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Habitat Restoration Unit
Who we are
The Ecological Restoration and Engineering Services Unit (ERES) designs, builds and monitors habitat restoration projects in King County’ to promote salmon recovery. ERES has a staff of ecologists, engineers, geologists and project managers with lots of experience in everything needed for habitat restoration work.
What we do
ERES specializes in process-based restoration and has implemented dozens of projects in King County for more than 25 years. Projects completed by ERES include large-scale levee setbacks on the Snoqualmie, Green and Cedar rivers, riparian plantings across King County, wetland restoration and creation, instream habitat improvements using woody debris and channel modifications, and marine shoreline restoration. ERES manages restoration projects from project identification and definition through design, permitting, contractor procurement, construction supervision and post-project monitoring. A focus on sound and efficient project management, process-based design and dedication to the recovery of ecosystems and their native fish and wildlife species, including imperiled salmon populations, ensure that ERES projects make the most of the limited resources.
ERES Managed Programs
- Maintenance and Monitoring Program
- Small Habitat Restoration Projects (SHRP)
- Large Wood Installation Projects
Projects in progress
- Chinook Wind Mitigation Project
- Fall City Floodplain Restoration Project
- Cedar River Trail 5B Repair Project
- Lones Levee Setback and Floodplain Restoration Project
- Rainbow Bend Mitigation Project
- Paradise Valley, Judd Creek Habitat Enhancement, Phase 2
- Riverbend Levee Setback and Floodplain Restoration
Completed Projects
- Bear Creek – Doyle Property Restoration
- Belmondo Revetment Enhancement Project
- Elliott Bridge Reach Off-Channel Habitat and Floodplain Reconnection Project Phase 2
- Fenster 2B Revetment Setback
- Harris Creek Fish Passage Restoration
- Issaquah Creek Mitigation Project
- Klapp Property Habitat Restoration Project
- Judd Creek Estuary Enhancement
- Lower Tolt River 2018 Adaptive Management Plan
- McElhoe Pearson Restoration Project
- Middle Boise - Evans Habitat Restoration Project
- Middle Boise Creek Van Wieringen Restoration
- Porter Reach Restoration Project
- Rainbow Bend Levee Removal and Floodplain Reconnection
- Scott Property, Judd Creek Habitat Enhancement Small Habitat Restoration Project
- Singer Judd Creek Pond Enhancement
- Snoqualmie River, Right Bank
- Taylor Creek Mitigation Project
- Tolt Pipeline Protection Project
- Upper Carlson Floodplain Restoration Project
Funding and partnerships
Restoration projects managed and designed by ERES are funded by:
- King County Surface Water Management (SWM) fees;
- King County’s Mitigation Reserves Program, a federally- and state-authorized in-lieu fee mitigation program; and
- Local, state and federal grants.
ERES works closely with other organizations involved in salmon recovery, including:
- Native American tribes;
- Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) salmon recovery groups;
- Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board;
- King County Flood Control District;and
- Other government agencies.
For more information about the Ecological Restoration and Engineering Services Unit, please contact Jeff Robinson, Capital Project Manager.