The Klickitat Floodplain Restoration Phase 5 project enhanced and restored riparian and floodplain habitat between river miles 20.55 and 22.45 of the Klickitat River, as well as provided for weed control in the phase 2-6 project areas. This 8 mile reach of the river has the greatest habitat complexity of any reach in the lower Klickitat River and provides critical spawning, migration and rearing habitat for winter and summer steelhead (ESA-Threatened), spring and fall Chinook salmon, and coho salmon. The project addressed limiting habitat features and processes identified in the 2013 Klickitat Lead Entity Salmon Recovery Strategy for this reach by fill removal and pullback of floodplain road to restore connectivity, added channel structures to create complexity, refugia, and improved rearing habitat, established river contact with bedrock, and softened the channel boundary along 1.79 miles of road. Pools were not excavated they were created as a result of removal of bank armoring. Treated areas were seeded and strawed for erosion control and then planted with native shrubs and trees to enhance riparian vegetation and improve near-bank and off-channel habitat conditions for steelhead and salmon. Phase 5 continued SRFB funded work initiated in 2004 with the acquisition of the haul road and four prior phases of restoration. This was the last proposed phase for the southern portion of the road; phase 6 is underway between the north end of Phase 2 and Dead Canyon Creek.