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<br />! salmon Corps and Eagle Corps
<br />: Earth Conservation Corps, DC
<br />! Restore riparian areas, streambanks,
<br />and fish habitat; provide career oppor-
<br />tunities to under- represented groups
<br />of young adults in environmental
<br />field; and plant native plants along
<br />urban and rural rivers to benefit
<br />native trout and salmon. NFWF:
<br />$51,000; outside funds: $153,000.
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<br />: Harding River Coho Transport
<br />USDA Forest Service, Tongass National
<br />: Forest, AK
<br />Save population of native coho
<br />salmon that spawn above Alaska's
<br />Harding River Gorge. Airlift returning
<br />adult fish at the base of the gorge to
<br />maintain the population until the bar-
<br />rier can be properly modified. NFWF:
<br />$4,000; outside funds: $4,811.
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<br />San Pablo Baylands Restoration
<br />Save San Francisco Bay Association, CA
<br />Implement restoration and education-
<br />al outreach activities to preserve and
<br />protect 40,000 acres of tidal wetlands
<br />in San Pablo Bay in northern California
<br />1 to benefit Pacific salmon. NFWF:
<br />! $100,000; outside funds: $221,435.
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<br />! Seven-Mile Wash Gila
<br />: Topminnow
<br />: USDA Forest Service, Tonto National
<br />Forest, AZ
<br />Construct four miles of fence along
<br />Seven-Mile Creek in Arizona's Tonto
<br />National Forest to limit livestock
<br />impacts on riparian areas. Improved
<br />protection will foster efforts to rein-
<br />troduce the endangered Gila topmin-
<br />: now and other native fish. NFWF:
<br />: $9,000; outside funds: $12,000.
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<br />: Sheep Creek Channel
<br />! Reconstruction
<br />: USDA Forest Service, Beaverhead-
<br />: Deerlodge National Forest, MT
<br />Restore and reconstruct two miles of
<br />stream channel in the lower portion
<br />of Little Sheep Creek in Montana to
<br />benefit westslope cutthroat trout. The
<br />enhancements will increase available
<br />habitat by 27 percent to support a
<br />viable population of trout. NFWF:
<br />! $10,500; outside funds: $10,729.
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<br />! Toggle Creek Riparian
<br />: Management
<br />! USDA Forest Service, Ochoco National
<br />: Forest, OR
<br />: Install a half- mile of fence to create a
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<br />: 40-acre livestock exclosure along
<br />! Toggle Creek to benefit the habitat of
<br />: native trout, Neotropical migratory
<br />! birds, big game, and other riparian
<br />: plants and wildlife. NFWF: $3,500;
<br />! outside funds: $6,500.
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<br />Jack Creek Bridge
<br />USDA Forest Service, Humboldt
<br />National Forest, NV
<br />Replace an existing culvert on
<br />Nevada's Jack Creek with bridge that
<br />will restore natural fish movements
<br />and reestablish 5.2 miles of summer
<br />refuge and spawning habitat for the
<br />southernmost population of bull
<br />trout. NFWF: $24,000; outside funds:
<br />$49,192.
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<br />Male adult winter-run chinook salmon trapped by Coleman National Fish Hatchery personnel for
<br />use in their supplementation program.
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<br />Middle Fork-Rock Creek
<br />Restoration
<br />USDA Forest Service, Eeaverhead-
<br />Deerlodge National Forest, MT
<br />Restore stream channel stability
<br />through riparian restoration along a
<br />three-mile section of the Middle Fork
<br />of Rock Creek in Montana. Construct
<br />five miles of fence and four structures
<br />to benefit the migration of bull trout
<br />to spawning sites in the Rock Creek
<br />basin. NFWF: $25,000; outside funds:
<br />$26,160.
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<br />Lewis River Watershed
<br />Restoration- II
<br />Fish First, WA
<br />Improve and increase fish population
<br />and habitat in Washington's Cedar
<br />Creek as part of overall restoration
<br />effort on the North Fork of the Lewis
<br />River. Work will benefit chinook and
<br />chum salmon, and steelhead and sea-
<br />run cutthroat trout. NFWF: $40,000;
<br />outside funds: $80,000.
