Engineered log jams were installed in the Touchet River near Touchet, WA. The project utilized woody debris and bioengineering materials to stabilize actively eroding stream banks. This project was ineligible for CREP due to the active erosion; therefore, the bank stabilization prepared the site for riparian restoration under the CREP program. This project will reduce fine sediment into the stream from adjacent farmland and from the eroding banks – as well as provide shade to help reduce stream temperatures. Fall Chinook salmon were observed spawning in this reach after the project was completed. Funding for this project was acquired from the USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife, WA Department of Ecology, the Nation Fish and Wildlife Foundation Pioneers in Conservation and the Tri-State Steelheaders.

Similarly, a project was conducted installing large woody debris and root wads on two private properties along the North Fork Touchet River. The woody debris creates stream habitat complexity, such as pools, reduces stream velocities, provides cover and retains spawning size sediment. Funding was provided by the WDFW.