Blue Mountain Land Trust propose to acquire a permanent conservation easement on approximately 15 acres within a 40 acre parcel on the Touchet River, approximately 5 miles east of Waitsburg. The easement is expected to include an 11 acre riparian zone and 4 acre agricultural zone. The primary goal of this project is permanent protection of riparian habitat and floodplain from degradation due to land management and development. This property contains approximately ½ mile of the Touchet River, to the river centerline. Summer steelhead, spring Chinook, and Bull Trout will all benefit from the protection that a permanent conservation easement will provide. An enlarged riparian buffer acquired in the easement will allow for future channel and habitat restoration. Grant funds from this application, if secured, will be used to acquire a permanent conservation easement including property survey, legal descriptions of the zones within the easement, a baseline inventory, and recording of the conservation easement on the property deed.