WSDOT is working on Cat Whisker Creek fish barrier removal project.
To comply with United States et al. vs. Washington, et al. No. C70-9213 Subproceeding No.
01-1 dated March 29, 2013 (a federal permanent injunction requiring the State of Washington to
correct fish barriers in Water Resource Inventory Areas [WRIAs] 1 through 23), the Washington
State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is proposing a project to provide fish passage at
the State Route (SR) 522 crossing of Cat Whisker Creek at Mile Post (MP) 6.63 within
WSDOT’s Northwest region. The existing structure at that location has been identified as a fish
barrier by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and WSDOT Environmental
Services Office (ESO) (WDFW Site ID 990655)
