The Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project is beginning construction activities to restore to the Salt River channel. Construction activities will occur along Port Kenyon Road, Goble Lane, and Fulmor Road from August through October 2018. Activities will include building construction entrances, excavation of the channel sediment, and off hauling of channel materials.

The Humboldt County Resource Conservation District has contracted with Mercer-Fraser Company to do this work. We appreciate your cooperation and thank you in advance for helping your community with efforts to restore the Salt River and decrease the annual flooding that impacts many people in the community. Please feel free to contact the HCRCD with questions.

  Salt River Ecosystem Resotration Project 2018 construction work consists of the furnishing of all labor, equipment, and supervision.The work generally includes vegetation clearing, grubbing, excavation, sediment hauling, channel rock installation, placement of large wood habitat structures, bridge, culverts and seed/mulch application.

The Contract Documents are available online at :

Salt River 2018 Construction Contract Specifications 

Salt River 2018 Contract Drawings 

(large PDF files allow for download time)

 Salt River 2018 Addendum #1

(added July 3, 2018)

Bids for the Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project-2018 Construction were publicly opened on Monday, July 9th.

Contractor-Base Bid

 Mercer-Fraser Company-$ 827,290.00

Hooven Construction-$ 853,650.00

Figas Construction- $ 930,043.50

McCullough Construction- $ 1,048,653.30

Construction of Phase Upper 2A of the Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project

The Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project for Phase Upper 2A of restoration to the Salt River channel and Francis Creek was awarded to Figas Construction.  Construction activities occured along Port Kenyon Road, Dillon Road, Goble Lane, Bertlesen Lane and Fulmor Road from June through October 2017. Activities included building construction entrances, excavation of the channel sediment, and off hauling of channel materials 

Phase Upper 2A Bid Results

Bids for the Salt River Upper Phase 2A Project were publicly opend Wednesday April 26th.

Contractor-Total Bid

Figas Construction-$3,258,235.00

McCullough Construction-$3,428,986.94

Hanford ARC-$4,714,980.00

Mercer-Fraser- $4,768,200.00

Construction of Phase Middle 2A of the Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project

The Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project Middle Phase 2A  contract for restoration to the Salt River channel has been awarded to Hanford Applied Restoration & Conservation. Construction and restoration activities will occur along Port Kenyon Road from July through October. Activities will include building construction entrances off Port Kenyon Road, excavation of the channel sediment, and off hauling of channel materials.

We appreciate your cooperation and thank you in advance for helping your community with efforts to restore the Salt River and decrease the  annual flooding that impacts many people in the community.

Construction of Phase 2 of the Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project 

The Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project is beginning Phase 2 of restoration to the Salt River channel for 2014.  Construction activities will occur along Port Kenyon Road from July through  October. Activities will include building construction entrances off Port Kenyon Road, excavation of the channel sediment, and off hauling of channel materials.

The Humboldt County Resource Conservation District has contracted with Hanford Applied Restoration & Conservation to do this work. We appreciate your cooperation and thank you in advance for helping your community with efforts to restore the Salt River and decrease the annual flooding that impacts many people in the community.

Construction of Phase 1 of the Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project 

The bid process to select a contractor for construction of Phase 1 of the Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project has been completed and Anderson Dragline of Gridley, California selected as lowest, responsive, responsible bidder.

The bid process started with letters inviting statements of qualifications from 70 contractors throughout California, Oregon and Washington. Twenty-three contractors submitted their qualifications for consideration. Statements of qualifications submitted by ten contractors clearly demonstrated the experience and capacity necessary to bid and complete the project.

Those ten qualified contracting firms included; Maggiora and Ghilotti, Mercer Fraser Company, Kerr Contractors, Hanford ARC, Anderson Dragline, The Dutra Group, Dixon Marine Services, Magnus Pacific, R.E. Staite Engineering and Knife River Materials.

Bids were received from five contractors. The bid amounts, ranked from lowest to highest, are as follows:1) Anderson Dragline; 2) Magnus Pacific; 3) Knife River Materials; 4) Kerr Contractors; and 5) Mercer Fraser Company. The two lowest bids fell within the funding available and budgeted for construction of Phase 1 of the project. The remaining three bids had price tags that exceeded the project’s Phase 1 construction budget.

With the selection of Anderson Dragline as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Phase 1 of the Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project will begin after more than two decades of planning, fundraising and perseverance. Thank you and congratulations to each and every one of you who has worked so hard for so long to restore the Salt River!