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Fort Hall Stream Habitat Restoration Project 199201000

Fort Hall Stream Habitat Restoration Project 199201000. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Fish and Wildlife Department. Fort Hall Reservation. Fort Hall Bottoms. Tribal Policy and Objectives.

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Fort Hall Stream Habitat Restoration Project 199201000

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  1. Fort Hall Stream Habitat RestorationProject 199201000 Shoshone-Bannock TribesFish and Wildlife Department

  2. Fort Hall Reservation

  3. Fort Hall Bottoms

  4. Tribal Policy and Objectives Pursue promote and initiate efforts to restore the Snake River ecosystem to a normative state which supports diverse native assemblages of species. Ensure and provide abundant opportunities for tribal trust and treaty right harvest for members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

  5. Project Objectives • Protect, Enhance, Restore • Stream ecosystems to normative condition • Facilitate the recovery of focal species (YCT)

  6. Project Sites/selection

  7. Types of Projects • Sloping • Revegetation • Fencing

  8. Tribal Nursery supplies plugs for planting

  9. Monitoring Pre and Post Implementation • Stream channel morphology (width depth) • Fish density and biomass • Riparian vegetation • Substrate (%fines)

  10. Results Localized increase in trout densities And biomass (fry and adult) 50-20 percent localized reduction of fines (<6.5mm) at treatment areas. Reducing barebanks frequency at and near critical spawning sites to 50-5%.

  11. Results • Increases in biomass and densities for larger trout post-treatment.

  12. Discussion Project meeting objectives Further evaluation • Continues to protect preserve and enhance habitat for yct. • Upholds Tribal Policy • Promotes opportunities for Tribal Treaty and non-member fishing. • How are projects affecting wild populations for the Bottoms? • Habitat assessments conducted for future projects on Bottoms.

  13. Conclusions Lessons learned • Adequate exclosures are critical post project implementation. • More successful with revegetationstrategies. • Treatment areas with instream structures vs bank sloping

  14. Conclusions Habitat continues to be a limiting factor. • Increased channel widths and sedimentation. • Continue with larger restoration projects which enhance for multiple life stages for trout.

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