Completed in 2000. The City of Tacoma developed this stream restoration
project on 12 acres of property bordering Swan Creek near
the City of Tacoma corporate boundary and the Puyallup
River. The location of this project adjacent to both Swan
Creek Regional Park and Port of Tacoma restoration properties
presents opportunities for both habitat restoration and
public outreach. The project establishes freshwater, in-channel
and off-channel stream habitat, restores and enhances
refuge habitat for juvenile salmonids, provides increased
and enhanced habitat for wetland dependent species, and
eliminates fish passage impediments to the re-establishment
of anadromous salmon stocks in Swan Creek canyon.
FUNDING
The City of Tacoma funded this project under the settlement.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
From I-5, take the Portland Ave. Exit. At your first opportunity, before the end of the ramp, turn left, make another left and bear right. Turn onto E Bay St./E. R St.-- becomes E. 28th St. A slight right takes you to Pioneer Way. From the Sha Dadx project site, turn left on N. Levee Road E. Turn right over the bridge. After the bridge turn right onto 56th. In order to turn left on Pioneer Way, go up the road a little bit to take the U-turn. Proceed about 0.7 miles along Pioneer Way. The Port of Tacoma’s Clear Creek Mitigation Project will be on the left side of the road. Continue down Pioneer Way – the Swan Creek project is adjacent to the Clear Creek project. Park near the smoke shop.
RESTORATION ACTIVITIES
Photo courtesy of
John O'Laughlin, City of Tacoma, 2000.
Activities associated with site habitat restoration include
the excavation of approximately two acres of filled wetland
property to create off-channel wetland and open water
habitat for juvenile anadromous salmonids and other wildlife
species; evaluation and implementation of habitat improvements,
including possible channel relocation, in an area of the
stream adjacent to the Burlington-Northern railroad tracks;
evaluation of existing fish passage and implementation
of recommended passage improvements in the stream channel
upstream of the railroad tracks; and the planting of native
vegetation within and adjacent to newly created wetlands
and on nearby hillslopes.
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Photo courtesy of John O'Laughlin, City of Tacoma,
2000.
