OAR 635-500-1280: Middle Fork Willamette Subbasin Fish Management — Habitat

Objectives for habitat management in the Middle Fork Willamette subbasin: (1) Promote habitat conditions that contribute to achieving the desired status of spring Chinook salmon identified in the Upper Willamette Conservation and Recovery Plan for Chinook salmon and steelhead (OAR 635-500-6600). This includes, but is not limited to, the following actions: (a) Maintain and improve upstream and downstream passage for anadromous fish at dams, diversions, power projects, and, where appropriate, at natural barriers; (b) Provide necessary in-stream flows for fish production; (c) Improve water quality in the subbasin; (d) Reduce the impacts of reservoir management on fish production; (e) Reduce other habitat impacts of Hills Creek, Lookout Point, Dexter and Fall Creek dams on production of spring Chinook in downstream reaches; (f) Protect existing stream habitat from degradation associated with timber harvest and other related activities on forested lands; (g) Protect existing stream habitat throughout the lower subbasin from degradation associated with agricultural, residential and commercial development, and other human activities; (h) Restore and enhance riparian and in-stream fish habitats; (i) Inventory streams and assess watershed characteristics that affect fish production. (2) Promote habitat conditions for other species where they may be different than for spring Chinook.