Turners Bay Road Removal Design & Permit
#07-1808 #07-1808
 Nearshore Chinook Nearshore Projects Turners Bay Road Removal Design & Permit
Organization Skagit Watershed Council Lead Entity
Sponsor Skagit River System Cooperative
Status Completed
Schedule Start Date: 10/1/2007 End Date: 10/20/2009
Category Category: Planning
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DESCRIPTION
This project developed final design and permit documents for restoration actions to restore pocket estuary habitat for juvenile fry migrant Chinook salmon at Turner's Bay, located at the north end of Skagit Bay. The overall project was intended to improve connectivity between isolated marsh fragments by removing or modifying 175 feet of Similk Bay Road and associated fill where it crossed the northern portion of the Turners Bay Lagoon complex. Design documents are attached under Project#09-1441 Total estuarine habitat has increased by 8.7 acres s a result of the completed project. Channel habitat has increased by 1.9 acres. Project components are predicted to increase nearshore habitat capacity by an estimated ~4,735 smolts annually. These predictions are currently being evaluated through project monitoring A notable increase in fish use within the lagoon immediately following project completion was expected, and has been documented (anecdotally at this point) in the completed project. Protection components of this project are expected to preserve the capacity of the entire lagoon (15,203 fish). Habitats such as this provide fry migrants with a survival or growth advantage over other nearshore habitats, and have suffered an 80% reduction from historic conditions.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
RequestedSkagit River System CooperativeMatch$15,864.00
RequestedRecreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Puget Sound Acq. & Restoration$89,891.00
Allocated10/20/2009Skagit River System CooperativeMatch$15,695.61
Allocated10/20/2009Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Puget Sound Acq. & Restoration$88,936.87
Spent10/20/2009Skagit River System CooperativeMatch-$15,695.61
Spent10/20/2009Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Puget Sound Acq. & Restoration-$88,936.87
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$104,632.48 $105,755.00 $104,632.48 $104,632.48 $0.00
OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Other Funding Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
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LOCATION
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Puget Sound, 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:Fidalgo Island-Frontal Similk Bay (171100190101)
HUC8:Puget Sound (17110019)
Lead Entity Area:Skagit Watershed Council
Legislative District:10
Pink-Pop (ESU):Pink-Odd Year, Not Warranted
Puget Sound Action Areas:Whidbey Island
Salmon Recovery Regions:Puget Sound
Sections:03
Township:T34NR02E
Watershed Administrative Unit:Fidalgo Island
WRIA:Lower Skagit - Samish
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PLANNING METRICS
Area Encompassed (acres) (B.0.b.1)
8.60acres
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Affected (B.0.b.2)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION