Future Fisheries Improvement Program Legislative Report | 2019-2020 Summary of Program activities from November 1, 2018 to October 31, 2020. Fish Management Bureau Fisheries Division November 15, 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Background and Overview ___________________________________________________________ 1 Legislation ______________________________________________________________________ 1 Program Goals and Funding Priorities ________________________________________________ 2 Funding Process & Public Participation _______________________________________________ 2 Program Updates ________________________________________________________________ 3 Staffing and Membership ____________________________________________________________ 4 Future Fisheries Citizen Review Panel_________________________________________________ 4 FWP Employees__________________________________________________________________ 5 Appropriations, Awards, & Expenditures ________________________________________________ 6 Program Appropriations ___________________________________________________________ 6 Funding Awards _________________________________________________________________ 8 Expenditures ___________________________________________________________________ 10 Anticipated Expenses ____________________________________________________________ 14 Approved and Completed Projects ____________________________________________________ 16 Program Project Types, Since Inception ______________________________________________ 16 2019-2020 Project Types__________________________________________________________ 16 2019-2020 Funded Projects _______________________________________________________ 17 Funded Project Descriptions _________________________________________________________ 19 2019 Approved Projects __________________________________________________________ 19 Big Creek instream flow lease (001-2019) __________________________________________ 19 Crow Creek phase 2 stream restoration (003-2017) ___________________________________ 19 Hells Canyon Creek instream flow renewal (005-2019) ________________________________ 20 Nevada Creek phase 3A restoration (007-2019) ______________________________________ 20 Rattlesnake Creek dam removal (008-2019) _________________________________________ 21 Ross Fork Rock Creek fish passage (009-2019) _______________________________________ 22 Selway Creek fish barrier (010-2019) ______________________________________________ 23 TABLE OF CONTENTS Beaver Creek Upper Missouri channel reconstruction (012-2019) _______________________ 24 French Creek channel reconstruction (014-2019) ____________________________________ 24 Haughian Bass Reservoir spillway repair (015-2019) __________________________________ 25 Lolo Ditch fish screen (016-2019) _________________________________________________ 26 Miller Creek restoration & sediment reduction (017-2019) _____________________________ 26 Morrell Creek decommissioning & revegetation (018-2019) ____________________________ 27 Musselshell River McCleary channel restoration (019-2019) ____________________________ 28 Nevada Creek phase 3B restoration (020-2019) ______________________________________ 28 Reese Creek instream flow supplement (021-2019) ___________________________________ 29 Sevenmile Creek restoration phase 2 (022-2019) _____________________________________ 30 West Fork Bitterroot Wilson Ditch fish screen (023-2019) ______________________________ 30 2020 Approved Projects __________________________________________________________ 31 Boles Creek fish screening and passage (001-2020) ___________________________________ 31 Cottonwood Creek fish barrier (002-2020) __________________________________________ 32 Doolittle Creek fish barrier (003-2020) _____________________________________________ 32 Eagle Creek YCT connectivity (004-2020) ___________________________________________ 33 Lee and West Fork Lolo creeks fish passage improvement and decommissioning (005-2020) __ 33 Nevada Creek phase 4 stream restoration (008-2020) _________________________________ 34 O’Neill Creek culvert replacement (009-2020) _______________________________________ 35 Reser Reservoir dam reconstruction and fish habitat improvement (010-2020) _____________ 35 Wall Creek fish barrier supplement (011-2020) ______________________________________ 36 Wheelbarrow Creek Threemile fish passage (012-2020) _______________________________ 36 Flint Creek riparian restoration (014-2020) _________________________________________ 36 Hall Creek fish barrier removal (015-2020) __________________________________________ 37 Lake Elmo fish habitat enhancement (016-2020) _____________________________________ 37 Little Gold Creek fish passage (017-2020) __________________________________________ 37 Long Creek aquatic habitat