Capitol Land Trust and its project partners conserved a 40-acre riverine/wetland complex containing high-quality main stem and off-channel wetland habitat on Goldsborough Creek in Shelton, WA, a stream of regional importance in South Puget Sound for salmon production. The project site, located just below the confluence of the North and South forks of the creek, provides quality summer rearing habitat for coho, steelhead and cutthroat in a 2000-ft channel of deep, cool, slow-moving water with overhanging vegetation. The riverine/shrub-scrub wetland was identified by the WRIA 14 Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration Plan as an area with high potential for protection due to its functioning habitat and intact condition. The wetlands have good connectivity with the channel and provide off-channel refuge habitat for juvenile salmonids during winter high flows. Off-channel areas provide abundant food with fewer predators, reduced currents, and good cover. The wetlands retain water and help moderate high flows. Removal of the Goldsborough Creek dam in 2001 resulted in increased utilization of habitat in the upper watershed by coho salmon. Protection of this habitat supports the increased production of coho occurring in the reach. This project added to 20 acres of similar habitat already conserved by the project partners a quarter mile upstream on the South Fork. Primary threats to the site include removal of native vegetation cover, grazing, and residential development with impervious surfaces and septic systems.