Projects

This restoration project is to correct a 33% passable fish passage barrier culvert, #127H0049, at the mouth of Damon Creek at road mile 2.05 on Kirkpatrick Road north of Copalis Crossing, Washington. Damon Creek is in the Lower Humptulips Subbasin, flowing into the lower mainstem Humptulips River at river mile 10.3. The goal is to remove the barrier and replace it with a structure that is passable to all aquatic species and life stages in order to open full migration to 5.82 miles of high-quality spawning and rearing habitat in forestlands upstream. Six species of salmonids present in the Humptulips River will benefit from the improved habitat conditions in Damon Creek including coho, Chinook, chum, steelhead, cutthroat and bull trout. The project will also improve the existing boat ramp just downstream from the culvert to provide safer recreational fishing and boating access to the Humptulips River. The project has been designed and permitted under SRFB grant 19-1184; the current grant proposal is for the construction phase of the project.

Through this restoration project, CBFTF will correct a fish barrier on a county road (Schafer Boom Road) at stream mile 0.55 of Camp Creek (WDFW Site ID 127S0361), including channel realignment and planting. This project would replace a 67% passable culvert (6.5' diameter by 36' long) with a bridge approximately sized for the stream flow and future flood conditions. The bridge will increase access to 5.65 miles of salmonid habitat along Camp Creek, which is used by steelhead, coho, and chum. CBFTF produced designs for this project and completed permitting through RCO SRFB Project #22-1040.

This planning and restoration project will design, permit and construct 3 separate fish passage barrier corrections on Middle Fork Wildcat Creek north of McCleary, Washington, in the Cloquallum Basin in WRIA 22. The barriers include 33% passable site 999439 on Summit Road at road mile 1.59 and stream mile 2.39; 67% passable site 999438 at road mile 0.24 on Elma Hicklin Road and stream mile 3.34; and 67% passable site 127C0006 at road mile 0.27 on County Line Road and stream mile 3.7. Designs and permitting will be completed and construction implemented to remove the barriers and replace them with structures that are passable to all aquatic species and life stages in order to open full migration access to 4.08 miles of excellent spawning and rearing habitat in forestlands. Three species of salmonids will benefit from the improved habitat conditions in the Chehalis Basin as a result of these projects, including coho, steelhead and cutthroat trout.

This restoration project is to correct a fish passage barrier culvert on Geissler Creek where it passes under Geissler Road by replacing it with a structure that is passable to all aquatic species and life stages in order to open full migration access to 2.0 miles of forested spawning and rearing habitat. Five species of salmonids will benefit from the improved habitat conditions in Geissler Creek and the Wynoochee River Sub-basin as a result of this project, including coho, chum and Chinook salmon as well as steelhead and resident trout. Correcting the fish barrier culvert is to restore physical, biological and hydraulic functions, (including substrate and large woody debris transport), provide habitat access to five species of anadromous salmonids as well as other aquatic species, and enhance nutrient availability and biological diversity in the watershed. The culvert has been determined to be 33% passable by WDFW (site #103-1025) and is ranked 118th in the Chehalis Fish Passage Barrier Prioritization- WDFW ranked barrier list. The existing structure is a squash corrugated steel culvert; it is 6 feet wide, 5 feet high and 40 feet long, installed at a -0.57% slope and undersized for the stream's bankfull width of 18 feet. This barrier will be removed and replaced with a 44' long by 30' wide by 18" deep pre-cast concrete bridge.

This project removes a 36-inch diameter, 40 feet long round steel culvert and replaces it with a modular steel bridge 40 feet long and 16 feet wide. This culvert is on a tributary to the EF Hoquiam River. The culvert is 33% passable due to a 2.45% slope. The stream was walked from the EF Hoquiam River to the end of fish use 0.83 miles upstream of this culvert. There are two 33% passable culverts downstream, one on East Hoquiam Rd and one further down on private property. There are no barriers upstream. A downstream landowner has video of spawning coho downstream of this culvert and another landowner, near the confluence with EF Hoquiam says there used to be chinook in this stream. Coho fry observed during stream survey to end of fish use.

The issue at hand is a 33% passable fish barrier located under Wildcat Road at road mile 0.43 and stream mile 3.1 of West Fork Wildcat Creek, north of McCleary in the Cloquallum Subbasin. This project aims to address the degraded watershed process affecting fish migration and access to upstream spawning and rearing habitats. Specifically, the project will involve the removal of two steel arch culverts that measure 5 feet wide, 4.7 feet high, and 40 feet long, which are located under a single road crossing at Wildcat Creek on Wildcat Creek Road at road mile post 0.43, north of McCleary. The solution involves removing the existing barrier and replacing it with a 46 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 1.5 feet thick pre-stressed concrete bridge that will be accessible to all species and life stages of salmonids and other aquatic species in this unnamed tributary. This grant application is intended for the final design, permitting, and construction funds necessary to implement the project.

