Surface Water Management Division

Watershed Stewardship Program

Snohomish Watershed Steward

Woods Creek Watershed

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Regional and local planning efforts have identified Woods Creek as a priority rural stream in the Snohomish River Watershed. SWM is currently conducting a watershed assessment that will identify sites in the basin where restoration efforts will have the greatest impact on salmon habitat and water quality. If you live along the creek and are interested in learning more, please contact Cindy Flint, Snohomish Watershed Steward.

From 2004 through 2008, with funding assistance from The Tulalip Tribes and construction support from county Road Maintenance work began on Creswell Creek to replace perched and deteriorated culverts, restore streamside habitat and replace an outdated fish ladder.  These activities done to improve salmon habitat occurred along 191st Drive NE from OK Mill Road and north. Creswell Creek is one of the headwaters streams of West Fork Woods Creek

In 2007 through a Centennial Clean Water Animal Waste Grant, a ¼ mile reach of Sister of Friar Creek, a tributary of West Fork Woods Creek, was cleared of blackberries and reed canary grass and replanted with native trees and shrubs. Fencing was placed to keep the horses away from the stream. A fish blocking culvert was removed and replaced by a small bridge and wood placed in the creek bottom for grade control.

Mosher Creek

Mosher Creek is a tributary of Ebey Slough in the lower Snohomish Watershed. From 2005 to 2008, work was done on a 1.5 acre wetland along Mosher Creek to improve habitat for fish and wildlife.

Mosher Creek Stream and Wetland Restoration Project (1.5 MB pdf download)

Quilceda Allen Watershed

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The Quilceda/Allen watershed is located in the Marysville/Arlington/Tulalip area.  In 1999 a watershed plan (Quilceda/Allen Watershed Plan Executive Summary (318 Kb PDF download) was completed for the watershed and a group was formed to implement the plan.  Eventually the group became the AQWA Team (Allen/Quilceda Watershed Action Team), which facilitates implementation of watershed, water quality and salmon conservation plans.  To learn more about the AQWA Team and projects happening in the Quilceda and Allen Watersheds click here.

One of the watershed restoration projects completed in 2007 is along  Middle Fork Quilceda Creek.  The project was developed and implemented with the support of two Homeowners Associations, Meadowgreen and Meadow Creek.  The project included both streamside and instream restoration and was funded by the Snohomish Basin Community Salmon Fund.

French Creek Watershed

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French Creek flows from Meadow Lake in the hills to the north of Monroe all the way to the Snohomish River through the floodplain.  The French Creek Watershed Management Plan (10 Mb PDF download) was completed by SWM and the French Creek Watershed Management Committee in early 2005.  Implementation of the plan began with a stream restoration project along Stables Creek while the plan was in development.

Project Highlight:  The Stables Creek Stream Restoration (1.6 Mb PDF download) project was a partnership between the Hartsfield family, SWM's watershed steward and habitat programs, and the Snohomish Conservation District.  The project was along Stables Creek, a tributary to French Creek and was identified in the watershed plan as having a culvert that blocked salmon migration to upstream habitat and degraded streamside vegetation.  A new culvert replaced the old wooden structure, horses were fenced away from the stream, and the streamside area planted with native plants.  In addition, large wood was added to the stream channel to create instream diversity.

 

Contact

Cindy Flint, Snohomish Watershed Steward, 425-388-6628