The purpose of the Jack Creek Restoration Design project was to design alternatives to restore streambank condition, floodplain function, and spawning habitat for steelhead and Chinook salmon, as well as interior redband and westslope cutthroat trout in Jack Creek, a tributary to the North Fork Teanaway River at River Mile 5.9. Habitat within the creek is degraded from current and historic grazing, road construction, logging, and railroad construction. The USDA Forest Service is currently working to relocate FS Road 9738 out of the active floodplain of Jack Creek, and the Kittitas County Conservation District recently replaced a perched and undersized culvert. These concurrent actions offered a unique opportunity to design a comprehensive stream and floodplain restoration project. The restoration of Jack Creek and its floodplain was recommended in the Cle Elum Ranger Districts 1996 Teanaway Watershed Analysis. The Teanaway watershed is the most productive anadromous watershed in the Upper Yakima, and the area upstream of the Teanaway Forks ranks 5th for steelhead restoration potential in the subbasin (Yakima Steelhead Recovery Plan, 3/24/08). This project designed restoration alternatives for two reaches of the creek, totaling nearly two miles in length. Alternatives were designed to enhance in-stream habitat and protect water quality. In the portion of the stream adjacent to FS Road 9738, the project identified eight areas that would benefit from the placement of large wood and riparian planting. In the lower reach, the project described three alternatives for improving channel and floodplain conditions. Each alternative involves large wood supplementation and riparian planting, but the alternatives differ in the level of excavation involved. The project partners support a “light touch” approach to restoration in this stream, and have entered the implementation phase with an eye toward passive restoration.