Skokomish River reach gets closeup restoration monitoring - Northwest Treaty Tribes

Skokomish River reach gets closeup restoration monitoring - Northwest Treaty Tribes

The Skokomish Tribe is gathering detailed data on how the upper South Fork Skokomish River is responding following more than a decade of salmon habitat restoration. “The upper South Fork is basically 14 miles of nice channel and floodplain habitat that’s ideal for juvenile salmon rearing and adult salmon spawning,” said Alex Papiez, the tribe’s restoration biologist. “You have room laterally across the floodplain for eventual wetlands, backwater…