The Little Hoko River is the largest tributary to the Hoko River, which is the largest watershed in WRIA 19.  The river supports populations of chinook, coho, and chum salmon as well as cutthroat, steelhead and lamprey.  The lower portions of the Little Hoko River were conserved in the early 1990's when the Cowan homestead was purchased by Washington State Parks.  Simultaneously,  a large scale restoration project was implemented by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe between 1994-1998.  In this project cattle were initially  fenced out of the riparian zone (and later removed), extensive riparian plantings completed, several off-channel habitats created, and additions of wood made to the channel. The type of wood additions used in the 1990's consisted of mostly single log structures and small logjams built with cut logs.  While the original restoration effort has improved channel and riparian habitats, the majority of wood placements have been buried under accumulated gravel.  This has greatly improved spawning habitat, however additional restoration work using complexes of large wood are necessary to improve rearing habitat.  Based on the results of the design process we propose to use a helicopter to place logs in complex accumulations at 25 locations between river mile 0-3.0.