The Project will remove three fish passage barrier culverts on separate road crossings on Geissler Creek in the Wynoochee River Basin and replace them with structures that are fully passable to all aquatic species and life stages. Together they will open a total of 2.35 miles of excellent spawning and rearing habitat for five species of salmonids, including coho, Chinook and chum salmon and steelhead and cutthroat trout. ​ This project is located on private land on the Pekola property on Geissler Creek off Geissler Road northwest of Montesano in the Wynoochee Valley. The project will remove a 40 ft. long, 5 ft. diam. cmp culvert, plus an old log puncheon bridge immediately downstream from the culvert road crossing.

The problem is a 33% passable fish barrier under Kirkpatrick Road at road mile 2.05 at the mouth of Damon Creek on the Humptulips River at river mile 10.3. The degraded watershed processes this project addresses is fish migration access to upstream spawning and rearing habitat and floodplain connectivity. The solution is to remove the barrier and replace it with a structure that is passable to all species and life stages of salmonids and other aquatic species in Damon Creek to benefit coho, steelhead and cutthroat trout spawning and rearing, as well as Chinook rearing, chum spawning and Bull trout winter grazing. This grant application is for design and permitting of the barrier correction. These materials will be used to apply for subsequent grants to fund project construction.

This restoration project consists of correcting a 0% passable fish passage barrier culvert (#125 1709W29C) under Newskah Road at road mile 1.95 on an unnamed tributary to Newskah Creek south of Aberdeen in the South Bay Subbasin. The project addresses the degraded watershed process of fish migration and access to 1.5 miles of upstream spawning and rearing habitat. The goal is to remove the barrier culvert and replace it with a structure that is passable to all species and life stages of salmonids and other aquatic species in this unnamed tributary. Salmonid species to benefit include coho and chum salmon, and steelhead and cutthroat trout. Project design and permitting have been completed through RCO grant #16-1327; this grant application is for the construction portion of the project only. Correcting fish passage barriers is a Tier 1 concern according to the Chehalis Basin Lead Entity's restoration strategy, this culvert is in the top 16% on the Lead Entity priority ranked list of barriers in the Chehalis Basin and in the top 10% in the lower Chehalis Basin, WRIA 22.

This project is to remove 3, 33% passable fish passage barrier culverts on Bush Creek 3 miles north of Elma, Washington, and replace them with structures that are fully passable to all aquatic species and life stages. Together, they will open a total of 8.44 miles of upstream spawning and rearing habitat for 5 species of salmonids. Project designs and permitting are funded under SRFB Grant #17-1184; this application is for construction funds only. Sites are #125 1805W17A, W19A and W19B. Fish passage barrier culverts are identified as a Tier 1 limiting factor in the Cloquallum Subbasin tributaries, including Bush Creek, according to the Chehalis Basin Salmon Habitat Restoration and Preservation Strategy for WRIA 22 and 23, Grays Harbor County Lead Entity Habitat Work Group, 2011, pg. 96. The associated action in the Strategy is to correct barrier culverts. According to the same plan, culverts falling within the upper third of the basin's ranked barrier list are high priority for correction (pg. 195). All 3 projects are in the top 3% of the Lead Entity basin ranking.

Pfeiffer is a restoration project correcting a fish barrier culvert on the mainstem of Camp Creek, which is a tributary to Metcalf Slough and the Chehalis River. Correcting this culvert will eventually open 2.77 miles of prime fish rearing and spawning habitat. There are partial upstream and downstream barriers on this stream which are currently in the process of being designed for correction with future available grants. The proposed correction is removing the barrier culvert and installing a 50 ft. long by 14 ft. wide steel modular bridge. The upstream habitat is rural residential and then commercial forest lands in the upper reaches. The lower reaches are rural residential with patches of scattered deciduous trees and native shrubs bordering the stream. Most of the stream has good spawning gravels. Portions of the stream have active beaver dams, which is prime coho and cutthroat habitat. This project would mostly benefit coho and cutthroat, but other juvenile salmonids and aquatic species could benefit in what would be considered a shelter stream during winter storm events. Correcting this barrier will help restore the natural functions of this stream, allow passage for all species of salmonids and other aquatic life forms.

