SF Nooksack Cavanaugh Island Restoration
#11-1450 #11-1450
Organization WRIA 1 Watershed Management Board
Sponsor Lummi Nation
Status Completed
Schedule Start Date: 12/8/2011 End Date: 4/25/2014
Category Category: Restoration
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DESCRIPTION
Project location: South Fork Nooksack River upstream of Dye's Canyon, between RM 16.6 to 17.0 To restore salmon habitat in WRIA 1, this project constructed 6 engineered log jams (ELJs) in the mainstem South Fork Nooksack River, consisting of three Type I ELJs, three Type II ELJs, and 9 habitat log structures (2 key pieces). Endangered early spring Chinook salmon and bull trout will benefit from 6 new scour pools; more pools may develop indirectly as increased roughness causes dynamic equilibrium. Scour pools provide thermal refugia (holding pools) from elevated South Fork water temperatures during summer spawning months in addition to pools for juvenile overwintering (rearing pools). All features are focused on enhancement of endangered Spring Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) habitat by maximizing natural habitat-forming processes inherent in this reach of river. By leveraging these natural habitat-forming processes, structure locations and architecture were designed to meet project objectives. This project addresses the number one known limiting factor for WRIA 1 salmonids: habitat diversity. ELJs, LWD habitat structures, and reinforced wood accumulations will increase the availability of complex instream habitat while providing deep pool habitat in a reach associated with cool groundwater inputs.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested08/16/2011Lummi NationMatch$128,042.00
Requested08/16/2011Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Puget Sound Acq. & Restoration$419,838.00
Allocated06/16/2014Lummi NationMatch$128,042.00
Allocated06/16/2014Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Puget Sound Acq. & Restoration$418,148.67
Spent04/24/2014Lummi NationMatch-$128,042.00
Spent04/24/2014Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Puget Sound Acq. & Restoration-$418,148.67
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$546,191.00 $547,880.00 $546,190.67 $546,190.67 $0.00
OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Other Funding Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
Grand Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
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LOCATION
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Puget Sound, South Fork Nooksack River, Threatened
Chum-Pop (ESU):Chum-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Not Warranted
Coho-Pop (ESU):Coho-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Species of Concern
County:Skagit
HUC12:Cavanaugh Creek-South Fork Nooksack River (171100040403)
HUC8:Nooksack (17110004)
Lead Entity Area:WRIA 1
Legislative District:39
Pink-Pop (ESU):Pink-Odd Year, Not Warranted
Puget Sound Action Areas:San Juan Islands
Salmon Recovery Regions:Puget Sound
Sections:02
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Puget Sound, Nooksack River, Threatened
Township:T36NR05E
Watershed Administrative Unit:Skookum Creek
WRIA:Nooksack
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RESTORATION METRICS
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)
0.50mi0.50mi
Instream Habitat Project    
Total Miles Of Instream Habitat Treated (C.4.b)
0.50mi0.50mi
 Channel reconfiguration and connectivity (C.4.c.1)    
Acres Of Channel/Off-Channel Connected Or Added (C.4.c.5)
0.40acres0.40acres
Instream Pools Created/Added (C.4.c.6)
6.0015.00
Miles of Off-Channel Stream Created or Connected (C.4.c.4)
0.12mi0.12mi
Miles of Stream Treated for channel reconfiguration and connectivity (C.4.c.3)
0.50mi0.50mi
 Channel structure placement (C.4.d.1)    
Acres Of Streambed Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.4)
0.20acres0.20acres
Miles of Stream Treated for channel structure placement (C.4.d.3)
0.07mi0.07mi
Number of structures placed in channel (C.4.d.7)
6.006.00
Pools Created through channel structure placement (C.4.d.5)
6.006.00
Yards Of Average Stream-Width At Mid-Point Of Worksite (C.4.d.6)
60.00yd60.00yd
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