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Daniel's Creek
Mayflower St.
Crooked Creek
Ruby Creek
Tract 3 Road Ninilchik River Tributary
Completed
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Slikok Creek
Bean
Creek
Leaf
Creek
Silver Salmon Creek
Pepper Road Crossing
Mink, Doghouse, & Swan Creeks
Two Moose Creek
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~Restoration
Completed~
Leaf
Creek • North
of Nikiski, AK
Spring 2007
What:
Leaf Creek Restoration
Where: 150°55'9.55"W 60°50'30.86"N,
North of Captain Cook State Park
Why: To open 3+ miles of salmon habitat previously
blocked
When: March/April 2007
Cost: $140,000+
Who: Kenai Watershed Forum, US Fish &
Wildlife Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, McLane
Consulting, ConocoPhillips, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Coastal
America Foundation, and L&J Enterprises Excavating
Status: COMPLETE |
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North
of Nikiski, one hits the end of the road at Captain Cook
State Park. Two remote subdivisions without road service
are reached by ATVs traveling along a shared pipeline and
right-of-way easement. This access route crosses several
salmon bearing streams, the first of which is Leaf Creek,
about 4 miles out. A flattened culvert completely blocked
the stream during low water. In the early fall of 2005,
several hundred adult salmon returning to spawn were blocked
by the culvert. KWF removed the culvert and replaced it
with a bridge earlier this spring.
This year salmon won’t have this barrier and will
be able to continue upstream to spawn! |
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| Before restoration 1 |
Before restoration 2 |
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| Removed culvert |
Bridge installation 1 |
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| Bridge installation 2 |
Bridge installation 3 |
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| Project complete |
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