This project is to address 3 fish passage barriers on Geissler Creek 3 miles northwest of Montesano. It will complete topographical surveys, develop preferred alternatives, design drawings, cost estimates, and permitting for private driveways sites #127Y0136 and #127Y0374 and county-owned Geissler Road site #103-1025. Together with a correction already designed and permitted for a barrier on West Wynooche Road site #103-1022, these corrections will open 3.15 miles of excellent, mostly forested habitat for coho, chum and Chinook salmon and steelhead and cutthroat trout. The design and permitting materials will be used to apply for future grants to construct the 4 projects to build on passage restoration begun by an FFFPP project upstream from West Wynooche Road completed in 2016.

This restoration project is to correct a 33% passable fish passage barrier culvert, #127H0049, at the mouth of Damon Creek at road mile 2.05 on Kirkpatrick Road north of Copalis Crossing, Washington. Damon Creek is in the Lower Humptulips Subbasin, flowing into the lower mainstem Humptulips River at river mile 10.3. The goal is to remove the barrier and replace it with a structure that is passable to all aquatic species and life stages in order to open full migration to 5.82 miles of high-quality spawning and rearing habitat in forestlands upstream. Six species of salmonids present in the Humptulips River will benefit from the improved habitat conditions in Damon Creek including coho, Chinook, chum, steelhead, cutthroat and bull trout. The project will also improve the existing boat ramp just downstream from the culvert to provide safer recreational fishing and boating access to the Humptulips River. The project has been designed and permitted under SRFB grant 19-1184; the current grant proposal is for the construction phase of the project.

This restoration project is to correct a 0% passable fish barrier culvert on an unnamed tributary to Newskah Creek at road mile 3.4 on Newskah Road southeast of Aberdeen, Washington. The barrier will be removed and replaced with a larger multi-plate, corrugated steel, bottomless arch culvert that is passable to all aquatic species and life stages in order to open full migration access to 1.34 miles of excellent spawning and rearing habitat in forestlands. Four species of salmonids will benefit from the improved habitat conditions in the Chehalis Basin as a result of these projects, including coho, chum, steelhead and cutthroat trout. The project was designed and permitted under SRFB grant 19-1185; the current grant is for the construction phase.

The Chehalis Basin Fisheries Task Force, in coordination with the landowner, removed two fish passage barriers on a tributary to Cedar Creek and replaced each with low profile concrete bridges, 30 ft long and 20 ft wide. These two sites are located on a tributary to Cedar Creek. The two sites are on separate channels that connect with the Cedar Creek main stem. The two channels cannot be combined because they originate from different sources or outlets from the upstream wetland. The whole area is inundated mostly during winter months. An upstream survey from the project sites measured about 0.40 miles of habitat before the channel became undefined; but continuing on toward the wetland both channels became defined again with periodic pooling. Pools had standing water as deep as three feet and more.

Chehalis Basis Fisheries Task Force, in coordination with the landowner, will replace a fish passage barrier culvert on a tributary to Cedar Creek in Grays Harbor county. The culvert will be replaced with a bridge, restoring passage to 1.39 miles of habitat for all salmonid species and life stages, including bull trout, present in Cedar Cr, and coho and steelhead present in the Copalis River. No barriers are present downstream. Two fish passage barriers found upstream will be corrected at the same time under a separate FFFPP agreement .

This project, on a tributary to Ping Pong Cr. is located at 2518 Satsop-Cloquallum Road, in Mason County, NE of Elma. The project is to remove an undersized 42-inch diameter, 17 ft. long round steel culvert and abandon the road where the culvert is located. The crossing will be replaced with a modular steel bridge 40 ft. long and 14 ft. wide to be relocated immediately upstream of the abandoned culvert crossing. Of the 4 culverts on this property, 3 are eligible, A, B and D. Site C is passable but logs are deteriorating. Site A is now prism #15-1502 and funded for 2017. This project is for Site B which is north of Site A behind house and has 1.52 miles of habitat gain. Coho and searun cutthroat are present in Ping Pong Creek above and beyond site A and would potentially benefit from correcting this barrier.

The Project will remove three fish passage barrier culverts on separate road crossings on Geissler Creek in the Wynoochee River Basin and replace them with structures that are fully passable to all aquatic species and life stages. Together they will open a total of 2.35 miles of excellent spawning and rearing habitat for five species of salmonids, including coho, Chinook and chum salmon and steelhead and cutthroat trout. ​ This project is located on private land on the Pekola property on Geissler Creek off Geissler Road northwest of Montesano in the Wynoochee Valley. The project will remove a 40 ft. long, 5 ft. diam. cmp culvert, plus an old log puncheon bridge immediately downstream from the culvert road crossing.

