Since Chinook and steelhead use the same habitat, the trustees have agreed to focus on restoration of wild Chinook salmon because restoring Chinook habitat will also compensate for steelhead losses. Information on the Warm Springs River system, which includes Beaver Creek, suggests that anadromous fish production in this system is currently limited by spawning and rearing habitat quantity and quality. Therefore, the proposed restoration actions focus on improving spawning and rearing habitat conditions in the Beaver Creek Watershed.

More specifically, natural production of anadromous fish in Beaver Creek is limited by high water temperatures and high levels of fine sediment in spawning and rearing habitat. A Restoration Plan is being developed that will include actions such as livestock exclusion fencing, establishing and improving riparian vegetation, protecting and stabilizing streambanks, increasing stream canopy cover, removing and preventing sediment sources from entering the river system, and other types of actions that will promote natural recovery of the ecosystem.