Project Information

Title: Port Dick Creek Tributary Restoration and Development 98139-A2

Project Year and Number: 1998: 98139-A2

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2000: 00139-A2, 1999: 99139-A2, 1997: 97139-A2, 1996: 96139-A2, 1995: 95139-A2, 1994: 94139-A2

Principal Investigator (PI): Geoffrey Coble (Coble Geophysical Services)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: Mark Dickson

Research Location: Kenai Peninsula

Restoration Category: General Restoration

Injured Resources Addressed: Commercial Fishing, Pink Salmon

Abstract: This project will restore the native Port Dick Creek salmon stocks which were exposed to moderate to heavy oiling. Actual restoration of the spawning habitat took place in June 1996. Natural colonization rates were adequate to fully seed the newly restored spawning habitat. Water temperature, water level, salinity, and stream velocity will be monitored as these parameters are well correlated in the literature with spawning success and egg-to-fry survival. Additional sedimentologic parameters (bedload transport, accumulated sediments, and gravel/cobble transport rates) will also be analyzed. These activities as well as evaluation studies will be conducted annually from 1996 to 2000, with possible extension of minor monitoring through 2002 for streambed stability research.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY98: View (2,378 KB)
Final Report: See Project 00139-A2

Publications from this Project: None Available