1-29-2019

LACEY, Wash. — A stream restoration project in Whatcom County is getting more than $700,000 in state funding.

The Washington Department of Ecology announced they are spending $20 million across the state on projects aiming to protect rivers and restore streamflows.

This wave of projects is in response to the Hirst Decision, which created the Streamflow Restoration law.

In the first round of the 15-year program, the DOE evaluated 46 applications and selected 15 projects located throughout the state for funding, which includes a project to improve streamflow on California Creek.

California Creek flows from Custer, moving alongside Loomis Trail Road and ending in Drayton Harbor north of Birch Bay.