|
<br />
<br />i I
<br />I ,
<br />;;: i~RANTS \
<br />I
<br />......., I I
<br />o !-
<br />......., : Russian River Tributary
<br />C: : Restoration
<br />......., ! CaliJorn.ia Departmel1t oJ Fish and
<br />C: : Game, CA
<br />S : Design and implement habitat
<br />restoration measures for coho and
<br />steelhead in cooperation with
<br />landowners on five tributary creeks to
<br />the Russian River: Ackerman, Big
<br />Austin, Green Valley, Atascadero, and
<br />Fife Creeks. Landowner workshops
<br />will also be held. NFWF: $51.100;
<br />outside funds: $102,200.
<br />
<br />=
<br />
<br />o
<br />C:
<br />o
<br />:::;:::::
<br />
<br />-0
<br />C:
<br />o
<br />
<br />C:
<br />=
<br />
<br />~ ! Sacramento River
<br />~ Fish Screen Diversions
<br />~ Family Water Alliance, CA
<br />C: Screen five smaIL privately owned
<br />~ irrigation diversions in cooperation
<br />with federaL state, and private inter-
<br />ests along the Sacramento River in
<br /><- California to prevent entrapment of
<br />"-' : juvenile winter-run and spring-run
<br />:; : chinook salmon in irrigation canals.
<br />0...... 1 NFWF: $51,400; outside funds:
<br />$59,900.
<br />
<br /><'>
<br />"-'
<br />
<br />Sacramento River Fish Screen
<br />Diversions- II
<br />Family Water Alliance, CA
<br />Screen small agricultural diversions on
<br />the Sacramento River in Colusa and
<br />: Glenn Counties to keep chinook
<br />salmon in the river and out of the irri-
<br />gation ditches. NFWF: $73,759; out-
<br />side funds: $130,000.
<br />
<br />San Juan Islands Marine Refuges
<br />Sanjuan Nature Institute, WA
<br />Educate anglers, divers, boaters, and
<br />local residents about the importance
<br />of establishing eight voluntary, com-
<br />munity-based marine refuges among
<br />the San Juan Islands in Puget Sound
<br />in order to reduce the decline of ben-
<br />thic fish populations. NFWF: $20,000;
<br />outside funds: $43,100.
<br />
<br />San Pedro Creek Restoration
<br />City oJ Pacifica, CA
<br />Restore ten acres of rare,
<br />tidally influenced, freshwa-
<br />ter wetlands on San Pedro
<br />Creek to provide flood
<br />control in the Linda Mar
<br />District. Enhance a steel-
<br />head run and restore habi-
<br />tat for threatened
<br />California red-legged frog
<br />and migratory waterfowl.
<br />NFWF: $200,000; outside
<br />funds: $658,000.
<br />
<br />White. faced ibis flock in a
<br />seasonal wetland
<br />
<br />32 1997 Annual Report
<br />
<br />Scott Creek Salmon Habitat
<br />Enhancement
<br />Communit!1 Action Board oJ Santa
<br />Cruz County, CA
<br />Reduce sedimentation and provide
<br />habitat for juvenile coho salmon and
<br />steelhead in Scott Creek and Big
<br />Creek by installing bank stabilization
<br />structures and a bubble curtain
<br />(cover), and maintaining existing
<br />pools. NFWF: $14,102; outside funds:
<br />$29,523.
<br />
<br />Scott River Riparian Restoration
<br />Sismyou Resource Conservation District, CA
<br />Enhance coho and steelhead habitat
<br />with in-stream erosion stabilization
<br />structures, livestock fencing, off-
<br />stream stock watering, and riparian
<br />planting on the Scott River. NFWF:
<br />$30.500; outside funds: $61,000.
<br />
<br />Shared Streams
<br />American Forest Foundation, DC
<br />Develop a stream stewardship tool
<br />kit, create an interactive Internet site,
<br />and conduct four demonstration habi-
<br />tat restoration projects to engage
<br />members of the American Tree Farm
<br />System in habitat improvement pro-
<br />jects for trout and salmon. NFWF:
<br />$60,000; outside funds: $120,000.
<br />
<br />Shark Conservation
<br />Strategies Workshops
<br />World Wildlife Fund, DC
<br />Conduct workshops for shark experts
<br />in December 1997 in Monterey,
<br />California, and Sarasota, Florida to
<br />develop sustainable conservation
<br />management strategies for sharks.
<br />NFWF: $19,159; outside funds:
<br />$20,000.
