Surface Water Management

Skagit County Salmon Recovery

• Provides access to 1/2 miles of high quality stream habitat for Coho salmon, Steelhead and sea-run cutthroat trout.
• Increases salmon productivity
• Reduced flood risk
• Improve movement of sediment and woody debris through roadway

Description Two existing corrugated metal culverts were replaced with a 24-foot wide by 10-foot high 3 sided pre-cast concrete bridge with a pre-cast concrete base. A simulated stream channel was constructed upstream, downstream and through the new structure to provide fish passage. The wider opening also increased the capacity of the roadway to safely pass sediment and woody debris. Cost $ 460,000 Revenue $308,000 FEMA $51,000 Washington State Dept. of Emergency Management $53,000 Skagit County $48,000 IAC Grant (from Salmon Recovery Funding Board)

Partners

• FEMA
• Washington State Dept. of Emergency Management
• USDA Forest Service
• Salmon Recovery Funding Board

October 1999