Project Description
Prior to European settlement, the floodplains surrounding Pearson Eddy near the confluence of the Snoqualmie and Skykomish Rivers were part of a large and diverse wetland complex. These wetlands were fed by a series of streams running through the valley and constant backwatering and flooding of the Snoqualmie River. Since the early 1900’s, this land has been cleared, drained, and diked to allow for agriculture and more recently dairy farming. The Snohomish Basin Bank (SBMB)  was primarily a level monoculture of non-native pasture grasses and too wet to farm when flooding of the river occured.

Restoration Activities
The SBMB has restored approximately 200 acres back to historical habitat conditions. The project has reconnected and reestablished a series of stream channels, associated riparian wetlands, depressional wetlands and forested uplands which support a wide variety of plant and animal life. Rich soils and a dynamic hydrologic influence from the river sustain native wetland plants within aquatic bed, emergent, shrub and forested wetland classes. Additionally, the project provides off-channel rearing and refuge for salmonids which is a limiting factor in the Snoqualmie System. With the completion of the SBMB and the surrounding restoration activites adjacent to the project, more than 600 acres of floodplain habitat including wetlands, uplands and riparian areas will be restored in this area.

Project Representative Contact Information:

Zach Woodward

Ph: (425) 205-0279

Email Zach

Service Area
The SBMB offers wetland, stream, and buffer impact credits for local, State and Federal permits for impacts within the Service Area. ESA credits for improvement to salmon habitat will be requested in the future as these markets begin to develop.