Category: Funded Projects

This project increased access to 250 acres of riverine estuary, tidal scrub/shrub and tidal forest wetland rearing habitat and 5 miles of spawning habitat for coho salmon, Chinook salmon, chum salmon, steelhead trout, Pacific Lamprey and cutthroat trout. This project replaced three undersized culverts and two tidegates with two 32’ bridges sized to meet federal…

The project improved fish passage and off-channel rearing habitat at Hungry Harbor, located near the mouth of the Columbia River Estuary in Pacific County, Washington. The project replaced a fish barrier and with a 100% passable structure to restore fish passage and connectivity to 4.4 acres of tidal rearing habitat and 1.5 miles of spawning…

The Mattole River Estuary Middle Slough Restoration Project restored off channel slough habitat adjacent to the Mattole Estuary, providing connectivity to 800 ft. of previously restored slough habitat and the Mainstem/Estuary of the Mattole River. The project is part of a 10-year restoration plan for the Mattole Estuary and Lower Mattole River developed cooperatively by…

Photo credit: ODFW The purpose of this project was to map seagrass and kelp habitats using previously collected data from monitoring surveys conducted by the Oregon marine reserve program. The project noted the presence of juvenile fishes that are associated with the target habitats using the available monitoring data. The project focused on two marine…

The project expanded restoration efforts to restore eelgrass habitat to benefit fish and wildlife in the estuary. The project included eelgrass transplanting from natural eelgrass recruitment and targeted a wide distribution of locations for a total of 42 square meters. Sponsor: Morro Bay NEP

Photo credit: Brent Lawrence The Bear River Estuary Restoration project on Willapa National Wildlife Refuge is helping to rebuild a healthy, functioning, natural system which will benefit a diverse array of species including chum, coho and Chinook salmon, shorebirds, waterfowl and other migratory birds. The project removed over 5 miles of dike, 38 culverts, 2…

Photo credit: Alan Pleus Recent identification of European Green Crab on the Makah reservation motivated the Makah Tribe to implement an intensive monitoring and trapping program. PMEP funded the tribe’s efforts to conduct annual twice monthly trapping surveys in May-September in several areas of the reservation, including the Wa’atch and Tsoo-Yess estuaries, areas of rocky…

The Yaquina Bay Tidal Restoration project was designed to increase tidal influence, restore hydrological conditions and increase sediment deposition and organic material accumulation to buffer expected sea level rise due to climate change in the Yaquina estuary. The project is part of a larger, 55-acre tidal wetland restoration project. PMEP funds are supporting dike breaching,…

PMEP funding will help to integrate native Olympia oyster habitat restoration into a larger multi-species restoration project in the bay. The project has added 240 square meters of oyster habitat and 1,280 square meters of eelgrass habitat. The overall goals of this project are to return these historically present (but currently depleted) species to the…

The Elk River was identified by NOAA Fisheries as important for coho salmon and that the population there is a “High Extinction Risk”. The proposed restoration project will improve juvenile access to Swamp and Cedar Creeks and rearing habitats in these areas, as well as improve the condition of these habitats.