The Lower Elwha Klallam, The Quileute Tribes and the peninsula salmon enhancement projects

More than $2 million has been awarded to North Olympic Peninsula projects by the Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board.

Seven projects in Jefferson County received a total of $1,553,093. Two projects in Clallam County received a total of $835,795.

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe was awarded $600,546 to place tree root wads and large logs in Deep Creek to improve salmon habitat and reconnect the creek to its floodplain.

The wood will be placed at 15 sites in lower Deep Creek.

The Quileute Tribe was granted $235,249 to remove four barriers to fish migration under Thunder Road in La Push on the Quileute Reservation.

The barriers will be replaced with larger or different types of culverts to carry streams under roads.

Fixing the barriers at these four sites will open more than 22 acres of habitat for use in the winter.

The tribe also will improve 1 mile of road by laying gravel on the surface, improving ditches and drainage structures, and reshaping the forest floor to reduce runoff impacts to fish-bearing streams.

The Quileute Tribe will contribute $133,879 in cash and a federal grant.

Source: http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/peninsula-salmon-enhancement-projects-receive-more-than-2-3-million-in-grant-funds/