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Mr Lacey was one of the first landowners to participate in NRCS's Little Klickitat Watershed Advisory Group. After field reviewing his property, NRCS calculated that Mr Lacey had lost approximately 450 tons of shoreline in 1998 alone. An agreement was reached where the landowner would cost-share part of the restoration project. Project objectives include stabilizing the bank, placing rootwads in-stream for stabilization and fish habitat and planting native vegetation. The project will accomplish the objectives by pulling back the steep banks to a 3:1 ratio, keying rock and 15 rootwads into the bank and placing rock and rootwads into the stream and planting cottonwood, pine and willow. Benefits include stabilizing banks, providing in-channel habitat for rearing and potentially spawning and providing shade to lower stream temperatures. Yakima Indian Nation stream surveys have shown the major limiting factors of the Little Klickitat River to be high temperatures and lack of woody debris. The Lacey Project addresses both of these needs. This project is a cooperative effort of the Central Klickitat Conservation District (in-kind), NRCS (technical assistance), Yakima Indian Nation (funds), and Americorp (labor). Permitting has been granted. The work is ready to begin.
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