DESCRIPTION
Complete feasibility study and select preferred alternative to remove 550 m of riprap and restore overbank flows and backwaters; begin preliminary designs.
The objective of this project is to remove approximately 550 linear meters of riprap bank armoring (and associated car bodies) at Car Body Hole, which is located on the right bank of the Skagit River across from Illabot Creek. This section of the Skagit River was identified in the floodplain analysis as having a gap in off-channel habitat and there are a number of historic channels that would likely become wetted if the bank armoring were removed. Additionally approximately 20 hectares (50 acres) of native riparian and floodplain vegetation will be restored.