Wilson Creek is a 382 square mile watershed that enters the Yakima River at RM 147. At present, diversion structures near the mouth of the Creek have blocked anadromous fish access to most of the watershed. However, juvenile densities below the barriers are high relative to the rest of the Yakima basin. This project will remove two (2) gravity-fed diversion structures, and consolidate and screen four unscreened irrigation diversion points to prevent fish entrainment. Spawning and rearing habitat will increase by approximately five (5) miles. The project will also remove invasive riparian vegetation, provide fencing, and plant native riparian plants to establish of a productive riparian habitat. The landowner has agreed to provide an area for riparian plant propagation. Seeds and cuttings of desired plants will be sown, irrigated, and maintained in the propagation area until they are ready for transplanting to the stream bank. The project will serve as an example of positive collaboration between private landowners, tribal biologists, and the Conservation District.
00-1004-2000
WA RCO
Union Gap Reach Acquisition
WA
Yakima
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$58,047
SRFB funding supports acquisition of high quality riparian and floodplain habitat and associated water rights on a key reach of the Yakima River. The "Yakima City" reach was identified as essential to salmonid survival in the Yakima Basin due to the presence of extensive groundwater upwelling zones. The reach contains extensive floodplain habitat and critical rearing and over-wintering sites for juvenile salmon, many of which are federal or state listed. Loss of floodplain habitat since the late 19th century has been a major factor limiting survival of juvenile fish in the Yakima River. Project cooperators include the Bureau of Reclamation and the Yakama Nation Fisheries Department. The Nature Conservancy will manage and maintain the properties in accordance with the Bureau's Basin Conservation Plan.
00-1015-2000
WA RCO
West Valley Community Park
WA
Yakima
17-MAR-00
03-APR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$22,098
The project will improve degraded habitat conditions on 3/4 mile of Wide Hollow Creek, a tributary of the Yakima River in Yakima County. Project elements include removing a dike and constructing an overflow channel to reestablish floodplain functions. Other project elements include public education about salmon habitat requirements, and restoring natural conditions through exotic species removal and planting of native trees and shrubs in the riparian zone. The project will improve habitat for coho and steelhead. Project supporters include WDFW, and the North Yakima Conservation District.
00-1032-2000
WA RCO
Washougal River: Slough Creek Riparian
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
01-JUN-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$131,173
Project funding is for acquisition of high quality salmon rearing habitat and cold-water refuge and spawning beds for steelhead, sea-run cutthroat, chinook and coho salmon along portions of Slough Creek and the Washougal River in Clark County. Approximately 18 acres and 2,800 lineal feet of high quality riparian habitat that is highly threatened by development will be secured through purchase and donation of a conservation easement. Project supporters include WDFW, the Camas-Washougal Wildlife League, and Habitat Partners. Protection of this land will prevent future development and destruction of riparian vegetation and habitat conditions. This property is immediately downstream from over 400 acres and 8,000 lineal feet of high quality habitat that will be acquired and protected by WDFW, ensuring greater protection of this investment.
00-1033-2000
WA RCO
Birnie Creek Una Road Fish Passage
WA
Lower Columbia
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$57,324
The project will modify a box culvert to provide fish passage and improve the downstream grade. The blocking culvert is in the city of Cathlamet, at river mile 0.1 on Birnie Creek. The creek flows through Cathlamet and is a tributary to the Columbia River. This culvert is presently a barrier to fish passage - at low flow this culvert is a depth barrier, and at high flow a velocity barrier. When this project is completed, coho, steelhead and cutthroat will be able to access over 7,000 square miles of spawning habitat and 28,000 square miles of rearing habitat. WDFW and the city of Cathlamet are cooperating on this project. The project is part of a larger effort to correct other barriers in the creek system.
