Clallam Conservation District and project partners are seeking to complete a final design for construction of a large off-channel reservoir in the Dungeness watershed. The proposed 1,500 acre-foot reservoir will be used to capture and store high flows from the Dungeness River and stormwater runoff. Stored water will be utilized for irrigation in the late summer, reducing late summer irrigation water diversions from the Dungeness River by an estimated 50 percent. The reduced water diversions from the river will result in substantial improvements to stream flow, thereby improving habitat for all species of salmonids in the Dungeness River. Stormwater that currently collects in the irrigation ditch and pipeline system and floods downstream areas in the City of Sequim will be intercepted and diverted to the reservoir.