This multi-component, multi-partner project will improve salmon habitat and ecosystem functions on the Lower Hoko River and estuary (RM 1.75 to 3.75) and the lower reaches of the Little Hoko River (RM 0 to 1) . The project specifically targets riparian restoration across 37 acres of abandoned pastureland adjacent to the rivers. Historic land use practices in the lower Hoko River and Little Hoko River have led to simplified channel systems defined by a near complete lack of LWD, simplified plane bed channels, high stream temperatures, and little to no riparian cover and shade. The goal of the project is to address each of these limiting factors  by restoring healthy riparian zones. The North Olympic Salmon Coalition with partners at the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, the Makah Tribe, and Washington State Parks are targeting key parcels demonstrating some of the worst riparian conditions in the lower Hoko with this riparian restoration project. This work is needed to support the recovery of depleted stocks of Chinook, coho, and chum salmon, steelhead and cutthroat trout, and river and Pacific lamprey.  With a large portion of the project occurring on State Park lands, maintenance of the areas as riparian forest and access  for passive recreation are guaranteed in perpetuity.