Create high quality floodplain habitat connected to Sugar Creek, a key Southern Oregon/Northern California Coho Salmon spawning and rearing tributary to the Scott River. Project will improve coho salmon habitat and increase access to cold water refugia.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Klamath Basin Restoration Program
Project Title: Sugar Creek Coho Refugia Project- Phase 1 (CA)
Organization:
Scott River Watershed Council
Project ID:
0208.22.075282
Description:
Award Amount:
$230054.60
Location:
The Project is located within the existing and former floodplains of the Scott River and Sugar Creek, near their confluence, ~2.5 miles downstream of the town Callahan in Siskiyou County, California. The project lies in mine tailings, and accesses Sugar Creek channel downstream of St. Rt. 3.