Summary: This community steward requested a salmon recovery presentation to the local community club and subsequently signed up for the Marine Riparian Initiative program and spent 5 hours to complete this project. The landowner's 37' of shoreline does not lend to a large restoration project but they did take the first step to plant native plants to improve vegetation condition. This initial introduction provided the opportunity to talk about marine riparian benefits and work to increase their confidence to provide productive quality salmon habitat. The planting primarily reintroduce salt-tolerant native plants to the site, to enhance marine wildlife habitat and promote native plants for less maintenance to the landowner. The landowner chose to start small and provide native plants to one section of the fence line. The Mason Conservation District provided a Conservation Planting Plan that is designed to provide guidance on the addition of appropriate native plants for the site. To continue building the riparian area, a relationship has developed between the landowner, Mason Conservation District and Woodbrook Nursery.

Restoration: This site was planted with Tolmiea menziesii (Youth-on-age), Tellemia grandiflora, (Fringe cup), Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair Fern), Blechum spicant (Deer Fern), Vaccinium ovatum (Evergreen Huckleberry).

Project Sponsors: Mason Conservation District/Critical Area Buffer Restoration Program and Hood Canal Coordinating Council/Marine Riparian Initiative

Funders: Hood Canal Coordinating Council and WA Department of Ecology