Direct Restoration Projects

(All of the projects in this list were funded as a result of resource damage assessments made by the state of Washington. For each project, the responsible party provided funds for the project as compensation for impacts to public natural resources from an oil spill. )

Date of Incident	Spill Location	Responsible Party/Vessel Name	Restoration Project Description
4/25/93	Port Townsend	Port of Port Townsend	Remediation / enhancement and water quality monitoring projects by the Port of Port Townsend. Link to Post Project Report
11/25/93	Keyport	U.S. Navy, Keyport Naval Base	Restoration and enhancement of a salmon stream on the Toandos Peninsula (Hood Canal) that had been diverted by a land slide. Link to Project Proposal Link to Post Project Report
2/20/95	Thea Foss Waterway	Tacoma Public Schools	Implemented urban watershed educational programs in schools throughout the Tacoma School District. Link to Project Proposal Link to Post Project Report
2/5/96	Grays Harbor	Pettit Oil Company	Provided support for tree planting along Fry Creek by the YMCA Earth Service Corp from Aberdeen high School.
2/8/96	South Puget Sound	Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway	Provided $48,800.66 to the Nisqually River Basin Land Trust for purchase of 23.77 acres of wooded and salt marsh property on Hogum Bay west of the Nisqually Delta. Link to Project Proposal Link to Post Project Report Link to Photo showing property boundaries , Link to Photo, view from water , Link to Photo, view from beach
5/27/97	Sinclair Inlet	U.S. Navy, USS Rainier	Beach cleanup on the Toandoes Peninsula (Hood Canal) by crewmembers of the USS Rainier, and follow-up survey. Link to Project Proposal Link to Post Project Report
5/31/97	Lewis River	WDFW, Lewis River Hatchery	Provided funding for a bridge over Chelatchie Creek to enhance fish habitat (RDA combined with penalty, cost of bridge: $6,994.00).
10/6/97	Sinclair Inlet	U.S. Navy, USS Carl Vinson	Repair of a fish ladder at the Navy’s Manchester Fuel Depot, and beach cleanup at the NOAA Marine Sciences Laboratory and on Indian Island. Link to Project Proposal
1/29/98	Everett Harbor	U.S. Navy, USS Paul Foster	Removal of Spartina from the shores of the Naval base on Indian Island, and trash removal from beaches at an adjacent state park. Link to Post Project Report
3/7/98	Sinclair Inlet	U.S. Navy, USS Sacramento	Removal of Spartina from the shores of the Naval base on Indian Island, and trash removal from beaches at an adjacent state park. Link to Post Project Report
4/15/98	Sinclair Inlet	U.S. Navy, USS Carl Vinson	Removal of Spartina from the shores of the Naval base on Indian Island, and trash removal from beaches at an adjacent state park. Link to Post Project Report
6/9/98	Capitol Lake	WSDOT	Improvement of the public boat ramp at the Tumwater Historical Park.
8/1/98	Hood Canal	U.S. Navy, Bangor Sub Base	Cleanup and restoration of the beach on Carlson Spit on the Bangor Naval Submarine Base. Install a log barrier to restrict vehicle access to the spit. Link to Project Proposal Link to Post Project Report
10/13/98	Everett Harbor	U.S. Navy, USS David R. Ray	Tree planting to enhance riparian habitat along an unnamed tributary to Quiceda Creek at the Naval Station Everett Family Support Complex in Marysville. Link to Project Proposal Link to Post Project Report
11/5/98	Columbia River	Chelan County PUD	Reconnection of two acres of floodplain on the Wenatchee River in Dryden, WA to create off-channel fish habitat. (also, see 4/21/02 incident)
1/5/99	Everett Harbor	U.S. Navy, USS Abe Lincoln	Maintenance of previously constructed fish habitat restoration projects. Removal of vegetation blocking fish access to rearing pools. Planting of willow whips to enhance riparian habitat. Link to Project Proposal Link to Post Project Report
6/10/99	Whatcom Creek	Olympic Pipe Line Company	Restoration of the creek and riparian habitat. Placement of woody debris to enhance in-stream habitat. Purchase of three parcels of property along the creek to prevent future development and allow future habitat enhancement.
9/1/99	Sinclair Inlet	U.S. Navy, USS Camden	Removal of two large floats, composed of creosote timbers and Styrofoam floats, from the beach on the Bangor Naval Submarine Base. Link to Project Proposal Link to Post Project Report
10/22/99	Port Townsend	U.S. Navy, USS Bridge	Removal of Spartina from 8-10 acres of marsh land on Indian Island near Boggy Spit. Link to Project Proposal Link to Post Project Report
3/27/00	Sinclair Inlet	U.S. Navy, USS Camden	Participation by 18 crewmembers from the USS Camden in the Water for Life program to escort and supervise children from Jackson Park Elementary School in a beach cleanup project on Dyes Inlet. Link to Project Proposal Link to Post Project Report
4/26/00	Lincoln Creek Link to Spill Info.	Rieger Poultry Farm	Construction of three settling/abatement ponds to reduce nutrient loading from water draining off the poultry farm to Lincoln Creek.