00-1034-2000
WA RCO
So. Fork Toutle
WA
Lower Columbia
17-MAR-00
15-MAY-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$42,154
Project funding will support restoration on Brownell Creek, a tributary to the South Fork Toutle River in Cowlitz County. The project will reconstruct fish passage and open up five (5) miles of creek by removing a landslide, and installing a new fish ladder and intake screen. This work will also enable natural salmon spawning in the upper creek. The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens decimated many salmon populations in the area by destroying important habitat. Since that time, the Cowlitz Game & Anglers have worked to restore the fishery and habitat. Long term goals are to rebuild the wild steelhead and coho runs that historically used this area.
00-1036-2000
WA RCO
DuPuis Chelatchie Creek Project
WA
Lower Columbia
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$34,671
SRFB funding will support restoration of degraded salmonid spawning habitat and improve stream complexity on 0.4 miles of Chelatchie Creek, in the Cedar Creek Watershed in Clark County. This watershed provides the majority of spawning and rearing habitat left for all species of anadromous fish in the North Fork Lewis River system. Chinook and steelhead (federal threatened), coho, and cutthroat are present in this system. The area proposed for restoration has historically provided excellent salmon spawning and rearing habitat. However, this habitat has become degraded due to removal of large woody debris (LWD) and sedimentation on spawning gravels. This project will create in-stream spawning beds anchored by large rock vanes, and will place root wads and other LWD.
00-1038-2000
WA RCO
Duncan Creek Dam Fish Restoration
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$148,344
This project will restore anadromous salmonid passage through a dam located at the mouth of Duncan Creek, in Skamania County. In its current condition, the dam is a complete barrier to chum salmon passage and a partial barrier to coho salmon and steelhead passage. The Skamania Land Owners Association (SLOA) will restore fish passage by replacing an existing six-foot diameter culvert with an open concrete flume fishway. This project restores access to historical chum salmon spawning in springs and seeps along the perimeter of Shahala Lake and an additional stream bed of coho and steelhead spawning and rearing habitat along Duncan Creek. Duncan Creek is one of only a handful of streams on the Columbia that have historically supported chum production. WDFW and SLOA residents will monitor the project by conducting annual fish counts and regularly inspecting habitat.
00-1039-2000
WA RCO
Swift-Killian-Sargent Cedar Crk. Project
WA
Lower Columbia
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$100,857
This project will restore degraded salmonid spawning habitat, improve stream complexity, and recover and restore rearing habitat on 1.7 miles Cedar Creek, a tributary of the North Fork Lewis River in Clark County. The Cedar Creek watershed provides the majority of spawning and rearing habitat left for all species of anadromous fish in the North Fork Lewis River system. Chinook and steelhead (federal threatened), coho, and cutthroat are present in the Cedar Creek watershed. Although the area proposed for restoration has historically provided excellent spawning and rearing habitat, it has become degraded due to removal of most LWD. This has resulted in loss of stream complexity, sedimentation on spawning gravel, and loss of access to high quality rearing habitat. This project will create in-stream spawning beds anchored by large rock vanes, add root wads and other LWD, and recover several lost rearing areas.
00-1040-2000
WA RCO
Lower Columbia River Estuary: Chinook
WA
Washington Coastal
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$361,898
SRFB funding will support restoration of 850 acres of estuarine wetlands and two miles of river and riparian habitat in the Chinook Estuary in Pacific County near Ilwaco. Restoration activities will include removing tidegates, filling drain ditches, restoring tidal swales, reforesting riparian areas, and building a new levee with sufficient tidegates to protect nonparticipating landowners. The Chinook River is home to coho, chinook and chum salmon, steelhead, and searun cutthroat trout. The Chinook River Estuary, at the Lower Columbia River, provides critical habitat for all Columbia Basin Salmonids. The estuary provides the last feeding and rearing habitat for juvenile salmonids prior to entering the Pacific Ocean. Restoring tidal function to this estuary will improve habitat conditions within the Chinook River Estuary and Baker Bay. Project partners include Ducks Unlimited, USFWS, WDFW, Columbia Land Trust, and the NRCS.
