Beamer, E.M., Henderson, R., Hood, G., McBride, A. and Wolf, K., 2012. Fisher Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration 2011 Monitoring Report. Skagit River System Cooperative, La Conner, WA. pp. 127.

The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) Fisher Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration Project (Fisher Slough Project) is being monitored to document changes between existing and restored freshwater tidal habitats following reintroduction of tidal hydrology and reconnection of stream floodplains on the site to evaluate success of restoration efforts. This monitoring report compares established baseline (pre-project) conditions with changing-project conditions, to test hypotheses derived from the Project objectives. The Fisher Slough Project site is located in Skagit County, Washington, just south of the town of Conway, at the downstream end of the Carpenter Creek/Hill Ditch watershed and the confluence of Steamboat Slough with Tom Moore Slough on the south fork of the Skagit River (Figure 1-1). Fisher Slough has been subjected to channelization and levee construction as part of flood control, irrigation and drainage, and agricultural development on the Skagit River delta for the past 150 years.