<br />
<br />@C'111 R. Z.hm
<br />
<br />Steller Sea Lion Behavior Ecology
<br />North Pacific Marine Science
<br />Foundation, WA
<br />Observe the food habits of juvenile
<br />Steller sea lions on Marmot Island off
<br />the coast of Alaska to determine the
<br />cause(s) for the sea lions' population
<br />decline in the region. NFWF:
<br />$28,228; outside funds: $56,456.
<br />
<br />StonefIies as Surrogates for Coho
<br />Sustainable Land Stewardship
<br />Institute, CA
<br />Assess the strengths of stoneflies as a
<br />surrogate indicator of aquatic habitat
<br />suitability for coho salmon and other
<br />aquatic species. Develop aquatic habi-
<br />tat quality guidebook for citizen
<br />monitors. NFWF: $31,750; outside
<br />funds: $79,450.
<br />
<br />Striped Bass Release: Handle
<br />With Care
<br />Coastal Conservation Association, MA
<br />Produce a brief, informative video on
<br />how to fish for and handle striped
<br />bass that are going to be released. The
<br />video will demonstrate how to land,
<br />unhook, and release striped bass
<br />using methods that maximize the
<br />fish's chance for survival. Outside
<br />funds: $11,000.
<br />
<br />Sulphur Creek Streambank
<br />Stabilization
<br />Sacramento Watersheds Action Group, CA
<br />Install seven-wing deflectors and
<br />plant riparian vegetation at Redding
<br />Arboretum to stabilize 600 feet of
<br />streambank on Sulphur Creek, a trib-
<br />utary to the Sacramento River in
<br />California. Sedimentation is current-
<br />ly degrading chinook salmon and
<br />steelhead trout habitat. NFWF:
<br />$18,800; outside funds: $31,300.
<br />
<br />Taunton River
<br />Watershed
<br />Assessment
<br />Wildlands Trust oJ
<br />Southeastern
<br />Massachusetts, MA
<br />Conduct a biolog-
<br />ical inventory of
<br />the plant and
<br />animal species
<br />along the riparian
<br />corridor of the
<br />Taunton River and
<br />its tributaries in
<br />southeastern
<br />Massachusetts in order
<br />
<br />,
<br />
<br />to identify areas in the watershed in
<br />need of habitat protection. NFWF:
<br />$15,000; outside funds: $20,000.
<br />
<br />Tsaile Creek Restoration Project
<br />Navajo Nation Department oJ Water
<br />Resources, AZ
<br />Conduct six watershed restoration
<br />demonstration projects and work-
<br />shops along TsaiJe Creek in northeast-
<br />ern Arizona to educate and engage
<br />Navajo Tribe land users in riparian
<br />restoration activities. NFWF: $50,000;
<br />outside funds: $152,775.
<br />
<br />Walker Creek Watershed
<br />Restoration
<br />Marin County Resource Conservation
<br />District, CA
<br />Produce a plan for reestablishing
<br />populations of coho and steelhead in
<br />Walker Creek, which drains into
<br />Tomales Bay. Implement on-the-
<br />ground habitat restoration on at least
<br />five sites along the stream. NFWF:
<br />$38,191; outside funds: $76,200.
<br />
<br />Watershed Restoration Book
<br />American Fisheries Society, MD
<br />Publish Watershed Restoration:
<br />Principles and Practices, a book that
<br />will examine all facets of watershed
<br />restoration efforts, with a special
<br />emphasis on actual restoration case
<br />histories and the crucial role of collab-
<br />orative partnerships. NFWF: $6,000;
<br />outside funds: $6,000.
<br />
<br />Whirling Disease Control
<br />Whirling Disease Foundation, MT
<br />Provide support for one year for Dr.
<br />Mansour El-Matbouli, an interna-
<br />tional expert on whirling disease, to
<br />collaborate with U.S. scientists at the
<br />University of California and
<br />Montana State University on meth-
<br />ods to control the spread of whirling
<br />disease. NFWF: $18,300; outside
<br />funds: $38,000.
<br />
<br />Whirling Disease Video
<br />National Fish and Wildlife
<br />Foundatiol1, DC
<br />Produce and distribute a video on
<br />whirling disease to educate anglers
<br />and natural resource professionals
<br />about the impact of the disease on
<br />recreational trout fisheries and efforts
<br />being undertaken to control the dis-
<br />ease. NFWF interest funds: $5,000;
<br />other NFWF funds: $12,000.
<br />
<br />~
<br />
|