Lower Germany Creek Restoration
Wild Fish Conservancy was contracted by Columbia Land Trust to provide technical assistance for several restoration projects on the property CLT acquired on lower Germany Creek. Germany Creek is a tidally influenced tributary to the Columbia River located 12 miles west of Longview in Cowlitz County, Washington. The natural floodplain and stream confluence with the Columbia River have been modified by logging, gravel mining, and road construction. CLT acquired the lower ~ 1-mile of the mainstem, and there in 2009 WFC assisted with the installation of large woody debris (LWD) structures to increase instream habitat complexity. During summer 2011, WFC collected baseline data to monitor the effectiveness of additional LWD structures, which are anchored using innovative dolosse, a pioneering approach that will increase the functional longevity of the constructed log jams and minimize channel disturbance during construction. For more information visit: http://wildfishconservancy.org/projec...
