DESCRIPTION
The Curley Creek Watershed Assessment and Protection and Restoration Plan (Suquamish Tribe 2017) and East Kitsap DIP Steelhead Recovery Plan identify a need to fill gaps in habitat restoration along Salmonberry Creek between SE Salmonberry Road and Long Lake Road SE.
This reach is the main coho rearing and overwintering habitat in the watershed, and provides important headwater functions. Habitat in the middle portion of this reach has been improved through past stream restoration projects, and Great Peninsula Conservancy holds conservation easements on a number of private properties. However the upstream and downstream ends of the reach have been cleared of riparian vegetation and ditched to support past agricultural uses.
This project will reach out to 11 landowners in the 3000 feet of the stream that has not yet been restored to enroll landowners in restoration; create a conceptual, preliminary and final restoration design in collaboration with landowners; and secure construction permits. Landowner outreach will occur in early 2022 with currently available matching funds.
The restoration design will aim to improve sheltering and foraging resources for juvenile steelhead and coho by increasing channel complexity and channel length, and enhancing riparian functions.
The Curley Creek Watershed Assessment and Protection and Restoration Plan (Suquamish Tribe 2017) and East Kitsap DIP Steelhead Recovery Plan identify a need to fill gaps in habitat restoration along Salmonberry Creek between SE Salmonberry Road and Long Lake Road SE. This reach is the main coho rearing and overwintering habitat in the watershed, and provides important headwater functions. Habitat in the middle portion of this reach has been improved through past stream restoration projects, and Great Peninsula Conservancy holds conservation easements on a number of private properties. However the upstream and downstream ends of the reach have been cleared of riparian vegetation and ditched to support past agricultural uses. This project will reach out to 11 landowners in the 3000 feet of the stream that has not yet been restored to enroll landowners in restoration; create a conceptual, preliminary and final restoration design in collaboration with landowners; and secure construction permits. Landowner outreach will occur in early 2022 with currently available matching funds. The restoration design will aim to improve sheltering and foraging resources for juvenile steelhead and coho by increasing channel complexity and channel length, and enhancing riparian functions.
