This monitoring and adaptive management plan provides guidance for implementing effectiveness monitoring and adaptive actions for the Milltown Island restoration project in Skagit 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. 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,
