Roosevelt Elk Herd at Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area

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The Upper Nehalem Watershed Council received $15,000 to initiate the first phase of a multi-phase, multi-year project to restore riparian and instream habitat conditions at ODFW's Jewell Meadows Wildlife Management Area. Three creeks, totaling over 10 stream miles, are located within Jewell Meadows including Fishhawk Creek, Beneke Creek, and Humbug Creek. Phase One of this project will restore riparian and instream habitat conditions within a reach of Fishhawk Creek by planting over 200 conifers along 1000 feet of stream (minimum of 50-foot setback) and placing instream large woody debris within a side channel and small tributary of Fishhawk Creek. A fish passage barrier culvert will also be removed and replaced with a stream ford.