Proposed Start Date: Jan 01, 2010
Proposed End Date: Jan 01, 2015
Priority: 1
The overarching goals of this project are to permanently protect, through conservation easement and fee simple acquisition, and restore an entire functional coastal wetland ecosystem totaling 76 acres, including 49 acres of declining tidal estuarine and freshwater wetlands and approximately 21 additional acres of hydric soils. This includes existing ground-truthed freshwater emergent and shrub/forested wetlands that will be restored wetlands and riparian forests. Further, 6 acres of limited restored upland buffer lands formerly agricultural.
Restoration actions will include re-meandering approximately 3,300 feet of the channelized portion of Donovan Creek, adding large woody debris for habitat value (approximately 120 pieces) and replanting approximately 15 acres of riparian corridor along the newly meandered channel. A secondary goal is to contribute to and expand on the estuarine conservation efforts and freshwater/marine habitat connections already accomplished in Quilcene Bay, a priority site within Hood Canal for federally-threatened summer chum and Chinook salmon and steelhead trout and numerous other species of fish and wildlife.
This project can be found in the Recreation and Conservation Office's Project Information System (PRISM) as # 09-1610.
The goal of the project is to protect and restore freshwater in-stream channel meander migration patterns.
The objective of the project is to protect and restore the flood plain meander functions, sediment transport
functions, dissipation, and water storage.
Acquisition/Restoration (Combination)
Budget: $1,020,001.00