DESCRIPTION
"The Aberdeen Landing fish barrier is on Wilson Creek, a tributary to Grays Harbor on the east side of Aberdeen. There were two culverts at this crossing, one a 1.37m cst and the other a 1.4 meter cst. Both were in poor condition with the upstream ends partially submerged in streambed. Both culverts had outfall drops at the downstream end that created a total barrier for anadromous salmonids to access upstream habitat. This crossing has been corrected with a 50' long by 28 feet wide steel bridge. The stream is now open to allow proper hydraulic function, fish passage at higher flows, large woody debris and streambed substrate transport to take place in a natural manner. Correction of this barrier opened 1.65 miles of habitat for coho, steelhead, searun cutthroat. Chinook juveniles could potentially utilize the habitat for rearing during their fresh water phase and with good substrate transport the lower portions of the stream could support a small chum population."
The Aberdeen Landing fish barrier is on Wilson Creek, a tributary to Grays Harbor on the east side of Aberdeen. There were two culverts at this crossing, one a 1.37m cst and the other a 1.4 meter cst. Both were in poor condition with the upstream ends partially submerged in streambed. Both culverts had outfall drops at the downstream end that created a total barrier for anadromous salmonids to access upstream habitat. This crossing has been corrected with a 50' long by 28 feet wide steel bridge. The stream is now open to allow proper hydraulic function, fish passage at higher flows, large woody debris and streambed substrate transport to take place in a natural manner. Correction of this barrier opened 1.65 miles of habitat for coho, steelhead, searun cutthroat. Chinook juveniles could potentially utilize the habitat for rearing during their fresh water phase and with good substrate transport the lower portions of the stream could support a small chum population.