Steinacher Road Decommissioning Project and Kris Workstation CooperativeAgreement Number 14-48-11333-9-J107 Project number 99-319(h)-VI-07

摘要

This final report fulfills the reporting requirements for the Karuk Tribe ofCalifornia's Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, titled 'Steinacher Road Decommissioning Project and KRIS Workstation.' The agreement became effective in April 1999, and expired in December of 2000. This agreement was entered into under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 6301-6308 (1982) and the Klamath Act. The work, which was undertaken through this agreement, was part of the Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force Work Plan and Restoration Program for fiscal year 1999, as recommended by the Service. One of the objects of this project was to decrease the sedimentation caused by the remaining 5 miles of road within the Wooley Creek watershed. The reduction of sediment in impaired watersheds has been proven to increase and enhance critically important Salmonid refugia, which will help restore populations of Spring Chinook, Coho, petitioned Fall Chinook salmon and steelhead trout. The other object of this project was to continue to operate and maintain the KRIS Database at the Karuk Tribe of California's Department of Natural Resources.