This project was for the continuation of the Skokomish estuary "portfolio" restoration project, referred to as Phase III. It is located within the exterior boundaries of the Skokomish Indian Reservation, near the Great Bend of Hood Canal in Mason County. The project addressed hydrologic continuity from a forested wetland complex by opening barriers to stream flow and anadromous salmonids. Expected benefits to varied life history behavioral requirements of varied salmonid species and stocks. ESA-listed salmonids in the area include Puget Sound Chinook, Hood Canal summer chum, coastal bull trout and coastal steelhead. Other species expected to benefit are coho and pink salmon as well as cutthroat. Grant funds supported design, engineering, and construction which includes the installation of ten culverts to replace undersized pipes under access roads and installed one bridge along the access road at the location of an old tidal chanel thereby opening fish access to 2.72 miles (.33 of stream habitat by replacing culvert with bridge and 2.39 miles of tributary channel habitat by removal of culverts in tidal channels) of habitat, 6600 yards of channel modification and improvement. Post Project Change: The project proposed 19 culvert improvements and only ten were completed due to poor site conditions (soft soils) at some locations and time. The other nine are being completed through companion grant 14-1369. Only State Funds were spent prior to 7/1/2012.