1. Chico Estuary Restoration Kitty Hawk Drive culvert and road fill removal

2. Chico Creek Overview One of Puget Sound’s most productive chum salmon streams Culverts for State Route 3 and Kitty Hawk Drive block salmon & cause floods Chico Initiative –Healthy estuary –Free-flowing mainstem –Protected headwaters

3. Chico: Then and Now Salt marshes and the estuary were filled for SR3 and Kitty Hawk Drive The mainstem was re-routed and put in a 16’ wide culvert Historic Tidal Area (pre-SR3 And Kitty Hawk)

4. Restoration Goals Healthy estuary –Restore historic salt marshes –Remove fill Free-flowing mainstem –Fix culvert for Kitty Hawk Drive –Fix culvert for State Route 3 –Fix culvert for Golf Club Hill Road –Widen floodplain at Kitsap Golf & Country Club

5. Kitty Hawk Drive Project Build driveway Remove blocking culvert Remove road fill, restore historic salt marsh

6. Kitty Hawk Drive 1.Build driveway from Kitty Hawk Drive to Chico Way 2. Remove Kitty Hawk Drive culvert and road fill

7. State Route 3 Eliminate blocking culvert Remove road fill, restore historic salt marsh

8. Now

9. After Restoration