DESCRIPTION
This project will not be constructed with salmon recovery funding. The feasibility and design phase resulted in the determination that the mitigation to reducing surface and shallow ground water flooding to neighboring properties would require either expensive pumping equipment or a change in inundation design that would not provide enough benefit for salmon to make it worth the funding from this source.
This multi-phased project is focused on restoring tidal connectivity and fish passage as well as addressing stormwater drainage issues associated with a roughly 20-acre brackish lagoon and freshwater marsh system in Greenbank, WA. The project site, most of which is owned by Greenbank Beach and Boat Club (GBBC), is the relic of a larger tidal marsh that occupied the area prior to settlement in the 19th century. In this second phase, GBBC, with support from Whidbey Island Conservation District (WICD), will use the results of WICD's 2013 feasibility study and SRFB grant #15-1072 "Greenbank Marsh Restoration Issues Assessment" to develop an engineering design and permit applications for the selected conceptual restoration alternative. The primary project tasks will be to hire geotechnical and coastal engineering consultants to support WICD's completion of the permit level (90%) engineering design, and to continue stakeholder outreach and consultation activities. GBBC will be responsible for project management and public consultation. WICD will to do fiscal administration, manage engineering efforts, and prepare permit applications for the subsequent construction phase.
