The U.S. Forest Service, Methow Valley Ranger District, in partnership with the Yakama Nation, is proposing restoration actions within the Chewuch River from river mile 11.75 to 13. The Chewuch River supports populations of salmonids that are currently listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), including spring Chinook salmon, summer steelhead, and bull trout. This restoration plan is designed to enhance fish habitat and improve fish habitat diversity in the Chewuch River. The purpose of this project is to re-establish and enhance fish habitat in the Chewuch River from river mile 11.75 to 13. The river has been slow to recover from a legacy of instream wood removal that occurred during the early half of the 1900's. Many of the forest stands within the project area and upstream of the project area provide low rates of natural wood recruitment due to historic logging activities, recreation and road development. Lack of wood and high sediment loads in the Chewuch River have also resulted in off-channel habitat becoming blocked. Recent surveys of the Chewuch River have shown that large wood, pool habitat and off-channel habitat are below the desired levels in the reach from river mile 11.75 to 13. The above described conditions have resulted in a need to provide in-stream wood and pool habitat created by in-stream structures as well as to enhance off-channel habitat in the Chewuch River from mile 11.75 to 13. The need for restoration actions in the Chewuch River has been iden