DESCRIPTION
The problem is a 0% passable fish passage barrier culvert under Newskah Road on an unnamed tributary to Newskah Creek south of Aberdeen in the South Bay Subbasin. The degraded watershed process this project addresses is fish migration access to upstream spawning and rearing habitat. The solution 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. Project design and permitting have been completed through RCO grant #16-1327; this grant application is for construction funds only. The components of this project include bid packet development and advertising; contractor selection; project implementation including barrier removal and installation of new, larger culvert; monitoring; and planting.
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 degraded watershed process this project addresses is fish migration access to 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 ranked list of barriers in the Chehalis Basin and in the top 10% in the lower Chehalis Basin, WRIA 22.
Grays Harbor Estuary Management Unit
