Hydraulic Reconnection to Restore Salmonid Habitat at Thomas’ Eddy, Washington

Recipient: Snohomish County

Grant Amount: $5,844,800 Matching Funds: $2,120,000 Total Project Amount: $7,964,800

This award will restore floodplain connection at Thomas’ Eddy on the Snohomish River to enhance juvenile salmon rearing opportunity. The project will remove large sections of levee to restore natural floodplain conditions, improve edge habitat through rock removal and installation of log structures, improve off-channel habitat connection, restore riparian vegetation and add floodplain streamflow enhancements.

For more information on the grant program funding this project, please visit the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law webpage. For more information on the National Coastal Resilience Fund, visit National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s website.