Washington Coast
Sustainable Salmon Partnership
P.O. Box 2392
114 E. Chance A La Mer NE
Ocean Shores, WA 98569
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Grays Harbor County Lead Entity, WRIA 22
Completed Projects:
Dekay Road Fish Barrier Correction
This project replaced three culverts at crossings on a county road which imposed barriers, primarily to juvenile coho and cutthroat, in Polson Creek, a 6233 meter-long tributary of the West Fork Hoquiam River. Two sites were double pipes and the third was an undersized single concrete culvert. The double pipes were replaced with bottomless box culverts and the the third with a concrete bridge.
This project was sponsored by the Chehalis Basin Fisheries Task Force, a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife recognized Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group and one of the Coast Region’s most active and effective non-profit partners in salmonid habitat restoration. The main stem of the Hoquiam River has documented use by Chinook, chum and steelhead. Polson Creek has excellent coho and cutthroat spawning and rearing. Data collected at the Project site for three years indicate increasing densities for Chinook, coho and steelhead juveniles.
Vance Creek Riparian Planting & Fencing
This project provided 12,500 feet of fencing and 16,000 feet of riparian planting to improve fish habitat in Vance Creek, a tributary to the Chehalis River. The creek is 8.6 miles long with 6 miles of documented salmonid spawning and rearing habitat. It originates in forest lands northwest of Elma, flows through residential lands and an abandoned gravel mine which is now a county park, then through farmlands, entering the Chehalis River at river mile 20.
Vance Creek supports cutthroat trout, coho and possibly chum salmon, as well as lamprey eels, sculpins, mud minnows and other aquatic life. Although it has been historically manipulated to accommodate agriculture, mining and residential development, coho and cutthroat continue to use the stream in limited numbers. These impacts have increased sediments and reduced riparian cover.
Local landowners agreed to allow fencing and riparian planting on a 25 foot buffer on both sides of the stream. With the assistance of volunteer and student labor from the local school district and the support of the Chehalis Basin Education Consortium, the lower portion of the stream was replanted and fenced to exclude livestock
The project sponsor was the Chehalis Basin Fisheries Task Force, who with teachers provided the technical expertise. Ongoing monitoring is being conducted by school science programs.
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