Started on: Jan 01, 1997
Ends on: Dec 31, 2015
Big Beef Creek - WRIA 15.0389
The Big Beef watershed is about 14 square miles, with 11 miles of mainstem and 24 miles of tributaries. The creek originates in a series of wetlands, flows through Lake Symington, down a moderately confined ravine, and opens up to a complex floodplain with side channel habitats. The estuary is 47.7 acres in a semi-enclosed lagoon, composed mostly of intertidal mudflats.
Stock Status: See salmon distribution maps, stock charts, and documents (right side of screen).
Federally listed (threatened) – HC/ESJF summer chum spawning and rearing (extinct in 2002 SaSI)
Healthy – coho; fall chum (2002 SaSI)
NOTE: Summer chum stock was extirpated. Summer chum reintroduction program using Big Quilcene River stock conducted 1996 to present.
Land Use: The upper watershed harbors intense commercial forest activities, while hobby farms and residential development occur around Lake Symington. The UW research facility is located in the lower valley bottom and upper estuary.
Factors for Decline: Altered hydrologic patterns from residential development for both low flows and winter peaks are a significant limiting factor. Coarse sediment aggradation; high levels fine sediment in spawning gravels; loss of channel complexity; alteration of estuarine habitats; degraded riparian conditions; elevated temperatures from Lake Symington and general development impacts.
For all references and an expanded version of this description see the Hood Canal Coordinating Council’s Habitat Recovery Strategy for the Hood Canal and Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, version 09-2005
Acquisition Projects (1 projects)
Restoration Projects (5 projects)
Non-Capital Projects (1 projects)
Budget: $10,922,397.00
Feasibility Pending
Estuary (River Delta)
Instream
Riparian
Rivers/Streams/Shoreline
Upland
Wetland
Biological Processes
Degraded Habitat-Channel Structure and Complexity
Degraded Habitat-Estuarine and Nearshore Marine
Degraded Habitat-Fish Passage
Degraded Habitat-Floodplain Connectivity and Function
Degraded Habitat-Riparian Areas and LWD Recruitment
Degraded Habitat-Stream Flow
Degraded Habitat-Stream Substrate
Degraded Habitat-Water Quality
Chinook
Chum
Coho
Steelhead
Coho (Secondary Species)
Cutthroat (Secondary Species)
Steelhead (Secondary Species)
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