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Restoration Initiatives

Ecosystem restoration initiatives make up an integral component of the Channel Deepening Project. The following list is a brief overview of the proposed initiatives by the Corps of Engineers.
For more information, read the official Biological Assessment posted on the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers’ Web site.
  • Purple Loosestrife Control Program
    Maintain native tidal marsh plant community.
    Type of restoration: tidal marsh and swamp
    Area affected by restoration: 234 acres.


  • Tenasillahe Island Interim Restoration* (Tidegate/Inlet Improvements)
    Increase access/egress for ocean-type salmonids; improve access for adult salmonids.
    * Contingent on hydraulic analysis results.
    Type of restoration: Backwater/side channel reconnection to Columbia River.
    Areas affected by restoration: 92 acres.


  • Tidegate Retrofits for Salmonid Passage
    Connect tributary to lower Columbia River. Increase access/egress for ocean-type salmonids.
    Type of restoration: tributary reconnection to Columbia River.
    Area affected by restoration: 38 miles.


  • Walker/Lord and Hump/Fisher Islands Improved Embayment Circulation
    Provide rearing habitat for ocean-type salmonids.
    Type of restoration: marsh and swamp; shallow water and flats habitat.
    Area affected by restoration: 335 acres.


  • Cottonwood/Howard Island Proposal* Columbia White-Tailed Deer Introduction
Establish secure, viable subpopulation of Columbia white-tailed deer.
*Primarily benefits Columbia white-tailed deer.
Type of restoration: translocation of Columbia white-tailed deer.
Area affected by restoration: 650 acres.
    • Tenasillahe Island Long-Term Restorations* (Dike Breach)
    Provide rearing habitat for ocean-type salmonids.
    *Contingent on the delisting of the Columbia white-tailed deer.
    Type of restoration: tidal marsh and swamp; shallow water and flats habitat.
    Area affected by restoration: 1,778 acres.
      • Bachelor Slough Restoration*
        Provide rearing habitat for ocean-type salmonids, and increase detrital export.
        *Contingent on sediment testing and approval by Washington Department of Natural Resources.
        Type of restoration: shallow water/flats habitat; riparian forest.
        Area affected by restoration: 85 acres instream restoration, 6 acres Bachelor Slough restoration, and 46 acres riparian restoration.


      • Shillapoo Lake Restoration*
        Increase waterfowl, shorebird, wading bird and raptor habitat.
        *Primarily benefits waterfowl, but would create detrital input to the Columbia River.
        Type of restoration: managed wetlands.
        Area affected by restoration: 470-839 acreage restored; depends on private land acquistion and prior restoration by others.

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