FY18 Dungeness Salmonid Recovery and Riparian Habitat Restoration Planning and Coordination

Salmonid Restoration Planning and Assessments

Restoration Planning And Coordination Salmonid Habitat Assessment / Inventory
Project ID2018-JSKT-01
Recovery DomainsPuget Sound
Start Date01/01/2020
End Date09/30/2021
Year2018
StatusCompleted
Last Edited01/25/2024
 
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Description    


Accomplishments of this ongoing project within the Tribe’s Habitat and Environmental Planning programs consisted of the following:

WORKSITE: SEQUIM/DUNGENESS WATERSHED (Location ID: TRS of Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Center)
1) Planning for riparian habitat restoration and protection projects in the Dungeness or Sequim Bay watersheds.
The focus for this task is on riparian habitat restoration/protection within the lower 11 miles of the Dungeness riparian corridor and shorelines. Tribal staff continued to work toward implementing riparian protection/restoration actions identified in its Recommended Land Protection Strategies for the Dungeness River Riparian Area (2003) (and the 2017 Memo updating that document) and the Dungeness Chapter of the Chinook Recovery Plan.
[Worktype: Coordination on implementing Recovery Plan];
[Note: This task covers planning aspects of Project Identifier 2018-JSKT-04]

This task included acquiring aerial photos of the Dungeness River/estuary riparian areas for restoration planning purposes, and assessing habitat changes over time. Tribal staff continued to track human or environmental changes to riparian ecosystems to best identify priority areas for riparian habitat restoration and conservation.
[worktype: Habitat survey/use of remote sensing];
[Note: This task covers planning aspects of Project ID 2018-JSKT-04}]

2) Providing technical assistance to partners planning and implementing restoration projects benefiting ESA-listed salmonids.
Staff continue to engage with partners by providing technical assistance on floodplain and riparian restoration, including bulkhead removals, dike setbacks, and large woody debris (LWD) installations; property acquisitions; and other Dungeness River and estuary/marine nearshore habitat restoration opportunities. JST coordinated with Clallam County on sequencing aspects of their lower river dike set-back project with our Rivers Edge dike setback project immediately upstream.
[Worktype: Evaluation and analyses of restoration projects]

3) Coordinating activities related to ESA-listed salmonid recovery and watershed restoration.
The Tribe continued its leadership role on the Dungeness River Management Team (DRMT), the 30-year watershed council that meets monthly to discuss potential projects or concerns within the Dungeness Watershed (or Puget-Sound wide concerns impacting the Dungeness). Tribal staff coordinated and participate in DRMT meetings, and meetings of other relevant planning or restoration groups, as well as reviewed and evaluated salmon recovery projects.
[Worktypes: Coordination on implementing Recovery Plan (Chinook); Evaluation and analyses of restoration projects.]

This task also included salmon recovery planning/assessment activities appointed by Jamestown to the Point-No-Point Treaty Council (Treaty Council).
[Worktypes: Coordination on implementing Recovery Plan (Chinook and Steelhead); Evaluation and analyses of restoration projects.]
[Note: This subtask began before all others, and so is what the Actual Start Date is based on.]

Note: Implementation of restoration projects planned under this project would occur under project identifier: 2018-JSKT-04.

WORKSITE: LOWER DUNGENESS LEVEE (RIVERS EDGE PROJECT)
As reported under Project ID 2018-JSKT-04, design and permitting aspects of the Rivers Edge levee setback project performed by JST staff were reported under the Engineering/Design Worktype within this worksite.

Project Benefit    


This project will allow the Tribe’s Habitat Program and Environmental Planning Program staff to continue habitat restoration planning efforts necessary to promote salmonid/treaty resource recovery.

Up-to-date (annual) aerial photos are essential tools for planning riparian and shoreline restoration projects, and for improving awareness of riparian planning needs and habitat changes (by comparing aerial photos over time).

