South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group

Log Jam Build

On Thursday, September 3rd SPSSEG Project Manager, Kim Gridley,  ENTRIX Engineer, Chad Krofta, and Onsite Inspector Dan Blatt got down and dirty under Highway 7 in the Ohop Valley.
Their are 2 bridges that cross highway 7 in the Ohop Valley. One conveys the current Ohop Creek flow. The other currently acts as an overflow channel [...]

Every week I will post highlights from the on site inspectors report. The Inspector is taking daily notes on progress, difficulties, etc.  At the end of each construction week (Mon- Thurs), these notes are forwarded to the project manager in the form a summary.
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Test pits were dug on both Tuesday and Wednesday of this week [...]

These photos show on-site construction progress of the Ohop Valley Restoration Project for the week of August 10th through the 14th. Highlights include:

Staging of Large Woody Debris (LWD) for the area upstream of Hwy 7.
Beginning excavation and grading of the Side-channel Ditch.
WADOT Specified Streambed Cobble

Construction of the Ohop Valley Restoration Project culminates nearly a decade of planning and design!
The Nisqually Land Trust property, the historical Peterson Farm, in the Ohop Basin straddles Hwy. 7, a major thoroughfare to mountain communities and the Mt. Rainier National Park, Longmire entrance.
The Nisqually Indian Tribe originally identified the Ohop watershed restoration as a [...]

Interesting story! The Olympian covered the transfer from Alder Lake of some of the wood pieces that will be used in the project this summer. Take a look here:
Logs and other woody debris delivered during winter storms to the reservoir behind Alder Dam are a safety hazard for boaters and a headache for Tacoma Power [...]