What's New
Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed
Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 8
Press event highlights WRIA 8 Implementation Progress Report and returning chinook
A press event at the Locks on August 12, 2008 celebrated both this year's great chinook salmon run and all the hard work being done in WRIA 8 to implement the Chinook Salmon Conservation Plan, as highlighted in the WRIA 8 Implementation Progress Report. The event was covered by KIRO TV (channel 7), KOMO 4, KUOW Radio - NPR, the Seattle Times, and KCTV. Read the press release here.
WRIA 8 releases Implementation Progress Report
The greatest number of chinook salmon in nearly four decades returned to WRIA 8 in 2007. Freshwater habitat improvements, including opening several miles of the Cedar River above Landsburg Dam to salmon spawning and rearing, offer hope that recovery of this federally protected species can continue in the years to come. Read more details about the status of salmon recovery in the 2008 WRIA 8 Implementation Progress Report, Salmon and People Living Together.
WRIA 8 habitat protection and restoration projects go online through state database
A new statewide database gathers detailed information about habitat restoration and protection projects to help track progress in recovering endangered salmon throughout Washington. The status of approximately 160 high-priority projects from the WRIA 8 Chinook Salmon Conservation Plan will be accessible through a web-based portal.