DESCRIPTION
This project proposes to revegetate two riparian areas in the Stilliguamish system.
At Site 1 (Secret Creek), conifers and deciduous trees & shrubs will be planted along a 9,000 sq. ft. segment of Secret Creek, a tributary to Pilchuck Creek & the Stillaguamish River. This site is that of a 1998 Jobs for the Environment (JFE) project that involved culvert & bank stabilization work. The Snohomish County Native Plant Salvage will provide some of the planting stock, and the landowner will participate in the revegetation process. This project will help improve habitat conditions for steelhead, resident and searun cutthroat trout, coho salmon, and endangered chinook salmon.
At the second site (Cloverdale Golfcourse), 3 acres of stream & wetland buffers will be established along a section of the Stillaguamish River, which supports Coho & Chinook salmon. This 112-acre property was purchased by Snohomish County Parks 2 years ago and is the future site of a 30-acre, nine-hole golf course which the county intends to maintain with exceptionally high environmental standards. Work will include intensive plantings of native trees and shrubs to rehabilitate cleared areas and restore wet meadow areas to former forested wetland conditions. Restoring the wetland meadows will provide rearing habitat for coho. The project will help improve habitat conditions in the wetlands and the stream for coho and endangered chinook salmon.