Jefferson Land Trust applied for SRFB funds for permanent protection and restoration potential of Tier I, Priority I, Domain I salmonid habitat in the Mid Hood Canal region on the Dosewallips and Duckabush Rivers. These rivers contain some of the most diverse habitat and important salmon habitat in the mid Hood Canal Chinook ESU and Summer Chum ESU. The target reaches are all used by Hood Canal summer chum salmon, Puget Sound Steelhead, Puget Sound Chinook, fall chum, pink, coho salmon, cutthroat and as spawning, rearing and feeding habitat. The Duckabush protection efforts included protection of forested steep slope riparian habitat and riparian floodplain and wetland habitat. Two properties located in the lower reaches of the Duckabush River from river mile 2 to the mouth were permanently protected. This portion of the Duckabush River is critical for all salmonids for spawning, rearing and feeding habitat. The Dosewallips target area continued efforts by Jefferson Land Trust and Jefferson County to protect intact habitat in the “Power Line Reach” located at about river mile 1.5. This project aimed to permanently protect floodplain and side channel reaches through conservation easement acquisition of an area adjacent to 75 acres acquired by Jefferson County in 2005 with SRFB funds.