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2005. 12,38 Recent housing developments, new rural residences, and industrialdevelopment near the I-5 corridor can be seen in the watershed. Ridgefield’s populationis estimated to grow nearly 10 fold over the next 20 years from 2,600 in 2005 to morethan 24,000 by 2024. Land categories in the West Slope Watershed which includes GeeCreek were described by Clark County Water Resources in 2004 as: 49% pasture, fields,shrubland, and bare earth; 26% developed or recently cleared forest, and 25% forestedland. Watershed land uses are described as “fairly extensive rural and suburbanresidential areas with lack of forests and the presence of a major transportation corridor –Interstate 5.” 14Fig.16. 1888 Plat map showing location 118 years ago of what is largely the current roadsystem. Roads are already well-established crossing and placed alongside Gee Creek andits tributaries. (http://www.rootsweb.com/~waclark/clark.htm) By 1922, major highway routeswere being paved.20
Fig.17. Construction for residential development in the Gee Creek Watershed, City ofRidgefield. Lynn Cornelius photo, May, 2006.Fig. 18. Recent suburban residential development in the Gee Creek Watershed, City ofRidgefield. Lynn Cornelius photo, May, 2006.21
Page 1 and 2: GEE CREEK WATERSHED RESTORATIONBACK
Page 6 and 7: Location and Environmental SettingG
Page 8 and 9: Fig.3. Gee Creek watershed topograp
Page 10 and 11: Fig.5. Gee Creek channel soon after
Page 12 and 13: Land Use HistoryThere is more histo
Page 14 and 15: undergrowth”(Fig.15). A second an
Page 16 and 17: Fig. 10b. Concrete wall deflecting
Page 18 and 19: Fig.14. 1854 Cadastral Survey Map (
Page 22 and 23: Salmon and Trout Use HistoryLittle
Page 26 and 27: 1997 - Washington Trout conducts a
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Page 30 and 31: • Coordinated Hansen Farm livesto
Page 32 and 33: In 2005, USFWS RNWR created a parti
Page 34 and 35: • High sediment transport levels
Page 36 and 37: • Stormwater detention and infilt
Page 38 and 39: General Clark County stream health
Page 40 and 41: • 2005 Sediment from Heron Ridge
Page 42 and 43: References1. Ames, Kenneth, Portlan
Page 44 and 45: 24. Ecklund, Alan. 1998. USFWS CRFP
Page 46 and 47: 45a. Snoey, Paul. 2005. Ridgefield,
Page 48 and 49: 66. Wisseman, Robert. c.1995. Aquat
Page 50 and 51: 1825?-1854 Fur trading trail from F
Page 52 and 53: 1879 Nonnative carp make their way
Page 54 and 55: 1911 First shingle mill in Ridgefie
Page 56 and 57: 1940-1960 Reed canary-grass planted
Page 58 and 59: 1960’s-1970’sBridge taken out a
Page 60 and 61: 1995-1997;2000Approximately 3000 de
Page 62 and 63: Apr-97Sediment event from majorland
Page 64 and 65: January 19,2000Salmonid limiting fa
Page 66 and 67: 2001-2006 Gee Creek EnhancementComm
Page 68 and 69: 2004 Trees bucked into Gee Creek to
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Dec 2004Ridgefield comprehensive pl
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Jul-05USFWS NWR-CRFPO workshopheld
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