{
  "projectDescription": "The Mary's River Watershed Council is supporting threatened Upper Willamette River Chinook and steelhead by addressing 18 fish passage barriers across multiple watersheds in the Mid-Willamette region, in partnership with 4 other watershed councils. Efforts include removing a dam, conducting an alternatives analysis to provide fish passage at another dam, and replacing several culverts to reopen access to more than 40 miles of habitat. This effort will also support local communities by reducing the risk of flooding and helping improve response to wildfires. Environmental education is a component in many of the projects. The South Santiam 500 Culvert Replacement project, led by South Santiam Watershed Council, is addressing a fish passage barrier on a cold water tributary of the Santiam River by removing three side by side undersized culverts and replacing them with a single arch culvert with a simulated stream. This effort is reopening 1.25 miles of stream habitat for Chinook salmon and steelhead upstream of Foster Dam.",
  "program": "BIL - FP",
  "name": "There and back again: A salmonid's tale to restored fish passage in the Mid-Willamette: S. Santiam 500 Culvert Replacement",
  "id": "5837",
  "state": "Oregon",
  "state_abbr": "OR",
  "region": "NWR - Northwest",
  "constructionStartDate": "2025-07-15 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EIS for RC",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "0",
  "accompReportStatus": "Completed",
  "accompReportDate": "2025-10-31 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "N",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Completed",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "44.40016",
      "longitude": "-122.577",
      "county": "Franklin County",
      "city": "Temple",
      "congDistrict": "2",
      "riverBasin": "Temple Stream",
      "huc": "10300031003"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "riparian zone (non-wetland)",
      "fiscalYear": "2026",
      "actAcresRehabCnt": "0.5"
    },
    {
      "name": "in-stream",
      "fiscalYear": "2026",
      "actStreamMilesCnt": "1.25"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "mykiss",
      "genus": "Oncorhynchus",
      "commonName": "Trout, steelhead",
      "populationName": "Upper Willamette River",
      "listingStatus": "Threatened",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "tshawytscha",
      "genus": "Oncorhynchus",
      "commonName": "Salmon, Chinook",
      "populationName": "Upper Willamette River",
      "listingStatus": "Threatened",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "South Santiam Watershed Council"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Fish Passage",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "243364",
      "name": "243364_SS500.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "South Santiam 500 Culverts",
      "credit": "South Santiam Watershed Council",
      "date": "1/27/2025",
      "imageType": "Before Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Planting"
    },
    {
      "name": "Culvert modification (including replacement)"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "fishCommEnhanceFlag": "N",
      "fishOprMaintCostsFlag": "C",
      "fishPublicSafetyFlag": "Y",
      "monitorResultId": "6EFFC9CE-1402-F111-8407-001DD8084AEA",
      "tier1Agreement": "Y",
      "tier1CompleteDt": "2026-05-31 00:00:00.0",
      "tier1CompleteFlag": "N",
      "tier1Flag": "Y",
      "tier2Flag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "accomplishments": [
    {
      "description": "The failing culvert that provided a risk of road failure was replaced by a concrete bridge capable of supporting heavy special vehicles and machinery.",
      "name": "Removal of physical hazards",
      "category": "Public Safety"
    },
    {
      "description": "A bridge replaced a culvert that was undersized and failing under a logging road that transports heavy equipment and machinery along a steep canyon.",
      "name": "Infrastructure improvement",
      "category": "Public Safety"
    },
    {
      "description": "The wider crossing inlet and outlet will diminish flooding on a frequently used logging road",
      "name": "Flood risk reduction",
      "category": "Public Safety"
    },
    {
      "units": "count",
      "description": "0.5 acres of planting will take place following construction",
      "name": "Plants added",
      "category": "Flora"
    },
    {
      "description": "Project will address limiting factors listed in Upper Willamette RiverRecovery Plan for Chinook Salmon and Steelhead (ODFW, NMFS, 2011)",
      "name": "Addresses actions in recovery plan (what plan?)",
      "category": "NOAA Priorities"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "NOAA Restoration Center",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2024",
      "noaaContribution": "141,194.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "sourceProgram": "BIL - Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Round 2",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Marys River Watershed Council"
      }
    }
  ]
}