Hood Canal estuary (Duckabush) eyed for federal project

Great news. This would be a superb project to see funded!

A Hood Canal estuary has topped a long list of Puget Sound restoration projects that could get a powerful dose of federal funding. The Army Corps of Engineers ranked the Duckabush River estuary south of Brinnon as one of three priority projects out of 500 sites considered in Puget Sound. If approved by Congress, about $63 million would be spent reconnecting the river to its floodplain and tidal wetland. Highway 101 has cut off the river from the estuary for nearly a century. The project would remove road sections, culverts, berms and small bridges and construct an elevated 1,100-foot-long bridge upstream from the estuary. Tristan Baurick reports. (Kitsap Sun)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local/duckabush-estuary-high-priority-in-puget-sound-plan-3f8d25ae-7e73-02ea-e053-0100007f5341-398125661.html

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