Henrichs, B., LeMoine, M., Hood, G. and Brokaw, L., 2020. Leque Island Estuary Restoration Monitoring and Adaptive Management Plan. Skagit River System Cooperative, La Conner, WA. pp. 31.

This monitoring and adaptive management plan provides guidance for implementing effectiveness
monitoring for the Leque Island restoration project in Snohomish County, Washington being
implemented by Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The monitoring and adaptive
management plan includes:
• A 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 is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the restoration actions relative
to the stated objectives of the restoration project. This monitoring plan does not address the
compliance of the project (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