Trout Unlimited, Inc.
The Rainey Creek Project (South Fork Snake River Watershed)
(PROJECT NUMBER 2003-0208-001)
NFWF & JHOF Partnership: $62,000
Local Match: $143,000
Trout Unlimited’s (TU) mission is to conserve, protect and restore North
America’s trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds. TU
accomplishes this mission on local, state and national levels with an
extensive and dedicated volunteer network. TU’s national office, based
just outside of Washington, D.C., and its regional offices employ
professionals who testify before Congress, publish a quarterly magazine,
intervene in federal legal proceedings, and work with the organization’s
125,000 volunteers in 500 chapters nationwide to keep them active and
involved in conservation issues.
The Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation - National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation Conservation Partnership Program is providing funding to
restore areas of the South Fork Snake River. This project is a
collaborative effort to modernize the Conant Valley Ranch irrigation
system, identify and
re-create the original stream channel, and thereby
reconnect Garden Creek to the South Fork of the Snake River. This should
allow large South Fork Snake River cutthroat to access Garden Creek
habitat for spawning and rearing. The project includes a multitude of
components including the removal of a stock watering pond, the
refurbishment of the Conant Valley irrigation system, major stream
channel reconstruction and excavation work, and fencing and
re-vegetating the stream corridor to protect the restored portion of the
stream. The project will preserve traditional ranching operations while
at the same time protect and restore native Yellowstone cutthroat trout
habitat.
Project Status:
Stream channel design work was completed in 2003 along with portions of
the stream channel excavation and irrigation modernization work. The
rest of the project including the new highway culvert, riparian fencing
and native revegetation, and the remainder of the channel reconstruction
work is slated for completion by the end of the 2004 field season.
For more information, contact: Scott Yates,
syates@tu.org, 208-552-0891.
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