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Page A-38 Shelton-Mason County Journal — Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 EJIQEEJE Er’éa?" isabe//a@masoncounty com Seabeck Creek is flowing and native fish are making their way upstream again thanks to Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group’s vision. “With this bridge and this nice channel, when fish show up here, they can just keep on going their merry way,” Gus Johnson, project manager and fisheries biologist for Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group, said. The Seabeck Creek Res— toration project, in partner- ship with Kitsap County, was funded with a Brian Abbott Fish Passage Barrier Removal grant of about $2 million from the Washington State Depart— ment of Fish and Wildlife. The grant provided for the removal of an undersized fish ladder and constrictive 7 2-inch culvert under Seabeck Holly Road and replacement with a roughly 60-foot bridge. HCSEG also added “large woody debris” to the creek in aim to retain sed— iment and create multi—thread channels within the creek. Seabeck Creek restoration has been in the works for al- most 15 years according to HC- SEG, but the long-awaited re- sults are gratifying. “I think it was like the begin- ning of November (2020), right when like the fall chum, and Q . From left: Gus Johnson of Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group explains the process of making Seabeck Creek more fish-friendly; Seabeck Holly Road now crosses Seabeck Creek via a bridge. Journal photos by Isabel/a Breda the coho run was showing up... within just a couple of weeks of the creek being back in this channel, we were already see- ing hundreds of chum especial- ly swimming up past the site,” Johnson said. “It happened right away. it was kind of in- stant gratification.” Seabeck Creek is home to salmonid species including coho, fall chum, and Endan— gered Species Act listed Puget Sound steelhead. Johnson said WDFW will continue to monitor salmo- nid species through spawn- ing ground surveys that track where the fish have spawned in the creek. “They’ll be able to see how many more fish are able to get (upstream) than usual and watch that trend as it goes on,” he said. The construction of the I PLACED MY ADS ON FACEBOOK bridge ran ahead of schedule and the road was able to open three weeks early. Next steps in the project include planting more than 3,000 native plants along the creek beds to help_ limit ero- sion and provide shade to help keep the creek cool. HCSEG is seeking volun- teers to participate in the planting and sign—ups for up— coming planting dates are INSTEAD OF N THE LOCAL PAPER- AND NOW MY PROFITS SUCK available at www.pnwsalmon- center.org/get-inv01ved/ volunteer/. “We really appreciate our project partners, Kitsap County, working with us to make this happen,” Johnson said. “We’re just really happy that this finally all got taken , care of and we’re really excit- ed that Seabeck Creek is now a free-flowing creek through this site.” i l’ D SAYIYA GET WHAT YA n> SAY, THERE’S A comet-non!