{
  "projectDescription": "The McKenzie Watershed Alliance will work with partners to plan and implement several high priority projects in the Upper Willamette Basin. They will remove barriers to fish passage, reconnect rivers to floodplains, and restore natural ecosystem processes to help support the recovery of Upper Willamette River spring Chinook salmon and winter steelhead. Robust environmental education and engagement with local communities—including tribal partners—are integrated throughout the projects. These projects will build upon many years of previous habitat restoration in high priority areas for the recovery of Upper Willamette River spring Chinook and winter steelhead.The Snag Boat Bend project will remove a portion of the USACE-built Porter Dam Embankment to reconnect a 1.1-mile long historical channel of the mainstem Willamette River. The project includes completion of design, permitting, and implementation: partial removal of the Porter Dam embankment and excavation of inlet and outlet connector channels up- and downstream of the removal site to reconnect the Willamette River to its historical channel.",
  "program": "BIL - THRR",
  "name": "Upper Willamette- Snag Boat Bend",
  "id": "5877",
  "state": "Oregon",
  "state_abbr": "OR",
  "region": "NWR - Northwest",
  "constructionStartDate": "2026-06-30 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EIS for RC",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "898183",
  "accompReportStatus": "In-Progress",
  "accompReportDate": "2026-10-31 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "Y",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Planning",
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "in-stream"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "tshawytscha",
      "genus": "Oncorhynchus",
      "commonName": "Salmon, Chinook",
      "populationName": "Upper Willamette River",
      "listingStatus": "Threatened",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "US Fish and Wildlife Service",
      "fedAgency": "US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)"
    },
    {
      "name": "US Army Corps of Engineers",
      "fedAgency": "US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Long Tom Watershed Council"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bonneville Power Administration"
    },
    {
      "name": "Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Hydrologic Restoration",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "243417",
      "name": "243417_IMG_0070.JPG",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "Historical channel that will be reconnected to a side channel of the mainstem Willamette River. This photo depicts Long Tom Watershed Council staff preparing to collect data along transects to determine the amount of fine sediment present.",
      "credit": "NOAA",
      "date": "8/8/2025",
      "imageType": "Before Photo",
      "feature": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Stream channel reconnection/creation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Berm/dike removal"
    },
    {
      "name": "Large woody debris/structure placement"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "monitorResultId": "B89FF882-E44E-F111-BEC6-001DD80DB62A",
      "tier1Agreement": "Y",
      "tier1CompleteDt": "2027-04-30 07:00:00.0",
      "tier1CompleteFlag": "N",
      "tier1Flag": "Y",
      "tier2Flag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "accomplishments": [
    {
      "description": "Upper Willamette River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Chinook Salmon and Steelhead (Recovery Plan) (ODFW and NMFS, 2011)",
      "name": "Addresses actions in recovery plan (what plan?)",
      "category": "NOAA Priorities"
    }
  ]
}