Transcript Manastash Creek Corridor Habitat Enhancement and Flood

Manastash Creek
Corridor Habitat Enhancement and
Flood Hazard Reduction Plan
Kick-Off Meeting
June 5, 2012 7PM
Hal Holmes Center
Welcome
• Introductions
• Agenda Review
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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
48%
$ 47,400
22%
$ 25,000
11%
$ 40,000
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 Dam
1996-2012
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
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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?)