BLYN — The first phase of the Jimmy Come Lately Creek restoration project began Wednesday with the razing of three buildings at the Blyn Log Yard.
The work includes rerouting the creek, tearing out two roads, removing fill, building a bridge and planting native vegetation, according to Lyn Muench, Jamestown S’Klallam tribal natural resource planner.
Muench called the project a “zero controversy” restoration.
“The channel is in such a state of dysfunction that this end of the county is pretty much in universal agreement something needs to be done,” project habitat biologist Byron Rot said Wednesday.
The restoration will relieve flooding in the Blyn area, improve water quality and restore habitat for chum and coho salmon and approximately 70 species of birds, he said.
Jimmy Come Lately Creek and the 75 acres of land surrounding its mouth at Sequim Bay have been purchased by the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and state Department of Transportation for the effort, he said.
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