enhancement (018-2020) _________________________________ 38 TABLE OF CONTENTS Lower French Creek riparian restoration (019-2020) __________________________________ 38 Madison River Storey Ditch riparian restoration (020-2020) ____________________________ 39 Poorman Creek restoration phase 2 (021-2020) ______________________________________ 39 Implementation Monitoring (Project Completion) ________________________________________ 40 Brewster Creek fish passage (018-2018) ____________________________________________ 42 Cedar Creek large woody debris (019-2018) ________________________________________ 43 Copper Creek decommissioning (021-2018) _________________________________________ 43 Cottonwood/NF Cottonwood passage & decommissioning (022-2018) ___________________ 44 Dry Creek channel restoration (022-2017) __________________________________________ 45 Dry Creek fish passage (003-2018) ________________________________________________ 46 French Creek fish barrier (003-2014) ______________________________________________ 47 Fresno Reservoir habitat enhancement (004-2017) ___________________________________ 47 Green Canyon Creek fish passage (006-2018) _______________________________________ 48 Lincoln Spring Creek restoration (007-2018) ________________________________________ 49 Little Blackfoot and Ontario creeks road relocation and floodplain restoration (009-2016) ____ 49 Loneman Creek riparian fencing (025-2018) ________________________________________ 50 Mill Creek fish ladder (009-2017) _________________________________________________ 51 Nevada Creek fish screening (010-2018) ___________________________________________ 52 North Fork Cottonwood Creek fish passage (013-2017) ________________________________ 53 North Fork Dry Cottonwood Creek culvert replacement (011-2016) ______________________ 53 North Fork Dry Cottonwood Creek habitat enhancement (011-2018) _____________________ 54 North Fork Keep Cool Creek fish passage (012-2018) __________________________________ 55 Poorman Creek mining restoration (014-2018) ______________________________________ 55 Ramshorn Creek fish barrier (029-2018) ___________________________________________ 56 Turkey Creek fish passage (029-2017)______________________________________________ 57 Williams Creek riparian fencing (018-2017) _________________________________________ 58 Effectiveness Monitoring ___________________________________________________________ 59 TABLE OF CONTENTS Procedures and Priorities _________________________________________________________ 61 Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Intern Monitoring ________________________________________ 62 Lake Creek Fish Barrier (011-2007) ________________________________________________ 64 Lower Deer Creek Barrier (011-2010) ______________________________________________ 66 Mandeville Creek Channel and Riparian Restoration (012-2010) _________________________ 71 South Fork Judith River Fish Barrier (027-03) ________________________________________ 78 Yellowstone River Riparian Restoration (038-2000) ___________________________________ 80 Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Monitoring Conclusions ___________________________________ 89 Future Fisheries Improvement Program Coordinator Effectiveness Monitoring _______________ 90 Arrastra Creek culvert replacement (024-2005) ______________________________________ 90 Big Coulee (033-1999) __________________________________________________________ 91 Cameron Creek channel restoration (003-2009) _____________________________________ 92 Camp Creek (007-1997) (006-1999) _______________________________________________ 93 Coal Creek fencing (007-1999) ___________________________________________________ 93 Darnutzer Slough channel restoration (026-2005) ____________________________________ 94 Darnutzer Slough spawning habitat enhancement (030-2011) __________________________ 95 Devil’s Dip Spring Creek channel restoration (027-2015) _______________________________ 96 Johnson Creek riparian fencing (005-2014) _________________________________________ 96 Gleason Creek fish passage (004-2014) ____________________________________________ 97 Klondike Creek culvert to bridge (005-2013) ________________________________________ 98 Laird Creek (010-2003) _________________________________________________________ 99 Little Boulder Creek culvert fish passage (009-2011) _________________________________ 100 Madison Spring Creek restoration (015-2002) ______________________________________ 101 McVey Creek riparian fence and bridge (008-2013) __________________________________ 101 Nevada Spring Creek (019-2003) (042-2001) _______________________________________ 102 Piney Creek pool enhancement (033-2005) ________________________________________ 103 Poindexter Slough channel restoration (040-2010)