{
  "projectDescription": "WA Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) restored 131 acres of tidal marsh habitat for migrating juvenile Chinook salmon, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The project also maintained drainage for upstream farms and improved access to this popular bird-watching destination.  WDFW replaced the existing dike with a new 5,800-foot dike that was set back from the shoreline in order to reconnect historic estuarine marsh habitat. The 2005 Skagit Chinook Recovery Plan calls for the restoration of 2,700 acres of estuarine habitat in order to support sustainable Chinook populations. This project is one of many actions needed to reach that goal. Juvenile Chinook are already using the site. Post-project monitoring estimates that the site has the capacity to support more than 60,000 juvenile Chinook salmon.",
  "program": "Community-based Restoration",
  "name": "Fir Island Farm Tidal Wetland Restoration",
  "id": "4255",
  "state": "Washington",
  "state_abbr": "WA",
  "region": "NWR - Northwest",
  "constructionStartDate": "2015-06-28 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EA for CRP",
  "fedLeverage": "489618",
  "nonFedLeverage": "902462",
  "accompReportStatus": "Completed",
  "accompReportDate": "2017-10-28 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "N",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Completed",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "48.33089",
      "longitude": "-122.411",
      "county": "Volusia County",
      "city": "Flagler Beach",
      "congDistrict": "6",
      "riverBasin": "Bulow Creek-Tomoka River Frontal",
      "huc": "30802010302"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "tidal wetland",
      "fiscalYear": "2016",
      "actAcresReestablishCnt": "131"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "mykiss",
      "genus": "Oncorhynchus",
      "commonName": "Trout, steelhead",
      "populationName": "Puget Sound",
      "listingStatus": "Threatened",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "kisutch",
      "genus": "Oncorhynchus",
      "commonName": "Salmon, coho",
      "populationName": "Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia",
      "listingStatus": "Not Listed",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "tshawytscha",
      "genus": "Oncorhynchus",
      "commonName": "Salmon, Chinook",
      "populationName": "Puget Sound",
      "listingStatus": "Threatened",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "keta",
      "genus": "Oncorhynchus",
      "commonName": "Salmon, chum",
      "populationName": "Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia",
      "listingStatus": "Not Listed",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "clarki",
      "genus": "Oncorhynchus",
      "commonName": "Trout, cutthroat",
      "populationName": "Puget Sound",
      "listingStatus": "Not Listed",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "pretiosus",
      "genus": "Hypomesus",
      "commonName": "Smelt, surf",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "nerka",
      "genus": "Oncorhynchus",
      "commonName": "Salmon, sockeye",
      "populationName": "unspecified",
      "listingStatus": "Not Listed",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "gorbuscha",
      "genus": "Oncorhynchus",
      "commonName": "Salmon, pink",
      "populationName": "unspecified",
      "listingStatus": "Not Listed",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "confluentus",
      "genus": "Salvelinus",
      "commonName": "Trout, bull",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "Western Washington Agriculture Association",
      "fedAgency": "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Skagit Conservation District",
      "fedAgency": "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"
    },
    {
      "name": "The Nature Conservancy"
    },
    {
      "name": "Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife"
    },
    {
      "name": "Seattle City Light"
    }
  ],
  "weblinks": [
    {
      "url": "http://www.habitat.noaa.gov/pdf/NA13NMF4630139PugetSoundDataSharingPlan.pdf",
      "description": "data sharing plan"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Hydrologic Restoration",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "240937",
      "name": "240937_FIF_1_Marlin_Greene_One_Earth_Images.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "Looking north over the Fir Island Farm Site prior to restoration.",
      "credit": "One Earth Images",
      "imageType": "Before Photo",
      "feature": "N",
      "creditIndividual": "Martin Greene"
    },
    {
      "id": "240938",
      "name": "240938_20160803_200941.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "3",
      "caption": "Looking across the newly restored site with tidal waters inundating the marsh surface.",
      "imageType": "After Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    },
    {
      "id": "240936",
      "name": "240936_DSCF1233.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "2",
      "caption": "Excavators breaching the dike to allow tidal inundation to return to the 131 restoration site.",
      "credit": "WDFW",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Berm/dike modification (including replacement)"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "monitorResultId": "BFC55FE4-1402-F111-8407-001DD803DE12",
      "tier1Agreement": "N",
      "tier1CompleteDt": "2018-12-27 00:00:00.0",
      "tier1CompleteFlag": "Y",
      "tier1Flag": "Y",
      "tier2CompleteDt": "2018-09-27 00:00:00.0",
      "tier2CompleteFlag": "Y",
      "tier2Flag": "Y",
      "monitorConductFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "accomplishments": [
    {
      "description": "The existing marine dike at the project site was approximately 100 years old and  was constructed prior to standard engineering analysis and design practices. Instead of relying on the elevation of the existing dike to establish the appropriate level of flood protection, design work accounted for storm surge and climate change. The new marine setback dike was built approximately 2‐ft higher than the existing dike.Between Year 1 and Year 2 of construction, Skagit Bay experienced a large coastal flooding event during which the old marine dike overtopped highlighting the importance of the work to account for storm surge and climate change.",
      "name": "Flood risk reduction",
      "category": "Community Benefits"
    },
    {
      "description": "PS Chinook Recovery Plan",
      "name": "Addresses actions in recovery plan (what plan?)",
      "category": "NOAA Priorities"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "Puget Sound Partnership",
      "activityType": "Engineering and Design",
      "fyAwarded": "2013",
      "noaaContribution": "140,436.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "stateContribution": "0.0",
      "sourceProgram": "CRP - Community-based Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "NOAA Restoration Center",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2014",
      "noaaContribution": "1,310,000.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "stateContribution": "1,600,000.0",
      "sourceProgram": "CRP - Community-based Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "The Nature Conservancy of Washington"
      }
    }
  ]
}