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LOWER GREEN RIVERSUBWATERSHED, WRIA 9

WRIA 9 partners, the City of Kent and the King Conservation District, are creating a rearing and refuge zone for juvenile Chinook salmon in an area where Mullen Slough flows into the Green River. This project will improve salmon maturation in the winter months and create a slow-water rearing habitat for young salmon in the spring months.

• Phase one of the project was for acquisition of land with the intent to restore the site for salmon habitat. The City of Kent now owns the four parcels of land totaling 21.81 acres in the project area. The project is in the final design and permitting phase.

• The next phase for restoration will create side channel rearing and refuge habitat for salmon--particularly juvenile Chinook salmon--that inhabit the Green River. Placement of wood in the river will create healthier conditions during different flow levels.

For more information: http://www.govlink.org/watersheds/9/

DOWNEY FARMSTEADRESTORATION PROJECT Creating a safe zone for Chinook salmon

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Project highlights:

• Reconnecting the channel willrestore 2000 feet of floodplain

• Creating a greater amount and diversityof habitat for juvenile Chinook salmon

• Expanding floodplain will provide a greater buffer from the river and will provide additional flood

storage capacity when the river is high