NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Klamath Basin Restoration Program
Project Title: Channel Reconnection and Water Transfer to Restore Threemile and Crane Creek Critical Habitat (CA)
Organization:
Trout Unlimited, Inc.
Project ID:
0208.18.060098
Description:

Restore habitat, improve water quality and ensure reliable connectivity to unoccupied critical habitat for the benefit of threatened bull trout, Oregon spotted frog, endangered suckers and anadromous fish. Project will remove Threemile and Crane creeks from a series of irrigation ditches, return them to their historic channels, and reconnect them to adjacent critical bull trout habitat, as well as complete funding of an instream water transfer to ensure reliable flows in the restored channels.

Award Amount:
$337761.26
Location:
Threemile and Crane Creeks are tributaries to Upper Klamath Lake near the town of Ft. Klamath in Klamath County, Oregon.