Spurgeon Creek is a cold water tributary of the Deschutes River in Thurston County which provides important habitat for salmonids in different stages of the life cycle. This project conserved, through acquisition of a permanent 13.85-acre conservation easement on the Bentley property, over 1800 feet of Spurgeon Creek riparian habitat and associated uplands. It also replaced a failing and partially blocking pair of culverts in Spurgeon Creek that were under the driveway to the property with a 40 ft long bridge. The site is located on the mainstem of Spurgeon Creek at River Mile 1 (one mile up from the confluence with the Deschutes River). This unique site has intact and restored riparian buffers as well as palustrine emergent wetlands, meadow, a forested pond, and mixed conifer upland forest. The primary objective of the project was to permanently protect this section of the stream corridor in order to provide critical habitat for salmonids in an area that is heavily impacted by agriculture and development, and to prevent the failing culverts from becoming a complete fish barrier. The species supported by this project are Deschutes Coho, Winter Steelhead, Fall Chinook, Coastal Cutthroat Trout, and Olympic Mudminnow. The secondary objective of the project was to build on the sustained efforts of community groups and volunteers who have restored the riparian buffer on this property through successive native plantings over the last five years.