Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group (SFEG), in coordination with the Skagit Watershed Council Lead Entity is requesting funds to conduct riparian restoration in the Skagit River Watershed to restore habitat in floodplain areas for Chinook. This coordinated proposal focuses on riparian and floodplain planting projects and will engage major landowners and partners Seattle City Light, the Skagit Land Trust, and The Nature Conservancy to address riparian restoration needs in Tier 1 priority areas. These riparian floodplain areas are in public ownership or conservation status, but have been degraded as a result of past land use activities. The primary restoration goal at all sites is to protect and restore functional riparian and floodplain forests and address riparian restoration needs (including invasive species) in Tier 1 priority areas. All sites are currently within conservation ownership, and all proposed restoration includes new invasive species treatments and native plantings. This project proposal includes 3 years of site maintenance to ensure plant survival.  This project will primarily benefit Chinook salmon through restoration of natural riparian forest processes on Tier 1 priority floodplain habitats of mainstem river reaches and associated side channels (Skagit Watershed Council, 2022). The proposed restoration actions will provide a range of habitat types that support spawning, rearing, and migration of Chinook and other salmonid species in the Skagit River.