This project would place large woody debris (LWD) pieces and jams along the lower 0.9 miles of Soos Creek, one of the two largest tributaries to the Green River downstream of the Howard Hanson Dam. Currently, there is a significant lack of wood in this reach. Lower Soos Creek provides overwintering refuge and year-round refuge for Green River salmonids. Wood placed in the lower mile of Soos Creek would create scour pools, provide hydraulic and overhead cover, and increase habitat complexity for salmonids in a currently simplified channel. Deep pools will provide adult holding habitat for returning wild-origin and hatchery spawners. The wood placement also would provide refuge habitat for juvenile Chinook and other salmonids during high flows and provide year-round rearing habitat. The installed wood would not impair upstream passage of adult salmonids or juvenile passage downstream. The LWD would not pose a risk to users of the Hatchery Natural Area. Also, if the LWD eventually enters the Green River, the logs would be within a zone restricted from boating (downstream of Highway 18). Approximately 150 logs would be strategically placed by helicopter along the length of this lower reach. Large woody debris would be sized to the stream, flows, and gradient, with some anchoring.