Oak harbor:
​help salmon in your backyard

Did you know your neighborhood is an important upland area influencing salmon health? Whidbey Island Conservation District is seeking partners (land owners, residents, caretakers) in the Crescent Creek Watershed to improve salmon habitat and water quality in your community.
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We’ll help you evaluate your needs and select solutions that increase stream health while meeting your land management goals! Participants are eligible for up to 50% reimbursement of installation costs on qualifying activities such as:

• Planting buffers near waterways
• Fencing livestock out of waterways
• Enhancing your wetland habitat
• Creating fish passage

Learn more about our Cost Share program and contact us to join the list.

​​​WICD services are non-regulatory and free to all residents. Projects will begin in 2024.

Check your eligibility!

Use the map to search your address. 
Parcels outlined in gold are inside the watershed. Your address needs to be within the watershed to participate in this program.
(if not, you can still contact us about our other programs!)

Check your eligibility

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More Info about Water Quality
The Clean Water Act, which is a federal law, requires all states to assess pollution in their waters every two years. Rivers, streams, and lakes found to have critical levels of pollution are listed in what is termed the "303(d) list" of impaired and threatened waters. The listing process has led to the identification and tracking of over 70,000 impaired waters throughout the United States. Several segments of Crescent Creek are listed for dissolved oxygen, pH, and fecal coliform. WICD is working with landowner partners to improve oxygen levels and reduce pollution throughout the watershed.

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Benefits of Habitat Projects:

• Help filter stormwater runoff
• Help to stop overland flow of nutrients and waste into waterways 
• Improve access for adult salmon throughout the watershed
• Shade streams to cool temperatures and improve oxygen levels

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