SRP Project

Big Gulch Culvert Replacement and Restoration

Organization	Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed (WRIA 8) Lead Entity
Sponsor	City of Mukilteo
Status	Dormant
Schedule	Start Date: 7/1/2005 End Date: 12/31/2012

DESCRIPTION

Purchase the last remaining private property and re-construct a historic saltwater estuary at the mouth of Big Gulch Creek. Replace the undersized culvert under the railroad with a trestle to restore system connectivity and improve sediment transport into the nearshore. Restore instream and riparian habitat.

FUNDING SOURCES

FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT

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OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)

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PRIMARY SPONSOR

City of Mukilteo

PROJECT CONTACT

Patricia Love

LOCATION

Chinook-Pop (ESU):	Chinook-Puget Sound, Threatened
Chum-Pop (ESU):	Chum-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Not Warranted
City Areas:	Mukilteo
Coho-Pop (ESU):	Coho-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Species of Concern
County:	Snohomish
HUC12:	Shell Creek-Frontal Puget Sound (171100190203)
HUC8:	Puget Sound (17110019)
Lead Entity Area:	Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed (WRIA 8)
Legislative District:	21
Pink-Pop (ESU):	Pink-Odd Year, Not Warranted
Puget Sound Action Areas:	Whidbey Island
Salmon Recovery Regions:	Puget Sound
Sections:	17
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):	Steelhead-Puget Sound, North Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish, Threatened
Township:	T28NR04E
Watershed Administrative Unit:	Possession Sound-N Elliot Bay
WRIA:	Cedar - Sammamish

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NOTES

Concerns exist about toxics in the upstream portion of the Big Gulch system. The headwaters of Big Gulch Creek drain the western portion of Paine Field Airport. Chemical spills in the vicinity of Paine Field in 1993, 1996, and 2000 resulted in downstream fish kills. Concerns were also raised about drainage problems upstream that could complicate the project. It was recommended that the project be coordinated with the next project if it is done.

Update:
Big Gulch stream has been repaired from Harbour Pointe Blvd. to approximately 52nd Avenue W - or approximately a half a mile down stream. Work included adding large woody debris, stream bed gravel, creations of resting pools, and in some places rechanneled. This work has been done coorportatively with the City of Mukilteo, the Mukilteo Water and Sewer District and the Dept of Fish and Wildlife. A high-flow storm water by-pass has also been installed in this reach of the the Gulch to take the high flow storm events out of the stream and maintain stream flows for fish passage.

12/2009:
This project has been put on hold due to budget constraints.