North Yakima Conservation District used this funding for a restoration project on Cowiche Creek that encompassed three consecutive private landowners totaling 2,000 feet of stream. Root wads and log vanes were installed to address severely sloughing stream banks, reduce sedimentation, stabilize stream banks, form pools, and increase habitat diversity by adding instream structure. Native vegetation was planted along both stream banks to improve riparian structure, minimize solar heating, increase root matrices, and provide a future source of large woody debris for recruitment. Fencing was installed to improve livestock management, eliminate livestock as a fecal source into the stream, and protect the riparian area. Cowiche Creek is a tributary to the Naches River in the Mid-Columbia Regional Area in Water Resource Inventory Area 38 within Yakima County. It is identified as high priority for habitat preservation and habitat restoration regarding steelhead, bull trout, and coho by the Lead Entity in Salmon, Steelhead, & Bull Trout in Water Resource Areas 37, 38, & 39: An Interim Strategy for Stock Recovery and Project Prioritization.