Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group

Mid-Columbia Fisheries, in partnership with the City of Ellensburg, the South Central Washington RC&D, and the Yakama Nation, is soliciting bids for levee setback and floodplain restoration along Reecer Creek.  A pre-bid conference will be held July 6 at 10am, and bids are due to Ellensburg’s City Hall by 3pm on July 14.  Bid packages [...]

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.

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 [...]

Local biologist Bob Tuck will lead a  presentation at the salmon viewing area on the Cle Elum River on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 10:30AM.   The salmon viewing area is a reliable spot to observe Spring Chinook salmon each fall.  In 2006, an ADA-accessible trail to the site was created, and in 2008, interpretive signs were [...]

Effective September 8, 2009, Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group is soliciting bids for two upcoming projects.  A mandatory bid tour for each project was held on September 11. Bids are due on September 18.  The projects are as follows:
1)      Cowiche Creek.  A contractor is needed to remove a house, shed, dike, and garbage, and to relocate fill [...]

Restoration of a one half mile stretch of Trout Creek and the removal of a 1930s era dam will begin July 1 on a $2 million project on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest near the former Wind River Nursery north of Carson, Washington.  In-stream work will occur during the summer months to lessen impacts to [...]

Effective May 8, 2009, Mid-Columbia Fisheries is soliciting bids for a responsible contractor to remove an old agricultural bridge across Coleman Creek at Olmstead State Park, near Kittitas, WA. Work must be completed by June 30, 2009. The goal of the project is to improve instream fish habitat conditions in Coleman Creek by removing the bridge, [...]

Reecer Creek Floodplain Restoration Project:
Archaeological Monitoring  
The Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group (Mid-Columbia Fisheries) requests proposals for archaeological monitoring for the Reecer Creek Floodplain Restoration Project in Ellensburg, WA.  Proposals are due by 3PM on August 6, 2010.
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Effective salmonid recovery relies upon partnerships, and we are pleased to provide links to our partners. Please let us know if a link is out of date.

Yakama Indian Nation

State Agencies

WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
WA Dept. of Ecology
Salmon Recovery Funding Board

Federal Agencies

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
NOAA Fisheries Restoration Center
NOAA Fisheries Northwest Funding Opportunities
USDA Forest [...]

There are many ways to get involved with Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group. Your help is needed! We have a wide range of opportunities for individual volunteers and community groups. We also welcome your financial support through a membership or donation. We are particularly excited to offer direct support for restoration in the Upper [...]