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Hoko River Habitat Restoration (Funded 2005)
Current Status: Active

Reach-scale stream restoration is proposed for a unique and historically complex floodplain section of the Hoko River, at its confluence with two major tributaries (Ellis Creek and Creek 191). The project will improve instream habitat complexity, floodplain connectivity, side channel availability, salmonid tributary access, and riparian function, while also reducing chronic bank erosion. Target species include Chinook, Coho, Steelhead and Cutthroat stocks. Details:

• Permanently abandon and revegetate 500 ft of river adjacent road;
• Remove a 90” diameter culvert from tributary 19.0191, permanently opening 1.46 miles of habitat.
• Remove two log bridges and their fill (Hoko and Ellis), which are currently constricting the channels.
• Reload 1.0 miles of channel with up to 400 pieces of large woody debris, congregated into eight (8) engineered logjams (ELJ’s) and additional distributed wood in the Hoko and 191. ELJ’s will consist of 2-4 key pieces with rootwads interlocked with matrix LWD. ELJ designs types will include bank deflector jams, bar apex jams, and channel spanning jams.
• Revegetate 1.0 miles of riparian zone that lack conifer.

The project is approved by three industrial forest landowners and the Makah and Elwha Klallam Tribes. Both tribes will be involved in the purchase and location of wood material for the project, along with project design and implementation, and monitoring.