Curley Creek is one of the largest and most diverse salmon streams in east Kitsap County, providing critical habitat to Endangered Species Act-listed (threatened) steelhead, and also supporting both fall and summer chum salmon (Kassler and Shaklee 2003), coho, coastal cutthroat trout, and occasional spawning ESA-listed chinook salmon. It is one of the top three watersheds for salmon habitat in the West Sound Partners for Ecosystem Recovery area. The goal of the project is to expand the 66-acres of lower mainstem and estuary Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC) has protected along Curley Creek to maintain and improve spawning and rearing habitat. Targeting properties adjacent to existing preserves, this proposal will expand protection along ~1000' of mainstem Curley Creek and protect ~12 acres of mature riparian forest while also allowing future restoration and opening fish passage currently blocked by a weir. GPC's objective is to purchase the 5-acre Miller property in fee, and purchase a ~7-acre easement on the Williamson property. The easement will include language allowing fish passage restoration, gaining access to 2 miles of habitat along a tributary. The Davis property is included as a potential for a conservation easement as a contingency, or if additional private funds are raised.