DESCRIPTION
The goal of this project is to provide essential over-wintering habitat for wild juvenile coho, as well as other salmon species, by reconnecting Allen's Marsh to Old Joe's Slough and the Hoh River mainstem. Allen's Marsh is a 14 acre forested wetland associated with a wall-based channel situated on a terrace above the Hoh River floodplain. The site is a maze of wetland channels, beaver dams, deep pools and abundant cover. Allen's Marsh would provide excellent over-wintering habitat for wild juvenile coho. Old Joe's Slough is a 15.5 acre forested wetland complex / side channel associated with the Hoh River floodplain. This channel is known to be heavily used by coho and several other species, including bull and cutthroat trout, sculpin, western brook lampray, dace, and threespined stickleback.
The goal of this project is to provide essential over-wintering habitat for wild juvenile coho, as well as other salmon species, by reconnecting Allen's Marsh to Old Joe's Slough and the Hoh River mainstem. Allen's Marsh is a 14 acre forested wetland associated with a wall-based channel situated on a terrace above the Hoh River floodplain. The site is a maze of wetland channels, beaver dams, deep pools and abundant cover. Allen's Marsh would provide excellent over-wintering habitat for wild juvenile coho. Old Joe's Slough is a 15.5 acre forested wetland complex / side channel associated with the Hoh River floodplain. This channel is known to be heavily used by coho and several other species, including bull and cutthroat trout, sculpin, western brook lampray, dace, and threespined stickleback.
NOTES
This project was not approved for funding in 2015 but was completed without direct funding in 2016 utilizing in-kind resources staged in the vicinity of the project from DNR and the Hoh Tribe. Special thanks to Steve Thompson (DNR) and the Work Crew from the Clearwater Corrections Facility.
