DESCRIPTION
Many years and considerable amounts of funding have been invested in the planning efforts to restore the Skokomish River Watershed. Multiple planning documents now direct the salmon habitat restoration efforts in the Skokomish. One keystone planning effort in the Skokomish is the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) General Investigation (GI). Through the development of the Skokomish River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement, the USACE identified more than 30 actions that are critical to the rehabilitation of the Skokomish Watershed. USACE then selected 5 large scale restoration actions to be designed and implemented by the Corps. It is the responsibility of local sponsors to implement the remaining actions identified through this process. The GI partners identified 8 of these local actions that can move forward immediately to complement, and remain in sequence with, the 5 large scale federal projects. This proposed project involves conducting feasibility assessments for all 8 actions, ranking the feasible actions, and developing preliminary designs for the highest priority and feasible actions.
Many years and considerable amounts of funding have been invested in the planning efforts to restore the Skokomish River Watershed. Multiple planning documents now direct the salmon habitat restoration efforts in the Skokomish. One keystone planning effort in the Skokomish is the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) General Investigation (GI). Through the development of the Skokomish River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement, the USACE identified more than 30 actions that are critical to the rehabilitation of the Skokomish Watershed. USACE then selected 5 large scale restoration actions to be designed and implemented by the Corps. It is the responsibility of local sponsors to implement the remaining actions identified through this process. The GI partners identified 8 of these local actions that can move forward immediately to complement, and remain in sequence with, the 5 large scale federal projects. This proposed project involves conducting feasibility assessments for all 8 actions, ranking the feasible actions, and developing preliminary designs for the highest priority and feasible actions.