2/20/01	Everett Harbor	U.S. Navy, USS Abe Lincoln	Raptor habitat and in-stream habitat enhancement along an unnamed tributary to Quiceda Creek at the Naval Station Everett Family Support Complex in Marysville. Link to Project Proposal Link to Post Project Report
6/21/01	Sinclair Inlet	U.S. Navy, USS Sacramento	Maintenance of a public access trail through a woodland and saltwater marsh on the Keyport Naval Base. Link to Project Proposal Link to Post Project Report
12/12/01	Ohanapecosh River - Mt. Rainier National Park	National Park Service	Re-vegetation and construction of log and rock cribbing to control erosion along the Ohanapecosh River at the Ohanapecosh Campground, bank stabilization and re-vegetation on the banks of the Nisqually River, and an inventory of aquatic invertebrates in the Paradise/ Nisqually River and Ohanapecosh River drainages. (also, see 4/24/02 incident)
2/19/02	Everett Harbor	U.S. Navy, USS Abe Lincoln	Removal of reed canary-grass from fish habitat in Jim Creek, and planting of cottonwood and big leaf maple trees along the creek to enhance the riparian habitat (work anticipated for the Summer of 2002). Link to Project Proposal
2/21/02	Commencement Bay	University of Puget Sound	Removal of invasive vegetation and re-vegetation with native plants in the riparian area of Puget Creek (discharges to Commencement Bay).
4/21/02	Yale Reservoir – Lewis River	Cowlitz County PUD	Construction of a public fishing pier and parking lot (all handicap accessible) on the Swift No. 2 canal (near Cougar, WA), and stocking of the canal with 1,000 trout per year for five years beginning in April 2006.
6/12/02	Sinclair Inlet	U.S. Navy, USS Camden	Removal of Japanese Knotweed and re-vegetation with native plants at the Keyport Shallow Lagoon on the Keyport Naval Base near Poulsbo, WA.
10/12/02	McNeil Island wetland	Department of Corrections, McNeil Island Corrections Center	Enhance the impacted wetland and enhance an equal amount of wetlands elsewhere on McNeil Island.
3/22/03	Eld Inlet	Dean Edenstrom Sea Nik I	New granite steps leading to the beach at Frye Cove County Park on Eld Inlet. Story from The Olympian. Picture of Finished Project
5/2/03	Columbia River	Port of Portland, Marine Terminals Corp.	Improvement of Painted Turtle nesting habitat in the Smith and Bybee Lakes Wildlife Area (in North Portland, OR), and installation of large woody debris.
11/27/03	Elma wetland	Reinhard Petroleum	Application of funds from the RDA toward the match for a funding package to purchase a conservation easement to protect a 75 acre parcel of high value habitat adjacent to the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Black River Unit and other protected areas (near Rochester, WA).
12/30/03	Port Madison	Foss Maritime, Barge 248 P-2	Proposed restoration includes marsh creation in the Indianola Waterfront Preserve, shellfish enhancement along the Indianola shoreline, creosote soaked log removal in the Doe-Kag-Wats wetland, berm enhancement at Doe-Kag-Wats, and tideland acquisition.
1/13/04	Lacey Wetland	Saint Martin’s University	Improve channel stability and fish passage in Woodland Creek at the foot bridge on university property by removing concrete debris and adding some wood and re-distributing in-stream boulders.
5/19/04	Eld Inlet	James Day, Vessel Kuan Yin	Work with People for Puget Sound on a re-vegetation restoration project on the southern end of Eld Inlet (west of Olympia).
10/29/04	Toutle Wetland	Weyerhaeuser Company	Contributed to the Coweeman River stream-bank stabilization project that improved stability to a 500 foot reach of the river in Cowlitz County near Longview. The project will reduce fine sediment delivery to the river that can cover salmon reds.
5/5/05	Grays Harbor	F/V Loree, Keith Andersen	Work with the North Olympic Salmon Coalition on the Morse Creek Riparian Restoration Project (near Port Angeles).
10/28/05	Port Townsend	U.S. Navy, USS Rodney Davis	Removal of creosote-laden wood materials from Walan Point on Indian Island and removal of trash and debris from beaches in the Fort Flagler State Park. Link to Post Project Report.
6/15/06	Everett Harbor	Port of Everett	Contributed to the Union Slough salt marsh riparian habitat restoration project, working with People for Puget Sound. Work included clearing invasive vegetation and planting native vegetation, mulching, and maintenance of previously planted trees.
11/3/06	Silver Creek	Puget Sound Energy	Proposed projects include the Greenwater Floodway Restoration Project that will remove the remaining road fill associated with old roads within the valley bottom and incorporate large woody material into the channel as engineered log jams, and repair and improvements to the Huckleberry Creek fish acclimation pond. Both projects are in the White River watershed.
6/9/07	Mox-Chehalis Creek Wetland	Pettit Oil Company	Restoration of approximately 1,400 feet of streambed and riparian area in the upper Mox-Chehalis Creek at the Straddle-Line ORV Park.
9/28/07	Blair Waterway	Graymont Western	Contributed to a restoration project in the Mowitch Estuary hosted by Citizens for a Healthy Bay that removed invasive vegetation and planted native salt marsh plants. The estuary is in the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma.
2/3/08	Wishkah River	Wishkah School District	Small stream riparian corridor enhancement. Plant and maintain 500 trees along the left bank of a small stream adjacent to the Wishkah School District property where the incident occurred.