The project is to replace the existing 6-foot dia. by 70-foot culvert with a 12-foot dia. by 90-foot culvert countersunk 20% and placement of stream bed material within the pipe. This project will address the velocity, scouring, outfall drop of 2-ft. at the culvert outlet and place stream bed material within the culvert. The culvert will be designed to meet design criteria for a 100-year storm event. The culvert replacement design will follow WDFW’s 2003 Design for Roadway Culverts No slope option for fish passage. Once completed access will be restored to 1.73-miles of healthy spawning and rearing habitat. Updated 6/30/2010 Grays Harbor County (LE) Show on map

The project is to replace an existing 4ft. span by 36ft length barrier culvert on a main tributary of Lucas Creek. The existing culvert has a slope of > than 1% with an interior slope break, creating a 60% constriction within the pipe. The existing culvert does not have any streambed material inside and is aligned at the upsteam inlet of the culvert at 90 degrees. The estimated time the culvert poses a barrier to fresh water fish and salmonids is 33% for adults and 67% for juveniles. The project will allow annual access to 2,588sq. meters of spawning habitat and 1,299 sq. meters of rearing habitat. The proposal is to replace the exi..... Updated 6/30/2010 Grays Harbor County (LE) Show on map

This project will replace a culvert on Mooney Creek, a tributary to the Wynoochee River at river mile 6.9. Mooney Creek would provide over 4.3 miles of stream habitat if the blockage were removed. A survey of the stream indicates it could support coho and chum salmon, steelhead, and cutthroat trout. Local residents claim this stream supported spawning salmonids prior to the current culvert installations. The riparian vegetation is abundant with deciduous and conifer trees as well as overhanging brush. The upper portions of the stream have large beaver ponds and wetland, providing good fish rearing. Updated 6/30/2010 Grays Harbor County (LE) Show on map

This project corrects two barrier culverts on the Tornquist property in the upper watershed of the East Fork Wildcat Creek, a tributary to the Chehalis River. Correction of the two sites will open 3.15 miles of habitat for coho, searun cutthroat and resident trout. One barrier culvert is on the East Fork and the other is on an unnamed tributary that enters the East Fork just upstream from the first barrier culvert. The second site is a total barrier with an undersized culvert under a forest access road impounding extensive wetlands and blocking potential juvenile salmonid rearing habitat. There are no upstream barriers and the downstream par..... Updated 6/30/2010 Grays Harbor County (LE)

The Swinhart Fish Passage Barrier Culvert Correction project will remove two undersized culverts. The primary 4 ft. diameter culvert is installed at streambed level with the 2nd 3 ft. diameter culvert elevated as an overflow pipe. The stream is a tributary of Black Creek in the Wynoochee Watershed. The species benefited are juvenile coho, chinook, steelhead, cutthroat trout and chum in the lower reach. The stream has a 9 ft. bank width and the correction will be a 12 ft. round corrugated steel culvert 40 ft. long installed with the no-slope design based on WDFW protocols. This correction will open 1.5 miles of rearing habitat for salmonid..... Updated 6/30/2010 Grays Harbor County (LE)

This project is located within the Chehalis River Surge Plain Natural Area Preserve, a very large, high quality wetland with excellent slough habitat for salmonids. The project will provide access to important off-channel habitat adjacent to the Chehalis River. Preacher's Slough road forms a complete blockage at this site, limiting connectivity to the river at the western end of the slough, which extends at least 6 miles to the west from this blockage point. Fill will be removed and replaced with a bridge. Outcomes expected include better hydrologic connectivity between the slough and the river, and greater fish use in this upper part of ..... Updated 6/30/2010 Grays Harbor County (LE) Show on map

Hoquiam will use this grant to remove a dam on the north fork of the Little Hoquiam River, allowing fish access to about 5 miles of river habitat and restoring about 800 feet of river. Work will include excavating the dam and restoring the grade and alignment of the channel back to more natural conditions. The city will remove accumulated sediment upstream of the dam and raise the riverbed downstream of the dam using rounded river rock and wood. The channel will be turned into a meandering, gravel-bedded stream with riffle pools and large woody debris, which provide a variety of habitat for salmon. The floodplain will be seeded and the uplan..... Updated 6/30/2010 Grays Harbor County (LE) Show on map

This project is on Taylor Creek, a tributary to the Newaukum River. The confluence of Taylor creek is near river mile 10 on the Newaukum. The existing culverts on a forest road were determined to be a barrier (site 125 1301W04A - 33% passable) during the Lewis County Conservation District Phase 1 culvert survey. The county has a rite-of-way but the owner maintains road. This pair of culverts was installed with an HPA. Physical Survey Habitat gain is 1000m (0.62mi). Canopy and instream cover are good throughout most reaches with abundant rearing and limited spawning habitat. The culvert downstream of this site at Logan Hill Rd was recently ..... Updated 6/30/2010 Grays Harbor County (LE)

Mason County will use this grant to protect 498 acres of Decker Creek, permanently protecting a salmon-producing, riparian-wetland complex in the watershed of the east fork of the Satsop River. Coho, summer and fall Chinook, chum, steelhead and cutthroat use the site for spawning and rearing. It contains a diversity of riparian and wetland habitats that produce a complex mosaic of native plant communities that create a highly productive habitat for salmon species. The site includes extensive riparian habitat, including about 2 miles of Decker Creek. The site is threatened with logging. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic ..... Updated 6/30/2010 Grays Harbor County (LE)

The Lewis County Conservation District will use this grant to develop maps and databases of all blockages (culverts, dikes, railroad grades, etc.) for salmon from the confluence of Scatter Creek to the Satsop River on the north side of the Chehalis River and from the confluence of Garrard Creek to Fuller Creek on the south side of the river. This information is needed for prioritizing restoration efforts. Conservation district employees will compile assessment data from several sources and complete the remaining surveys needed to have holistic information available. The conservation district will contribute $25,000 from a federal grant. Updated 6/30/2010 Grays Harbor County (LE)

This project provides 12,500 ft. of fencing and 16,000 ft. of riparian planting to improve fish habitat in Vance Cr., tributary to the Chehalis R. The creek is 8.6 mi. long with 6 mi. of documented salmonid spawning and rearing habitat. It originates in forest lands NW of Elma, flows through residential lands, an abandoned gravel mine which is now a county park, then through farmlands, entering the Chehalis R. at river mile 20. Vance Cr. supports cutthroat trout, coho and possibly chum salmon, as well as lamprey eels, sculpins, mud minnows, and other aquatic life. It has been historically manipulated to accommodate agriculture, mining, an..... Updated 6/30/2010 Grays Harbor County (LE)

Mason County will use this grant to replace a culvert on Dry Bed Creek where it crosses the Beeville Loop Road. The culvert is a barrier to fish passage because of a high outfall drop. It is only 33 percent passable to trout. The existing 9- by 16-foot oval culvert will be replaced with a 34-foot open bottom arch culvert. A downstream plunge pool will be filled to return the streambed to its natural profile. Replacement of the culvert will provide access to 4.7 miles of habitat. The creek is home to chum and coho salmon and coastal cutthroat. The County will contribute $52,000 in equipment and donated labor. Updated 6/30/2010 Grays Harbor County (LE)