2025 Skagit Watershed Habitat Acquisition-SCL
#25-1167 #25-1167
Organization Skagit Watershed Council Lead Entity
Sponsor Seattle City Light
Status Approved
Schedule Start Date: 9/11/2025 End Date: 9/11/2029
Category Category: Acquisition
DESCRIPTION
Seattle City Light (SCL) proposes to protect 20 acres of high quality Chinook habitat in the Skagit Watershed through cooperative land acquisition. The project area includes Tier 1 floodplains of the mainstem Skagit, Sauk, and Cascade rivers, and habitat areas along major tributaries. The properties will be evaluated per the 2017 Protection Strategy.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested06/16/2025Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$500,000.00
Allocated09/16/2025Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Riparian$179,258.00
Allocated09/16/2025Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$250,707.00
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$500,000.00 $500,000.00 $429,965.00 $0.00 $429,965.00
OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Other Funding Totals Requested Allocated Spent Balance
Grand Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
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PHOTOS

 
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:Loretta Creek-Skagit River (171100070105)
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:22
Skagit Reaches:Savage
Skagit Tiers:Tier 1 Floodplain - Mixed Stock Rearing
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Puget Sound, Skagit River, Threatened
Township:T35NR07E
Watershed Administrative Unit:Grandy
WRIA:Upper Skagit
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ACQUISTION METRICS
Incidentals    
 Noxious weed control    
Acres treated for noxious weeds by method
Chemical
4.00
Mechanical
8.00
Total
12.00
acres
Total
acres
Real Property Acquisition    
Miles of Streambank and/or Shoreline Protected by Land or Easement Acquisition
1.19mi
 Land    
Acres by Acreage Type (fee simple)
Riparian
46.30
Total
46.30
acres
Total
acres
 
WORKSITE METRICS
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)
0.50mi