1. 2017 SFEG Restoration Update
Sue Madsen
3/28/2017

2. Goal 4: Restoration Work Planning
4.1 Focal Area Plan – Update in 2017

3. Goal 4: Restoration Work Planning
4.3 Identify funding priorities by focal area
Active Project Development
Floodplains, middle Skagit South tribs, Skagit Delta = Off-channel restoration, barrier removal, planting.
Upper Samish = planting, fencing
San Juan Islands = work with partners to develop large-scale feasibility & design projects
East Whidbey = develop partnerships focusing on private fish passage barriers
Outreach/Build partnerships
Lower Skagit, Lower Samish, Nookachamps – link outreach and planting programs
Middle Skagit North tribs – work with small communities

4. Goal 5: Restoration Implementation
5.2 Engage in at least 2 projects funded through the Lead Entity process
5.3 Correct Fish Passage barriers (April)
5.4 Ensure adequate skills, expertise and resources

5. Goal 5.4 Ensure adequate skills, expertise &resources

6. Objective 5.2 Engage in Lead Entity process
2016 Skagit SRFB Round – Successful grant applications:
2016 Collaborative Riparian Stewardship
Partnership with USIT
Partially funded Dec 2016; remainder July 2017
Matching funds secured from PSE
South Fork Dike setback Phase 2
Partnership with Skagit County, Dike District 3
Develop designs to connected backwater habitats created in Phase 1
Located in Lower Skagit/Estuary
Lower Day Creek Slough SCL/Faber
Hansen –USIT, Skagit County Parks

7. Objective 5.2 Engage in Lead Entity process
2017 Skagit SRFB Proposals
Carey’s Design $300,000
Partnership with Town of Hamilton, Skagit County
Combination Acquisition/Restoration will include some or all of these elements:
Preliminary Design to Replace Lyman Hamilton Road Crossing
Final Design for Petit Road Crossing
Acquisition of 7 acres and design of flood berm setback
Riparian planting
Match from PSE, DOE
Hobbit Corners – SCL, TNC

8. Objective 5.2 Engage in Lead Entity process
2017 Skagit SRFB Proposals
Britt Slough Final Design $150,000
Partnership with Skagit Conservation District, WDFW
Hobbit Corners – SCL, TNC

9. Other Funding Sources: Grants
National Fish and Wildlife Federation (NFWF)
Upper Skagit Knotweed Program
Pressentin Park planting
Puget Sound Energy
Utopia Complex,
Upper Day Slough Bridge,
Lower Day Slough Phase 2,
Culvert assessment, Wiseman Feasibility Study (Partnership with SRSC)
Department of Ecology 319 Water Quality Improvement
none current; 1 highly ranked, pending
Family Forest Fish Passage (FFFPP)
none current, 1 possible this year
Recreation Advisory Committee
Knotweed
Outreach/planting in Wild & Scenic

10. Other Funding Sources: Contracts
Northwest Straits Foundation
Nearshore planting at Deception Pass State Park
Recreation and Conservation Office
Culvert Assessments
Seattle City Light
Stewardship (22 properties)
Anderson Creek Restoration
Newhalem Weed Control
Skagit County
Natural Resources Stewardship Program (38 sites)

11. Board Tour Tentative Tour Stops Utopia – planting, bridge removal
Carey’s Slough – walking tour
Upper Day Slough bridge
Lower Day Creek Slough – SCL property
Other????
Friday April 28, 2017
Meet at SFEG nursery at 09:00. Come at 8:30 for brief nursery tour
Lunch at Hamilton
Return to nursery by 4:00 pm