SRP Project

DESCRIPTION

The project will restore full tidal function to 113 acres and remove 10 fish barrier culverts that block fish access to tidal wetlands. Pilings will also be removed from the main Hoquiam channel at the mouth of the largest channel to be reopened. The tidal openings are in three areas, the Northern Tributaries, the Southern Loop wetland and the Northern Loop wetland. Three culverts will be removed from the Northern Tributaries and one site filled back in to focus tidal flows to the two streams there. There's one main tidal channel that will be opened at the Southern Loop and three openings for the Northern Loop including one very large excavation to reopen the mouth of that channel. All these tidal culverts and channels will be opened to match the channel size and we'll excavate adjacent tidal benches to facilitate full tidal function. Other sections of the railroad berm will be left intact. Three other non-tidal fish barrier culverts will be opened between the Northern Tributaries and the Northern Loop area. **Note: This project is technically merged with #18-2125: M. Fork Hoquiam Tidal Restoration Implementation, so there is some overlapping of funding and metrics between #18-2125 and #20-1130.

The Middle Fork Hoquiam Tidal Restoration Project was successfully implemented during the summer of 2021, resulting in the restoration of 153 acres of tidal habitat and removal of barriers to 3.5 miles of salmon bearing streams. The site was previously a railroad log dump and the construction of it had resulted in barriers to fish passage and tidal function in this important area for salmon rearing. The construction contractor, Brumfield Construction, completed excavation at 10 sites resulting in permanent removal of 9 barriers, with the remaining site being purposefully plugged after culvert removal to realign tidal flow through one of the other culvert removal sites nearby. One of the sites was an upland forest road fill on a small stream. The other 8 sites have at least some tidal connection and four of those were in major tidal channels. Altogether over one mile of tidal channels were restored to full fish access and tidal function. at least 40,320 CY of material was excavated from these sites and placed in stable locations at the base of ridge points where the railroad line had cut through, rebuilding the natural topography. The largest excavation site was the Main Breach site where dredge spoils had filled across a 100ft wide tidal channel where it entered the Middle Fork Hoquiam River. This site was also where the railroad ran on piles over the river to dump logs off the train cars for transport to the lumber mills by rafts pulled by tug boats. The project cleared 706 piling from the channel opening using a large, land-based crane with a vibratory pile puller. The contractor installed a temporary tide gate in a ditch that was the only inlet/outlet to the orphaned 100ft tidal channel. This allowed the contractor to lower water levels across the main breach and impounded wetland breach sites. The tidegate was removed at the end of the project and the ditch was plugged to focus tidal flows through the newly restored tidal channel. The main breach was completed in late September 2021, completing all tidal reconnections. The Conservation District completed planting of the site with Sitka spruce. All of the areas accessible by boat were planted. We did not complete the alder thinning portion of the project due to a lack of available thinning contractors for this type of work. (This project should have been merged with 18-2125 metrics were prorated (10%/90% where possible)

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FUNDING SOURCES

FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT

Type	Date	Funding Org	Funding Program	Match	Amount
Requested	02/28/2020	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon State Projects		$250,000.00
Requested	02/28/2020	Grays Harbor Conservation District		Match	$2,000,000.00
Allocated	02/03/2023	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon Federal Projects		$195,055.51
Allocated	02/03/2023	Grays Harbor Conservation District		Match	$1,560,444.08
Spent	11/22/2022	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon State Projects		-$0.00
Spent	02/03/2023	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon Federal Projects		-$195,055.51
Spent	02/03/2023	Grays Harbor Conservation District		Match	-$1,560,444.08

Grant Project Agreement Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Grant Project Agreement Totals	$2,218,000.00	$2,250,000.00	$1,755,499.59	$1,755,499.59	$0.00

OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)

Type	Date	Funding Org	Funding Program	Match	Amount

Other Funding Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Other Funding Totals

Grand Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Grand Totals

PRIMARY SPONSOR

Grays Harbor Conservation District

PROJECT CONTACT

Tom Kollasch

PROJECT MANAGER

Alice Rubin

LOCATION

Chehalis GSU:	Lower Hoquiam
Chinook-Pop (ESU):	Chinook-Washington Coast, Not Warranted
Chum-Pop (ESU):	Chum-Pacific Coast, Not Warranted
Coho-Pop (ESU):	Coho-Southwest Washington, Not Determined
County:	Grays Harbor
HUC12:	Hoquiam River (171001050203)
HUC8:	Grays Harbor (17100105)
Lead Entity Area:	Chehalis Basin
Legislative District:	24
Salmon Recovery Regions:	Washington Coast
Sections:	27
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):	Steelhead-Washington Coast, Not Warranted
Township:	T18NR10W
Watershed Administrative Unit:	WF-MF Hoquiam
WRIA:	Lower Chehalis

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Related Projects

		APPLICATION		FINAL
RESTORATION METRICS
	Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)	0.10	mi	0.01	mi
	Estuarine / Nearshore Project
	*Total Amount Of Estuarine / Nearshore Acres Treated (C.9.b)	108.70	acres	10.90	acres
	Culvert modification / removal (C.9.f.1)
	Acres Opened To Fish Passage through culvert modification/removal (C.9.f.3)	64.90	acres	6.50	acres
	Miles of stream made accessible by removal or modification of culvert			0.11
	Number of Culverts Modified/Removed To Allow Fish Passage (C.9.f.2)	8.00		1.00
	Debris removal (C.9.n.1)
	Acres Treated for debris removal (C.9.n.2)	0.10	acres	0.00	acres
	Dike Or berm modification / removal (C.9.d.1)
	Acres of Habitat Made Available To Salmonids through dike or berm modification/removal (C.9.d.3)	48.00	acres	4.80	acres
	Miles Of Dikes Modified/Removed (C.9.d.2)	0.06	mi	0.01	mi
	Fish Passage Improvement
	*Miles Of Stream Made Accessible (SRFB) (C.2.b.1)	3.50	mi	0.35	mi
	*Number of blockages / impediments / barriers impeding passage (C.2.b.4)	3.00		1.00
	Road-crossing removal (C.2.i.1)
	Miles of stream made accessible by road crossing removal (C.2.i.3)	3.50	mi	0.35	mi
	Number of road-crossings (C.2.i.2)	2.00		1.00
	Riparian Habitat Project
	*Total Riparian Acres Treated (C.5.b.2)	41.00	acres	0.70	acres
	*Total Riparian Miles Streambank Treated (C.5.b.1)	1.11	mi	0.11	mi
	Debris/structures removal (C.5.j.1)
	Acres of Riparian Area Treated. (C.5.j.2)			0.10	acres
	Forestry practices / stand management (C.5.i.1)
	Riparian Acres Treated for forestry practices/stand management (C.5.i.2)	40.50	acres	0.00	acres
	Planting (C.5.c.1)
	Acres Planted in riparian (C.5.c.3)	7.00	acres	0.70	acres
	Miles of streambank planted (C.5.c.4)	1.01	mi	0.10	mi

Organization	Chehalis Basin Lead Entity
Sponsor	Grays Harbor Conservation District
Status	Completed
Schedule	Start Date: 9/16/2020 End Date: 2/3/2023