Continued Salmon Recovery Planning and Coordination

Salmonid Restoration Planning and Assessments

Restoration Planning And Coordination Salmonid Habitat Assessment / Inventory
Project ID2010-JSKT-01
Recovery DomainsPuget Sound
Start Date03/01/2012
End Date12/31/2013
Year2010
StatusCompleted
Last Edited01/26/2024
 
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Description    


Summary of Project Worktypes completed in Strait of Juan de Fuca Worksite:

Restoration Planning and Coordination Metric:
- Coordination of implementation of Chinook Salmon Recovery Plan and WRIA 18 Watershed Plan via staffing/coordinating/chairing meetings of the Dungeness River Management Team, and subcontracting with Point No Point Treaty Council to represent the Tribe on various salmon recovery forums, including those associated with developing a Steelhead Recovery Plan.
- Coordination of watershed conservation and restoration efforts via providing technical support to various entities, especially to the North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity (NOPLE) and those related to implementing the NOPLE 3-Year Work Plan.
- Tribal infrastructure support to implement natural resource goals of the Tribes Comprehensive Plan.

Salmon Habitat Assessment/Inventory Metric:
- Habitat Survey conducted in the form of producing aerial photography for assessing and planning restoration of riparian conditions and estuarine/nearshore habitat conditions, and floodplain mapping.

Additional Details:

Continued Recovery Planning & Coordination: The project continued to support the Tribe’s ongoing leadership role on the local watershed council (Dungeness River Management Team, or DRMT) and provide ongoing staff support (as Tribal and/or DRMT representative) at regional salmon recovery planning forums such as those associated with the Puget Sound Partnership or others. PCSR funding also supported ESA-related oversight, coordination and directed work by the Point-No-Point (PNP) Treaty Council. PNP activities included: 1) Participation in recovery planning (e.g. Steelhead) and implementation meetings; 2) Assistance with habitat protection and restoration planning (e.g. updating critical area ordinances and shoreline master programs governed by the WA State Growth Management and Shoreline Management Acts; 3) Efforts related to developing a recovery plan for the ESA-listed Puget Sound Steelhead; and 4) Helping prepare planning updates and reports on progress of hatchery, harvest and habitat actions affecting ESA-listed and non-listed anadromous fish species.

The Tribe continued to participate in the WRIA 18 in-stream flow and water management rulemaking process and related meetings with DOE. The rule officially went into effect on January 2, 2013.

Continued Riparian Habitat Protection/Restoration Planning: The project supported tribal staff in providing continued technical assistance on several planning processes related to riparian protection and restoration of the Dungeness River, Meadowbrook, Jimmycomelately and Morse Creeks. PCSR funding supported flights to obtain aerial photography of pertinent areas for protection/restoration planning purposes (proposed as habitat survey work, under Worktype B.2.d). For example, we used the photos to continue to track riverside and marine shoreline development for compliance with Shoreline Management Plans; and we plan to use them in the near future to calculate rates of marine bluff erosion in the JSKT-priority marine drift cells. Both ortho-photographs and oblique photographs were obtained, and have proven extremely useful.

Continued Water Conservation Planning/Tracking: The Tribe continued to track and support where possible water conservation efforts, including staffing relevant subcommittees, and tracking water conservation efforts as they relate to the WRIA 18 rule and Water Exchange. Future efforts will include further discussions on potential aquifer recharge projects, and other flow restoration opportunities.

Project Benefit    


Continued Recovery Planning and Coordination: The Tribes involvement in coordinating recovery projects with the community and local and federal agencies helps sustain partnerships and provide for efficiencies in accomplishing salmon recovery goals. Recommendations in the local watershed plan and the regional recovery plan are intended to improve water quality, in-stream habitat, in-stream flows, and aid in salmon recovery. We hope that the in-stream flows and water supply strategies that will be set in rule will improve habitat for listed species, and that a successful water exchange can be developed to assist with our water conservation efforts. On a regional scale, our continued participation in activities related to the Puget Sound Partnership, and the many other ongoing planning and salmon management forums, keeps us informed about and give the Tribe a stronger voice in decision-making related to regional salmon recovery. The harvest and hatchery management planning & coordination activities conducted by Point No Point help protect natural resources and therefore tribal fishing opportunities, which directly address tribal treaty fishing rights.

Continued Riparian Habitat Protection/Restoration Planning: This sub-task targets planning for critical habitat parcels and stream reaches to halt or reverse the decline of healthy riparian corridor habitat, including continued planning for lower-river and estuary restoration. Much of the planning relates to projects listed in the North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity Groups Three Year Plan. Aerial photo flights of the various water bodies are instrumental in understanding habitat modifications and treatments, and for future protection and restoration planning.

Water Conservation Planning: Further irrigation efficiencies projects and/or agreements reached with irrigators can improve in-stream flows. Agreed upon minimum instream flows will facilitate the implementation phase of watershed-wide planning, and help protect in-stream habitat. It is hoped that continued discussions/research on aquifer recharge may provide an alternative water supply option to that of uncontrolled drilling of exempt wells and/or may provide recharge to the water table and base flows during times of low instream flows.

Accomplishments

Metric Completed Originally
Proposed

Funding Details

SourceFunds
PCSRF$219,017
Report Total:$219,017


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Worksites

Dungeness Watershed & Straits    


  • Worksite Identifier: Dungeness Watershed & Straits
  • Start Date: 10/01/2011
  • End Date: 09/30/2012
Area Description
Area includes Dungeness Watershed and sub-basins and Straits of Juan de Fuca. Lat/Long listed is location of Tribal Center. .

Location Information

  • Basin: Puget Sound (171100)
  • Subbasin:
  • Watershed:
  • Subwatershed:
  • State: Washington
  • Recovery Domain: Puget Sound
  • Latitude: 48.025441
  • Longitude: -122.996419

ESU

  • Hood Canal Summer-run Chum Salmon ESU
  • Puget Sound Steelhead DPS
  • Un-Named ESU Bull Trout
  • 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 219,017.00
    •      . . B.0.b.1 Area Encompassed 200.0
    •      . . B.1 Restoration Planning And CoordinationY (Y/N)
      •      . . . . B.1.a Planning and Coordination funding 203,042.00
      •      . . . . B.1.b.2 Coordination on implementation of a Recovery PlanY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.2.a
          Name of the Recovery Plan Implemented
          DIP - no longer an option from Ecology. Instead, continuing to implement the following: Entrix (for Clallam County). 2005. Elwha-Dungeness Watershed Plan. Shared Strategy for Puget Sound. 2007. Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan.
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.2.b
          Description and scope of the Recovery Plan implemented
          DIP no longer an option from Ecology. Continuing to implement with partners the 2005 Elwha-Dungeness Watershed Plan.
      •      . . . . B.1.b.3 Coordination of watershed conservation and restoration effortsY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.3.a
          Name of plan
          Continue to implement recommendations from various plans.
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.3.b
          Description and scope of the plan implemented
          N/A.
      •      . . . . B.1.b.5 Tribal infrastructure supportY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.5.a
          Name of plan developed or implemented
          North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity 3-Year Work Plan, updated by NOPLE Group.
        •      . . . . . . B.1.b.5.b
          Description and scope of the plan developed/implemented
          Three year workplans describe and rank lead entity-wide restoration projects that are implementable within next 3 years.
      •      . . B.2 Salmonid Habitat Assessment / InventoryY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . B.2.a Habitat Assessment Funding 15,975.00
        •      . . . . 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 2,589.2
          •      . . . . . . B.2.d.3 Amount of habitat assessed that needed restoration 904.0