Entiat River Valley

The Chelan-Douglas Land Trust is actively involved in efforts to protect fish habitat, wildlife habitat, and floodplain function along the "Stillwaters" reach of the Entiat River. The Stillwaters is a calm stretch of river that contains the majority of the Entiat's spawning and rearing habitat for endangered steelhead, endangered spring chinook salmon, threatened bull trout, and fall chinook salmon. At the urging of local residents, the Land Trust applied for and received a grant for $1.4 million from the state Salmon Recovery Funding Board to purchase nearly 300 acres (including nearly three miles of riverfront) of prime fish and wildlife habitat along the Entiat. We are working with Entiat Valley residents to develop management plans that will protect the conservation values of these properties in perpetuity.