Cold Creek Natural Area

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	01-1344 A
Recovery Domains	-
Start Date	05/01/2002
End Date	06/30/2006
Year	2001
Status	Completed
Last Edited	04/12/2024

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Description

The Cold Creek Project protected 14.99-acres, adding to 157 acres that have already been protected within the 300-acre Cold Creek Natural Area. The Natural Area is an important headwaters area for Cottage Lake Creek in the Bear Creek Basin and consists of many groundwater springs, diverse wetland classes, salmonid streams, and forest cover. This projects goal was to permanently preserve vacant forested parcels of land in the Natural Area.

The 3.12-acre Imwalle property is adjacent to Cold Creek and will protect groundwater springs feeding the stream. The 11.8-acre Hill property, on two parcels, is located within a forested wetland site (Wetland #10 which is a 230-acre Class 1 wetland spanning most of the Cold Creek Natural Area), and will protect approximately 1,000-feet of both sides of Daniels Creek. Daniels Creek flows into Cottage Lake and drains to Cottage Lake Creek. The site is completely forested with mature conifers throughout the site. Cottage Lake Creek has the highest concentration of spawning Chinook in the Bear Creek basin. Daniels Creek supports coho salmon and cutthroat trout.

The importance of protecting the natural functions occuring within the Cold Creek Natural Area are identified in and supported by the Bear Creek Waterways 2000 program, The Bear Creek Basin Plan, and the WRIA 8 Chinook Recovery Plan.

Project Benefit

The goal of the project is to protect intact habitat from degradation. The objective of the project is to protect salmon refugia and habitat that is part of a key ecological process.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Land Acquisition

Acres Acquired or Protected

15.0

5.6

Stream Bank Miles Acquired
or Protected

.61

.11

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$289,000

Other

$439,053

Report Total:

$728,053

Worksites

1-Cold Creek Natural Area

Worksite Identifier: 1-Cold Creek Natural Area
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Area Description

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Location Information

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State:
Recovery Domain:
Latitude: 47.75552234
Longitude: -122.10871629

ESU

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

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Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
- . . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 728,053.00
- . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .38
- . . C.0.c
  Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
  
  WRIA 8 Salmon Conservation Plan
- . . C.0.d.1 Project Monitoring (LOV)
- . . C.0.d.2 Monitoring Location (LOV)
- . . C.10 Land or Easement AcquisitionY (Y/N)
  - . . . . C.10.a Land acquisition funding 728,052.88
  - . . . . 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 protection12/31/9999 (mm/dd/yyyy)
    - . . . . . . C.10.c.5 Miles of streambank protected by land or easement acquisition .61
    - . . . . . . C.10.c.6 Acres of land, wetland or estuarine area acquired 15.0