Restoration

Breakthrough week in tribal estuary restorations

crescent harbor breakthrough The Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) celebrated the success of two major estuary restoration projects this week.

Returning tidal flow to former estuaries is an important step toward restoring salmon habitat. Puget Sound chinook salmon are listed as “threatened” under the federal Endangered Species Act.

On Wednesday, Aug. 19, an excavator made the final berm cut to allow full tidal flow to 200 acres of the Crescent Harbor salt marsh on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island for the first time in about 100 years. (more…)

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SVH: Upper Skagit Tribe’s Hansen Creek project under way

The Skagit Valley Herald has a story about the Upper Skagit Tribe’s project to restore habitat along Hansen Creek in Sedro-Woolley:

Crews are moving acres of dirt and rocks as part of an effort to restore the historic floodplain of Hansen Creek to help control flooding and increase salmon and steelhead numbers.

When the excavation is complete, a new setback levee will also protect 35 acres and 140 acres of wetlands and stream habitat at the 726-acre Northern State Recreation Area for recreational purposes. (more…)

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