Implemented as a part of the Phase 3 Dosewallips Floodplain project. Underplanting in the deciduous forest area on the Left Bank of the lower Dosewallips took place as well as some replanting in a small area near the Hwy 101 Bridge also on the left bank.

Most of this area is also considered Marine Riparian.

Riparian habitats are the most fundamental building block for protecting aquatic freshwater and marine ecosystems and the species that depend on them. Virtually all watershed assessments and species recovery plans from landscape to reach to watershed scales call for improving riparian habitat quality/quantity and reducing their increasing fragmentation.

The primary objectives are:
1. Improve the quantity and quality of riparian areas
2. Move riparian areas toward a later seral stage to achieve water quality and habitat benefits for summer chum and other salmonids

The project seeks to fund one Washington State Conservation Corps (WCC) crew for one year to implement the project scope. Additional private contractors may be hired to perform some of the tasks where necessary. The tasks of the project scope are: 1) tree planting; 2) site preparation and maintenance for planting; 3) invasive, non-native vegetation inventory and control; 4) instream and estuarine restoration such as hand placement of woody debris and removal of in channel invasives; and 5) monitoring implementation and effectiveness.

See: Lower Dosewallips Floodplain and Estuary Restoration for more information on other restoration activities taking place on this site.

This project can be found in the Recreation and Conservation Office's Project Information System (PRISM) as #07-1916.