Technical assistance to and partnerships with restoration groups will target key factors limiting salmonid productivity, including low flows, undesirable channel morphology, and other habitat impairments.

Treaty Council efforts will extend our planning capacity by: 1) assisting in riparian salmonid habitat protection and restoration planning; 2) furthering development or implementation of an ESA-listed Puget Sound Steelhead Recovery Plan and continued implementation and adaptive management of the HCCC Hood Canal/Strait of Juan de Fuca Summer Chum Salmon Recovery Plan; 3) designing projects that address factors limiting the productivity and viability of ESA-listed Pacific anadromous salmonids; and, 4) participation in other recovery forums, processes and initiatives focused on improving salmonid productivity and viability.

Accomplishments

Metric Completed Originally
Proposed

Funding Details

SourceFunds
PCSRF$107,161
Report Total:$107,161


Project Map



Worksites

Dungeness Levee Setback    


  • Worksite Identifier: Dungeness Levee Setback
  • Start Date:
  • End Date:
Area Description
Lower Dungeness (including both Phase 1 [downstream end] and River's Edge [upstream end] portions of ACOE levee

Location Information

  • Basin: Puget Sound (171100)
  • Subbasin: Dungeness-Elwha (17110020)
  • Watershed: Dungeness River (1711002003)
  • Subwatershed: Lower Dungeness River (171100200307)
  • State: Washington
  • Recovery Domain: Puget Sound
  • Latitude: 48.1403337105
  • Longitude: -123.1330985915

ESU

  • Puget Sound Chinook Salmon ESU

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Metrics

Metrics
  • B.0 Salmonid Restoration Planning and AssessmentsY (Y/N)
    •      . . B.0.a Planning And Assessment Funding 13,324.00
    •      . . B.0.b.1 Area Encompassed .0
    •      . . B.1 Restoration Planning And CoordinationY (Y/N)
      •      . . . . B.1.a Planning and Coordination funding 13,324.00
      •      . . . . B.1.b.11 Engineering/design work for restoration projectsY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.11.a
          Name of plan implemented
          *2003. Hansi Hals and Dungeness River Restoration Work Group. Recommended Land Protection Strategies for the Dungeness Riparian Area. Source: Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe. Sequim, WA. *2003. JSKT. Restoring the Dungeness. An Overview of the Dungeness River Restoration Strategy. How a Community Works Together to Restore a River. Source: Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe. Sequim, WA. *1997. Dungeness River Restoration Work Group. Recommended Restoration Projects for the Dungeness River. Source: Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe. Sequim, WA.
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.11.b
          Description and scope of the plan implemented
          *2003_H. Hals Plan includes reach by reach recommendations for long term high quality biological values, and includes both acquisitions and levee setbacks. *2003_JSKT Plan includes 10 Strategic Restoration Elements for the Dungeness River Watershed, of which "Restoration of the Lower River Floodplain and Delta to RM 2.6" is ranked #1. Also relevant is #2, Protection of Existing Functional Habitat, Through Land Purchase, and #3, "Floodplain Restoration/Constriction Abatement". *1997_Plan includes recommendations for restoring Dungeness, reach by reach, including "Reestablish a functional channel and floodplain in the lower 2.6 miles through dike setback and constriction abatement.

JSKT TRS: T29RN R03W S12    


  • Worksite Identifier: JSKT TRS: T29RN R03W S12
  • Start Date:
  • End Date:
Area Description
Sequim and Dungeness Watersheds (using Tribal Center Location)

Location Information

  • Basin: Puget Sound (171100)
  • Subbasin: Dungeness-Elwha (17110020)
  • Watershed: Jimmycomelately Creek-Frontal Sequim Bay (1711002002)
  • Subwatershed: Town of Blyn-Frontal Sequim Bay (171100200202)
  • State: Washington
  • Recovery Domain: Puget Sound
  • Latitude: 48.025441
  • Longitude: -122.996419

ESU

  • Hood Canal Summer-run Chum Salmon ESU
  • Puget Sound Steelhead DPS
  • Puget Sound Chinook Salmon ESU

