BLYN — It took several months and three excavators, but the new channel for Jimmycomelately Creek is nearly finished.
The new channel is being completed in conjunction with the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe’s effort to restore the waterway and its fish habitat.
The Jamestown S’Klallam tribe will be focusing its restoration efforts this summer on the lower portion of the creek, where it empties into Sequim Bay.
“We still have some work to do in terms of excavating and bringing in wood and gravel for the channel. That should start in May and be completed by the end of July, finishing the first phase of the restoration project,” said Byron Rot, habitat biologist for the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe.
“Then we are going to swing into the estuary, where there is a number of things that need to be done.”
The goal is to return the creek and estuary to their natural state as “a healthy wetland for fish and wildlife.”
The creek’s newly created channel, which follows its historic course, will eventually flow into the estuary.
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