Holcomb Creek Large Wood/Riparian Enhancement
Limiting Factor
Degraded Channel Structure and Complexity
Lead Implementer
Greater Oregon City Watershed Council
Funders
Clackamas Soil & Water Conservation District, NOAA Fisheries, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, Oregon Wildlife Foundation, Portland General Electric, Willamette Falls Paper Company
Project Primary Contact
Tom Gaskill (tom.gaskill@gocwc.org)
Project Stage
Post-Implementation
Duration
2022 - 2023
Degraded Channel and Riparian Areas
Degraded Channel Structure and Complexity
Large wood will be strategically placed in the channel to create and maintain complex instream habitat (pools, spawning substrate). In-channel wood will also aid in preventing channel incision and loss of connectivity to the stream's floodplain. The project also involves treatment of ~0.75 acres of invasive blackberry adjacent to the Holcomb Creek channel. Vegetation planted in the treated riparian area will be managed/maintained a minimum of two years or until established and free to grow. The project reach is directly upstream of Redland Road where a fish barrier culvert was replaced by Clackamas County several years ago. Holcomb Creek is a cool water tributary of lower Abernethy Creek.
Key Accomplishments
- Biennium Status (Proposed Biennium 2 ): 2
- Biennium Status (Implemented Biennium 2): 1
- Large Wood Placement: 712.00 lf
- Riparian / Floodplain Invasive Species Removal Area: 1.00 acres
- Riparian / Floodplain Native Planting Area: 1.00 acres
Focal Species
- Chum
- Coho
- Fall Chinook
- Pacific Lamprey
- Steelhead
Project Types
- Monitoring
- Outreach / Landowner Engagement
- Restoration
FIP Bienniums
- FIP Biennium 2 work plan
Holcomb Creek_IncisedChannel-InvVegetation
Location
Expenditures
Expenditures by Fund to Date: $97,842.20
ODFW - MATCH (ODFW): $1,500
OWEB Focused Investment Partn... (OWEB): $59,716
NOAA Transformational Habitat... (NOAA): $31,626
Oregon Wildlife Foundation (OWF): $5,000
Photos
Holcomb Creek_InvasiveVeg (Timing: Before)
HolcombCreek_Pool_NoWoodCover (Timing: Before)
Project last updated 6/26/2024