Search Results for "riparian"

Backyard Riparian Buffer Design RFQ


Mid-Columbia Fisheries and the Benton Conservation District are seeking a landscape architect or designer to create riparian planting “templates” for the Yakima watershed.  Please see the Request for Qualifications here.

Collaborative projects underway in Yakima


Mid-Columbia Fisheries is working with partners to enhance salmon habitat at two locations in Yakima County this fall.  The first location is along Cowiche Creek.  Nearly 400 feet of old railroad bed wereremoved and the streambank sloped back to allow the creek to access its floodplain.  Additional rip rap materials were removed along the left [...]

Collaborative riparian restoration demonstration project funded


Mid-Columbia Fisheries is pleased to be working with the Cascade Land Conservancy, the Kittitas County Conservation District, and WSU Extension on a riparian restoration demonstration project on Helen McCabe State Park.  The project will compare riparian plant and noxious weed establishment in areas of total cattle exclusion and areas that are flash-grazed.  Project funding is [...]

What we do


Mid-Columbia Fisheries sponsors and supports projects to protect, restore, and enhance habitat for salmonids throughout our region. Projects include:

Riparian revegetation
Livestock exclusion fencing
Fish passage
Instream habitat improvement
Sediment reduction (bank stabilization, road storm-proofing, and more)
Assistance with habitat acquisition

Information on our projects can currently be found in the following reports. Additional information can be obtained by contacting us.

2009 MCFEG [...]