The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service teamed up to
restore Harris River and tributaries including the salmon stream
that was renamed Gaandlaay Haanaa (Beautiful River) at a
ceremony in 2011. This restoration project restored 11 miles of
salmon stream. Crews also removed or decommissioned eight road
miles to improve fish passage and reduce erosion and restored
500 acres of forest. Local logging contractors went to work on
the restoration of Harris River and Gaandlaay Haanaa—restoring
salmon habitat and bringing green jobs to Prince of Wales Island
in Southeast Alaska. Crews placed more than 350 pieces of large
woody debris in stream channels to help recreate original stream
conditions. When powerful streamflow encounters natural debris
in the stream bed, the flow carves the deep pools that fish
need. A spawning chum salmon migrates upstream in the restored
Gaandlaay Haanaa. A new footbridge allows hikers to watch
migrating salmon in Gaandlaay Haanaa. Now that the former Fubar
Creek is restored, it