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Haskell Slough Project

WWRP Applicant: Trout Unlimited Monroe
RCO Project Number: 97-1307
County: Snohomish 
Legislative District: 39th 
WWRP Category: Riparian Habitat
WWRP Grant: $65,391
Applicant Match: $305,254
Project Type: Combined
Acres Protected: 44
Date Funded: 1998

Description:

Restore 3.5 miles of Haskel slough on the Skykomish River for use by juvenile salmonids (coho, spring Chinook and steelhead). A conservation easement will be acquired from several committed landowners along both sides of slough. The downstream end of the slough will be reconnected to the river and the series of beaded ponds reconnected to each other to provided fish passage. The upstream end will remain disconnected from the river other that for subsurface flow. Opening these sections of the slough will provide approx. 3 miles of habitat for juvenile salmonids to use during the low flow summer months and will also be a refuge for juveniles during flood flows in the winter. Juvenile migration will be monitored in the spring with a smolt trap. The project extends from about 1/2 mile downstream of Hwy 203 at Monroe to the natural seep occurring on the slough side of the rip rap bank along the Skykomish River. The project is a partnership with the Stilly-Sno Salmon Enhancement Group, NW Chinook Recovery, Long Live the Kings, and the Tulalip Tribe.

Red Marker Haskell Slough Project

Restore 3.5 miles of Haskel slough on the Skykomish River for use by juvenile salmonids (coho, spring Chinook and steelhead). A conservation easement will be acquired from several committed landowners along both sides of slough. The downstream end of the slough will be reconnected to the river and the series of beaded ponds reconnected to each other to provided fish passage. The upstream end will remain disconnected from the river other that for subsurface flow. Opening these sections of the slough will provide approx. 3 miles of habitat for juvenile salmonids to use during the low flow summer months and will also be a refuge for juveniles during flood flows in the winter. Juvenile migration will be monitored in the spring with a smolt trap. The project extends from about 1/2 mile downstream of Hwy 203 at Monroe to the natural seep occurring on the slough side of the rip rap bank along the Skykomish River. The project is a partnership with the Stilly-Sno Salmon Enhancement Group, NW Chinook Recovery, Long Live the Kings, and the Tulalip Tribe.

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Location:
Cross the Skykomish River on Hwy 203 (in Monroe). Haskell Slough Bridge is 300 yards south of the river. The area to be acquired through conservation easments is upstream (east) of Hwy 203. The habitat enhancment includes the entire slough, upstream and downstream of Hwy 203.

WHAT IS THE WWRP?

The Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) is a state grant program that creates and conserves local and state parks, wildlife habitat and working farms. The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office administers WWRP grants, and the legislature funds the program.
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