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Habitat Restoration and Conservation Program <br />Mid -Columbia Fish and Wildlife Office <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />7501 Icicle Road, Leavenworth, Washington 98826 <br />USFWS Request for Proposals, FY 2023 <br />1. Project Title: Gold Creek Restoration <br />2. Amount of Funding Requested: $10,000,000 <br />Project Sponsor/Organization: <br />Organization: Kittitas Conservation Trust <br />Con tact Person: Mitch Long <br />Mailing Address: 120 W Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 207, P.O. Box 428, Roslyn, WA 98941-0428 <br />Phone: 509-649-2951 (o), 509-674-8220 (c) <br />Email: mlona@kittitasconservationtrust.ore <br />UEI #: TJY9YFXZA7S6 <br />Tax ID #: 546569291 <br />4. Project Location: <br />a. Longitude and latitude <br />a. River Mile (RM) 1-2 - 47.4017710,-121.381789* <br />b. RM 2-3 - 47.411887", -121.369572° <br />c. Gold Creek Pond - 47.399692°, -121.3775860 <br />d. Heli's Pond -47.409621% -121.3692990 <br />b. County—Kittitas County <br />c. WRIA name and number— Upper Yakima, 39 <br />d. Identify the sub -watershed, stream, and/or habitat where the project will occur. <br />a. Gold Creek RM 1-2, RM 2-3, Gold Creek Pond, Heli's Pond <br />e. Landowner name and contact information <br />a. Forest Service, Forterra <br />f. List the Township, Range, Section, and Quarter Sections - T.22N, R.11E, Q 10, 11, 14, 15 <br />g. Detailed map of the project area and proposed action <br />a. Figure 1—Topographical Map <br />b. Figure 2 —Overview Map <br />S. Abstract -Brief Project Description and Outcomes: Briefly describe the project and quantifiable <br />outcomes (i.e. Remove 4 culverts and open fish passage to 3.7 miles of stream habitat. Propagate <br />1500 endangered plants from seed and re-establish 1000 of these plants to Site A, etc). <br />The goals of the Gold Creek Restoration Project are to restore natural flow and improve the instream <br />habitat for ESA threatened bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus). The 1-90 gravel supply pits known as Gold <br />Creek Pond and Heli's Pond act as a siphon that exacerbates the seasonal dewatering of Gold Creek. <br />Decades of clear-cut logging and mining have widened the creek, spreading out the water causing the <br />flow to go subsurface, further increasing the frequency, extent, and duration of dewatering. The <br />objectives of this project are: 1) Fill the two gravel pits to eliminate the siphon effect, and 2) Restore the <br />geomorphology of two miles of stream (RM 1-2 and RM 2-3), including the addition of 1,000+ logs and <br />