Morse Creek Estuary Restoration Feasibility
#20-1496 #20-1496
Organization North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity for Salmon
Sponsor North Olympic Salmon Coalition
Status Dormant
Schedule Start Date: 1/2/2020 End Date: 1/2/2025
Category Category: Planning
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North Olympia Salmon Coalition will conduct a feasibility study to restore the Morse Creek Estuary, east of Port Angeles, WA. The goal is to produce a multi-benefit project that will relocate a Four Seasons Ranch septic drain field away from the shoreline and restore ~11 acres of Morse Creek estuarine habitat. Project feasibility will be determined through an engineer-led site, geomorphic and hydraulic assessment to inform design, a study of septic drain field relocation alternatives, and a facilitated multi-stakeholder engagement process. The resulting project will improve both the resiliency of the Four Seasons Ranch community and the viability of critical salmon populations that utilize Morse Creek and its estuary. With the exception of the Elwha and Dungeness rivers, Morse Creek is perhaps historically the most significant salmon stream in the Eastern Strait sub-region. It provides spawning and rearing habitat to ESA-listed Puget Sound Chinook, ESA-listed Puget Sound Steelhead, and ESA-listed Bull Trout, Puget Sound Coho, pink, sockeye, and fall chum.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested07/23/2020North Olympic Salmon CoalitionMatch$56,983.00
Requested07/23/2020Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Estuary & Salmon Restoration$105,705.00
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$184,372.00 $162,688.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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LOCATION
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Puget Sound, Threatened
Chum-Pop (ESU):Chum-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Not Warranted
City Areas:Port Angeles East
Coho-Pop (ESU):Coho-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Species of Concern
County:Clallam
HUC12:Discovery Bay-Strait of Juan De Fuca (171100200700)
HUC12:Morse Creek (171100200403)
HUC8:Dungeness-Elwha (17110020)
Lead Entity Area:North Olympic Peninsula
Legislative District:24
Pink-Pop (ESU):Pink-Odd Year, Not Warranted
Puget Sound Action Areas:Strait of Juan de Fuca
Salmon Recovery Regions:Puget Sound
Sections:05
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Puget Sound, Strait of Juan de Fuca Tributaries, Threatened
Township:T30NR05W
Watershed Administrative Unit:Morse Creek
WRIA:Elwha - Dungeness
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