DESCRIPTION
Through the Floodplain Reconnection Design project, Mid-Columbia Fisheries and contracted engineers would work collaboratively with the WA State Department of Transportation (DOT) and the USDA Forest Service (USFS) to design comprehensive, cost-effective restoration alternatives for Swauk Creek, River Miles 17.3 to 18.8. The 2010 SRFB-funded Swauk Creek Restoration Assessment estimated that up to 187,000 cy of shallow groundwater storage could be reactivated by restoring Swauk Creek to historic elevations in this reach. In 2014, DOT is scheduled to begin design and permitting for two fish passage structures on Swauk Creek (RM 18.3 and 18.8). Complementary road realignment and channel and floodplain restoration alternatives can be analyzed concurrent with the fish passage work.
Through the Floodplain Reconnection Design project, Mid-Columbia Fisheries and contracted engineers would work collaboratively with the WA State Department of Transportation (DOT) and the USDA Forest Service (USFS) to design comprehensive, cost-effective restoration alternatives for Swauk Creek, River Miles 17.3 to 18.8. The 2010 SRFB-funded Swauk Creek Restoration Assessment estimated that up to 187,000 cy of shallow groundwater storage could be reactivated by restoring Swauk Creek to historic elevations in this reach. In 2014, DOT is scheduled to begin design and permitting for two fish passage structures on Swauk Creek (RM 18.3 and 18.8). Complementary road realignment and channel and floodplain restoration alternatives can be analyzed concurrent with the fish passage work.
