Sauk Sediment Reduction
#01-1357 #01-1357
Organization Skagit Watershed Council Lead Entity
Sponsor Skagit River System Cooperative
Status Completed
Schedule Start Date: 6/15/2002 End Date: 2/9/2007
Category Category: Restoration
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DESCRIPTION
This project treated approximately 25 miles of Forest Service roads in the Sauk River basin in order to reduce sediment impacts to salmon-bearing streams. The target area included the Dan Creek Watershed Administrative Unit (WAU) and the portion of the Sauk Prairie WAU that drains into the Sauk River. Roads have increased sediment delivery above natural levels in these WAUs, primarily by increasing mass wasting rates. For this reason, the Skagit Watershed Council specifically identified reduction in sediment supply as a high priority for these areas. Field inventories were used to identify project sites. Road segments were rated as high risk if they have the potential to cause a mass wasting event that could deliver sediment directly to key habitat. High risk segments were treated by removing or upgrading stream crossings, adding and upgrading drainage structures, and stabilizing or removing road fills on high hazard roads. Approximately 15 miles of roads were put into storage (decommissioning), which involved restoring natural drainage patterns by removing all culverts and installing water bars, and removing all road fill material from drainage crossings and unstable slopes. Approximately 10 miles were upgraded to meet current forest practices standards, which included replacing undersized and degraded culverts with new properly-sized culverts, intalling new culverts where needed, removing road fill material from drainage crossings and unstable slopes, and grading and surfacing. This project benefited most of the streams with salmon habitat in the target area. In the Dan Creek WAU, this included Dan Creek, streams 1087,1088,1089, portions of the Sauk River mainstem, and several off-channel habitat areas (Hyachuck ponds area, Dan Slough, and others). In the Sauk Prairie WAU, this included Gravel, Dutch, Green, and Everett Creeks and portions of the Sauk slough. All species that utilize these streams benefited, including pink, chum, coho, chinook, cutthroat, steelhead, and native char.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested12/12/2001Skagit River System CooperativeMatch$57,000.00
Requested12/12/2001Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$321,895.00
Allocated08/09/2005Skagit River System CooperativeMatch$67,305.00
Allocated08/09/2005Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects$381,395.00
Spent02/09/2007Skagit River System CooperativeMatch-$67,305.00
Spent02/09/2007Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects-$381,395.00
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$448,700.00 $378,895.00 $448,700.00 $448,700.00 $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, Lower Sauk River, Threatened
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Puget Sound, Upper Sauk 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:Snohomish
HUC12:Goodman Creek-Sauk River (171100060401)
HUC12:Prairie Creek-Sauk River (171100060404)
HUC8:Sauk (17110006)
Lead Entity Area:Skagit Watershed Council
Legislative District:39
Pink-Pop (ESU):Pink-Odd Year, Not Warranted
Puget Sound Action Areas:Whidbey Island
Salmon Recovery Regions:Puget Sound
Sections:03
Sections:29
Skagit Tiers:Tier 3 Sediment or Hydrology Impaired
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Puget Sound, Sauk River, Threatened
Township:T32NR10E
Watershed Administrative Unit:Middle Sauk
Watershed Administrative Unit:Upper Sauk/Clear Creek
WRIA:Upper Skagit
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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)
0.00acres0.00acres
Miles of Road Treated (C.6.b.2)
25.00mi25.00mi
 Road drainage system improvements and reconstruction (C.6.c.1)    
Average width of road treated for drainage improvements and reconstruction (C.6.c.3)
Miles of Road Treated for drainage improvements and reconstruction (C.6.c.2)
10.60mi
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