https://www.fishtalerestoration.com/book-your-stay daily 0.75 2023-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1534604268055-C10G2DACA1V2RATL05V1/IMG_E1790.jpg CONTACT https://www.fishtalerestoration.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689779339791-LTWE5XCGG4ENJJSLKC9X/100_1444.jpg Photo Gallery - We often begin projects with electrofishing and/or other fish population survey methods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689779339791-LTWE5XCGG4ENJJSLKC9X/100_1444.jpg Photo Gallery - We often begin projects with electrofishing and/or other fish population survey methods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689536810448-EWBM4A44PJX5G3S9UKXF/IMG_0326.JPG Photo Gallery - Macroinvertebrates provide key information on sediment, water temperature, nutrients and overall habitat integrity, including information of upstream impacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689604776755-4475MA3C6S1FEGQHDALO/IMG_0852.JPG Photo Gallery - We assess the entire fish community, including juvenile trout and rare indicator species like bull trout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689604859451-SM41UQ7VC9UCEP2BS89U/CT+from+SF+fish+rescue.jpg Photo Gallery - Projects often have a strong native trout component, which require special attention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689544038285-CGX3A669TLX21JRSSUB3/CT+from+SF+fish+rescue.jpg Photo Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689720810146-YWA9433V4QUSNJKR7LU5/craig+on+mcneil+cores.png Photo Gallery - Habitat assessment focus on all apsects of habitat condition including the quality of spawning substrate, including fine sediment llevels and egg-to-fry survival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689536644637-MS3YW9ADFP4XDL96AELG/IMG_3524.JPG Photo Gallery - Though we work on private land, most projects have public value. When this is the case, agency specialists and conservation groups can assist with the project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689874191889-R2X7JQFCDYT46ONOJPF3/IMG_5540.jpg Photo Gallery We’ll often put a team together of hydrologists, geomorphologists, GIS experts to help assess and design the more complex projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689604621361-TQUKU2IYZ8YLZMKIXNAU/Rosgen+and+Bill+Bartlett+going+over+work+on+reach+19-21.JPG Photo Gallery - Fish Tale works very closely with Dave Rosgen and with skilled constractors like Westslope Excavation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689547151003-22YSJ0JOJZWCCJFLHCRF/Reach+1+w+Rosgen+directing+wood+placment.JPG Photo Gallery - Here, Dave Rosgen is overseeing the reconstruction of a high-gradient B4/C4 stream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689536776957-XKIBVC1KEU7V312GQR8Z/Netting+fish.JPG Photo Gallery - Landowners often help in the data collections. In this example, we're tracking a completed project through the biological recovery phase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689538188995-V74J8JA7N3MX10JMAVCL/Traci+Sylte+w+Monture+DV+redd+9-16.JPG Photo Gallery - Assessments often include spawning-related surveys, including redd counts and assessments of spawning site quality.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689536736600-3ODDPJJWGS9350L2BQGA/IMG_3096.JPG Photo Gallery - Once the project is completed, we "survey" our stream projects with a fly rod. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689544310989-2ZPZY7PMF3T7XIPHEHDQ/IMG_3174.JPG Photo Gallery - We caught this guy on a restoration project in western Colorado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689536996717-7HFIZS21VXWDRA9MMYBP/IMG_5883.jpg Photo Gallery - Another restoration success story in western Montana! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1689537093806-DEI1DKOVHSIJGUIH263S/IMG_3684.JPG Photo Gallery - Paul Roos, a friend, mentor and an inspirational leader in river conservation. 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The project reestablished a migration corridor for westslope cutthroat trout while improving overall habitat condtiions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/fd6865fa-6a89-4f05-83c0-65e27aff9c5b/SF+gilbert.+png.png Approach This project, located on a small, high-gradient stream in western Montana, required full channel renaturalization, which included wood-formed plunge pools and scour holes along with instream flow enhancement and revegetation. Note the unstable vertical banks on the photo on the left compared to more natural step-pool channel morphology on the right. The photo on the right shows the project immediatley after construction. Bull trout are now using the new channel for spawning and rearing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/0356a5e3-630c-404a-9384-fc8153432333/Gold.png Approach - Make it stand out This project involved the placement of large instream wood to restore pool features and diversity trout habitat. The project survived a 50-year flood and improved fish popution abundance over the long-term. The work is published in the reports section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/2a7bf6e8-6ec6-4a7d-8743-50d3717a163d/Crystal+2.png Approach - Make it stand out This project, also located in central Idaho, included full channel restoration to optimize trout habitat. Enhanced instream flows, grazing managment, wetland restoration and revegetation were additional project elements. The diversity and abundance of trout have increased dramatically in this stream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/8b52e451-3c62-4fb3-a7f9-14b98a3eca02/gilvert+2.png Approach These photos from western Montana show a channel remnant (left), along with a fully restored alluvial channel (right). This project included full channel reconstruction, suberged toe-wood, instream flow enhancement and irrigation upgrades to enhance late season flows. The photo on the right was taken two years post-restoration. Spawning conditions have improved dramatically. Fish population monitoring is ongoing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/c74f4381-8e94-41c4-b992-3252a7cf8ef8/crystal.png Approach This project, located in central Idaho, involved sediment removal and spawning habitat enhancement. Development of alternative upstream grazing practices and irrigation system upgrades were also essential project elements. The diversity of native fish species and abundance of wild trout has increased dramatically in this stream. The results of this project are in published section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/1536025240555-RFR2I3ZLOYTLTUX3LHNT/Black+Slough+2.JPG Approach This shows the same stream five years after restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4234523c3a53d2db20deb6/0568745c-d02a-4eb8-941e-e52041fd9c5a/NSC+be.png Approach This photo set from western Montana shows a degraded and dewatered spring creek (left) as well as a newly restored stream (right). In addition to channel restoration, the project included instream flow enhancement, grazing managment changes, fish passage improvement and wetland restoration. 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