Little Pilchuck salmon project gets boost from $4.6M state grant

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LAKE STEVENS — Washington’s Recreation and Conservation Office announced Tuesday that Snohomish County received $4.6 million from the Brian Abbott Fish Barrier Removal Board for restoration work near Little Pilchuck Creek.

The county’s Surface Water Management team will utilize the grant dollars, along with $800,000 from the county department, to replace four culverts and remove a fifth along an unnamed tributary to Little Pilchuck Creek, north of Lake Stevens.

When project manager Tracy Gilson moved to the area 20 years ago, he said he’d look at a small stream like the one involved in this project and not believe it would support salmon. But the creek stays cold and clean during the summer because the system gets lots of groundwater, making it great habitat for juvenile and adult salmon, he said.

“We’re out there recently, and there’s a lot of adult coho swimming up as we’re doing work adjacent to it,” he said. “It’s really highly productive.”

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