Month: June 2019
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Mattole River Estuary Middle Slough Restoration, WA (2019)
The Mattole River Estuary Middle Slough Restoration Project restored off channel slough habitat adjacent to the Mattole Estuary, providing connectivity to 800 ft. of previously restored slough habitat and the Mainstem/Estuary of the Mattole River. The project is part of a 10-year restoration plan for the Mattole Estuary and Lower Mattole River developed cooperatively by…
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Assessment and mapping of seagrass and macroalgae kelp habitats, OR (2019)
Photo credit: ODFW The purpose of this project was to map seagrass and kelp habitats using previously collected data from monitoring surveys conducted by the Oregon marine reserve program. The project noted the presence of juvenile fishes that are associated with the target habitats using the available monitoring data. The project focused on two marine…
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Shauna Hanisch-Kirkbride Joins PMEP Steering Committee
Shauna Hanisch-Kirkbride is the Managing Director of Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group in Vancouver. LCFEG is one of Washington’s 14 regional fisheries enhancement groups—the RFEGs are nonprofit, community based organizations that work with local partners to implement on-the-ground salmonid habitat restoration projects. Shauna studied at the University of Montana (B.S.), Boise State University (MPA), and Michigan…
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Eelgrass Expansion in the Morro Bay Estuary, CA (2019)
The project expanded restoration efforts to restore eelgrass habitat to benefit fish and wildlife in the estuary. The project included eelgrass transplanting from natural eelgrass recruitment and targeted a wide distribution of locations for a total of 42 square meters. Sponsor: Morro Bay NEP