The Project will remove three fish passage barrier culverts on separate road crossings on Geissler Creek in the Wynoochee River Basin and replace them with structures that are fully passable to all aquatic species and life stages. Together they will open a total of 2.35 miles of excellent spawning and rearing habitat for five species of salmonids, including coho, Chinook and chum salmon and steelhead and cutthroat trout. ​ This project is located on private land on the Pekola property on Geissler Creek off Geissler Road northwest of Montesano in the Wynoochee Valley. The project will remove a 40 ft. long, 5 ft. diam. cmp culvert, plus an old log puncheon bridge immediately downstream from the culvert road crossing.

The problem is a 0% passable fish passage barrier culvert under Newskah Road at road mile 3.4 on an unnamed tributary to Newskah Creek south of Aberdeen in the South Bay Subbasin. The degraded watershed processes this project addresses is fish migration access to upstream spawning and rearing habitat and floodplain connectivity. The solution is to design and permit a project to remove the barrier culvert and replace it with a structure that is passable to all species and life stages of salmonids and other aquatic species in the tributary. Coho salmon, steelhead and cutthroat trout are expected to use the stream once passage is provided. Project components include evaluating correction alternatives, identifying a preferred alternative, estimates costs, and completing design drawings and permitting for the barrier correction. The resulting materials will be used to apply for future grants for project construction.

This project is to remove 3, 33% passable fish passage barrier culverts on Bush Creek 3 miles north of Elma, Washington, and replace them with structures that are fully passable to all aquatic species and life stages. Together, they will open a total of 8.44 miles of upstream spawning and rearing habitat for 5 species of salmonids. Project designs and permitting are funded under SRFB Grant #17-1184; this application is for construction funds only. Sites are #125 1805W17A, W19A and W19B. Fish passage barrier culverts are identified as a Tier 1 limiting factor in the Cloquallum Subbasin tributaries, including Bush Creek, according to the Chehalis Basin Salmon Habitat Restoration and Preservation Strategy for WRIA 22 and 23, Grays Harbor County Lead Entity Habitat Work Group, 2011, pg. 96. The associated action in the Strategy is to correct barrier culverts. According to the same plan, culverts falling within the upper third of the basin's ranked barrier list are high priority for correction (pg. 195). All 3 projects are in the top 3% of the Lead Entity basin ranking.

This project is to remove 3, 33% passable fish passage barrier culverts on Bush Creek 3 miles north of Elma, Washington, and replace them with structures that are fully passable to all aquatic species and life stages. Together, they will open a total of 8.44 miles of upstream spawning and rearing habitat for 5 species of salmonids. Project designs and permitting are funded under SRFB Grant #17-1184; this application is for construction funds only. Sites are #125 1805W17A, W19A and W19B. Fish passage barrier culverts are identified as a Tier 1 limiting factor in the Cloquallum Subbasin tributaries, including Bush Creek, according to the Chehalis Basin Salmon Habitat Restoration and Preservation Strategy for WRIA 22 and 23, Grays Harbor County Lead Entity Habitat Work Group, 2011, pg. 96. The associated action in the Strategy is to correct barrier culverts. According to the same plan, culverts falling within the upper third of the basin's ranked barrier list are high priority for correction (pg. 195). All 3 projects are in the top 3% of the Lead Entity basin ranking.

This is a restoration project removing side by side fish barrier culverts located under the access road to the Stafford forest property. The project and property is located off Powers Creek Road, which is off Cloquallum Road just northeast of Elma in Grays Harbor County. The goal for this project is to remove the double culvert installation which is a 67% passable culvert during normal flows and 33 to 0 percent passable during winter high flows. The correction will be a galvanized, deep corrugated, bottomless box culvert with a 24 ft. span and 7ft. 9 in. rise, 35 feet long. Correction of this culvert will benefit primarily coho and cutthroat trout. This stream in the lower reaches most likely benefit chum, juvenile steelhead and juvenile Chinook, because these species are in the Cloqualum Creek drainage which Powers Creek is a tributary.

This project is to conduct final scoping, complete fish barrier culvert correction designs and apply for project permitting for 11 sites on five streams in Grays Harbor County. These sites are on five separate road crossings on Sand Creek near McCleary, three separate crossings on Camp Creek near Montesano, one on Geissler Creek near Montesano, one on Mopang Creek near Humptulips and one on an unnamed creek under Newskah Road near Aberdeen. The intent is to use the permitted designs to apply for future funding to construct the projects to replace the barriers with structures that are passable to all aquatic species and life stages in order to open access to excellent upstream spawning and rearing habitat. Ultimately, Chinook, Coho, and Chum salmon and steelhead and Cutthroat Trout will benefit from the improved habitat conditions in the Chehalis Basin as a result of designing and constructing these projects.