Big Spring Creek Salmon Habitat Acquisition Project Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 9

Project Description

• Located in the Middle Green River Subwatershed
• Project is part of Salmon Habitat Plan project MG-7 (page 7-39)
• This project will acquire up to 79 acres including: 36-acre headwaters property, 31-acre forested property, and/or 12-acres of channel

Partners and Funding

• Led by King County in partnership with Mid-Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group, and Trout Unlimited
• $620,000 funded by SRFB (second round), $60,000 from the King Conservation District, and $35,000 from the Mid-Puget Sound Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group
• $200,000 funded by SRFB, in an additional grant provided in 2006
• Additional funding information

Importance for Salmon This project involves protection of existing habitat with the potential for stream restoration in the future Big Spring Creek is a key cold water source for Newaukum Creek, which is home to the threatened Chinook salmon The creek also is a haven for coho salmon that are currently abundant in this creek but across Puget Sound are considered a "candidate" species for listing under the federal Endangered Species Act

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