The Nooksack Tribe developed preliminary restoration design for the North Fork Nooksack River, Boyd Reach (RM 62.1-62.9), near Glacier in Whatcom County to to address North Fork/Middle Fork Nooksack chinook limiting factors of high channel instability and low habitat diversity. Restoration was designed to: (1) improve fish passage into Boyd and Cascade Creeks by removing a barrier culvert; (2) increase floodplain connectivity by removing road fill from the floodplain; (3) reduce redd scour by increasing secondary channel length and stability; (4) increase habitat unit diversity by creating wood-formed scour pools; and (5) increase wood recruitment and shade by relocating a forest road out of the riparian zone. Specific deliverables of the project include: (1) conceptual design for three alternatives; (2) NEPA review of alternatives; (3) geotechnical review of road relocaction; (4) preliminary design drawings for preferred alternative; and (5) preliminary Basis of Design report. NF/MF Nooksack early chinook are essential for ESU recovery, but productivity is critically low. This project advanced design of high priority actions in a high priority reach for NF/MF Nooksack early chinook. Restoration will also benefit ESA-listed steelhead and bull trout coho, chum, and pink salmon and cutthroat trout. Given that the reach is in federal ownership managed by the U.S. Forest Service, the Boyd Reach presents an important opportunity to restore mainstem and tributary habitat in the North Fork.