Jefferson County will acquire select residential parcels and vacant land located on the floodplain of the Big Quilcene River up to the limit of available funding. These acquisitions will be restored to native vegetation and added to the inventory of existing protected open space lands needed in order to build out the final Lower Big Quilcene Restoration Design. Five properties have been identified as highest priority because they are common to all three preliminary design alternatives and/or fill an important gap in public ownership. Depending upon the geographical extent of the final restoration design, acquisition of additional properties may be necessary, and eight of these have been identified as "Alternative 3" or"Backup" properties. The purpose of the Lower Big Quilcene Restoration Design, a project of HCSEG and its partners, is to reconnect the lower river with its floodplain and distributory channels in order to support the recovery of Hood Canal Summer Chum and other salmonids.