Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program (ESRP)
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The Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program (ESRP) is a protection and restoration funding opportunity that was developed in response to the analysis of the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project. The program is focused on process-based restoration on shorelines. Biennial appropriations are made in the Washington State Capital Budget to the Washington Recreation and Conservation Office with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife providing administration and oversight. Contracts are run through RCO and documented on the PRISM database, which is the best way to review funding actions.
Notes
- https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/habitat-recovery/nearshore/conservation/programs/esrp/restoration-grant
- https://rco.wa.gov/grant/estuary-and-salmon-restoration-program/
- NOAA Restoration Center provided technical assistance to WDFW start the program through a joint project agreement between 2007 and 2012
- There are currently four programs supported through ESRP Appropriations
- Restoration and Protection Grants: This grant program focuses on protecting and restoring the natural processes that create and sustain the near-shore ecosystem. The intent is to regain some of the natural services that have been lost as a result of more than a century of human development in the region.
- Small Grants: This grant program has similar goals as the Restoration and Protection program with a focus on local engagement. Projects are eligible to receive awards between $30,000 and $150,000. At least $500,000 is available each biennium for the program.
- Regional Pre-Design: This grant program, also known as the Learning Program, was developed to direct future investments by investigating outcomes at a regional or ecosystem scale and informing construction siting and design. The projects help us understand how we can improve the effectiveness of habitat restoration in Puget Sound. Funding for these projects is 10 percent of the total ESRP award.
- Shore Friendly: New to the Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program in 2019, this grant program funds local programs that provide stewardship incentives to landowners to create healthy shorelines. More information is on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Shore Friendly Web page.
River Delta Efforts Supported
ESRP involvement is flagged using an "ESRP" category, and the program has been involved in the following efforts and places:
River Deltas:
- Designing large wood placement in tidal marshes
- Nisqually Refuge Restoration
- Puget Sound Tidal Restriction and Wetland Mapping
- Zis a Ba Restoration
- Fir Island Farm Restoration
- Evaluating Salmon Rearing Limitations in River Deltas
- Puget Sound Large River Delta Tidal Restriction and Wetland Mapping
- Fisher Slough Restoration
- Three Crabs Restoration
- Snohomish Estuary Restoration Effects on Temperature, Salinity, and Tides
- Milltown Island Restoration
- Qwuloolt Restoration
- Tide gate effects analysis
- Delta Metrics Project
- Port Susan Restoration
- Puget Sound Marine Riparian Mapping
- Leque Island Restoration
- Smith Island Restoration
- River Delta Consortium
- Skokomish Delta Restoration
- Estuary Restoration for Northern Puget Sound Birds
- Automating Landscape Connectivity for Puget Sound River Deltas and Pocket Estuaries
Embayments:
- Tidal Channel Restoration Guidelines
- Maximizing Benefits of Shoreline Armor Removal
- Use of Large Wood in Shoreline Restoration
- PREDICTING SHOREFORM EVOLUTION IN PUGET SOUND Guidelines and Tools to Estimate Gravel Transport
- Puget Sound Tidal Restriction and Wetland Mapping
Beaches:
- Feeder Bluff Outreach and Armor Removal (Island and Jefferson counties)
- Mapping Bluffs and Beaches to Quantify Sediment Supply
- Impacts of Shoreline Armoring
- Edgewater Beach Bulkhead Removal
- Measuring Coastal Bluff Recession Rates Throughout the Puget Sound Region
- Maximizing Benefits of Shoreline Armor Removal
- Mapping Bluffs and Beaches to Quantify Sediment Supply 2021
- Evaluating Puget Sound Beach Services for Protection and Restoration
Ecosystem Sits and Places
Sites:
Places:
- Fisherman's Bay
- Teekalet Point
- Filucy Bay Ecosystem
- Titlow Beach
- Piner Point West
- Neill Point East
- Broad Spit Drift Cell
- East Dyes Drift Cell
- Elwha Drift Cell
- East Nooksack Drift Cell
- Point Defiance Drift Cell
- Bangor Drift Cell
- West Camano Drift Cell
- Padilla Bay
- Lynch Cove
- Sequalitchew Creek Estuary
- South Lummi Island Headlands
- Skagit Delta
- Duckabush Delta
- Quilcene Delta