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X-WR-CALDESC:Wenatchee River Institute and Jennifer Hadersberger\, Senior N
 atural Resource Specialist for Chelan County Natural Resources Dept.\, wil
 l lead a field trip to the Nason Creek Floodplain Reconnection Project on 
 Sat.\, Sept. 7\, 9 am-12 noon.\n\nDuring the late 1950s approximately 1-mi
 le of Nason Creek located south of Lake Wenatchee\, was constricted into a
  narrow channel to protect Chelan PUD power lines to the north\, and the B
 NSF railroad to the south. The Nason Creek Floodplain Reconnection Project
  removed ½ mile of this river levee\, relocating 1400 feet of the main ste
 m into a new meandering alignment\, and reconnected 30 acres of the channe
 l migration zone. Site restoration of the more than 10-acre work area incl
 uded seed collection within the Nason Creek watershed from over 15\,000 na
 tive plants. \n\n“This project is very unique because infrastructure has a
 ctually been moved out of the Nason Creek floodplain. Typically\, projects
  like this try to work around infrastructure –not move it\, in order to re
 store critical habitat. We were able to secure the funds for this project 
 and Chelan Co. PUD was a willing partner\,” explains Hadersberger.\n\nThe 
 restoration project’s primary goal is to reconnect historic habitats. This
  will improve and increase salmon habitat\, as well as the abundance of ES
 A-listed Upper Columbia River spring Chinook salmon and steelhead. The Upp
 er Columbia Region Biological Strategy and Recovery Plan have identified N
 ason Creek as the top priority for habitat restoration in the Wenatchee su
 b-basin.\n\nAbout the magnitude of the Nason Creek project Hadersberger sa
 id\, “It is really something to see a project that took 8-10 years of plan
 ning\, a project that we worked on for so long and with a lot of stakehold
 er cooperation. We are already seeing changes in channel morphology (chang
 es in river channel shape and direction over time).”\n\nDuring the field t
 rip the project will be explored\, while Hadersberger recounts the story b
 ehind it all. This visit may coincide with fish spawning in the new channe
 l (as they did last fall) and the appearance of redds (fish egg nests). Jo
 in us to watch and learn! Meet by 9 am at the Wenatchee River Institute ca
 mpus\, 347 Division Street in Leavenworth\, to travel via WRI Otter Van an
 d carpool. Cost: $25 WRI members\, $30 non-members\, and limited to 24.\n
 \nPhoto provided by Jennifer Hadersberger
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DESCRIPTION:Wenatchee River Institute and Jennifer Hadersberger\, Senior Na
 tural Resource Specialist for Chelan County Natural Resources Dept.\, will
  lead a field trip to the Nason Creek Floodplain Reconnection Project on S
 at.\, Sept. 7\, 9 am-12 noon.\n\nDuring the late 1950s approximately 1-mil
 e of Nason Creek located south of Lake Wenatchee\, was constricted into a 
 narrow channel to protect Chelan PUD power lines to the north\, and the BN
 SF railroad to the south. The Nason Creek Floodplain Reconnection Project 
 removed ½ mile of this river levee\, relocating 1400 feet of the main stem
  into a new meandering alignment\, and reconnected 30 acres of the channel
  migration zone. Site restoration of the more than 10-acre work area inclu
 ded seed collection within the Nason Creek watershed from over 15\,000 nat
 ive plants. \n\n“This project is very unique because infrastructure has ac
 tually been moved out of the Nason Creek floodplain. Typically\, projects 
 like this try to work around infrastructure –not move it\, in order to res
 tore critical habitat. We were able to secure the funds for this project a
 nd Chelan Co. PUD was a willing partner\,” explains Hadersberger.\n\nThe r
 estoration project’s primary goal is to reconnect historic habitats. This 
 will improve and increase salmon habitat\, as well as the abundance of ESA
 -listed Upper Columbia River spring Chinook salmon and steelhead. The Uppe
 r Columbia Region Biological Strategy and Recovery Plan have identified Na
 son Creek as the top priority for habitat restoration in the Wenatchee sub
 -basin.\n\nAbout the magnitude of the Nason Creek project Hadersberger sai
 d\, “It is really something to see a project that took 8-10 years of plann
 ing\, a project that we worked on for so long and with a lot of stakeholde
 r cooperation. We are already seeing changes in channel morphology (change
 s in river channel shape and direction over time).”\n\nDuring the field tr
 ip the project will be explored\, while Hadersberger recounts the story be
 hind it all. This visit may coincide with fish spawning in the new channel
  (as they did last fall) and the appearance of redds (fish egg nests). Joi
 n us to watch and learn! Meet by 9 am at the Wenatchee River Institute cam
 pus\, 347 Division Street in Leavenworth\, to travel via WRI Otter Van and
  carpool. Cost: $25 WRI members\, $30 non-members\, and limited to 24.\n\n
 Photo provided by Jennifer Hadersberger
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190907T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190907T120000
LOCATION:Wenatchee River Institute
SUMMARY:Nason Creek Restoration Field Trip
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