Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program (ESRP)

Efforts

Efforts describe the goal-oriented activites of workgroups

• Knowledge Creation
  • Adaptive Management
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Lessons
  • Monitoring
  • Research
• Protection
  • Acquisition
  • Green Infrastructure
  • Regulation
• Restoration
  • Beach Nourishment
  • Engineered Log Jams
  • Fish Passage
  • Revegetation
• Social Change
  • Advocacy
  • Coordination
  • Education
  • Funding
  • Integrated Ecosystem Management
  • Legislation
  • Planning

Effort References

• RCO's PRISM Project Search
• Salmon Recovery Portal
• Ecology's Administration of Grants and Loans
• USACE Regulatory In-lieu Fee and Bank information Tracking System

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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:

• Automating Landscape Connectivity for Puget Sound River Deltas and Pocket Estuaries
• Delta Metrics Project
• Designing large wood placement in tidal marshes
• Estuary Restoration for Northern Puget Sound Birds
• Evaluating Salmon Rearing Limitations in River Deltas
• Fir Island Farm Restoration
• Fisher Slough Restoration
• Leque Island Restoration
• Milltown Island Restoration
• Nisqually Refuge Restoration
• Port Susan Restoration
• Puget Sound Large River Delta Tidal Restriction and Wetland Mapping
• Puget Sound Marine Riparian Mapping
• Puget Sound Tidal Restriction and Wetland Mapping
• Qwuloolt Restoration
• River Delta Consortium
• Skokomish Delta Restoration
• Smith Island Restoration
• Snohomish Estuary Restoration Effects on Temperature, Salinity, and Tides
• Three Crabs Restoration
• Tide Gate Effects Analysis
• Zis a Ba Restoration

Embayments:

• Maximizing Benefits of Shoreline Armor Removal
• Meadowdale: Informing Puget Sound coastal stream restoration
• PREDICTING SHOREFORM EVOLUTION IN PUGET SOUND Guidelines and Tools to Estimate Gravel Transport
• Puget Sound Tidal Restriction and Wetland Mapping
• Tidal Channel Restoration Guidelines
• Use of Large Wood in Shoreline Restoration

Beaches:

• Edgewater Beach Bulkhead Removal
• Evaluating Puget Sound Beach Services for Protection and Restoration
• Feeder Bluff Outreach and Armor Removal (Island and Jefferson counties)
• Impacts of Shoreline Armoring
• Mapping Bluffs and Beaches to Quantify Sediment Supply
• Mapping Bluffs and Beaches to Quantify Sediment Supply 2021
• Maximizing Benefits of Shoreline Armor Removal
• Measuring Coastal Bluff Recession Rates Throughout the Puget Sound Region

Ecosystem Sits and Places

Sites:

Places:

• Bangor Drift Cell
• Broad Spit Drift Cell
• Duckabush Delta
• East Dyes Drift Cell
• East Nooksack Drift Cell
• Elwha Drift Cell
• Filucy Bay Ecosystem
• Fisherman's Bay
• Lynch Cove
• Neill Point East
• Padilla Bay
• Piner Point West
• Point Defiance Drift Cell
• Quilcene Delta
• Sequalitchew Creek Estuary
• Skagit Delta
• South Lummi Island Headlands
• Teekalet Point
• Titlow Beach
• West Camano Drift Cell