DESCRIPTION
Working closely with Kitsap County, the Suquamish Tribe initiated the conceptual design phase to plan, design, and permit 1) the replacement of NW Golf Club Hill road triple box culvert with a bridge, and 2) restoration of the upstream Chico Creek floodplain. The project is located in Chico, near Bremerton, and extends from W Golf Club Hill road to the intersection of Chico Creek with the bridge on Chico Way. The goal of this restoration project is to improve passage for salmon and steelhead juveniles and adults and enhance spawning and rearing habitat. The Tribe worked with a geomorphologist and habitat design engineer to prepare a feasibility report and conceptual design drawings, and an archaeologist to prepare a cultural resources assessment. Once restored, the Keta floodplain restoration connects and protect recently constructed wood placement and other channel enhancements to Chico Creek upstream and downstream such as the SRFB funded Chico Creek restoration project at the golf course (10-1879, 09-1672, and 08-1639) which could not be designed with a floodplain adequate for extremely high flows. This project is ranked 32nd on the Kitsap County Six Year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) list for 2014-2019.
The Tribe completed conceptual, preliminary, and final designs and all documents to process permit applications for a major fish passage and habitat restoration project on Chico Creek that will accomplish the following: 1) the replacement of NW Golf Club Hill road triple box culvert with a bridge, 2) floodplain restoration in the upstream reach, 3) complete and partial removal of all downstream weir structures, and 4) instream habitat enhancements from placement of engineered log jams in the reaches immediately upstream and downstream of Golf Club Hill Road. The project is located in Chico, near Bremerton, and is bounded upstream by the Chico Way Bridge and downstream by the "Nineteenth Hole" bar and restaurant. The downstream reach is commonly referred to as the "golf club reach" and the upstream reach as the "Chico Salmon Park" reach (formerly Keta Park reach). The goal of this future restoration project is to improve passage for salmon and steelhead juveniles and adults and enhance spawning and rearing habitat. The Tribe worked with a geomorphologist, habitat design engineer, and structural engineers to prepare a feasibility report and conceptual design drawings, a type size and location report, preliminary and final design documents, and permit submittals. An archaeologist prepared a cultural resources assessment.
Once restored, the Keta floodplain restoration will connect, enhance, and build upon previously constructed wood placement and other channel enhancements to Chico Creek in the golf club reach (SRFB funded restoration projects 10-1879, 09-1672, and 08-1639).