Kirkland Begins Streambank Restoration in Juanita Creek with Grant

Published on May 11, 2022

Juanita Creek

Media Contact:
David Wolbrecht
Communications Program Manager
dwolbrecht@kirklandwa.gov
(425) 587-3021

KIRKLAND, Wash. – The City of Kirkland has begun streambank restoration along Juanita Creek in Windsor Vista Park to help improve water quality in Juanita Creek, Kirkland’s largest salmon bearing stream.

“Protecting wildlife in our streams and water systems is of utmost importance to our region,” said Councilmember Kelli Curtis. “Kirkland is proud to steward our streams, creeks, and wetlands to contribute to a healthier watershed that benefits both our human and nonhuman residents. We’re grateful to King County for their grant supporting this effort.”

Funding for this work is provided by the King County Wastewater Treatment Division’s WaterWorks grant program. Kirkland received a total of $71,500 from this program in 2019 and 2021 to implement riverbank restoration in several of Kirkland’s parks along Juanita Creek (from upstream to downstream): Windsor Vista, Edith Moulton, Brookhaven, and Juanita Beach.

Restoration involves removal of invasive plants such as English ivy, Himalayan blackberry, and English holly; installation of erosion control materials such as jute fabric; and replanting with native trees, shrubs, and groundcovers including sword fern, vine maple, and Western red cedar.

For more information about Kirkland’s efforts to restore natural areas in parks, or to register to volunteer, visit www.greenkirkland.org. For more information about Kirkland’s surface waters and salmonid populations and how you can help protect them visit https://www.kirklandwa.gov/Government/Departments/Public-Works-Department/Storm-Surface-Water.

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