Project Description
The Quinault NFH is located on Cook Creek 4.5 miles above its confluence with the Quinault River. The Quinault River then flows approximately 16.5 miles before entering the Pacific Ocean. The Quinault NFH was established in 1968 “…to restore and enhance depleted runs of salmon and steelhead on the Quinault Indian Reservation and adjacent Federal lands…”. Cook Creek originates from Quinault Ridge on the west slope of the Olympic Mountains in the Olympic National Forest. The creek flows through a patchwork of U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Rayonier Timberlands Operating Company lands before leaving the USFS property and entering the Quinault Indian Reservation at about river mile (RM) 5.2. Tribal and Rayonier Timberlands Operating Company lands are managed for timber harvest.
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