Barnes Creek drains into Lake Samish on its east bank. Lake Samish provides the headwaters to Friday Creek The project was completed in 1999 and involved correcting a fish passage problem by building a series of 11 rock weirs and three large woody debris(LWD) structures along 200 ft (61 m) of stream channel. Mature mixed forest characterized the existing riparian area, and understory trees and shrubs (47) were planted along 100 ft (31 m) of both stream banks. Historically, no fish were thought to utilize this system, however, since project completion, coho salmon have been recorded.

During the winter after the project was completed (1999-00), nine live coho, one coho carcass, and seven coho redds were recorded. The next year (2000-01) 15 live coho, 3 coho carcasses, and 8 coho redds were counted within the project site. Three years after the completion of the project (2001-02) 130 live coho, 11 coho carcasses, and eight coho redds were recorded. One live kokanee and two live steelhead were also observed on the project site in 2001-02. During the winters of 2002-03 and 2003-04 only five live coho were recorded each year in Barnes Creek. In 2004-05 a total of 26 live coho, five coho carcasses, and six coho redds were recorded. In 2005-06 spawning surveys were conducted by WDFW.