The side channel that runs around the Weeman Bridge on the upper Methow River has been degraded to the point of no longer supporting fish habitat due to a Highway 20 culvert that is too small and too high off of the channel floor. Our group of 4 property owners has agreed to restore the channel to support spawning and rearing habitat for ESA listed Bull Trout, Steelhead, and Chinook salmon.

BPA has allocated funds to this high priority section of the Methow for the actual work through the fish accords, but the project first needs funding for the design of the culvert replacement which Washington's Dept of Transportation must approve.