09/29/2026
The Duke’s Damsel on a Train team has made a lot of progress in the past few months, thanks to your support and the hard work of our beneficiary partners. Here’s what your support is helping make possible for salmon recovery. 🐟
Stewardship Partners $120,000 committed of $175,000 planned
We’re proud to partner with Stewardship Partners on the Colonnade project along the I-5 corridor. At Colonnade Park, the project will install multiple “Boxes of Rain” filtration systems to capture and treat polluted stormwater before it reaches Lake Union and the Ship Canal, an important passage for salmon returning to nearby watersheds.
The runoff contains 6PPD-quinone, a chemical associated with tires that can kill salmon before they spawn. This project aims to keep more of it out of our waterways.
Mid-Columbia Fisheries $75,000 donated
Restoration work in the Teanaway Community Forest resumed after the forest reopened following the 2025 Labor Mountain Fire. In October and November, crews and volunteers installed 87 Post-Assisted Log Structures and 13 Beaver Dam Analogs in Jack and Indian Creeks.
These structures help restore natural stream processes, reconnect floodplains, and improve habitat for salmon and steelhead. Students, community volunteers, and restoration crews helped complete most of the planned in-stream work despite fire-related access restrictions and a short construction window before winter.
Trout Unlimited $60,000 donated
At Owl Creek, restoration reached another milestone this spring. Following the installation of engineered log jams in fall 2025, project partners completed 6.7 acres of floodplain restoration in March 2026. They also planted nearly 4,900 native conifers, including Sitka spruce and Western red cedar, to help restore streamside habitat over time.
Early monitoring shows more spawning gravel, deep pools, and connected side channels, all of which support healthier salmon habitat.
We’re grateful to Stewardship Partners, Mid-Columbia Fisheries, Trout Unlimited, and everyone who has supported this work. You can continue to help by enjoying a glass of Up River Red™ or Up River White™ at Duke’s Seafood. For every glass purchased, we donate $1 to salmon recovery right here in our backyard. 💙
