Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board

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Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board Reach
Scale Effectiveness Monitoring Program 2005
Progress Report Preliminary Findings
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Agenda1. Program Overview2. Description of
Summary Statistics3. Sample Projects and Data4.
Grading Systems and Analysis5. Summary
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• Program Overview
• Restoration vs. Habitat Protection
• Restoration Projects Monitoring has BACI
  Design with control and impact reaches EMAP
  sample reach Uses t-test to look for
  differences before and after implementation
  (5-10 years)
• Habitat Protection Projects Monitoring
  focuses on trends in ecological health through
  time (12 years)

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Project Types

• Restoration Projects
• Fish Passage Projects
• Instream Structure Projects
• Riparian Planting Projects
• Constrained Channel Projects
• Channel Connectivity Projects
• Spawning Gravel Projects
• Diversion Screening Projects

• Habitat Protection Projects
• Preservation without additional actions
• Existing high quality habitat
• Maintain or improve ecological condition

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Fish Passage Projects
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Fish Passage Projects
02-1530 Tributary to the Salmon River Fish
Passage Project
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Instream Structure Projects
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Instream Structure Projects
02-1463R Salmon Creek
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Riparian Planting Projects
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Riparian Planting Projects
02-1446R Centralia Riparian Restoration Project
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Livestock Exclusion Projects
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Livestock Exclusion Projects
02-1498 Abernathy Creek Riparian Restoration
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Constrained Channel Projects
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Constrained Channel Projects
02-1625 South Fork Skagit Levee Setback and
Acquisition
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Channel Connectivity Projects
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Channel Connectivity Projects
02-1561 Edgewater Park Off-Channel Restoration
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Spawning Gravel Projects
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Spawning Gravel Projects
04-1209 Chico Creek Restoration
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Diversion Screening Projects
No control structure established Tests for
function of the screen (yes/no vs. t-test)
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Diversion Screening Characteristics
NOAA Fisheries Criteria
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Diversion Screening Projects
02-1543 Walla Walla Fish Screening Project
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Habitat Protection Projects
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Habitat Protection Projects
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Habitat Protection Projects
Estuary Project Statistics
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Habitat Protection Projects
Upland Habitat Statistics
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Habitat Protection Projects
Fish Species Assemblage Grading System
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Habitat Protection Projects
Macroinvertebrate Multimetric Index Grading System
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Habitat Protection Projects
02-1622A Issaquah Creek Log Cabin Reach
Acquisition
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Habitat Protection Projects
Rating Criteria for Vegetation Quality
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Habitat Protection Projects
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Habitat Protection Projects
02-1650 Methow Critical Habitat Area Acquisition
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Habitat Protection Projects
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Habitat Protection Projects
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Habitat Protection Projects
Macroinvertebrate Multimetric Index Grading System
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Habitat Protection Projects
Fish Species Assemblage Grading System
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Data Analysis-Project Life
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Data Analysis
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Data Analysis Cost Effectiveness
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• Project Enhancements
• Upland Vegetation and Estuary Habitat Protocols
• GIS Analysis of vegetation condition
• Additional Substrate Protocol Analysis
• Additional Studies University of Washington
• Independent QA/QC Analysis
• Potential study on standards for summary
  statistics

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SUMMARY

• Preliminary findings from first two years of data
  collection
• Able to see differences for some variables in
  2005
• Other variables may take longer to show
  meaningful change
• Results provide data to the Washington State
  Salmon Recovery Funding Board to quantify the
  effectiveness of project categories
• Monitoring can indicate how quickly project types
  may show change

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Questions?

• Contact Info
• Jennifer ONeal jennifer.oneal_at_tteci.com
• 425-482-7779
• Bruce Crawford brucec_at_iac.wa.gov
• 360-902-2956