A decade of planning, grant applications, permits and more has pinnacled to breaking ground for a project benefiting the local economy and ecosystem of the East Fork Lewis River.
The Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership’s historical habitat restoration project on the East Fork Lewis River covers three river miles downstream from Daybreak Park. The main focus surrounds the Ridgefield Pits, an abandoned pit mining area between La Center and Daybreak Park.
“So big picture, this project kind of focused on three things,” Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, public and legislative affairs manager for the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, said. “One is salmon habitat for salmon recovery, and the other is flood and erosion risk reduction for people and businesses along the river, and the third is improving public access and recreation.”…