The Meeker Creek Riparian and Stream Restoration will restore a 1,000-foot section of Meeker Creek in Puyallup, WA, transforming it from its current manmade trapezoidal ditch and returning it to a natural, meandering stream channel. This project will improve water quality by reducing untreated stormwater loading to the creek, improve shading to the stream by restoring the riparian vegetation, enhance juvenile salmon rearing habitat by providing in-stream refugia, and enhance spawning habitat for salmon straying from the Clarks Creek hatchery run. The priority species supported by this restoration project are Chinook and chum salmon, which have been documented in Meeker Creek. This restoration project will also support water quality and, therefore, salmon habitat in Clarks Creek which is known to support Chinook, coho, pink and chum salmon, stellhead, cutthroat trout and Dolly Varden/bull trout. As of March 2013, this project is at 30% design, and is beginning the permitting process while researching additional funding options to construct the project as currently designed.