Adam Fleming is a Fish Passage Biologist with the WA State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), where he has worked since 2018. As a WDFW biologist, much of Adam’s work is “boots on the ground” including tasks with the Chehalis Basin Strategy and The Aquatic Species Restoration Plan (ASRP). The ASRP prioritizes habitat restoration […]
Kyle Deerkop and his crew can be found weekly patrolling our local beaches for discarded yellow ropes, and other persistent garbage. Deerkop grew up in Idaho, went to college in Alaska, and has worked with the shellfish industry for 15 years — the last seven with Pacific Seafood in Westport as a Farm Manager. Deerkop […]
Would you like to see thriving salmon populations in your local rivers and streams? Do you have an idea for a salmon habitat restoration project in your community? If so, you will be pleased to know that the Chehalis Basin Lead Entity is soliciting applications for salmon habitat restoration and protection projects for the 2019 […]
The primary objective of the barrier correction on an unnamed tributary to Stearns Creek is to replace an existing fish passage barrier with a fish passable structure. The project will restore salmon access to 2.4 linear miles of potential habitat; approximately 0.38 acres of spawning habitat and 1.51 acres of rearing habitat for the Southwest […]
The Brian Abbott Fish Barrier Removal Board is seeking proposals to correct fish passage barriers in its “Coordinated Pathway” funding stream. The program seeks projects close to recently completed or planned barrier corrections funded through other funding programs. Draft applications Due March 29, 2018. Read more here.
Would you like to see thriving salmon populations in our local rivers and streams? Do you have an idea for a salmon habitat restoration project in your community? If so, you will be pleased to know that the Chehalis Basin Lead Entity is soliciting applications for salmon habitat restoration projects for the 2018 grant year […]
Would you like to see thriving salmon populations in your local rivers and streams? Do you have an idea for a salmon habitat restoration project in your community? If so, you will be pleased to know that the Chehalis Basin Lead Entity is soliciting applications for Salmon Recovery Funding Board projects for the 2017 grant […]
January 25, 2017 Twenty-three on-the-ground restoration projects that protect and restore valuable habitat for salmon are well underway throughout the Chehalis River Basin in Thurston, Lewis and Grays Harbor Counties. Implementing these projects is bringing nearly $6 million to basin communities through local restoration and construction jobs. Most of the projects restored fish access to […]
What was once nearly 40 acres of unmanageable wetlands near Adna is being transformed into a thriving ecosystem by a group of energetic landowners and volunteers. In the process, the two struggling creeks that bisect the acreage are again free to flow on their merry way. And that’s terrific news for the coho salmon that […]
What was once nearly 40 acres of unmanageable wetlands near Adna is being transformed into a thriving ecosystem by a group of energetic landowners and volunteers. In the process, the two struggling creeks that bisect the acreage are again free to flow on their merry way. And that’s terrific news for the coho salmon that […]
