Projects>Restoration Plan in Grant County Washington

Confluence has recently been hired by Ducks Unlimited to develop a plan for restoring four miles of Wilson Creek in Grant and Lincoln Counties, Washington.   The project is situated on BLM Lands that are managed for multiple uses, including recreation, fish, and wildlife.  Alterations to the historic channel and floodplain have changed the hydrology of Wilson Creek and associated riparian habitat on the site.  The channel has been disconnected from its historic floodplain and converted into a long ditch, which has degraded aquatic, riparian, and wetland habitats.  Project goals are:  1) realignment or reshaping of the Wilson Creek channel to restore natural stream function and features; 2) restoration of the off-channel emergent and open water wetlands; and 3) restoration of riparian habitat adjacent to the stream and wetlands. 

Conceptual restoration plan on Wilson Creek underway to restore natural stream function, wetlands, and riparian habitat.