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Photos

Metrics

Metrics
  • B.0 Salmonid Restoration Planning and AssessmentsY (Y/N)
    •      . . B.0.a Planning And Assessment Funding 93,837.00
    •      . . B.0.b.1 Area Encompassed 173,589.0
    •      . . B.1 Restoration Planning And CoordinationY (Y/N)
      •      . . . . B.1.a Planning and Coordination funding 75,887.00
      •      . . . . B.1.b.1 Development of a Recovery PlanY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.1.a
          Name of the Recovery Plan
          National Marine Fisheries Service West Coast Region and Office of Protected Resources. December 2019. ESA Recovery Plan for the Puget Sound Steelhead Distinct Population Segment (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.1.b
          Description and Scope of the Recovery Plan
          Point No Point Treaty Council contributed to this plan on behalf of Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe. This recovery plan provides guidance for the protection and recovery of Puget Sound steelhead, a listed threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recognizes Puget Sound steelhead as a distinct population segment (DPS) of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The Puget Sound steelhead DPS includes all naturally spawned steelhead originating below natural and manmade impassable barriers in rivers flowing into Puget Sound from the Elwha River (inclusive) eastward, including rivers in Hood Canal, South Sound, North Sound, and the Strait of Georgia. The DPS includes steelhead from six artificial propagation programs.
      •      . . . . B.1.b.2 Coordination on implementation of a Recovery PlanY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.2.a
          Name of the Recovery Plan Implemented
          Salmon Recovery Plan for the Puget Sound Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Comprised of two documents: 1) Shared Strategy Development Committee, 2005, Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan, Volumes I and II, adopted by the National Marine Fisheries Service on January 19, 2007; and 2) NMFS, 2006, Final Supplement to the Shared Strategy's Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan.
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.2.b
          Description and scope of the Recovery Plan implemented
          How project supports plan implementation: This ongoing project supports plan implementation by providing staff salary support to engage with outside entities to have dialogue about the most effective restoration practices within and beyond our home watershed, the Dungeness. Dungeness riparian corridor restoration planning has included planning for: land protection strategies of specific riparian and drift cell parcels, Dungeness floodplain restoration (e.g., dike setbacks), lower Dungeness River restoration and large woody debris installation. All of these efforts are among the 10 strategic elements for recovery listed in the Dungeness Chapter of the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan. Also, aerial photography is included in the “summary of Dungeness monitoring program” within the Dungeness Chapter of the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan. Plan Description: See http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/protected_species/salmon_steelhead/recovery_planning_and_implementation/puget_sound/puget_sound_chinook_recovery_plan.html
      •      . . . . B.1.b.9 Evaluation/analysis of restoration plans and projectsY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.9.a
          Name of plan implemented
          2018. North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity for Salmon. 2018 and 2019 Workplan for North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity for Salmon. Port Angeles, WA.
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.9.b
          Description and scope of the plan implemented
          The plan is a roadmap which guides the North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity for Salmon's salmon recovery and ecosystem restoration efforts across the North Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. It contains a list of ranked work plan narratives, review group scores, criteria, and other important project information. How project supports plan implementation: Project supports participation in NOPLE meetings and related field trips, project prioritization, presentations, etc., work on Tribally-sponsored projects or projects in which the Tribe is a partner, within the plan, and by providing technical and planning support to Tribal-sponsored projects and other project sponsors utilizing the plan.
      •      . . B.2 Salmonid Habitat Assessment / InventoryY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . B.2.a Habitat Assessment Funding 17,950.00
        •      . . . . B.2.d Habitat surveysY (Y/N)
          •      . . . . . . B.2.d.1 Type of habitat survey/assessment (LOV)
          •      . . . . . . B.2.d.2 Amount of habitat assessed 10,365.0
          •      . . . . . . B.2.d.3 Amount of habitat assessed that needed restoration 4,406.0