Pysht Estuary Saltmarsh Restoration
#14-1371 #14-1371
 WRIA19 Pysht River Pysht Estuary Saltmarsh Restoration
Organization North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity for Salmon
Sponsor Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Status Dormant
Schedule Start Date: 1/1/2014 End Date: 1/1/2015
Category Category: Restoration
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The Pysht River estuary was historically used for the marine transport of logs between 1915-1975. To do so, the lower river was channelized and periodically dredged using both suction and clamshell dredges. Dredge materials were discharged onto salt marsh or placed along channel margins. As a result, significant areas of the Pysht River estuary were disconnected from the river and or converted to upland vegetation types. Suction dredge deposits first appear in the 1951 aerial photograph series and form a series of interconnected, large mounds on what was formerly tidal marsh in the northwest portion of the estuary. Removal options for these deposits have been explored in two recently completed design projects Pysht River Estuary Saltmarsh Restoration (partial and final designs). This proposal involves the restoration of saltmarsh habitat in the Pysht River estuary through the removal of ~105,500 cubic yards of dredge deposits over 21.5 acres of historic saltmarsh habitat and the establishment of ~10,000 linear feet of tidal channels. These channels will ultimately provide benefits to a multitude of species including forage fish and salmonids including Pysht River stocks of chum, coho, chinook and steelhead. There is also documented use of the estuary by listed stocks of chinook from other areas including Puget Sound and the Columbia River.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested08/12/2014Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)PSAR Large Capital Projects$4,291,267.00
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$4,341,977.00 $4,291,267.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
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Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Washington Coast, Not Warranted
Chum-Pop (ESU):Chum-Pacific Coast, Not Warranted
Coho-Pop (ESU):Coho-Olympic Peninsula, Not Warranted
County:Clallam
HUC12:Port San Juan-Strait of Juan De Fuca (171100211200)
HUC12:Pysht River (171100210701)
HUC8:Crescent-Hoko (17110021)
Lead Entity Area:North Olympic Peninsula
Legislative District:24
Puget Sound Action Areas:Strait of Juan de Fuca
Salmon Recovery Regions:Puget Sound
Sections:04
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Olympic Peninsula, Not Warranted
Township:T31NR11W
Watershed Administrative Unit: Pysht River
WRIA:Lyre - Hoko
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