Surface Water Management

Skagit County Salmon Recovery

• Provides access to 2.3 miles ( 18,000 square meters) of high quality stream habitat for Coho and Chum salmon, and sea-run cutthroat trout
• Increases salmon productivity
• Reduced flood risk

Description

An 18-inch failing wood culvert at the outlet of this stream was perched 12 feet above the Skagit River. This created a total blockage for fish migration into this stream system. The problem was remedied by the installation of a new 190-foot long, six-foot diameter culvert with weirs welded inside. The weirs created a stepped pool and weir fishway that provides access for adult and juvenile salmon and trout.

$ 218,000

Revenue

• $ 178,000 IAC Grant (from Salmon Recovery Funding Board)
• $ 20,000 Skagit County
• $ 20,000 Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Partners

• Salmon Recovery Funding Board
• Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife
• Skagit County

October 1999