City of Sammamish: Zackuse Creek Fish Passage and Stream Restoration Project

$280,000

Complete!

City of Sammamish constructed a new fish-passable culvert under East Lake Sammamish Parkway located approximately 900 feet south of Louis Thompson Hill Road and restored approximately 400 linear feet of Zackuse Creek upstream of the culvert. Spawning areas for native kokanee salmon have reduced to a handful of tributaries to Lake Sammamish when once they were known to spawn throughout Lake Washington, Sammamish River and Lake Sammamish. The decline of the local population has been of special concern to Sammamish residents, fisheries and native tribes. Without diversity in available spawning habitat, a single localized event, whether natural or anthropogenic, could destroy the entire population. The Zackuse Creek Fish Passage and Stream Restoration project aids in the reestablishment of Zackuse Creek as a kokanee spawning area.

For more information contact: Lisa Werre, 425-295-0573

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