Elk River Estuary (Planning Area 1) Restoration Project (Restoration Management Permit No. RMP-2026-0019-R1

This Project proposes to benefit native fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitat. The Project is expected to increase and improve aquatic habitat for native fish and wildlife, including coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch, Chinook salmon O. tshawytscha, steelhead trout O. mykiss, longfin smelt Spirinchus thaleichthys, and tidewater goby Eucyclogobius newberryi. This will be achieved by removing or breaching levees and an abandoned railroad grade, removing tide gates or replacing them with fish fri...