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Wolfe Creek Instream and Riparian Enhancement Project |
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Page 1 of 6 The TEP has initiated a project to enhance instream and riparian habitats along Wolfe Creek, a tributary of the Nestucca River. The project will:
- Restore fish passage by replacing a culvert,
- Enhance salmon spawning and rearing habitat through additions of large wood, and
- Restore riparian habitats degraded from years of grazing.
Wolfe Creek
Draining 2.9 mi2, Wolfe Creek enters the mainstem Nestucca River at approximately rivermile 13, 2.5 miles east of Beaver, Oregon. Swab Creek, a small tributary, drains into Wolfe Creek from the east at rivermile 0.50. Wolfe Creek flows from US Forest Service land, meanders through low gradient private agricultural land, and empties into the Nestucca River.
Over three miles of salmon spawning and rearing habitat exists in the Wolfe Creek watershed, 2.3 on the mainstem and 0.9 miles on Swab Creek. Coho, winter steelhead, fall chinook, and coastal cutthroat all inhabit Wolfe Creek.
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