Sooes Salmon Habitat Restoration

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	09-MAKA-03
Recovery Domains	-
Start Date	01/01/2010
End Date	12/31/2012
Year	2009
Status	Completed
Last Edited	05/01/2025

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Description

Project contributed funds that led to the installation of an arched concrete bridge over Cheeka Creek on the Makah Reservation. The completion of this project marked a major milestone in our Sooes Basin Anadromous Passage project to reestablish stream habitat floodplain connectivity between the Sooes River and its associated floodplain. The concrete bridge replaced an impassable non-functioning culvert. Project funds were also used to regrade bridge approach to ensure that they adhered to engineered specifications.

Project Benefit

Sooes River limiting factors addressed are loss of tributary spawning habitat due to fish blocking structures and loss of tributary contributions to summer base flows in the Sooes River.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Fish Passage

Barriers Removed

Miles Opened

2.00

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$89,272

Other

$199,605

In-Kind Donated Labor

$102,772

In-Kind Other

$1,113

Report Total:

$392,762

Worksites

20117791

Worksite Identifier: 20117791
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
Cheeka Creek Bridge

Location Information

Basin: Washington Coastal (171001)
Subbasin: Hoh-Quillayute (17100101)
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: Washington
Recovery Domain:
Latitude: 48.307604
Longitude: -124.651436

ESU

Washington Coast Chinook Salmon ESU
Olympic Peninsula Coho Salmon ESU
Pacific Coast Chum Salmon ESU
Olympic Peninsula Steelhead DPS

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Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)

. . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 392,762.00
. . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected 2.00
. . C.0.c
Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment

None
. . C.0.d.1 Project Monitoring (LOV)
. . C.0.d.2 Monitoring Location (LOV)

. . C.0.d.3

Monitoring text (from Phase I)
on-site monitoring was conducted during construction to ensure compliance with the engineering design by Makah and NRCS staff. Makah Fisheries Management will continue to monitor juvenile fish presence above these structures and will conduct both seasonal flow and water quality monitoring at the structure.

. . C.2 Fish Passage ImprovementY (Y/N)
- . . . . C.2.a Fish Passage Funding 392,762.00
- . . . . C.2.b.1 Length of stream made accessible 2.00
- . . . . C.2.b.3 Type of blockage/barrier (LOV)
- . . . . C.2.b.4 Number of blockages/impediments/barriers impeding passage 1
- . . . . C.2.g.1 Bridge installed or improved at road stream crossingY (Y/N)
  - . . . . . . C.2.g.2 Number of bridges installed or improved/upgraded 1
  - . . . . . . C.2.g.3 Miles of stream made accessible by bridge installation or improvement/upgrade 2.00