Nooksack Floodplain Restoration with Engineered Log Jams
This effort page is being built to provide an overview of work completed by the Nooksack Tribe to restore floodplain structure particularly in the North Fork Nooksack Floodplain using engineered log jams.
The following reach scale restoration efforts are part of this larger effort:
North Fork Nooksack Floodplain Wildcat Reach Floodplain Restoration - 1.5 mi long, 83 log jams, Construction (3 phases) 2011-2013 Farmhouse Reach Floodplain Restoration - 3 mi long, 154 log jams planned, Construction (6 phases planned) 2014+
South Fork Nooksack Floodplain Van Zandt Reach Floodplain Restoration - 0.5 mi long, 15 log jams, Construction 2010 Hutchinson Reach Floodplain Restoraion - 0.5 mi long, 27 log jams, Construction 2012 and 2014 Black Slough Reach Floodplain Restoration - 1.3 mi long, design in progress Nesset Reach Floodplain Restoration - 1.6 mi long, design in progress
The following planning sequence underlies implementation of this work: Prioritization of limiting factors and geographic areas - WRIA 1 Salmon Recovery Plan System-scale habitat assessment to inform plan development - Fork or Sub-Fork Assessments Reports Reach scale design, including Geomorphic reach assessment Feasibility analysis and conceptual design Hydraulic modeling and geomorphic assessment - hydraulic memo and geomorphic memo Phased final design Construction Reach-scale project monitoring As-built monitoring and reporting Effectiveness monitoring, as described in a QAPP.
Relationships
- broader: floodplain
- located in: nooksack
- related to: engineered log jams
- related to: french slough flood control district
- related to: no rise and the letter of map revision
- related to: nooksack tribe
- related to: north fork nooksack floodplain
- related to: van zandt reach floodplain restoration
- related to: wild fish conservancy
Source: Nooksack Floodplain Restoration with Engineered Log Jams on Salish Sea Wiki