Shorecrest Lagoon Protection
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Whidbey Camano Land Trust will acquire a restrictive conservation easement allowing salmon restoration on 32-acres containing a former pocket estuary (longshore lagoon) in Island County. The WRIA 6 Salmon Recovery Plan and Skagit Recovery Plan list this project as a high priority for protection and restoration. The project purpose is to protect nearshore processes and habitats beneficial to juvenile and adult salmon. The primary goal is to protect degraded habitat (the pocket lagoon and connection to Skagit Bay) from further degradation with the future intent to restore salmon habitat values by reconnecting the pocket estuary to the Bay. The Skagit River Cooperative has selected this site to conduct the feasibility analysis required in its Skagit Bay Pocket Estuary Assessment SRFB grant. The result will be at least a 30% restoration design. The property is in a high priority juvenile salmon and forage fish protection area. It's within an ebb tide (day’s migration) from Skagit River Delta which is very important for migrating juvenile Chinook salmon. The project has 128 feet on Skagit Bay and is adjacent to 4,000+ feet of Island County tidelands with continuous eelgrass beds that are important herring and surf smelt spawning areas. Part of the property is zoned for high density Rural Residential; the rest is Rural 5 acres. It’s in the nearshore habitat zone, which provides the greatest number of functions to the greatest number of salmon and trout stocks and life history stages in WRIA 6.
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General Area:
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Dugualla Bay, Island County
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Waterbody:
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, 1225744483506
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County:
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Island
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Legislative District:
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10
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Congressional District 2022:
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02
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Salmon Recovery Regions:
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Puget Sound
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Watershed Administrative Unit:
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Whidbey Island
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HUC8:
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Puget Sound (17110019)
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WRIA:
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Island
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Sections:
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16
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Sections:
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17
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Sections:
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18
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Township:
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T33NR02E
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Coordinates:
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48.34939240
-122.57476591
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| Worksite Name | Scope of Work |
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Shorecrest Lagoon (#1)
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Administrative costs (Acq), Easement, Noxious weed control, Standard Incidentals
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Amounts may not be complete
| Worksite Name | | Property Name | | Actual Acquisition
Acres | Actual Acquisition
Cost |
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Shorecrest Lagoon (#1)
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Property 1 - Private Landowner
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29.00
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$765,000
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Shorecrest Lagoon (#1)
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Property 2 - Private Landowner
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0.00
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$0
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Amounts may not be complete
| Milestone Name | Target Date | Description |
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Project Start
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12/13/2007
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Order Appraisal Review(s)
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03/31/2008
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Annual Project Billing Due
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07/31/2008
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Purchase Agreement Signed
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07/31/2009
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Annual Project Billing Due
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07/31/2009
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Environmental Clearance Rec'd
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08/31/2009
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Baseline Docum. Complete
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08/31/2009
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Survey Complete
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09/30/2009
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Acquisition Closing
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06/30/2010
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Recorded Documents to Mgmt Agy
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07/31/2010
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Annual Project Billing Due
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07/31/2010
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Fencing Complete
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08/31/2010
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Noxious Weed Control Complete
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08/31/2010
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Proposed Completion Date
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10/31/2010
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Annual Project Billing Due
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07/31/2011
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Special Conditions Met
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06/15/2012
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Agreement End Date
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06/30/2012
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Final Docs/Billing to Mgmt Agy
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06/30/2012
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