Austin, C. and LeMoine, M., 2022. South Fork Dike Setback Phase 2 Restoration Monitoring and Adaptive Management Plan. Skagit River System Cooperative, La Conner, WA. pp. 19.

This monitoring and adaptive management plan provides guidance for implementing
effectiveness monitoring and adaptive management for the South Fork Dike Setback Phase 2 (Skagit
Watershed Council South Fork Channel Construction) restoration project in Skagit County, Washington.
The monitoring and adaptive management plan includes:
• A brief description of the restoration site and design;
• Monitoring approach which includes project objectives and hypotheses to be evaluated through
monitoring;
• Metrics used to test the hypotheses;
• Values or performance criteria for defining success;
• Methods for data collection, analysis, and reporting; and
• Performance criteria and contingency actions to guide adaptive management.
The monitoring approach described is designed to assist with evaluating the effectiveness of the
restoration actions relative to the stated objectives of the restoration project. This monitoring plan does
not address the compliance of monitoring (i.e., was the project constructed as designed or specified in
permit conditions). This monitoring plan incorporated recommendations from standard references for
restoration monitoring in Pacific Northwest tidally influenced systems