SRP Project

DESCRIPTION

Ennis Creek is an upper Samish River tributary providing the main spawning grounds in the basin for coho steelhead & cutthroat. Ennis runs in an undersized ditch, providing little habitat along Innis Creek Rd for 1,000 ft before flowing into the Samish River through a submerged undersized culvert. The channel no longer effectively transports sediment & Innis Creek Road frequently floods & sustains damage. The ditched section is maintained & dredged by Whatcom County under emergency conditions. Natural alluvial fan development is precluded by the situation & access to prime spawning habitat is limited. There is no pool riffle habitat complexity. Salmon have been observed spawning & stranded on the gravel portions of Innis Creek Road. This restoration project involved re-establishing the historic channel across Innis Creek Road thus directing flow into the Samish River upstream of its present crossing within a 50 acre parcel that is being acquired for restoration by Whatcom Land Trust. Spawning habitat will be enhanced through natural gravel deposition. LWD was installed to help process gravel & maintain pool riffle complex. As part of the project, Whatcom County will design & install a new crossing through Innis Creek Road. The project restored 2,300 linear ft of Samish River & Ennis Creek habitat as well as increase spawning habitat area by at least 360 sq. m.

FUNDING SOURCES

FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT

Type	Date	Funding Org	Funding Program	Match	Amount
Requested	07/14/2004	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon State Projects		$152,500.00
Requested	07/14/2004	Skagit Conservation District		Match	$250,000.00
Allocated	11/08/2007	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon Federal Projects		$43,988.66
Allocated	11/08/2007	Skagit Conservation District		Match	$71,673.29
Spent	11/02/2007	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon Federal Projects		-$43,988.66
Spent	11/02/2007	Skagit Conservation District		Match	-$71,673.29

Grant Project Agreement Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Grant Project Agreement Totals	$115,662.00	$402,500.00	$115,661.95	$115,661.95	$0.00

OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)

Type	Date	Funding Org	Funding Program	Match	Amount

Other Funding Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Other Funding Totals

Grand Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Grand Totals

PRIMARY SPONSOR

Skagit Conservation District

PROJECT CONTACT

Carolyn Kelly

PROJECT MANAGER

Bridget Kaminski

LOCATION

Chinook-Pop (ESU):	Chinook-Puget Sound, 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:	Whatcom
HUC12:	Upper Samish River (171100020201)
HUC8:	Strait of Georgia (17110002)
Lead Entity Area:	Skagit Watershed Council
Legislative District:	42
Pink-Pop (ESU):	Pink-Odd Year, Not Warranted
Puget Sound Action Areas:	Whidbey Island
Salmon Recovery Regions:	Puget Sound
Sections:	32
Skagit Tiers:	Tier 0
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):	Steelhead-Puget Sound, Samish River and Bellingham Bay Tributaries, Threatened
Township:	T37NR05E
Watershed Administrative Unit:	Samish River
WRIA:	Lower Skagit - Samish

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		APPLICATION		FINAL
RESTORATION METRICS
	Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)	0.11	mi	0.11	mi
	Fish Passage Improvement
	*Miles Of Stream Made Accessible (SRFB) (C.2.b.1)			11.00	mi
	*Number of blockages / impediments / barriers impeding passage (C.2.b.4)			1.00
	Square Miles Of streambed made accessible (C.2.b.2)			20.00	sq mi
	Bridge installed or improved (C.2.g.1)
	Miles of stream made accessible by bridge installation/repair (C.2.g.3)			11.00	mi
	Number of bridges (C.2.g.2)			1.00
	Fish passage blockages removed or altered (C.2.c.1)
	Change in water flow (fish passage project)(cu feet)			2,300.00	cfs
	Number of Blockages/Impediments/Barriers Removed/Altered (C.2.c.2)			1.00
	Instream Habitat Project
	Total Miles Of Instream Habitat Treated (C.4.b)	0.11	mi	0.11	mi
	Channel reconfiguration and connectivity (C.4.c.1)
	Acres Of Channel/Off-Channel Connected Or Added (C.4.c.5)			11.00	acres
	Instream Pools Created/Added (C.4.c.6)			0.00
	Miles of Off-Channel Stream Created or Connected (C.4.c.4)			11.00	mi
	Miles of Stream Treated for channel reconfiguration and connectivity (C.4.c.3)			11.00	mi
	Channel structure placement (C.4.d.1)
	Acres Of Streambed Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.4)			11.00	acres
	Miles of Stream Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.3)			11.00	mi
	Number of structures placed in channel (C.4.d.7)			0.00
	Pools Created through channel structure placement (C.4.d.5)			0.00
	Yards Of Average Stream-Width At Mid-Point Of Worksite (C.4.d.6)			0.00	yd
	Plant removal/control (C.4.g.1)
	Acres of Streambed Treated for plant removal/control (C.4.g.4)			0.00	acres
	Miles of Stream Treated for plant removal/control (C.4.g.3)			0.00	mi
	Streambank stabilization (C.4.e.1)
	Miles of Streambank Stabilized (C.4.e.3)	0.00	mi	0.00	mi
	Riparian Habitat Project
	*Total Riparian Acres Treated (C.5.b.2)			10.00	acres
	*Total Riparian Miles Streambank Treated (C.5.b.1)			10.00	mi
	Planting (C.5.c.1)
	Acres Planted in riparian (C.5.c.3)			0.00	acres

Organization	Skagit Watershed Council Lead Entity
Sponsor	Skagit Conservation District
Status	Completed
Schedule	Start Date: 7/29/2005 End Date: 11/8/2007