Beckler Road Decommissioning
#07-HSR-005 #07-HSR-005
Organization Snohomish Basin Lead Entity
Sponsor Tulalip Tribes
Status Completed
Schedule Start Date: 2/1/2001 End Date: 4/22/2005
Category Category: Restoration
DESCRIPTION
This project decommissioned 9.43 miles of roads within the Beckler watershed, located 50 miles east of Everett within the Skykomish Basin. Decommission treatments ranged from total removal of the road prism and complete recontouring of the hillside to approximately a natural slope, to some combination of removing culverts, removing unstable road fill, scarifying road beds, and waterbarring. Work also included stormproofing 13.86 miles of road that are to be retained that currently deliver sediment to streams. The objective was to largely restore and stabilize slopes that are currently contributing sediment to salmon bearing streams (including the Beckler and Rapid Rivers) through surface erosion, and/or have high risks of contributing very large volumes of sediment through mass failures associated with the current road system. The anticipated product should be a largely self-maintaining drainage system. The work was spread over several square miles (see project map). This project will benefit chinook salmon and bull trout, as well as several other salmon and trout species within the watershed. Direct, near-term benefits will occur through the reduction of ongoing chronic delivery of sediments into otherwise valuable chinook and bull trout habitat. When combined with previous restoration work already completed by the USFS, this key project will greatly help restore the Beckler watershed to the refugia its capable of being.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested11/13/2000Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$215,000.00
Requested11/13/2000Tulalip TribesMatch$250,200.00
Allocated04/22/2005Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects$170,104.09
Allocated04/22/2005Tulalip TribesMatch$250,200.00
Spent04/19/2005Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects-$170,104.09
Spent04/19/2005Tulalip TribesMatch-$250,200.00
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$465,200.00 $465,200.00 $420,304.09 $420,304.09 $0.00
OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Other Funding Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
Grand Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
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LOCATION
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Puget Sound, Skykomish River, Threatened
Chum-Pop (ESU):Chum-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Not Warranted
Coho-Pop (ESU):Coho-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Species of Concern
County:King
HUC12:Lower Beckler River (171100090203)
HUC8:Skykomish (17110009)
Lead Entity Area:Snohomish Basin
Legislative District:12
Pink-Pop (ESU):Pink-Odd Year, Not Warranted
Pink2-Pop (ESU):Pink-Even Year, Not Warranted
Puget Sound Action Areas:Whidbey Island
Salmon Recovery Regions:Puget Sound
Sections:14
Sections:24
Snohomish Strategy Group:Headwaters-secondary restoration
Snohomish Subbasins:Beckler River
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Puget Sound, Threatened
Township:T26NR11E
Watershed Administrative Unit:Beckler River
WRIA:Snohomish
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RESTORATION METRICS
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)
0.00mi0.00mi
Upland Habitat And Sediment Project    
Acres of Upland Habitat Area Treated (C.6.b.1)
5.00acres5.00acres
Miles of Road Treated (C.6.b.2)
39.00mi23.29mi
 Road abandonment (C.6.d.1)    
Average width of road abandoned (in whole yards) (C.6.d.3)
7.00yd
Miles of Road Abandoned (C.6.d.2)
9.43mi
 Road drainage system improvements and reconstruction (C.6.c.1)    
Average width of road treated for drainage improvements and reconstruction (C.6.c.3)
7.00yd
Miles of Road Treated for drainage improvements and reconstruction (C.6.c.2)
13.86mi