The Hatch Project is a partnership with five landowners on a North Santiam River side channel to replace undersized culverts impeding water flow and fish passage to off-channel habitat, restore in-stream habitat complexity with large wood and restore native riparian buffer.
Completed
Three culverts replaced
Three engineered large wood structures placed in addition to floodplain log placements
Weed control and maintenance completed at one location
Native riparian planting at two landowner locations completed
Three landowners enrolled in CREP to implement BMPs
Next
Replace crossing
Additional large wood placement
Partners
Landowners, OWEB, NRCS and Marion SWCD on farm bill programs including WHIP and CREP, Salem, USFS, DEQ, Albany, OPRD, Marion County, USFW, ODFW
