SRP Project

DESCRIPTION

Hansen Creek was historically a productive tributary of the Skagit River supporting runs of Chinook, coho, pink, and chum salmon, steelhead trout and other species. Historic logging practices in the upper watershed combined with residential and agricultural development in the lower reaches have substantially degraded habitat conditions and increased flooding problems. A project to restore the alluvial fan in Reach 4 of Hansen Creek upstream of SR-20 was completed in 2009. That project has Improved habitat conditions and reduced sediment transport to downstream reaches. This project expanded restoration activities to Reach 5 of Hansen Creek, which extends from SR-20 downstream to Minkler Road. The goal is to restore natural processes in Hansen and Red Creeks, improve habitat conditions, and eliminate ongoing flood control activities. The specific objectives acheived for this first phase of the Reach 5 project were: 1) The successful acquistion of two parcels adjacent to Hansen Creek totaling approximately 87.5 acres. 2) Preliminary design work for restoration of Reach 5, which includes restoring channels and wetlands to natural configurations, setting back flood control berms to restore floodplain connectivity, and planting riparian areas with native vegetation. 3) Implement near-term restoration, including removing a culvert on Red Creek and replacing with a railcar bridge, removing 1,250 linear feet of flood control berm, and planting 10 acres with native vegetation

FUNDING SOURCES

FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT

Type	Date	Funding Org	Funding Program	Match	Amount
Requested	08/25/2010	Skagit River System Cooperative		Match	$315,492.00
Requested	08/25/2010	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon State Projects		$552,075.00
Allocated	05/20/2013	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Puget Sound Critical Stock		$5,046.00
Allocated	05/20/2013	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon State Projects		$114,500.00
Allocated	05/20/2013	Skagit River System Cooperative		Match	$380,492.00
Allocated	05/20/2013	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon Federal Projects		$553,090.00
Spent	07/12/2012	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon State Projects		-$114,500.00
Spent	03/24/2014	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Salmon Federal Projects		-$553,090.00
Spent	06/13/2014	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	Puget Sound Critical Stock		-$5,046.00
Spent	06/13/2014	Skagit River System Cooperative		Match	-$380,492.00

Grant Project Agreement Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Grant Project Agreement Totals	$1,053,128.00	$867,567.00	$1,053,128.00	$1,053,128.00	$0.00

OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)

Type	Date	Funding Org	Funding Program	Match	Amount

Other Funding Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Other Funding Totals

Grand Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Grand Totals

PRIMARY SPONSOR

Skagit River System Cooperative

PROJECT CONTACT

Devin Smith

SECONDARY SPONSOR

Skagit County
Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

PROJECT MANAGER

Bridget Kaminski

LOCATION

Chinook-Pop (ESU):	Chinook-Puget Sound, Lower Skagit River, Threatened
Chum-Pop (ESU):	Chum-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Not Warranted
Coho-Pop (ESU):	Coho-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Species of Concern
County:	Skagit
HUC12:	Hansen Creek-Skagit River (171100070107)
HUC8:	Lower Skagit (17110007)
Lead Entity Area:	Skagit Watershed Council
Legislative District:	39
Pink-Pop (ESU):	Pink-Odd Year, Not Warranted
Puget Sound Action Areas:	Whidbey Island
Salmon Recovery Regions:	Puget Sound
Sections:	17
Sections:	20
Skagit Reaches:	Hansen Creek
Skagit Tiers:	Tier 3 Sediment or Hydrology Impaired
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):	Steelhead-Puget Sound, Skagit River, Threatened
Township:	T35NR05E
Watershed Administrative Unit:	Hansen Creek
WRIA:	Lower Skagit - Samish

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Hansen Creek Restoration Acquisition (14-1248)

		APPLICATION		FINAL
ACQUISTION METRICS
	Real Property Acquisition
	Miles of Streambank and/or Shoreline Protected by Land or Easement Acquisition	0.80	mi	1.37	mi
	Land
	Acres by Acreage Type (fee simple)	Riparian 65.40 Wetlands 7.10 Total 72.50	acres	Riparian 72.50 Wetlands 15.00 Total 87.50	acres

RESTORATION METRICS
	Area Encompassed (acres) (B.0.b.1)			87.50	acres
	Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Affected (B.0.b.2)
	Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)	0.80	mi	2.00	mi
	Fish Passage Improvement
	*Miles Of Stream Made Accessible (SRFB) (C.2.b.1)	0.60	mi	0.59	mi
	*Number of blockages / impediments / barriers impeding passage (C.2.b.4)			1.00
	Square Miles Of streambed made accessible (C.2.b.2)	0.00	sq mi	0.00	sq mi
	Bridge installed or improved (C.2.g.1)
	Miles of stream made accessible by bridge installation/repair (C.2.g.3)			0.59	mi
	Number of bridges (C.2.g.2)			1.00
	Instream Habitat Project
	Total Miles Of Instream Habitat Treated (C.4.b)	0.25	mi	0.24	mi
	Channel reconfiguration and connectivity (C.4.c.1)
	Acres Of Channel/Off-Channel Connected Or Added (C.4.c.5)	0.50	acres	0.50	acres
	Instream Pools Created/Added (C.4.c.6)	4.00		4.00
	Miles of Off-Channel Stream Created or Connected (C.4.c.4)	0.10	mi	0.10	mi
	Miles of Stream Treated for channel reconfiguration and connectivity (C.4.c.3)	0.25	mi	0.24	mi
	Riparian Habitat Project
	*Total Riparian Acres Treated (C.5.b.2)	10.00	acres	10.00	acres
	*Total Riparian Miles Streambank Treated (C.5.b.1)	0.20	mi	0.20	mi
	Planting (C.5.c.1)
	Acres Planted in riparian (C.5.c.3)	10.00	acres	10.00	acres

Organization	Skagit Watershed Council Lead Entity
Sponsor	Skagit River System Cooperative
Status	Completed
Schedule	Start Date: 10/7/2010 End Date: 6/13/2014