🌲 Did you know? Salmon need forests.
Trees shade streams, keeping water cool and oxygen-rich for eggs and juveniles. When trees fall, they create pools, slow currents, and trap spawning gravel…turning rivers into nurseries.
Protect riparian forests = protect salmon. 🐟🌿 #DidYouKnow #SalmonHabitat

Consultant briefs Sutter Butte board on Lower Feather River side‑channel project, $10M CVPIA grant funds planning Paul Frank of FlowWest told the Sutter Butte board that a $10 million Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) grant plus a $250,000 Fish and Wildlife Service grant are funding planning, design and phased construction of a Lower Feather River side‑channel project aimed at restoring juvenile salmon rearing habitat; hydraulic models show minimal predicted change to the main river corridor and staff expect a first construction phase around 2028.

A groundbreaking $10 million project is set to restore vital juvenile salmon habitats in the Feather River, promising to reconnect floodplain channels for ecological revival!

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#YubaCitySutterCounty #CA #CitizenPortal #SalmonHabitat #WaterManagement #YubaCityFloodControl

Residents urge Issaquah leaders to pause High School 4 project over tree clearing, salmon habitat concerns Speakers at the Feb. 2 Issaquah City Council meeting pressed the council to use permitting and regional influence to delay or redesign the Issaquah School District’s planned High School 4, citing removal of roughly 2,100–2,200 trees, traffic and threats to kokanee salmon habitat.

Residents are rallying to save over 2,100 trees and protect vital salmon habitats from the controversial High School 4 project in Issaquah!

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#IssaquahKingCounty #WA #CitizenPortal #EnvironmentalImpact #SalmonHabitat #IssaquahSchools #ForestProtection

Great visit along Mosquito Creek in the City, checking out the progress of the impressive work by the North Shore Streamkeepers.
#MosquitoCreek #NorthVancouver #CityOfNorthVancouver
#StreamRestoration #HabitatRestoration #EnvironmentalStewardship
#VolunteerPower #WatershedHealth #SalmonHabitat

Squaxin Island Tribe urges active groundwater protections as Mason County finalizes comprehensive plan Squaxin Island Tribe representatives and county staff met government-to-government to request basin-level well inventories and stronger, active language in the county comprehensive plan committing Mason County to develop and finalize offset projects that mitigate consumptive uses from exempt wells. Commissioners and staff discussed inserting tables and appendices and pursuing grants and monitoring to support offset projects.

The Squaxin Island Tribe is pushing for stronger groundwater protections in Mason County to safeguard vital salmon habitats, urging a collaborative approach with county officials.

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#MasonCounty #WA #CitizenPortal #GovernmentCollaboration #SalmonHabitat

Wood Creek Phase III Restoration Project Breaks Ground to Improve Salmon Habitat The Northcoast Regional Land Trust and partners have launched the Wood Creek Phase III – Felt Ranch project to restore tidal wetlands, reroute Wood Creek into a natural channel, and create over 7,500…

Wood Creek Phase III Restoration Project Breaks Ground to Improve Salmon Habitat #HumboldtBay #WoodCreek #SalmonHabitat #WetlandRestoration #NRLT #ClimateResilience #FreshwaterCreek #CommunityConservation

Mat Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership advocates water body setback regulations Partnership highlights funding and strategies for salmon habitat protection in the Mat Su region.

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough is taking bold steps to protect salmon habitats with new regulations—find out how local organizations are making a splash for conservation!

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#Borough #AK #CitizenPortal #WaterQuality #EcosystemConservation #SalmonHabitat

At one of WA’s most popular state parks, a creek gets fixed up for salmon The project aims to rehabilitate Issaquah Creek and preserve its salmon habitat, both of which have endured the adverse effects of development and climate change.

Love me a good #salmonhabitat restoration!

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Puget Sound agencies assess salmon recovery projects and funding during meeting Agencies discuss salmon habitat projects and secure funding for watershed recovery efforts.

Des Moines is stepping up to protect salmon habitats with bold plans for marine restoration and crucial funding—find out how your local parks could benefit!

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#DesMoinesCityKingCounty #WA #DesMoinesCity #CitizenPortal #MarineRestoration #SalmonHabitat

Looking upstream at a low profile beaver dam located in a coastal stream.

Closer upstream view of the beaver dam with me to the left of the frame giving the hang loose hand sign with a big dumb, happy grin.

Photo of the steep stream bank with an excavated burrow exposed just above the water level. Most of our local beavers use bank burrows as homes.

Close up of a nearby willow limb that has been pruned by beaver & is resprouting multiple new branches - this is called coppicing.

Happy #WoodJamWednesday rockers!!! Found a sweet seasonal (low flow) beaver dam in one of our local creeks - providing so many beneficial ecological services!! #Beaver #BeaverBeliever #Nature #StreamEcology #SalmonHabitat 🦫 🌿