A small tree, newly planted.

The restoration site, mid construction before the pools were completely constructed.

The completed fish pools, this image clearly shows how easily fish can now navigate the creek.

Water flows over the fish-step pools.

A sign to commemorate the project sponsors. One of the attributes of this project was the strong community support.

Looking downstream at the completed pools.

Looking downstream as the water flows over the completed pools.

A wide angle view of the fish pools.

A view of the completed fish pools.

A high flow event, preconstruction. Before the fishway passage was constructed migrating fish needed to breach a 12 foot rise where the culvert dropped off.

Looking upstream at the culvert

Looking into the culvert

The extreme drop at the culvert was eliminated by the restoration.

From the culvert looking downstream at the completed fish pools.

A view downstream of the completed pools

Water rushes over the lip of the pools

Water flows downstream over the completed pools.

The United Anglers under Tom Furrer's direction raised funds to build a fish hatchery. This image shows the completed structure.

The Finney Creek restoration project placed over 750 logs into more than 80 log jams in upper Finney Creek. the logs helped to trap gravel size sediments behind the jams and create a more narrow and deeper creek. This resulted in lowering water temperatures to provide more favorable spawning conditions. Finney Creek once provided habitat for all salmon species except sockeye.

An excavator places logs in the stream to create a log jam.

A Boeing Verto 107 helicopter was used to lift logs into place in the stream.

A picture of a completed log jam.

A channel beginning after a log jam was created in the stream.

A log jam has helped to create a pool.

A completed log jam

A member of the Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group cuts holes to place cable in the logs. US Forest Service and Skagit Fisheries Enhancement members cabled all the jams into place. Then, volunteers played an essential role in the restoration by performing pre and post monitoring of the site.

Skagit Fisheries Enhancement members secure the logs with cable.

Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group members secure logs.

Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group members secure logs.

This image shows the huge size of the log jams at the Finney Creek restoration site. Alison Studley of SFEG is in the foreground.

A completed log jam.

Work in progress at Duck Creek. This image shows the channel realignment and meander after it has been added to the stream. The sand bags in the foreground were used to create meanders and pools and to reduce the width of the stream.

A close-up of the sand bags, cobble and jute matting used to reconfigure the channel.

Cleaning gravel from the streambed using a suction pump. The device, in the background, is a modified gold dredge and was used by Americorp and NOAA volunteers.

Americorp volunteers manually screen sand from the gravel the old-fashioned way.

Water is pumped onto the screen to sort sand and silt from the gravel.

In the foreground, two pumps operate the modified gold dredge. The discharged sediments are placed on the screen where they are separated. This image provides a good overview of the gravel cleaning process, the modified gold dredge is on wheels to make it mobile.

A pump blows air into the riverbed to loosen the sand and gravel so the dredge can work through it later.

Two men work the pump at Duck Creek.

Three workers use the pump used to loosen sand and gravel at Duck Creek.

A close-up of the pump operating in the riverbed.

Looking down on the pumping operation at Duck Creek.

The pumps blow air into the sand and gravel to loosen the sediments.

Three men in the river operate the pump.

The pumping system used at Duck Creek loosens sand and gravel from the riverbed.

The pumping system at Duck Creek used to loosen sand and gravel from the creek.

A close-up of air being pumped into the floor of the riverbed to loosen sediments.

Scientists monitor the gravel composition and levels of dissolved oxygen in the creek. The process requires the insertion of plastic pipes into the streambed at a depth where fish eggs are found. The scientists use an oxygen probe to measure the levels of dissolved oxygen and measure the cleanliness of the gravel to determine suitability of the riverbed as spawning habitat.

A good close-up and overview of the gravel screening process. Gravel accumulates on the screen and sediments fall into the totes.

An overview of the pumping and dredging operation.