MSRF purchased land on the right bank of the lower Twisp River at river mile 1.9 to provide riparian protections to the area. MSRF granted a deed restriction to IAC to remove development rights from these properties. The MSRF diversion and a side channel and pond complex are on this land. For the past 3 years the MSRF has been working to provide year-round surface water flow into and through the isolated side channel and pond complex and to restore habitat. The Elbow Coulee primary side channel was re-connected by removing the manmade dike which prevents live flows from entering. A rock sill flow control structure was constructed in the mainstem to allow flows to enter the reconnected side channel at elevation 1942 feet. The rock sill on river left bank at the entrance to the primary side channel inlet serves as a gradecontrol structure for flows exceeding elevation 1942 feet. The project also removed a manmade rock and earthen dike, which prevented live flows from entering the abandoned flood plain and primary side channel. The dike was four feet tall and extends approximately 300 feet. Excavated material was disposed of on site. Wood taken out was salvaged for use in the woody debris complex in upper end of the re-connected primary side channel. Riparian buffer establishment is being achieved through plantings at this site.