DESCRIPTION
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), seeks to fully restore estuarine habitat located on Spencer Island--a tidally influenced tidal marsh island located in the Snohomish delta between Union Slough and Steamboat Slough. WDFW is utilizing Federal aquatic ecosystem restoration funding authority through the USACE Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters (PSAW)Program; of which $9M in Federal funding is potentially available as Federal cost-share for project costs, including design, permitting, and construction. The "Design and Implementation" phase of PSAW project is cost-shared between USACE and the non-Federal Sponsor, with the Federal Government responsible for 65% of project costs.
WDFW seeks funding to cover the cost-share requirements for WDFW's proportion of costs for the ""design and implementation"" phase of the project, which covers final design, permitting, contracting, and construction. Funding from this grant would go towards final design and permitting costs, with other funding sources covering construction expenses. Specific process-based restoration objectives to be achieved with this final design include: (1) tidal channel formation and maintenance; (2) tidal flow; (3) distributary channel migration; (4) erosion and accretion of sediments; and (5) exchange of aquatic organisms.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), seeks to fully restore estuarine habitat located on Spencer Island--a tidally influenced tidal marsh island located in the Snohomish delta. WDFW is utilizing Federal aquatic ecosystem restoration funding authority through the USACE Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters (PSAW) program; of which $9M in Federal funding is appropriated and available as Federal cost-share for project costs, including design, permitting, and construction. The 'Design and Implementation' phase of a PSAW project is cost-shared between USACE and WDFW, with USACE responsible for 65% of project costs.WDFW seeks funding to cover the cost-share requirements for WDFW's portion of costs for the ' final design and implementation' phase of the project, which covers 65% design, 95% level design, permitting, contracting, and construction. Funding from this grant would go towards design and permitting costs, with other funding sources covering construction expenses. Specific process-based restoration objectives to be achieved with this final design include: (1) tidal channel formation and maintenance; (2) tidal flow; (3) distributary channel migration; (4) erosion and accretion of sediments; and (5) exchange of aquatic organisms. The primary habitat to be restored is tidally-influenced estuary marsh that will support all juvenile salmonids, primarily ESA listed Chinook salmon.
