State board benefits Chelan County river restoration and fish habitat

Entiat River. Photo courtesy: Scenic USA.

The Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board, an arm of the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office, awarded $50.3 million in grants for 145 projects across the state to improve habitat for salmon, steelhead and bull trout.

• $675,000 to the Chelan County Natural Resources Department to design and perform restoration work on Nason Creek, Peshastin Creek, the lower Chiwawa River and the White River floodplain,

  
  

• $272,000 for planting in the Entiiat River floodplain,

  
  

• $205,000 for conservation measures on the Entiat River,

  
  

• $125,000 to assess Colokum Creek, a tributary of the Columbia River, downstream from Wenatchee.