Achieving a Win-Win in Restoring Ecosystem Services
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Achieving a Win-Win Restoring
Ecosystem Services
Kurt Nelson
Tulalip Tribes of Washington
December 10, 2008
Introduction
Background – Tulalip Tribes
Qw’loolt Estuary Restoration Project
Coho Creek Restoration Project
Snohomish Basin Biogas Partnership
Summary
Background
Federally Recognized
Successors to the
Snohomish
Snoqualmie
Skykomish
Other bands
Treaty of Point Elliot
Tribes retained fishing
and hunting rights
Co-manage fish and
wildlife resources with the
State of Washington
Historical Context
Present Day Context
Location of Various Tribal Projects
Qw’loolt Estuary
Restoration Project
A partnership between tribal, city, state, and federal
agencies whose purpose is the restoration of this
critical tidal wetland in the Snohomish River
Estuary
CITY OF MARYSVILLE
TULALIP
RESERVATION
qw’loolt
site
LANDFILL
Project Goal
Re-establish historic tidal influences and other natural
processes to the qw’loolt site in order to restore a functioning
estuary marsh system that benefits salmon and other natural
resources.
Ecosystem Benefits
• Restores 400 acres
of estuary wetland
and channel habitat
critical for salmon
rearing and staging
• Improve fish
passage to 16 miles
of stream habitat
“The quality and quantity of rearing habitat in the
nearshore, estuary, and mainstem rivers is the
primary factor limiting Chinook salmon and bull trout
recovery. ” 2005 Snohomish Basin Salmon Recovery
Plan
Primary Restoration Actions
Project Goal
Goals
Restore and enhance stream and wetland ecological
functions (e.g. nutrient and hydrologic dynamics)
Increase salmon production
Integrate stream and wetland enhancements with
prospective development planning
Reuse and integrate waste water from a microbial
bioreactor treatment plant into the restoration plans
Coho Creek Restoration Project
Location and Alignment
Proposed Development Plan
Pre and Post Project Conditions
Restoration Includes Physical and
Hydrologic Modifications
Snohomish Basin Biogas Project
Snohomish Basin Biogas Partnership
Formed April 2, 2003
Lower Skykomish River Habitat Conservation Group
Northwest Chinook Recovery
Tulalip Tribes
Skykomish/Snoqualmie Agricultural Alliance
City of Monroe
Purpose
Address water quality problems in Skykomish
and Snoqualmie rivers
Reduce bacteria and nutrient loading
Assist local dairies by reducing waste
management costs
Agriculture is a preferred land use in floodplains as
compared to other more destructive types of land
use (e.g. residential)
Build or improve the relationship between
Tribes and the Agricultural Community
Dairies in Vicinity of Biogas Facility
Food Waste: > 80 Ton/Day
Flush Dairies: 1,572,000 GPD
Scrape Dairies: 26,775 GPD
Red
Hook
Ten-Mile Radius
Biogas Facility
Biogas Project Site
Project Description
Cow manure is collected and piped or trucked to the
facility
Manure is pumped into the anaerobic digester
Methane gas is captured and piped to a generator
The generator burns the gas creating electricity
Bio-solids are composted and sold to local buyer
Effluent is treated and returned to dairy for irrigation
Products
Methane and/or electricity
Bio-solids for compost and/or fertilizers
Treated effluent for farm irrigation
In Summary
Ecosystems Services are being restored and used by The
Tulalip Tribes
It is an integral part of habitat restoration
Resource conservation through reuse
Creating source of renewable energy
Improve water quality
In directing development plans on the Reservation
In partnerships with the local farm community, local
municipalities, and state and federal agencies