The North Olympic Salmon Coalition proposes to restore 27 acres of tidal wetland habitats by restoring tidal connection between southern Kilisut Harbor and Oak Bay in Jefferson County, WA through the removal of an earthen causeway and construction of a bridge that allows for tidal flow. The wetlands provide critical habitat for ESA-listed Hood Canal summer Chum and ESA-listed Puget Sound Chinook. The site also supports ESA-listed Puget Sound Steelhead, and Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia coho salmon, a federal Species of Concern, as well as pink salmon. The successful completion of this project will reconnect the large numbers of Hood Canal and Puget Sound out-migrating juvenile chum and chinook salmon that converge at Oak Bay with the immense foraging opportunities available within the 2,285 acre Kilisut Harbor. Opening the connection between Oak Bay and Kilisut Harbor also reestablishes a more direct route to a shallow, safe migration corridor. The project benefits other fish and wildlife species such as Olympia oysters, forage fish (sand lance, surf smelt, pacific herring) and migratory shorebirds.