Summit Creek Restoration

Malheur National Forest

Oregon Natural Desert Association

State:

Oregon

Stream Name:

Summit Creek

Watershed:

Malheur River

Implementation Date:

Aug. 11, 2016

Treatment Length (m):

6000

LT-PBR Structures:

Project Goals and Objectives

Reconnect floodplain, raise water table, irrigate browse suppressed vegetation.

Structure Construction Elements

No suitable willow on-site. Although we hauled in a significant amount of willow, we used a large amount of lodgepole branches and sapling trunks for weaving. Project paired with ongoing efforts to construct riparian fence to exclude cattle.

Project Photos