The Lummi Nation used this grant to develop final designs for the restoration in the Skookum Reach of the South Fork Nooksack River. The objective of the restoration is to place logjams in the river to create and improve pools to cool the water and give salmon a place to rest. The logjams also will slow the river, creating places for salmon to hide from predators, feed, and grow. They also reduce erosion, promote stable island formation, and allow gravel to settle out of the creek to form places for salmon to spawn. The reach is important to the South Fork Chinook population, a major population group of Puget Sound Chinook salmon, which are listed as threatened with the risk of extinction under the federal Endangered Species Act. This project also includes PSAR PIDA funds to complete the final design of this project. The construction is funded through RCO-SRFB grant #15-1278R. The Skookum Reach Project was completed in 2010, with SRFB funds (07-1803), but was limited due to meeting FEMA and County requirements for no-net rise. The Saxon Reach project below Saxon Road Bridge, was completed in the summer of 2012, funded with SRFB funds (10-1300). The Whatcom Land Trust has acquired several Port Blakley properties in the area in recent years, and is in the process of negotiating with the landowner on the left bank across from the Skookum Hatchery. The Restoration Division has also been conducting road assessments and and sediment transport analysis in the Skookum Creek Watershed.