Paradise Creek is located within the Columbia Basin in north central Idaho on the western border with Washington. Part of the Palouse River hydrologic basin, Paradise Creek drains approximately 88 square kilometers at elevations that range from 2,520 to 4,356 feet. Paradise Creek is a 2nd to 4th order stream with 55 small branches and tributaries. The headwaters are located on the western slope of Moscow Mountain within the Palouse Mountain Range. Paradise Creek flows through forested headwaters and agriculture lands, then through the town of Moscow, Idaho where it joins the South Fork of the Palouse River just over the border in Pullman, Washington.
Since 1996, PCEI has been working with private landowners, local agencies, community groups and the City of Moscow to restore Paradise Creek. In 2004 the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality in cooperation with local stakeholders developed the Paradise Creek Total Maximum Daily Load in order to assess the water quality in the watershed. PCEI restoration projects are part of the Paradise Creek Implementation Plan that was designed as a result of the TMDL assessment to help reduce pollutants loads in the watershed. PCEI’s projects include rural and urban restoration projects, stream bank re-sloping and stabilization, channel re-meandering, backyard riparian planting, wetland enhancement and roadside projects.
Click here to view the Paradise Creek Implementation Project Final Report.
Click to download map of project sites.
Projects
2006
- PCEI Nature Center Wetland Enhancement Project (November 2006)
2003
- Lightfield Streambank Stabilization and Riparian Planting (September 2003)
- Townsend Remeander, Floodplain and Riparian Planting (September 2003)
- Morton Extension Remeander and Riparian Planting (August 2003)
- Leffingwell-Reid Wetland Construction and Revegetation (August 2003)
- Garton Rock Crossing for Horses (August 2003)
- Forbes Wetland Construction and Riparian Planting (July 2003)
- Brockington Riparian Planting (April 2003)
2002
- Good Samaritan Village Urban Restoration (November 2002)
- Renaissance Charter School Urban Restoration (October 2002)
- Heron’s Hideout Remeander, Floodplain, Wetland and Riparian Planting (September 2002)
- Streets Wetland Construction and Riparian Planting (September 2002)
- Hall and Mountain View Gully Projects: Streambank Stabilization and Riparian Planting (September 2002)
- White Avenue Streambank Stabilization and Revegetation (September 2002)
- Fire Station Streambank Stabilization and Riparian Planting (September 2002)
- Lefors Wetland Construction and Riparian Planting (September 2002)
- Harden Road Streambank Revegetation and Habitat Enhancement (April 2002)
- Styner Avenue Riparian Planting (April 2002)
- Big Draw Riparian Planting (Big Draw, April 2002)
2001
- Willard Sediment Catchment, Wetland and Riparian Planting (November 2001)
- Orchard Wetland Construction and Riparian Planting (July 2001)
- Remington Riparian Planting (June 2001)
- Berman Creekside Park Project (June 2001)
- Bridge Street: Residential Bank Stabilization and Revegetation Project (June 2001)
- Bridge Street Park Urban Restoration (June 2001)
- University of Idaho: Bank Stabilization and Revegetation Project (June 2001)
- State Line Streambank Stabilization and Riparian Planting (May 2001)
2000
- Meadow Street: Bank Stabilization and Revegetation Project #2 (November 2000)
- Meadow Street: Bank Stabilization and Revegetation Project #1 (October 2000)
- Joseph Street Bank Stabilization and Revegetation Project (June 2000)
- Mountain View Park Remeander, Floodplain and Riparian Planting (April 2000)
1999
- Morton Remeander, Floodplain, Wetland Construction, and Riparian Planting Project (October 1999)
- Dogwood Court Log Crib Construction (June 1999)
- Bailey-Davis-Shipley Streambank Stabilization and Riparian Planting (July 1999)
- Chipman Trail Urban Restoration (April 1999)
1998
1997
- Moscow Wastewater Treatment Plant Wetlands (June 1997)
1995
- Carol Ryrie Brink Nature Park Urban Restoration (August 1995)
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