Aerial View of Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge taken on August 24, 2010, showing a portion of the Bandon Marsh Unit at the bottom and the Ni-les’tun Unit above U.S. Highway 101.
Bandon Marsh NWR, Bandon, Oregon: Bandon National Wildlife Refuge consists of 289 acres of salt marsh on the southern coast of Oregon. Wildlife in this undisturbed area includes beavers, otters, harbor seals, and black-tailed deer. Waterfowl are...
Aerial view of the Ni-les'tun Unit of Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. Phase I construction of the 418-acre tidal marsh restoration project can be seen. Full restoration of the site will occur in Sept 2011.
View of the existing overhead electrical transmission line through Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. The transmission line will be relocated underground using trench and boring techniques from this bluff on the north side of the Coquille River...
Logs with root wads still attached are being stockpiled for later use. The logs will be placed in tidal channels to provide large woody debris habitat used by juvenile anadromous fish such as coho salmon.
USFWS biologist Bill Bridgeland taking measurements on a Surface Elevation Table (SET) installed last year in cooperation with USGS. SETs will allow us to detect changes in the elevation of the marsh surface in response to the marsh restoration as...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists monitoring ditch filling. Ditches are filled slowly to pushing any fish downstream out of the construction area. Fish are also captured and relocated when...
Structures; Riparian environments; Rivers and streams; Habitat restoration; Wetland restoration; Wetlands; Wildlife refuges; Species of concern; Amphibians; Relocation;
Juvenile Pacific Giant Salamanders are one of the species being captured and relocated safely out of the construction area. Hoop nets are one of the techniques for removing and relocating fish and amphibians from agricultural ditches that are being...
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Fisheries Biologist Christopher Claire helps with installation of stream bedding material in the Redd Creek culvert. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has been an invaluable partner on this...
Tidal channel construction by Knife River Corporation at the wet area west of Fahys Creek. Tracked dump trucks are used in the wetter sites of the project area.
A segment of the new meandering channel of Fahys Creek constructed through the Smith Tract. Large woody debris and gravel was placed all along the new stream channel to diversify habitat and stream substrate. Piles of gravel were placed along the...
Knife River construction worker (green vest) monitoring the depth of the tidal channel being constructed while an archaeologist (orange vest) monitors for cultural resources. Work is suspended or moves to another area when cultural resources are...
Archaeologist Theresa Molino inspecting a newly constructed tidal channel for evidence of cultural resources. Byram Archaeological Consulting and the Coquille Indian Tribe are conducting extensive cultural resources monitoring of all construction...
Biologists with the USFWS and Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians electro shocking a small de-watering pool on the old ditch channel to save any remaining fish and amphibians.
Structures; Riparian environments; Rivers and streams; Habitat restoration; Wetland restoration; Wetlands; Wildlife refuges; Water management; Monitoring;
Laura Brophy (left) of Greenpoint Consulting and masters candidate student Megan MacClullan (right) download data from a groundwater well. Fourteen wells are located within the restoration area and four are in the control (natural) marsh to...
