Laughing Jacobs Creek Updates: June 2024
We are just about complete with permitting & design for Reach 1 and will be applying for construction funding in Jan 2025. This area currently does not provide spawning habitat to kokanee and once restored will provide essential shelter and foraging habitat for juvenile Chinook as well.
TU recieved funding to begin permitting and design work on Reaches 2-3 from the Brian Abbot Fish Barrier Removal Board and KC Water Works. This project is scheduled to kick off in 2025.
Lower Laughing Jacobs Creek Preliminary Design Report
Trout Unlimited is proud to sponsor the Restoration Feasibility Study of Lower Laughing Jacobs Creek. This waterway is an important kokanee stream and presents a unique opportunity for restoration, due to its urban setting. This page will serve as a placeholder for the RFP for the project, updates, data, and all other related materials.
LINKS:
East Lake Sammamish Basin Plan and nonpoint action plan 1994
Ecological Survey of “Late-Run” Kokanee in Lake Sammamish, 2016
Blueprint for the Restoration and Enhancement of Lake Sammamish Kokanee Tributaries (Laughing Jacobs section)
AMEC – Laughing Jacobs Creek, Sammamish State Park Re-Alignment
2005 Lake Sammamish State Park Wetland, Stream and Lakeshore Restoration Plan
2006 City of Issaquah Stream and Riparian Areas Restoration Plan
