DESCRIPTION
Adopt A Stream proposes to improve salmon access and habitat in Jones Creek so it will be suitable for Chinook Salmon and enhance five acres of riparian wetlands. This project will privide nearly 2,000' of enhanced stream habitat and will clean and cool water flowing into directly into the Qwuloolt. The ultimate objectives of the project are to: - Provide access to Marysville School District to continue education on site, - Acquire permanent access to and protection of a 1000' long riparian corridor located on private properties between Marysville School District Site and Sunnyside, - Relocate Jones Creek to center of the School District Site to create a wide, robust, riparian buffer, - Enhance wetlands to maximize filtration, reconnect the natural floodplain, reduce urban flooding, and provide cool water to the stream in summer, - Restore stream processes that maximize Chinook habitat potential in Jones Creek - Improve habitat and riparian conditions in the stream corridor between the School District Site and Sunnyside The funding we are requesting from SRFB 2013 will pay to design, develop, and plan these elements of the project. 1. Design the wetlands at the School District Site 2. Design stream relocation and stream restoration at the School District Site 3. Conceptual design for downstream cooridor restoration 4. Gain permission to access stream on private properties 5. Design Planting Plan at School District Site 6. Prepare Proposals fo
Jones Creek Relocation and Wetland Enhancement project will create high quality stream habitat and enhance existing wetlands on the seven acre Marysville School District Site. Building on existing restoration efforts this project will re-align 700' of Jones Creek moving it away from the edge of the property, this will increase functional riparian buffer allowing space for more seasonally flooded riparian wetlands it will also reduce nuisance flooding of adjacent properties. Wetlands will be enhanced by digging depressions that will create a variety of water depths throughout the year. Excavation of stream and wetland will be sinuous adding lots of potential edge habitats. Wood will be used in the wetland and in the stream to provide habitat for fish and wildlife. Native plantings will complete restoration.