W |
| Watershed Administrative Unit: | Grays Bay |
| WRIA: | Grays - Elochoman |
