This grant contributed to the purchase of four parcels from three different property owners, protecting 8.03 acres of important floodplain habitat. Forty acres of the 54 acres in the reach were already in public ownership and are managed for salmonid habitat and public safety. King County acquired four parcels and removed three of the seven remaining residences in the reach. This is a significant step toward reaching the goal of acquiring all the properties in this floodplain area. Once this goal is reached, the revetment at the upstream end of the San Soucil neighborhood will be removed allowing the river to reoccupy floodplain channels, increasing habitat quality and quantity and restoring ecological processes. The King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks acquired 8.03 of the remaining 14 acres of privately held habitat within the severe channel migration hazard area of the Tolt River at RM 4.5. The acquisitions were part of a larger effort to protect and restore floodplain habitat in this area. The Tolt is one of the highest priority protection/restoration basins within WRIA 07. Twenty percent of the Snoqualmie component of the Snohomish Fall Chinook stock spawns in the Tolt River. Most of that spawning takes place in the lower six miles.