This project continued an effective collaboration to protect, through acquisition, high quality Chinook habitat in the Skagit River system. The project area included Tier 1 and Tier 2 floodplains of the Skagit River and major tributaries located in the middle Skagit River reach, between Sedro-Woolley to Rockport, as identified in the Skagit Watershed Council’s (SWC’s) Year 2010 Strategic Approach. Priority parcels were determined by the guidelines identified in SWC’s Year 2010 Strategic Approach, previous and forthcoming assessments, and site-specific information and analytical work approved by SWC’s Protection Committee. Critical freshwater rearing and spawning habitat is currently limiting the production of the six independent Skagit River Chinook populations identified in the Skagit Chinook Recovery Plan (2005) and by the Puget Sound Chinook TRT (Rucklehaus et al. 2006). This project was funded by the Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) on October 7, 2010 as a $1,130,130 comprehensive acquisition and landowner outreach grant for both the "middle" and "upper" Skagit River reaches (10-1769). For administration purposes, the project was split into two separate grant contracts. This grant total of $565,065 was administered by Skagit Land Trust. The companion grant (10-1769) for $565,065 was administered by Seattle City Light. The SRFB, and Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration (PSAR), grant funds could be transferred between grants, if necessary.