This proposed riparian stewardship project includes two previously planted restoration sites that will benefit from continued weed control to ensure the success of recent plantings at Marblemount (37 acres), and an older planting at Day Creek (7.5 acres), and prepare the areas for planting by volunteer groups or if additional funding and capacity become available. Both properties are conservation areas owned by Skagit Land Trust, one of which is located in the tier 1 floodplain (Marblemount Conservation Area, and one (Day Creek Forest Conservation Area) is within tier 2, a key tributary floodplain. SFEG proposes maintaining a total of 44.5 acres over the course of 4 years, the overall goal of which is to diminish the impact of invasive vegetation on native vegetative communities that comprise healthy riparian habitats. Weed pressure at all three sites is the main pressure that is degrading habitat processes and functions, and the removal of weeds alone may allow for regeneration of native species in both of these areas, which have an abundant source of native seed and other propagules. The priority species supported at Marblemount  include all five species of pacific salmon as well as bull trout and steelhead, and at Day Creek, Chinook, coho and pink salmon, and bull trout are documented present or spawning (WDFW SalmonScape). Both sites provide passive recreation opportunities like hiking, fishing, and birdwatching.