Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians used funding to partner with the US Forest Service to continue an erosion and sediment reduction project to improve water quality along Canyon Creek and the South Fork of the Stillaguamish River. The project area includes 14 miles of anadromous fish habitat and 12 miles of resident fish habitat. Canyon Creek is listed as an impaired water body for elevated temperature, which is exacerbated by excess sediment. In 2011, project funding was used to decommission 6.7 miles of Forest Service Road (FSR) 4120, and to treat and repair 4.9 miles of the FSR 41 mainline, in part to provide access to additional restoration sites. In 2013, erosion control focused on treating 9 additional miles of the FSR 41 mainline road system and decommissioning 3.2 miles of FSR 4130. Road treatments returned unneeded roads to a more natural state and included 1) Blocking decommissioned road entrance; 2) Removing fills and culverts; 3) Creating waterbars and channels to establish drainageways and removing unstable road shoulders; 4) Recontouring and restoring natural slopes; 5) Allowing for natural revegetation from adjacent forest. The remainder of the roads in the 41 system were addressed by USFS Forest Legacy funds. Since the mid-1980’s, erosion and road failures contributed excess sediment from the tributaries of Canyon Creek negatively affecting the water quality of Canyon Creek and the South Fork Stillaguamish River downstream of RM 33. A 1992 road deficiency survey prioritized this erosion control project, which was further elevated for action following 1995 storm activity. The road prioritization is based on risk ratings and inventoried drainage deficiencies.