Acquisition and conservation of habitat in the Grovers Creek Watershed

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	20-SUQU-02
Recovery Domains	Puget Sound
Start Date	01/01/2022
End Date	06/30/2025
Year	2020
Status	Ongoing
Last Edited	09/23/2024

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Description

The Suquamish Tribe will work with the Great Peninsula Conservancy on fee simple acquisition of a key parcel at risk of development in the lower Grovers Creek watershed (estuary) that contains important, high functioning habitat for PS Steelhead, PS Chinook, chum, and coho salmon. Great Peninsula Conservancy is implementing a companion Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration project (state RCO funded) referred to as Lower Grovers Creek Habitat Protection 2020. This project will permanently protect 1.55 acres of stream, estuarine, and upland habitat near the mouth of Grovers Creek in the Miller Bay Watershed.

Project Benefit

This project permanently protects a 1.55 acre parcel containing stream, estuarine, and upland habitat supporting juvenile rearing for PS Steelhead (EK DIP), PS Chinook (multiple independent populations) PS Chum, and PS Coho.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Land Acquisition

Acres Acquired or Protected

1.6

Stream Bank Miles Acquired
or Protected

.04

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$44,341

Report Total:

$44,341

Worksites

48572136

Worksite Identifier: 48572136
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
1.5 acre parcel known as the Tucker property located near the mouth of Grovers Creek.

Location Information

Basin: Puget Sound (171100)
Subbasin: Puget Sound (17110019)
Watershed: Olalla Valley-Frontal Puget Sound (1711001907)
Subwatershed: Big Valley-Frontal Puget Sound (171100190707)

State: Washington
Recovery Domain: Puget Sound
Latitude: 47.77056089435087
Longitude: -122.5583124160737

ESU

Puget Sound Chinook Salmon ESU
Puget Sound Steelhead DPS
Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia Chum Salmon ESU
Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia Coho Salmon ESU

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Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
- . . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding .00
- . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected
- . . C.0.c
  Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
- . . C.0.d.1 Project Monitoring (LOV)
- . . C.0.d.2 Monitoring Location (LOV)
- . . C.0.d.3
  Monitoring text (from Phase I)
- . . C.10 Land or Easement AcquisitionY (Y/N)
  - . . . . C.10.a Land acquisition funding
  - . . . . C.10.b Habitat treatments applied (LOV)
  - . . . . C.10.c.1 Acquisition or lease of land, wetland or estuarine area for conservationY (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . C.10.c.2 Type of acquisition to protect habitat (LOV)
    - . . . . . . C.10.c.3 Type of property protected (LOV)
    - . . . . . . C.10.c.4 Date of expiration of protection (mm/dd/yyyy)
    - . . . . . . C.10.c.5 Miles of streambank protected by land or easement acquisition
    - . . . . . . C.10.c.6 Acres of land, wetland or estuarine area acquired