Squaw Creek Culvert Fish Passage Improvement Project. Squaw Creek, Little Salmon River Subbasin North Central Idaho. Completion Report

摘要

The Squaw Creek culvert fish passage improvement project replaced a perched corrugated metal pipe culvert that was impeding fish passage in Squaw Creek, a tributary to the Little Salmon River, with a bottomless arch culvert. The project was approved and implemented by the Idaho Board of County Commissioners. Funding for the project was provided by the Idaho Office of Species Conservation (Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Funds), the Bonneville Power Administration, and American Rivers and the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The primary objective of the project was to restore access to approximately 4.0 miles of spawning and rearing habitat for Snake River steelhead and Chinook salmon in Squaw and Papoose creeks. Salmon and steelhead have not had access to this portion of Squaw Creek until a recent project removed the city of Riggins diversion dam at stream mile 0.25 in December 2005.