Seattle Public Utilities and Seattle Parks and Recreation have selected their option for the Taylor Creek Project.  Option C was chosen from among five options.  We FODHC are very pleased with this selection.  With Option C, there will be no road building in Dead Horse Canyon!

Option C includes delivery of large woody material to the creek by ATVs using the existing trail.  The logs will be sent to the creek by cable from the trail and by highline from the parking lot and perhaps from a site in the upper canyon. The logs will be placed by human hand throughout the creek bed.  There will be no machines operating in the creek.  The project will take two seasons and require temporary closure of the park during part of each year.

Option C was, by a narrow margin, the second choice of FODHC.  We appreciate that it has, potentially, the least destructive impact on the canyon ecosystem.  Once in place, the log dams will provide the largest opportunity for fish passage of the several options.  We are very pleased with this choice.

We would like commend SPU, generally, and Project Managers Cody Nelson and Katie Wilson for their willingness to listen to community feedback and re-examine the project to arrive at a solution that we believe is a win for all concerned.

A detailed overview of the project can be found at Seattle Public Utilities website.: https://www.seattle.gov/utilities/neighborhood-projects/taylor-creek