Lower Newaukum Creek Restoration in the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed (WRIA 9)

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Lower Newaukum Creek Restoration
Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed
Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 9

Project Description

Located in the Middle Green River Subwatershed at the confluence of Newaukum Creek and the Green River
Project will restore channel, floodplain, and riparian (streamside) conditions in the lower 1,800 feet of Newaukum Creek
Includes restoring a historic meander, setting back a berm and naturalizing the restored floodplain area, placing large woody debris jams, and replanting banks

Partners and Funding

Led by King County with the support of the WRIA 9 Forum
$788,581 funded by SRFB (fifth round), $75,000 from King County, and $75,000 from King Conservation District
Funding will cover completion of project design, permitting, construction, monitoring, and maintenance
Additional funding information

Importance for Salmon

Newaukum Creek is an important spawning area, with approximately 16% of the naturally spawning adult Chinook that enter the Green/Duwamish Watershed
Newaukum Creek provides important spawning, rearing, and migration habitat for Chinook, coho, steelhead, chum, cutthroat, sockeye, and pink salmon
This project will help maintain the diversity of spawning areas in the watershed, which helps protect the population from natural hazards and human impacts

More information on this SRFB grant application (MS Word 25 KB)

Other Watershed Salmon Restoration/Protection Projects

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Updated: April 13, 2005

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