A Jefferson Land Trust conservation easement protects all of the approximately 50 acres of Chimacum Dairy. A riparian buffer of approximately 35 feet on the east of Chimacum Creek is permanently protected by the conservation easement and will be enhanced through stream channel improvements and planting of native riparian vegetation.

This is part of the larger Summer Chum Riparian Restoration- East Jefferson project

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