National Park Service kicks off planning for Colewort Creek. Public Meeting at 7 pm, December 1, 2011

On December 1, the National Park Service willl hold a scoping meeting at the Netul Room in the Fort Clatsop Visitor Center to kick-off public planning for the proposed Colewort Creek Salmon Recovery Project.
The project proposes to return an additional 15 acres on the south bank of Colewort Creek from pastureland to wetlands by excavating tidal channels out of fill material. The project also proposes to improve habitat along existing tidal channels on the north bank.

The purpose of the Project is (1) to restore Colewort Creek to conditions known the Clatsop, Chinook and other tribes in the late 18th and early 19th century and experienced by the Lewis and Clark expedition and (2) to help satisfy federal legal responsibilities under the 2008 Biological Opinion for the Federal Columbia River Power System (2008 Bi-Op).

Colewort Creek Restoration Plan, Thursday, December 1, 2011, Public Meeting: 7 pm, Fort Clatsop Visitor Center at the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park.