Fisher Slough Restoration
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Fisher slough is a freshwater tidal dike setback on the South Fork Skagit Delta. The Nature Conservancy of Washington is leading restoration of a 60 acre freshwater tidal wetland on the Skagit Delta distributary Fisher Slough at the confluence of Carpenter Creek and Big Ditch. NOAA Restoration Center allowed for the reconfiguration of Big Ditch and levee setback with an award of ARRA funds. SRSC is supporting monitoring.
Notes
- File:TNC 2017 fisher slough restoration summary.pdf provides the most complete synthesis of the project
- Fisher Slough Restoration is a case study of tide gate effects on salmonid passage and utilization
- Beamer 2016 provides a summary of fish effectiveness monitoring, and links back to all Fisher Slough monitoring reports.
- Observed rearing capacity based on density measurements are higher than predicted by the current Skagit model.
- The details of SRT operations stongly affect fish access to the site.
- The project is being monitored based on a Monitoring and Adaptive Management Plan (Parametrix 2010).
- File:Beamer et al 2013 fisher slough monitoring report.pdf provides the most recent monitoring report, summarizing previous reports:
- File:TNC 2011.pdf - Baseline monitoring report
- File:Boyd 2013 fisher slough monitoring lessons.pdf provides some observations concerning monitoring reporting
- File:Beamer et al 2013 fisher slough fish monitoring 2011.pdf
- and the related Tide gate effects analysis effort
- File:Beamer et al 2013 fisher slough monitoring report.pdf provides the most recent monitoring report, summarizing previous reports:
- Weinerman et al 2012 - Analysis of economic benefits of Fisher Slough Restoration from flood hazard mitigation.
Related Links=
- Map in Nearshore Portal
- Habitat Work Schedule Entry
- PRISM record for Fisher Slough Tidegate
- Nature Conservancy Blog
