State funds Nooksack River salmon habitat project

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The state is funding a project to improve salmon habitat on the North Fork Nooksack River.

$620,000 will go to the Nooksack Indian Tribe to restore river and floodplain habitat in the North Fork Nooksack near Maple Falls by adding about 20 log jams.

Log jams will help stabilize the river and form high-quality spawning and rearing habitat for threatened Chinook salmon and steelhead trout.

This is one of 91 projects statewide funded by the Salmon Recovery Funding Board.