Day2 jeanette dorner-tribal habitat conference 2010 sal rec presentation
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Nisqually River Watershed
• Chinook – threatened
• Coho – low
• Pink - variable
• Chum - healthy
• Steelhead - threatened
• Cutthroat Trout - unknown
Nisqually Salmon Species
Long Term Goals for Nisqually River Fall Chinook
• Healthy local population of Nisqually Chinook capable of reproducing successfully in the local habitat
• Continued harvest opportunity for tribal and non-tribal fishermen
• Nisqually Tribe designated as lead for salmon recovery by the
Nisqually River Watershed Council
•Tribe led group of local technical and citizen experts using scientific information to
develop the plan.
• Submitted to the regional Puget Sound Chinook
Endangered Species Recovery Plan in 2005
• adopted as part of official plan by the federal govt. in 2007
Nisqually River Salmon Recovery Planning
Nisqually Chinook RecoveryPlan
August 2001
Prepared by the
Nisqually Chinook Recovery Team
• Habitat
• Hatchery
• Harvest
• Adaptive Management
Nisqually Chinook Recovery Plan
Nisqually Chinook RecoveryPlan
August 2001
Prepared by the
Nisqually Chinook Recovery Team
Nisqually IndianTribe
•Counties•Cities•State agencies•Federal agencies•Nisqually Tribe •Local organizations•Watershed citizens
Formed in 1987
Estuary restoration
Ohop and Mashelrestoration
Nisqually Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
Nisqually MainstemProtection
Estuary Land Ownership
Estuary Habitat Condition
• Main loss of habitat due to diking and conversion to pastureland
• About half of original estuary was converted to pasture and freshwater wetland behind the dikes
Estuary Restoration
Summer 2006
Source: NAIP
July 2009
Source: USGS
December 2009
Source: USGS
March 2010
Source: USGS
Estuary restoration
Ohop and Mashelrestoration
Nisqually Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
Nisqually MainstemProtection
Nisqually Mainstem
Protected Lands1989: 3 percent2010: 73 percent
Estuary restoration
Ohop and Mashelrestoration
Nisqually Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration
Nisqually MainstemProtection
Lower Ohop project
Lower Mashelproject
Eatonville Mashelproject
Habitat Condition: Ohop Creek
• Lower 4 miles ditched, straightened
• Forest and wetland vegetation cleared from valley floor
• Upper 2 miles good spawning areas, narrow band of trees along stream
Ohop Creek Restoration Initiative•Remeander 3.5 miles of ditched stream into 5 miles of restored stream•Revegetate over 400 acres of valley floor
Nisqually Indian Tribe
Eatonville Mashel Project
Needs: • More large wood in
stream• Deeper pools • Sorted gravel• Less confined stream
channel• More sidechannel
wetlands• More mature conifers
Mashel River restoration
Nisqually Indian Tribe
Eatonville - Boxcar Canyon
Eatonville Mashel homeowner rain garden installation
Nisqually Watershed Knotweed Control Project
Knotweed bending party in Ashford
•Pierce Conservation District•Nisqually Tribe•Thurston County Noxious Weed Board•Lewis County Noxious Weed Board•Pierce County Noxious Weed Board•Tacoma Public Utilities•US Fish and Wildlife Service•Nisqually Wildlife Refuge•Joint Base Lewis-McChord•Gifford Pinchot National Forest•Mt. Rainier National Park