The Hood Canal Riparian Enhancement and Knotweed Control Project is a restoration project focused on nine Hood Canal Summer Chum streams, with the goal of restoring the structure and function of native riparian plant communities. The riparian zone is defined as the transitional area between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, including the active floodplain, riverine wetlands, terraces and adjacent upland that directly contribute organic matter to the active channel or floodplain. This project will restore degraded riparian habitat, through replanting with an emphasis on conifers and fast growing shade producing deciduous trees and shrubs; and the survey and treatment of the invasive knotweed complex (polygonum spp.). HCSEG deliberately installs native trees and shrubs in accordance with their growing preferences, and references the existing plant community when creating planting plans. However, newer considerations around planting include that of long-term tree survival in a quickly changing climate.