Surface Water Management

Skagit County Fish Passage Project

• · Provides access to high quality stream habitat for several species of salmon and trout
• Increases salmon productivity
• Reduces flood risk
  

Description:

This project will replace the existing culvert at its current location with a 12-foot corrugated metal culvert with a simulated streambed inside and eliminate the drop barrier, allowing for fish passage while maintaining the minimum flood flow capacity needed. Installing boulder control drops with six-inch vertical drops every ten horizontal feet upstream of the new culvert inlet will compensate for lowering the streambed.

Cost: $394,000

Revenue: Skagit County Road Fund, Federal Highway Administration

Partners: Skagit County, Federal Highway Administration

Completion Date: October 2001