The North Olympic Salmon Coalition will used this grant to expand and enhance riparian forest area and health within the Dungeness River watershed in the Sequim area.Work that was completed included riparian restoration projects resulting from outreach to riverside landowners, invasive weed management on 112 acres of active river channel, and implementation of native tree and shrub plantings along a minimum of 65 acres of priority salmon habitat within the Dungeness River watershed. The Salmon Coalition worked with the Washington Conservation Corps, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Clallam County Noxious Weed Board and others on this project which will benefit several priority species of salmon and fish: ESA-listed Hood Canal-Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca Summer Chum, ESA-listed Puget Sound Chinook, ESA-listed Puget Sound Steelhead, ESA-listed Bull Trout, pink salmon (SASSI critical), coho salmon, and coastal cutthroat trout. In the Lower Dungeness, approximately 20% of riverbank riparian vegetation has been removed or significantly denuded. Healthy riparian areas affect the quality and quantity of viable salmon habitat. Properly functioning riparian forest areas provide shade, cover,and nutrient input, moderate water temperature, reduce excess algae growth, stabilize stream banks, control sediment, reduce flooding and contribute needed large woody debris and other organic matter which are all needed for healthy salmon habitat.