Beamer, E., Greene, C. and LeMoine, M., 2020. Skagit River Estuary Intensively Monitored Watershed Annual Report for 2020. Skagit River System Cooperative, La Conner, WA. pp. 35.

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Chinook salmon originating from within the Skagit River basin are the focal species of the
Skagit IMW (Table 1). Skagit Chinook salmon make up six of the twenty-two independent
populations of Chinook salmon within the Puget Sound ESU. Each population is listed as
‘threatened’ under Endangered Species Act (Federal Register on June 28, 2005; updated and
reaffirmed Federal Register on April 14, 2014).
Skagit chum salmon and coho salmon are also expected to benefit from Skagit estuary
restoration. Skagit chum salmon and coho salmon area not listed under ESA, however Skagit
chum salmon like many other Puget Sound chum stocks are declining and at low abundance.

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