This grant provided funding to King County DNR and Parks, and was able to improve fish and wildlife habitat along the Green River by removing the Pautzke Levee (two segments) at River Mile 32.5. When construction is complete, twenty acres of Green River floodplain and 1,800 linear feet of river bank and channel will be exposed to channel migration, floodplain inundation, and logjam formation which will significantly enhance salmonid habitat. The site is used for spawning and rearing by fall Chinook and steelhead (both ESA-listed species), and functions as a migration corridor for Chinook, steelhead, coho, chum, sockeye, pink, and cutthroat. This reach of the river is also used by many wildlife species including great blue heron, bald eagle, belted kingfisher, red-tailed hawk, coyote, elk, otter, beaver, tree frogs, and western toad. Design and permitting has been funded and is underway. Construction was completed in 2011. The “Pautzke” site is owned by King County and Washington State Parks is located between RM 32 and 33 of the Green River, just east of Auburn (see attached diagram). The site is adjacent to over 400 acres of public land and is embedded within a river reach hosting several major restoration projects. Downstream (west) of the property is a City of Auburn park where a Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB)-funded habitat restoration project is currently underway, referred to as the Fenster Levee setback project. Just upstream (east) of the project site is property owned by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.