Eagle Bend Conservation Area Clean-Up, April 2026 In March, KCT discovered an abandoned camp site deep in the wetlands on the far side of the pond at KCT’s Eagle Bend Conservation Area. While we do allow respectful day use on our conserved lands, camping (short or long term) is
SO Many Fish! If you've been following our Gold Creek Valley Restoration Project, you may have found yourself wondering about Gold Creek Pond. Gold Creek Pond didn't start off as a pond at all. Before the mid 1900's, this area was a forested wetland, but as I-90 was constructed,
2019-2025 After 6 years, KCT’s work on the Upper Kachess River Restoration Project is officially COMPLETE! Starting in 2019, KCT began working with the US Forest Service (the landowners for this project) to develop required agreements and permits for the project. In 2022, KCT brought on experts from Inter-Fluve and worked with
Birding and Stewardship adventures at our Eagle Bend Property were a Success! KCT staff and volunteers had just enough good weather on Saturday (5/17/25) to complete our stewardship checklist for the day. These tasks included repairing fencing, removing an old duck hunting blind and other scattered trash, and installing new
Decades of resource extraction from the Gold Creek Valley have left it in a severely degraded state. How Did We Get Here? Aerial imagery from 1942 shows Gold Creek Valley in a mostly intact state, but by 1954, clear-cut logging had occurred along the banks of much of Gold Creek. The removal of
Fish passage barrier is anything that inhibits fish, from adults to small fry, from moving up or down stream. As you can imagine, they come in all shapes in sizes. On this project, the barrier came in the shape of a ford. Working with our partners, we were able to remove this barrier and
Gold Creek once was home to a thriving population of bull trout and salmon. However, today salmon no longer live here and bull trout numbers are rapidly dwindling. The past 5 years we and our partners have collected data in Gold Creek Valley to understand the causes of bull trout decline and what actions
We're sure you are familiar with flying drones, but have you heard of a floating drone? As part of the Gold Creek Restoration Project we used a boat drone to gather the floor topography (bathymetry) of Gold Creek Pond. Why do we need to know that? We will be using data such as floor depth
We spent some days in October in the field with Inter-Fluve to collect information on the upper Kachess River. Our staff conducted survey work, gathered GPS points, took flow measurements, conducted gravel counts and collected stream bed samples. We also gathered LiDAR data that will be used in conjunction with the data collected on
Starting in September, a stroll across Cooper Bridge off Highway 903 will reveal lots of spawning sockeye salmon. These fish, which used to run up to the Cle Elum River every year in the tens of thousands have only recently returned to these waters. Prior to 2009, they had been missing from the river and
