The Mainstem Satsop River and currently provide spawning and rearing habitat to healthy populations of Chinook, Chum, Coho salmon and Steelhead. Although none of these stocks are currently threatened, there is evidence that degraded riparian habitat values threaten the long-term health of all current stocks (Chehalis Basin Salmon Habitat Restoration and Preservation Strategy (CBSHRPS), 2011). In order to protect these populations and their associated habitats, CNLM proposes to conduct riparian restoration work in selected areas of the Satsop sub-basin. Efforts will be focused on improving degraded habitat through restoration plantings, protect and enhance areas that are currently functioning naturally but are threatened due to invasive species through control, and diversify species composition through plantings in areas that are deficient in structural composition and native species diversity. CNLM already receives a grant from WSDA for knotweed control, so the purpose of this grant would be for restoration work only. CBSHRPS classifies the Mainstem Satsop River riparian corridor as in “poor condition” due to lack of native vegetation, particularly conifer species, and invasive species. The recommendations from the CBSHRPS are to control invasive species, revegetate open riparian areas with native plants and interplant conifers in deciduous dominated areas (CBSHRPS, Pgs. 165-173). Within the Satsop, two areas have already been identified as potential restoration areas (please