West Fork Teanaway River Floodplain Restoration
The project will work on the West Fork Teanaway Reach RM 5.1 - 7.2. The project will remove old berms and return native material to the streambed. It will place trees in-stream to restore natural geomorphic processes. Channel-spanning log structures will raise the water surface elevation, engaging side channel areas and the floodplain. The installation of large wood accumulations will create complex hydraulics and promote gravel deposition. New pools, gravel bars, and floodplain alluvium will retain water.
Yakima Basin "Wood Fiesta"
The Yakima Basin "Wood Fiesta" Helicopter Aquatic Restoration project is a multi-watershed collaborative effort aimed at enhancing aquatic habitat in remote watersheds that have been greatly altered by past management practices. Large wood will be placed in stream and on the floodplain of seven Yakima River tributaries using a helicopter to improve habitat for native fish species. The projects are located in remote areas where terrain and or vegetation limits the use of ground-based equipment to place large wood. More information on these projects and associated temporar
Western Bluebird Nest-site Characteristics in Managed Ponderosa Pine Forests
We studied the nest-site characteristics of Western Bluebirds nesting in natural tree cavities in burned and unburned logged ponderosa pine forests along the east-slope of the Cascade Range of Washington, 2003–2008 and 2010. We compared 13 bluebird nest-site habitat variables between burned and unburned stands by assessing overlap in 95% CI.