00-1041-2000
WA RCO
Carter-Malinowski-Shimano Cedar Creek
WA
Lower Columbia
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$50,454
This project will restore degraded salmonid spawning habitat, improve stream complexity, and recover and restore rearing habitat on 0.4 miles of Cedar Creek, a tributary of the North Fork Lewis River in Clark County. The Cedar Creek watershed provides the majority of spawning and rearing habitat left for all species of anadromous fish in the North Fork Lewis River system. Spawning and rearing habitat has become seriously degraded due to past removal of most LWD. This has resulted in loss of stream complexity, sedimentation on spawning gravel, and loss of access to high quality rearing habitat. This project will continue work done in 1999 by developing in-stream spawning beds anchored by large rock vanes, adding root wads and other LWD, and recovering lost rearing areas.
00-1042-2000
WA RCO
Lower Columbia - Grays River Estuary
WA
Lower Columbia
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$82,877
This project will acquire and restore 112 acres of estuarine wetlands and two (2) miles of river and riparian habitat in the Grays River Estuary along the Lower Columbia River in Wahkiakum County. The Grays River is home to ESA-listed Chinook, chum, and steelhead, as well as coho and searun cutthroat trout. Restoration elements include restoring tidal function to the estuary by partially breaching levees and removing culverts. Goals are to improve estuarine salmon nursery habitat, improve water quality, and increase salmon productivity in both the Grays River and Columbia River estuaries. Project partners include WDFW and Ducks Unlimited.
00-1045-2000
WA RCO
Jimmycomelately Bridge
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
31-DEC-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$1,340,000
This application is to fund the construction of an 85' x40' bridge where one does not currently exist, in the historic location of JimmyComeLately Creek. This project is a component of a larger effort to restore the Creek. The lower reach was moved circa 1913, and routed on a terrace to the east. This change in alignment caused the loss of 8 feet of gradient and more than doubled the length of channel in this reach, resulting in a dramatic decrease in the amount of fluvial and tidal energy available to transport sediment in the channel. This energy loss has resulted in severely degraded habitat: * The perched, aggraded stream has lower flows and decreased habitat quality at low flow, which is important to the migratory, spawning, and egg incubation timing of Summer Chum. * The instability of the channel as it progrades into the Bay is so severe that partial or total blockages to fish passage occur at the point at which the Creek enters the Bay. * The Creek no longer has an "estuary", the marine/freshwater transition is abrupt. * Channel instability is chronic, redd scour/fill is severe. The overall project objectives are to restore the Creek to the estuary, restore the estuary by removal of fill and roads, specifically benefiting Summer Chum and waterfowl in the Sequim Bay Watershed, with benefits to other salmon species as well. This project will be implemented by WSDOT, Clallam County is the applicant at the request of the JimmyComeLately Work group.
00-1046-2000
WA RCO
Sekiu River Log Jam Construction
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$104,382
This project will construct full-spanning logjams on the Sekiu River in Clallam County to reduce stream energy; trap sediment; and increase cover, holding pools, tail-out spawning areas, and off-channel and side-channel habitat. The Tribe will place instream LWD downstream from the jams where needed to reduce bank destabilization. Past activities and on-going disturbance have created a stream channel that lacks LWD and short-term sources for wood input. The proposed jams will trap wood until the riparian timber grows large enough to resist flushing. The jams will provide significant habitat for salmonids and their prey.
00-1047-2000
WA RCO
Dungeness Water Cons.- Instream Flows
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
01-MAY-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$178,526
This project will improve salmon habitat by increasing instream flows (especially during critical low flows) through piping irrigation canals in the Dungeness watershed, in Clallam County. Increasing flows and volumes will help lower water temperatures and improve water quality. Piping the canals will eliminate introduction of coliform and other pollutants into the Dungeness River. The project will benefit all Dungeness River salmon stocks including listed Dungeness Chinook, summer chum, and pink and bulltrout. The Dungeness Valley Agricultural Water Users Association is a project partner.
00-1048-2000
WA RCO
Jimmycomelately Restoration/Acquisition
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
01-MAY-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$133,607
This project will acquire almost six acres of critical salmon habitat at the mouth of Jimmycomelately Creek at Sequim Bay. This effort is a component of a larger protection and restoration program for Jimmycomelately Creek, located in eastern Clallam County. Other funds will support relocating the creek to its historic channel and restoring portions of the estuary. The Creek channel alignment was altered in the early 1900's causing channel aggradation, severe habitat loss, low flows, channel instability, fish passage blockage, scour and fill of redds, and increased flood frequency and severity. Project partners include Clallam County, the Conservation District, WDFW, EPA, USFWS and others.
