The Fir Island Farm Restoration project is located on the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Snow Goose Reserve on Fir Island in the Skagit River Delta. The project set back approximately 5,800 feet of an existing dike and restored 131 acres of tidal marsh. This project incorporated protections to reduce flooding, maintain drainage, and prevent saltwater intrusion on surrounding farmland. The project design also considered climate change and resulted in a more resilient ecosystem and flood protection & drainage system. The Fir Island Farm Restoration project will contribute to the habitat recovery targets for Puget Sound. Fir Island Farm is one of several large scale projects funded in part by NOAA. The site will continue to be maintained as a non-hunted reserve for snow geese, shorebirds, and other waterfowl. This restoration project also contributes directly to chinook salmon recovery in the Skagit River watershed by restoring estuary habitat. The recovery goal for the Skagit Delta is to restore approximately 2,700 acres of estuary habitat, which is linked to the goal of providing habitat for an additional 1.35 million chinook smolts. During project design and feasibility, it was estimated that the site would have a carrying capacity of between 65,000 and 325,000 chinook smolts. Fish monitoring being conducted under a grant from NOAA has documented a carrying capacity closer to the lower estimate. In addition, the project design addressed concerns with adjacent farmland drainage and long-term coastal resiliency by incorporating drainage features such as tidegates and a large storage pond, and constructed a marine set-back dike designed for climate change and storm surge. WDFW hired IMCO General Construction to construct the restoration project. Due to the large scale of this project and need for the levee to settle, construction was divided into two summer construction seasons. In Year 1, IMCO constructed 5,800 linear feet of setback marine dike, a pump station, and large storage pond, and 5 new tidegates at the site. During Year 2, the setback dike was topped and the old marine dike was breached restoring tidal processes to 131 acres. Specific construction activities and materials are documented in the following bullets. Completed Year 1 construction activities: 1) Obtained all final environmental permits; 2) Constructed 5,800 feet of set-back dike; comprised mostly of material from a local pit; rip-rap was used on the face of the dike; 3) Constructed a storage pond; the storage pond was approximate 135 ft wide by 2,260 ft long. It required extensive dewatering and was excavated to a depth of 0.0 NAVD88. The material removed during the pond excavation was used to construct high marsh fill in the restored estuary. 4) Constructed the pump station housing; 5) Constructed pump station inlet and outlet pipes; 6) Constructed the Pond to Dry Slough and No Name Slough tidegates; and 7) Constructed the high marsh grading and pilot tidal channels. Completed Year 2 construction activities: 1) Completed construction of the of Dry Slough tidegate and trash rack; 2) Completed Native Seeding; 3) Completed Dike Final Grading; the dike was allowed to settle between Year 1 and Year 2 Construction. The dike was brought up to the final design elevation and then topped with crushed gravel for a clean driving surface. 4) Completed construction of the Pump Station and Testing; The pump station includes three 3,000 gpm variable frequency drive, low-lift pumps. It also includes an electrical panel and back-up generator connection 5) Completed construction of the land-side access road; 6) Completed breach and demolition of the existing dike; the old dike was breached at No Name Slough by removing the old tidegates and excavating to a depth of 0.0 ft NAVD88. The breach was then widened to approximately 100-ft at this elevation to maximize tidal exchange and allow No Name Slough to adjust to the increased tidal prism; the remainder of the dike was graded to match the elevation of the exiting high marsh; 7) Completed final site stabilization and construction demobilization; 8) Hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony. No significant changes were made to the plans. Two notable modifications include raising the setback dike elevation by 0.5 ft to account for post-construction settlement, and reducing the excavation quantities at the breach due to concerns about constructability. In 2019 the dike was raised in several locations where it had settled more than performance standards allowed and erosion around the No Name Slough tidegates was repaired. WDFW and CDD#22 reached agreement that drainage and flood control infrastructure performance standards had been met, and transfer of infrastructure to CDD#22 was completed in early 2020.