Annual WRIA 8 Salmon Tour


October 5, 2012

Tour Focus:

The 2012 WRIA 8 Salmon Tour visited three exciting project sites in the northern portion of the watershed, including on North Creek, Little Bear Creek, and Lower Bear Creek. In addition to the project site visits, the tour included discussion of the City of Redmond’s Sammamish RiverWalk effort to restore habitat on the banks of the Sammamish River, and the equipment, operational, and fish passage improvements needed at the Ballard Locks.

Tour Handouts and Links:

  1. Itinerary
  2. Project Information Sheet: North Creek Restoration at the Clearwater School, Snohomish County
  3. Recently Completed Salmon Barrier Removal Project on Little Bear Creek, City of Woodinville:
  4. Project Information Sheet: Lower Bear Creek Future Floodplain Restoration, City of Redmond
  5. Information Sheet: Hiram H. Chittenden (Ballard) Locks Fish Passage Improvement Needs
  6. Salmon Estimates at the Ballard Locks: