Fisher Slough is a tidally influenced stream and wetland complex within the Skagit River delta. The Fisher Slough freshwater tidal marsh restoration project restored 60 acres of tidal marsh habitat for juvenile Chinook, improved fish passage, and reduced flood risk on neighboring lands within a working agricultural landscape. The Nature Conservancy worked closely with salmon, agricultural and flood entities to ensure the project met multiple objectives, and monitoring outcomes across interests was a key component of the project. This ESRP award (13-1524M) supported post construction project monitoring. The approach and structure of the monitoring program at Fisher Slough is provided below. The Fisher Slough Monitoring and Adaptive Management Plan (MAMP) was structured around a conceptual model linking restoration actions to measurable structural and functional changes. Based on these structural and functional changes twelve hypotheses were developed that are used to determine if the four main project goals are being met. The Fisher Slough Restoration Project primary objectives are to: 1. Restore the ecological processes and structure to support and maintain a functional freshwater tidal wetland that supports target species, such as Chinook salmon; 2. Restore and improve freshwater tidal rearing habitat for Chinook salmon; 3. Restore fish passage for coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) spawning access; and 4. Improve flood storage to protect agricultural uses of adjacent properties. The MAMP outlined seven years of monitoring that spanned before and after restoration activities. The first year of baseline monitoring before construction was in 2009. Post construction monitoring began in 2012 and continued through 2015. This award supported monitoring during 2013 through 2015, and final reporting, which was completed in 2017. Monitoring included numerous factors including floodgate function, juvenile salmonid use, water elevations, temperature, dissolved oxygen, vegetation, channel development, and sedimentation and erosion rates.