Lower Ohop Creek BDA and PALS Installation
#11-OHOP-1038 #11-OHOP-1038
Organization Nisqually River Salmon Recovery Lead Entity
Sponsor South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group (SPSSEG)
Status Active
Schedule Start Date: 9/14/2023 End Date: 3/30/2026
Category Category: Restoration
DESCRIPTION
This proposal is for a design-build grant which will be used to design and install wood and habitat structures within a section of the Lower Ohop Restoration project area. The project area for this proposal will be from Highway 7 downstream to the terminus of the prior Phase III restoration project area, near the boundary of Nisqually Land Trust and State Park lands. The goal of the wood and habitat structure supplementation project is to improve salmon habitat and stream processes within the restored creek channel through the strategic placement of logs and habitat structures such as beaver dam analogs, post-assisted log structures, or similar elements. Lower Ohop Creek has suffered from incision, disconnecting the channel from its floodplain. It is anticipated that the supplemental structures will improve the quality and quantity of in-stream salmon habitat by increasing woody cover, improving sediment retention, increasing channel complexity, improving water storage, promoting conditions favorable to beavers, and other functions. Transport and placement of the proposed logs might be achieved by either land based equipment, such as trucks and excavators, or by the use of helicopters. Logs may be obtained from a number of different sources; however preferred sources would come from locations within the Nisqually watershed, for example the Nisqually Community Forest, La Grande or Alder dams, and other local sources. Under this proposal we will assess the feas
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested02/15/2023South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group (SPSSEG)Match$44,000.00
Requested02/15/2023Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$215,330.00
Allocated02/04/2025South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group (SPSSEG)Match$44,000.00
Allocated02/04/2025Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects$215,035.00
Spent05/01/2025South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group (SPSSEG)Match-$8,927.24
Spent05/01/2025Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects-$43,628.86
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$350,000.00 $259,330.00 $259,035.00 $52,556.10 $206,478.90
OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Other Funding Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
Grand Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
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LOCATION
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Puget Sound, Nisqually River, Threatened
Chum-Pop (ESU):Chum-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Not Warranted
Coho-Pop (ESU):Coho-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Species of Concern
County:Pierce
HUC12:Ohop Creek (171100150203)
HUC8:Nisqually (17110015)
Lead Entity Area:Nisqually River
Legislative District:02
Pink-Pop (ESU):Pink-Odd Year, Not Warranted
Puget Sound Action Areas:South Puget Sound
Salmon Recovery Regions:Puget Sound
Sections:19
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Puget Sound, Nisqually River, Threatened
Township:T16NR04E
Watershed Administrative Unit:Ohop Creek
WRIA:Nisqually
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  APPLICATION FINAL 
RESTORATION METRICS
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)
1.50mi
Instream Habitat Project    
Total Miles Of Instream Habitat Treated (C.4.b)
1.50mi
 Channel structure placement (C.4.d.1)    
Miles of Stream Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.3)
1.50mi
Number of structures placed in channel (C.4.d.7)
23.00
Pools Created through channel structure placement (C.4.d.5)
10.00