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Manastash Creek Corridor Habitat Enhancement and
Flood Hazard Reduction Plan
Kick-Off MeetingJune 5, 2012 7PMHal Holmes Center
Welcome• Introductions• Agenda Review– Project Background– Funding Update– Status of Consultant Contract– Kittitas County Public Works- Status Report– Watershed Status Update
• Fish• Flow
– Presentation by Herrera and Watershed Science & Engineering
– Q & A– Stakeholder Involvement– Closing Remarks
Project Background• Manastash Creek Restoration Project– Endangered Species Act (Mid-Columbia Steelhead)
• Multiple Flood Events– Three in 2011– Significant damage to private and public
infrastructure• Funding– Converted Existing– Applied for additional
• Committees– Technical– Landowner
Funding Update
• Salmon Recovery Funding Board ($112,959)• Washington State Conservation Commission
($50,038)• US Bureau Of Reclamation ($25,000)• Kittitas County ($40,000)
Salmon Recovery Funding
Board
Washington State Conservation Commission
US Bureau of Reclamation Kittitas County
$105,773 $ 47,400 $ 25,000 $ 40,000 48% 22% 11% 18%
Status of Consultant Contract
• Consultant Selected– Herrera Environmental– WATERSHED Science & Engineering
• Contract Signed May 2012• Task Order Signed June 2012– Scope of Work
• LiDAR collection pre-authorized
Kittitas County Public Works - Report
• Kirk Holmes, Public Works Director
Watershed Status Report
• Fish . . . – Screening & Passage• Barnes Rd, Keach/Jensen, MWDA/Consolidated
– Presence in Manastash Creek• Sighting• PIT Tag Detector
Adult Steelhead at Prosser Dam and Roza DamAdult Steelhead at Prosser Dam and Roza Dam1996-20121996-2012
Watershed Conditions
• Flow– High flow this season to date• Estimated at 400 CFS
Watershed Conditions
• Flow– Seasonally Dry Reach– Instream Flow Improvements• Purchases from willing sellers• Conservation projects (sprinklers)• Total Trust Water
– Almost 15 CFS– More planned
Presentation by Herrera and Watershed Science & Engineering
Stakeholder Involvement• Coordinated Resource Management (CRM) Program
– Serves as a foundation to support collaborative, locally-led processes to address natural resource issues
– Applies to all communities and natural resource situations including areas dominated by public lands, private lands, or a mixture of the two
• CRM History– started as a way to deal with conflicts that arose over range
land and livestock issues– first collaborative problem-solving group formed in 1949 near
Richland, Washington– In Kittitas County - Big Game Management Roundtable, Wild
Horse Grazing Plan, Manastash Creek Restoration Project
Stakeholder Involvement• Coordinated Resource Management (CRM)– Executive Committee includes
• Regional Forester - USDA Forest Service• Chair - Washington State Conservation Commission• Commissioner of Public Lands - Washington State DNR• Director - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife• Director - WSU Cooperative Extension• District Manager - USDI Bureau of Land Management• State Conservationist - USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service• Chair - Washington Rangeland Committee• President - Washington Association of Conservation Districts• Director - Washington Department of Agriculture• Director - Washington Department of Ecology
Closing Remarks
• Upcoming Tasks– Begin contract work• LiDAR Analysis• Permission to Access forms• Field Work
– Contact and work with CRM Program to encourage stakeholder participation
– Additional meetings (small groups?)