SFEG received funding to implement riparian habitat restoration at two sites in the Skagit watershed: West Hamilton and DeBays Slough. The goal at both sites was to convert cleared pasture into functional riparian floodplain forest through invasive species control and installation of native trees and shrubs. Implementing this riparian restoration project benefited ESA-listed Chinook salmon as well as several other anadromous fish species. In 2019, SFEG completed initial site preparation (mowing and chemical control of invasive vegetation) at both worksites. SFEG completed the cultural resources review process for West Hamilton and initiated planting in fall of 2019. At the West Hamilton site, SFEG installed 3,285 native trees and shrubs on riparian floodplain habitat in the fall of 2019. SFEG led an Earth Day work party in 2019, where volunteers planted an additional 985 native trees and shrubs at the adjacent Skagit Land Trust-owned Muddy Creek Conservation Area. Despite the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, SFEG managed to complete annual site preparation (DeBays Slough) and site maintenance (West Hamilton) activities. Persistent invasive and competing vegetation was mowed and/or treated with herbicide to support the successful establishment of the plantings. SFEG contracted an archaeologist to complete a cultural resources survey and report for the DeBays Slough site, and SFEG submitted the report to RCO for review. In the fall of 2020, SFEG installed approximately 1,600 plants at the DeBays Slough site. In 2021, SFEG staff, Washington Conservation Corps crewmembers, and volunteers installed an additional 7,900 plants at DeBays Slough, bringing the site total to 9,500 plants. With initial planting at both sites complete, SFEG conducted site maintenance activities including mechanical and chemical control of competing and invasive vegetation during the summer of 2021. In 2022, SFEG completed site maintenance at both restoration sites. In 2023, SFEG engaged volunteers to plant an additional 735 native trees and shrubs over approximately two acres at the DeBays site in areas where survival was poor relative to the success of the rest of the planting. While SFEG's funding agreement ended in the middle of the summer maintenance season, staff were still able to mow both the DeBays Slough and West Hamilton sites one final time prior to the expiration of the agreement. In total, this project supported the establishment of 14,505 trees and shrubs installed by volunteers, AmeriCorps members, and SFEG staff to restore riparian floodplain habitat.