00-1053-2000
WA RCO
Mosman Shoreline Acquisition
WA
Washington Coastal
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$80,000
The acquisition will permanently protect a 35 acre section of the mainstem Nisqually River in WRIA 11. The property is undeveloped woodland with excellent riparian habitat values. If purchased, the land will remain undeveloped in perpetuity, which will facilitate improvement of natural salmon production in the mainstem Nisqually. This project is part of a larger salmon recovery effort to permanently protect the mainstem Nisqually shoreline and riparian habitat, a distance of approximately 42 river miles. Acquisition of this critical habitat is well underway in the Nisqually basin, with over 60% of the river permanently protected. This project will primarily benefit chinook salmon and steelhead, both species that depend on the mainstem for spawning and rearing. Project supporters include the Nisqually River Council and the Nisqually Indian Tribe.
00-1061-2000
WA RCO
Bear Creek Waterways, Reach A
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$150,000
SRFB funding will support the acquisition of 83 acres of high quality aquatic resource land in Bear Creek Basin, near Woodinville. The area contains large forested buffers, riverine wetlands, salmonid spawning areas, large beds of fresh water mussels, and extensive forested uplands. The property is located near the middle of the ecologically important Bear Creek stream reach. Salmonid species benefiting from this project include Chinook, coho, sockeye, steelhead, cutthroat, and kokanee. King County has been very successful working with property owners in this area, with over an 80% participation rate. This cooperative relationship has resulted in the purchase in fee of 120 acres, purchase of an additional 52 acres of conservation easements, and enrollment of over 200 acres in property tax reductions programs that retain conservation areas and rural land uses.
00-1068-2000
WA RCO
Indian George Creek Restoration, Phase 2
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$9,706
Indian George Creek flows into Quilcene Bay just south of the Big Quilcene River in Jefferson County. In October 1999, a crew funded by a DNR "Jobs for the Environment" grant rehabilitated the lower 460 feet of the creek by adding LWD, replacing a culvert, and reconnecting an estuary to tidal flow. This project will complete this effort by adding additional LWD to the stream channel and constructing three (3) log structures upstream to stabilize the channel. This project will benefit coho, steelhead, chum, and cutthroat that utilize the creek.
00-1070-2000
WA RCO
Big Quilcene River Colyott Project
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$50,860
Funding for this project will support salmon habitat enhancement on the Big Quilcene River in Jefferson County by stabilizing transient LWD and encouraging deposition along the toe of a severely eroded bluff that is an active sediment source. The project entails constructing 12 floating log groins, one (1) rock groin, and modifying three (3)existing rock groins to recruit LWD and sediment at the toe of the bluff. Targeted species are summer chum, Chinook, coho, steelhead, cutthroat. Partners include Wild Olympic Salmon, WDFW, and USFS.
00-1072-2000
WA RCO
Stewart Engineered Log Jam
WA
Deschutes
17-MAR-00
01-JUN-01 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$2,989
This project involves constructing 3 engineered logjams along 1500 feet of eroding streambank on the Deschutes River in Thurston County. The structures will be embedded deeply into the bank to increase channel complexity and provide temporary, limited protection of the streambank. The period of protection will allow for establishment of native conifers and shrubs within a buffer along the riparian corridor. Objectives of this project are to provide salmon habitat diversity to the Deschutes River system; reduce erosion and sedimentation degrading spawning gravels; and reestablish native vegetation along the riparian zone thereby reducing stream temperatures and stabilizing the river banks. The project will benefit cutthroat, coho and steelhead by improving the quality and quantity of spawning rearing and resting habitat. Project partners include the County Stream Team and the Washington Conservation Corps.
