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Robin Stanton
[email protected] (206) 436-6274; (425) 478-5641 (cell)
Local Contractor Selected for Fisher Slough Restoration Project
Nature Conservancy project restores salmon habitat and improves flood protection
SEATTLE - June 3, 2010 - The Nature Conservancy has contracted with Interwest Construction, Inc., of Burlington, WA, to complete the final two phases of a major habitat restoration, drainage improvement and flood control project at Fisher Slough, near Conway.
The project, a partnership between The Nature Conservancy, Skagit County, Drainage District 17 Dike District 3 and Western Washington Agricultural Association received $5.2 million in funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of the federal stimulus program, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
"The Fisher Slough project is a great example of a project with that benefits everyone-restoring habitat for salmon, improving flood protection for local family farms, and providing good jobs for the community," said Karen Anderson, The Nature Conservancy's Washington director. "We're grateful for the support of Rep. Rick Larsen and Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell for ensuring funding for NOAA to undertake this vital restoration work."
Restoration activities will support more than 55 new jobs and help maintain another 13 existing jobs- on the ground construction workers, landscapers, skilled laborers, engineers, and project management and monitoring staff will be working on this project.
"Restoring the local salmon habitat and improving flood protection in Skagit County will create good private-sector jobs while protecting local property and the environment," said Rep. Larsen.
"We're very excited to be working on this project with the Conservancy and the dike district and the drainage district," said Andy Conner, project manager for Interwest Construction.
The project restores 60 acres of freshwater tidal marsh, which will provide salmon habitat while improving water quality, reducing erosion and improving drainage within the site. The project will also improve passage to 15 miles of high quality salmon spawning and rearing stream habitat, and reduce damage from flooding within the lowlands of the 23-square-mile watershed upstream.
In Phase 1, completed in the fall of 2009, antiquated manual floodgates were replaced with new water-level-regulated floodgates at the mouth of Fisher Slough to improve passage of salmon during crucial times in their lifecycle as well as improve floodgate management.
In Phases 2 and 3, Interwest Construction will relocate a large irrigation ditch and its associated culvert system, and set back levees to restore natural stream and tidal processes to about 60 acres. Work will occur over the summer of 2010 and the summer of 2011.
In addition to funding by NOAA, this project is supported by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program, and the Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board.
What a fucking joke, they are plowing dirt where fish didn't live before, man oh man, I know quite a few old guys are here, if they screw up the fisher slough gates might be a flood problem, go check it out guys.
Daryle
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Robin Stanton
[email protected] (206) 436-6274; (425) 478-5641 (cell)
Local Contractor Selected for Fisher Slough Restoration Project
Nature Conservancy project restores salmon habitat and improves flood protection
SEATTLE - June 3, 2010 - The Nature Conservancy has contracted with Interwest Construction, Inc., of Burlington, WA, to complete the final two phases of a major habitat restoration, drainage improvement and flood control project at Fisher Slough, near Conway.
The project, a partnership between The Nature Conservancy, Skagit County, Drainage District 17 Dike District 3 and Western Washington Agricultural Association received $5.2 million in funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of the federal stimulus program, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
"The Fisher Slough project is a great example of a project with that benefits everyone-restoring habitat for salmon, improving flood protection for local family farms, and providing good jobs for the community," said Karen Anderson, The Nature Conservancy's Washington director. "We're grateful for the support of Rep. Rick Larsen and Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell for ensuring funding for NOAA to undertake this vital restoration work."
Restoration activities will support more than 55 new jobs and help maintain another 13 existing jobs- on the ground construction workers, landscapers, skilled laborers, engineers, and project management and monitoring staff will be working on this project.
"Restoring the local salmon habitat and improving flood protection in Skagit County will create good private-sector jobs while protecting local property and the environment," said Rep. Larsen.
"We're very excited to be working on this project with the Conservancy and the dike district and the drainage district," said Andy Conner, project manager for Interwest Construction.
The project restores 60 acres of freshwater tidal marsh, which will provide salmon habitat while improving water quality, reducing erosion and improving drainage within the site. The project will also improve passage to 15 miles of high quality salmon spawning and rearing stream habitat, and reduce damage from flooding within the lowlands of the 23-square-mile watershed upstream.
In Phase 1, completed in the fall of 2009, antiquated manual floodgates were replaced with new water-level-regulated floodgates at the mouth of Fisher Slough to improve passage of salmon during crucial times in their lifecycle as well as improve floodgate management.
In Phases 2 and 3, Interwest Construction will relocate a large irrigation ditch and its associated culvert system, and set back levees to restore natural stream and tidal processes to about 60 acres. Work will occur over the summer of 2010 and the summer of 2011.
In addition to funding by NOAA, this project is supported by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program, and the Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board.
What a fucking joke, they are plowing dirt where fish didn't live before, man oh man, I know quite a few old guys are here, if they screw up the fisher slough gates might be a flood problem, go check it out guys.
Daryle
