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Welcome to the Whatcom Salmon Recovery web site. Here you'll find information on the basic issues surrounding salmon recovery, the recovery projects in Water Resources Inventory Area No. 1 (WRIA-1), and the policies and public processes designed to recover salmon runs.

The WRIA 1 salmon recovery plan is available!

NEW! (June 1, 2009) - GRANT CYCLE ANNOUNCED

Projects are now being solicted for the WRIA 1 2009 Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) and Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration (PSAR) grant cycles.  Letters of intent from prospective project sponsors are due JUNE 13 to Becky Peterson, Coordinator.  More detailed information about submittal requirements and grant cycle timing can be found in the links below.   

2009 SRFB Letter of Intent_Final

Table 1_2009 SRFB Letter of Intent_Final

WRIA 1 Schedule for 2009 SRFB Grant Cycle_Final

The intent for this grant cycle is to target restoration efforts towards those reaches and actions that will provide the greatest benefit to speeding the recovery of the South and North/Middle Fork populations of Nooksack spring Chinook.  The materials provided in the links below are intended to clarify geographic areas considered priorities for restoration based on WRIA 1 salmon recovery assessments and planning.

2009 Grant Cycle_Lower South Fork_Table 1 Project Areas

2009 Grant Cycle_Acme-Saxon_South Fork Table 1 Project Areas

2009 Grant Cycle_Upper South Fork_Table 1 Project Areas

2009 Grant Cycle_North Fork_Table 1 Project Area Reaches

NEW! (June 1, 2009) - SAXON REACH RFQ

The Lummi Nation is seeking a qualified engineering consulting firm to provide Engineering Design Services for an instream habitat project on the South Fork Nooksack downstream of the Saxon Road bridge.

Saxon Reach Instream Design RFQ

2008 GRANTS

SRFB 2008 Grants Awards - 9th Cycle Final Report includes the ranked project list proposed by WRIA-1

 


Bertrand Creek Levee Setback

Bertrand Creek is one of the major tributaries in the lower Nooksack River watershed, with the lower creek flowing through primarily agricultural and rural residential lands. Until this summer, the creek was tightly constrained by levees, particularly near its confluence with the Nooksack.

 

During the winter, the lower Bertrand Creek levees inhibit the downstream movement of floodwaters in the right bank floodplain. The levees were prone to damage, requiring nearly annual repair and maintenance work. When they failed, it was often a significant breach, with the floodwaters strewing debris across adjacent fields.

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See the salmon run!


Bertrand Creek
Originating in British Columbia and crossing into the U.S. near the city of Lynden, Bertrand Creek is one of the Nooksack River's largest lowland tributaries. The U.S. portion of the creek is 9.8 miles long, and drains 42.5 square miles, about half of which is in each country.

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Salmon Recovery Plan


Q. If they’re endangered, why can I still buy salmon in the grocery store?

A. Much of the salmon you see at the supermarket is Atlantic salmon raised on farms in the U.S., Canada, and Chile. Most wild salmon for sale comes from Alaska, where runs are relatively healthy and habitat is functioning properly.

If Puget Sound runs of chinook and other salmon go extinct, it’s true that there would still be salmon in other parts of the world. (However, this could change if currently healthy habitats and salmon populations are damaged in the future. Their recovery is important because it indicates how well our community is safeguarding our waters and our natural environment. Because salmon use the entire ecosystem—from headwaters to open ocean and everything in between—their health, or lack thereof, is a sign of the health of the general environment.

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