00-1073-2000
WA RCO
Elwha River Floodplain Restoration
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
01-JUN-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$273,211
This project will enhance existing salmon habitat and restore the dominant physical processes in a portion of the Elwha River, in Clallam County. Physical restoration is necessary to improve the remaining natural habitats in the 4.9 miles of accessible river below Elwha Dam. Project elements include construction of engineered logjams in both mainstem and side-channel habitats to provide multi-species fish habitat; completion of previous habitat enhancement efforts in Boston Charlie Creek; and removal of soil deposits to reactivate a historic estuary distributary. This proposal builds upon past floodplain restoration efforts conducted since 1994.
00-1074-2000
WA RCO
Cedar River/Taylor Creek Confluence
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$170,000
The Lower Cedar River watershed is located in southeastern King County and covers 66 square miles including 20 miles of river. It provides over half the fresh water inflow to Lake Washington, and supports one of the largest salmon populations in the state including sockeye, coho, steelhead, and ESA-listed chinook. This project will acquire seven acres of forested riparian floodplain on the Cedar River, including 1,000 feet of mainstream channel, nearly 1,300 feet of the lowermost reach, the mouth of Taylor Creek, and one of the largest remaining floodplain wetlands adjacent to the mainstream. This project complements related restoration projects that will alleviate historical flooding and improve habitat and water quality in Taylor Creek. This site was selected by the Cedar River Council in 1999 as a top priority for protection under the Cedar River Legacy program.
00-1075-2000
WA RCO
WF Chimacum Creek Restoration Project
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
01-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$124,000
The project reconfigures and naturalizes a half mile of ditched stream channel on Chimacum Creek, near Port Townsend in Jefferson County. The project objective is long term improvement of overall stream conditions in the watershed, reducing sedimentation, increasing dissolved oxygen, and reducing nutrient loading. These improvements will assist summer chum spawning downstream while improving rearing and spawning habitat for coho, cutthroat and steelhead. Project elements include replacing a culvert with an inexpensive bridge; revegetating 15 acres of riparian zone to provide shade cover; and control of invasive weeds. The project will also excavate the stream bank; place LWD to create pools and riffles, deflect current and create back eddies; and create side channels to establish natural flow dynamics. Project partners include the Jefferson County Conservation District, Wild Olympic Salmon, Trout Unlimited and Chimacum Schools.
00-1076-2000
WA RCO
96th Street Oxbow Project
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$62,896
The South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group will reconnect an oxbow (and associated 23 acre wetland) to the mainstem of the Puyallup River, in Pierce County. The 96th Street Oxbow is located on the right bank of the Puyallup River near the intersection of Riverside Drive and McCutcheon Road. The oxbow is approximately four acres. It is perched 10 feet above summer flows to the river, and is choked with invasive vegetation. Currently, the oxbow provides no functions beneficial to fish. Improvements will include a new culvert and roughened channel to provide juvenile salmonids unrestricted access to the oxbow at all but the lowest summer flows. Invasive vegetation (Himalayan blackberry and reed canary grass) will be cleared and re-planted with native plant species. Juvenile coho, chinook, steelhead and cutthroat will directly benefit from the habitat that is made available by this project.
00-1077-2000
WA RCO
E. Chimacum Creek RM 1.2 - 2.3
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$62,750
This project will improve salmon habitat and water quality in a low-gradient, channelized, agricultural reach of East Chimacum Creek in Jefferson County. This reach has very low dissolved oxygen levels during summer due to clogging with reed canarygrass. In addition the riparian zone has little functional vegetation. Project elements include: removing reed canarygrass from the channel, re-meandering the channel where possible, excavating bank margin pools, anchoring LWD in the pools and channel, and planting native trees and shrubs in the riparian zone. The District will also install livestock exclusion fencing and off-stream livestock watering systems. Anticipated outcomes are higher dissolved oxygen levels; lower fecal coliform and stream temperature levels; and improved channel structure, fish habitat and riparian function. This project will benefit coho, steelhead, cutthroat, and summer chum. Project partners include private landowners, Wild Olympic Salmon, and North Olympic Salmon Coalition.
00-1078-2000
WA RCO
Sportsmans Club Oxbow Reconnection
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$105,935
This project will reestablish fish access to an existing oxbow lake on the lower Puyallup River using a concrete culvert structure with an internal fish ladder. The fish passage structure will replace the existing barrier culvert that conveys water under the levee from the oxbow into the Puyallup River. The Puyallup Tribal Fisheries Site Restoration Catalog rated this project 3rd in priority for potential restoration sites on the lower Puyallup River. The Washington State Conservation Commission lists side channel habitat and flood plain connectivity (both of which will be addressed by this project) as limiting factors for the Puyallup River. The oxbow will provide over 18 acres of important off-channel rearing habitat for juvenile salmonids, including coho salmon, chinook salmon (a listed stock), steelhead, and sea-run cutthroat trout. The Sumner Sportsman's Association owns the property and is willing to cooperate. Other project partners include Pierce County, the South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group, and the Puyallup Tribe.
00-1079-2000
WA RCO
Upper Bear Creek Conservation Area 1
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$250,000
This project will protect 791 acres of undeveloped forested land in the headwaters of Bear Creek in Snohomish County through a combination of fee simple ownership and conservation easements. In particular, funding will support acquisition of timber rights to protect the habitat value and water quality in the Bear Creek watershed. The purchase of the timber rights and the underlying fee ownership will permanently protect these headwaters. The property is part of the Paradise Valley Conservation Area, which is a regionally significant natural resource area, and provides habitat for chinook, coho, steelhead, kokanee, and sockeye salmonid species. This property is the largest contiguous undeveloped parcel in the upper Bear Creek watershed. Preservation of this property with intact timber rights is critical to the vitality of salmon habitat in the upper Bear Creek watershed.
00-1081-2000
WA RCO
Bourgault/North Channel Restoration Ph.2
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
15-MAY-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$145,238
Funding will support restoration and maintenance of surface hydrologic connectivity between a historic river meander bend and the Skokomish River during all hydrologic flows throughout the system. The goals of the project are to increase salmon over wintering and summer rearing habitats, as well as increase the available spawning area. The site is located within the Skokomish Indian Reservation boundaries in Mason County, near Hood Canal. Project elements include bank stabilization, reconfiguring the channel, installing engineered log jams, removing exotic invasive vegetation, planting native species, installing sediment and livestock fencing, and salmon carcass placement. Displaced fishers and timber workers from economically distressed counties will work as Resource Technicians to provide labor for this project. Multiple salmon species and stocks are anticipated to make use of this restored area, including ESA listed threatened species Hood Canal summer chum and Puget Sound chinook salmon.
00-1082-2000
WA RCO
Flett Creek Dam Removal Project
WA
Washington
17-MAR-00
17-MAR-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$48,340
Funding will support removal of a dam and dilapidated fish ladder structure on Flett Creek, a tributary to Chambers Creek (WRIA 12) in the city of Lakewood. The fish ladder has undermined and become unstable, and is not passable by salmon. The project will remove the dam and fish ladder, then re-grade the stream back to its original slope. This project will eliminate the last fish passage barrier in the Flett Creek drainage, insuring unimpeded access for chum salmon, coho salmon, and cutthroat inhabiting the stream. There is approximately two miles of habitat above the dam. Project partners include the City of Lakewood, South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group, and the Puyallup Tribe.
00-1084-2000
WA RCO
Dewatto River Riparian Easement Acquisit
WA
Puget Sound
17-MAR-00
01-AUG-00 -
Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
2000
$0
$140,131
SRFB funding will support preservation of over 12 miles of main stem river system habitat on Dewatto River in Mason County. The Dewatto River System was the first project of its type in Washington to address restoration and preservation of an entire watershed holistically. In the last two years all major fish passage barriers have been removed from this system. This project is the next step in this effort, and will establish a riparian corridor for the entire river through mapping, surveying, evaluating, estimating, and purchasing conservation easements. This effort will become the prototype for other river systems in the Hood Canal watershed. The Hood Canal Land Trust will provide long-term oversight of the conservation easements.
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