Project Summary

1. Project Identification

Name	Salmon/Steelhead Hatchery/Fish Ladders (Jim Creek)
Region	Northwest
State	Washington
Location
Date of this update

2. Problem(s) addressed (check one or more)

Habitat Restoration/Protection
Wetlands
River systems
Beaches/Dunes
Offshore areas
Mangroves
Assisting Species at Risk
Pollution Mitigation
Non-Point Source Pollution
Other (describe)

3. Project Description (100 words or less. Please include qualitative information, e.g. acres of habitat restored, miles of steam reopened to migration, and legislative authorization, e.g. WRDA, ISTEA, CWA/NEP, CZMA, etc.)

Salmon and trout are essential parts of the ecological and economic fabric of the Pacific Northwest. In this project, the Navy, which is responsible for managing the forest resources of the Jim Creek Naval Radio Station, approached the Stillaguamish Tribe located in Arlington, Washington, to determine if there was interest in a cooperative agreement for the joint operation of a salmon and trout hatchery. The proposal was that the Navy would supply land, gravity flow water from the creek, and the hatchery building (it would convert an old water treatment plant), and the Stillaguamish Tribe would supply the salmon fry and the biological experience to develop a hatchery. However, because of unreliable piping in the former treatment plant, it was determined that a new hatchery building would be constructed on site. A cooperative agreement with nine signatories was developed, building a partnership among three Navy commands, the Stillaguamish Tribe, the FWS, the Washington Department of Fisheries, the Stillaguamish-Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task Force, Trout Unlimited, and the Student Conservation Association.

The project was partially funded using DOD Legacy Resource Management funds and workers at the naval station to construct a small scale, three tank fish hatchery with a gravity flow water supply system. The Stillaguamish Tribe’s contribution was to provide ten thousand Coho salmon fry, hatched from eggs collected in the Navy’s portion of Jim Creek, reared at the Stillaguamish Hatchery near Arlington, Washington, and then trucked to the new hatchery. After growing in the rearing ponds for several months, the salmon fry were released to swim down Jim Creek and the Stillaguamish River to the ocean.

Concurrent with the establishment of the hatchery, spawning and rearing habitat enhancement projects were also implemented. Using volunteers from high school work groups of the Student Conservation Association, the Navy initiated habitat improvement projects within the project region to increase and enhance salmon habitat so that returning adults will find adequate areas for spawning and fry will find sufficient, high quality rearing habitat to prepare them for their migration to the ocean. Together, these two efforts to produce healthy, indigenous salmon stocks and to enhance habitat, are key elements in restoring depleted salmon runs in a ecologically balanced fashion. By pursuing both efforts, the size of the hatchery can be commensurate with available habitat within the watershed.

4. Goals/Benefits (quantify where possible using measures of success list)

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Was a cost-benefit study conducted for this project? yes/no If yes, provide a summary of findings.

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5. Partners (include each participant's responsibilities - funding, permitting, etc.)

• Federal

  Lead: USN
  Others: DOI

• Non-Federal

  State government
  Local government
  Private industry
  Public interest groups
  Educational Facility
  Other partnerships

6. Funding/Contributions (organization and amount)

• Cash

  Federal
  Non Federal	State government
  	Local government
  	Private industry
  	Public interest groups
  Total

• In-Kind Services (hours, equipment, or other forms of assistance and estimated dollar value)

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• Volunteers (number of people and hours, and estimated dollar value)

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7. Legislative authorities used by each participant

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8. Value added by Coastal America Partnership including Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) goals achieved through this collaboration (500 words or less)

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9. Project Status

Initiation date
Completion date
Current stage

10. Contacts

• Project Manager

  Walter Briggs
  Forester
  Comanding Officer, Code 231WB
  Engineering Field Activity, NW
  3505 NW Anderson Hill Rd.
  Silverdale, WA 98383-9130
  (360) 396-0922
  (360) 396-0854 (fax)

• Participating Agency/Organization Contacts: (e.g. volunteer groups, conservation groups, state agencies, and other federal agency contacts)

11. Any additional information/comments

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