About the Project
Reconnects about 42-Ac of floodplain and constructs a 4,200 Lin-Ft major side channel which includes many engineered log jam structures, pools, rifles, and other natural wood features.
Benefits
Flood risk reduction for neighborhoods along the east-side of the Puyallup River.
Restoration of the floodplain, which allows the river to function more naturally by providing flood storage in a new side channel.
Provides salmon habitat for spawning during the summer and fall and juvenile salmon rearing during the winter, especially beneficial to endangered Chinook salmon.

The largest side channel restoration project on the Puyallup River to date.

This project is funded Department of Ecology Floodplain by Design program and Pierce County Real Estate Excise Tax.