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<br />Johnson Creek Riparian
<br />Enhancement
<br />City oJ La~eside/Ten Mile La~es' Basin
<br />Partnership, OR
<br />Restore habitat for coho salmon and
<br />steel head and cutthroat trout by plant-
<br />ing 10 acres of riparian forest with
<br />5,400 western red cedar. Project area
<br />will be maintained and monitored by
<br />volunteers until a self-sustaining
<br />riparian forest exists. NFWF: $3,120;
<br />outside funds: $6,497.
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<br />Lower Rio Blanco Habitat
<br />Restoration
<br />San Juan Water Conservancy District, CO
<br />Construct rearing ponds and spawn-
<br />ing channels and enhance wetlands
<br />adjacent to the Rio Blanco, in
<br />Archuleta County, Colorado. Work
<br />will benefit mottled sculpin, bluehead
<br />sucker, and speckled dace. NFWF:
<br />$30,000; outside funds: $67,000.
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<br />Miller Creek Restoration
<br />Cascadia Quest, WA
<br />Increase trout and salmon habitat by
<br />replacing eight weirs and restoring
<br />native vegetation along streambanks.
<br />Project will demonstrate the potential
<br />benefit of Sea-Tac Airport mitigation
<br />funds on coho salmon and steelhead
<br />and coastal cutthroat trout popula-
<br />tions. NFWF: $11,000; outside funds:
<br />$18,030.
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<br />Kidd Lake Restoration
<br />USDA Forest Service, Kisatchie
<br />National Forest, TX
<br />Remove the silt that has filled in one-
<br />third of Kidd Lake, killed cypress
<br />trees, and degraded a unique native
<br />ecosystem. Work will include silt
<br />removal and shoreline stabilization to
<br />benefit stargazing daters, starhead top-
<br />minnows, and various mussel species.
<br />NFWF: $5,900; outside funds: $9,800.
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<br />Lower Rogue/South Coast
<br />Ecosystem
<br />Curry County Soil and Water
<br />Conservation District, OR
<br />Correct road-related erosion problems
<br />and restore in-channel habitat, water
<br />quality, and riparian health to benefit
<br />coho and chinook salmon, cutthroat
<br />and steelhead trout, red-legged frogs,
<br />and their ecosystem in coastal south-
<br />western Oregon. NFWF: $60,000; out-
<br />side funds: $120,000.
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<br />Native Frog Conservation and
<br />Management
<br />Arizona Game and Fish Department, AZ
<br />Develop and implement stabilization
<br />and recovery efforts for Chiricahua
<br />leopard frogs to preclude the need for
<br />federal listing. The results will be
<br />applied to conservation and manage-
<br />ment of native frogs in Arizona.
<br />NFWF: $12,500; outside funds: $25,370.
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<br />Klakas Lake Sockeye Recovery
<br />USDA Forest Service, Tongass National
<br />Forest, AK
<br />Improve passage for sockeye salmon
<br />into KJakas Lake. Project will increase
<br />sockeye survival and thus assist in
<br />rebuilding this historical large salmon
<br />run. NFWF: $15,500; outside funds:
<br />$4,500.
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<br />Mary's River-VI
<br />Bureau oJ Land Management, El~o
<br />District, NV
<br />Replace culverts that cross the Mary's
<br />River and form a barrier to Lahontan
<br />cutthroat trout upstream movement
<br />on recently acquired land. Activities
<br />also include riparian fence repair and
<br />in-stream habitat restoration. NFWF:
<br />$64,500; outside funds: $313,500.
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<br />Pavlof Lake Sockeye Salmon
<br />Restoration
<br />USDA Forest Service, Tongass National
<br />Forest, AK
<br />Develop management recommenda-
<br />tions for restoration of sockeye
<br />salmon populations in Alaska's Pavlof
<br />Lake. Project will improve carrying
<br />capability within the lake. NFWF:
<br />$28,000; outside funds: $68,200.
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