DESCRIPTION
The Lower Hoko River Restoration Project will create designs to restore up to 130 acres of priority salmon habitat for chinook, coho, steelhead, and chum salmon. The project will design the restoration of in-stream channel and floodplain functions of the lower 3.4 river miles of the Hoko River in western Clallam County, WA. The primary restoration component is the removal of railroad grade infrastructure which includes creosote pilings, concrete footings and fill material. Additional restoration elements include planting of floodplain forest and a plan for managing invasive species. The project scope will also consider the possible installation of large wood to the river and the potential for future acquisition of critical floodplain habitat.