Yakima Side Channels Project

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Yakima Watershed Habitat Protection Projects
Scott Nicolai Yakama Nation - YKFP David
Gerth Kittitas Conservation Trust
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Partnership
Yakama Nation - YKFP
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Partnership
Yakama Nation - YKFP Kittitas Conservation Trust
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Partnership
Yakama Nation - YKFP Kittitas Conservation
Trust Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
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Yakima River Basin
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Future Port-Couver Metroplex
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A Clear Day in Western Washington
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A Cloudy Day in Eastern Washington.
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Risk and Lost Opportunities
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Priority Reaches
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Springbrooks moderate temperature Fish stacked
up like cordwood on a hot day
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The emergence of aquatic insects from the
hyporheic zone is an important food source for
fish.
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Selling the Program to Local Decision Makers
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Flood Damage circa 1950
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Flood Damage 2006
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At the Central Regional Office of the Department
of Ecology
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No Flood Damage.
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Projects
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Easton Floodplain
39 of the Holocene Floodplain is still connected
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Easton - West
I-90 West
USFS
DOT
BPA 102 acres
Easton Acclimation Site
WDFW
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Upper Yakima River Riparian - Project Area Map
Cle Elum River Conservation
Suncadia
Hundley Family Trust 445 Acres
I-90
Suncadia
WDFW
State Parks
BPA
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Project Site
Protected
THREAT
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Chinook salmon redds in the Upper Yakima
Project Location
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Riparian Habitat Types present
Side-channel
Snags Logs
Instream
Riparian forest
Ponds
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Riparian Habitat Benefits
Protects 1.5 miles of the Yakima River Half of
the property is characterized by riparian
habitat, including ponds, wetlands and side
channels
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Cle Elum Floodplain Reach
41 of the Holocene Floodplain is still connected
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Cle Elum Reach Properties
KCT
BPA 742 acres
WDFW
State Parks
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Cougar Tracking Data
Koehler 2006
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Cle Elum Reach Properties cont.
Cle Elum
I-90 West
Proposed
Protected
I-90 East
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Trendwest Protected Open Space Areas
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Conservation Easements Cle Elum River Corridor
1,215 acres PH3 Natural Open Space 502.4
acres PH3 Managed Open Space 1,361 acres Stream
C Corridor 228.6 acres PH2 Natural Open
Space 130.7 acres TOTAL 3,437.6 ac.
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NORTH FORK TEANAWAY RIVER CONSERVATION EASEMENT
SUNCADIA CONSERVATION EASEMENTS
SWAUK CREEK WATER STORAGE STUDY
UPPER YAKIMA EASTON REACH RIPARIAN ACQUISITION
TANEUM CREEK FISH PASSAGE IMPROVEMENTS
CURRIER CREEK BARRIER REMOVAL
KCT HABITAT PROJECT LOCATIONS
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Kittitas Reach Property-Holmes
I-90 West
I-90 West
Coho Acclimation
Side Channel
Side Channel
I-90 East
I-90 East
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Salmon in the Classroom- 2006
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Community Work Party April 2006
Partnered with Cascade Land Conservancy
gt60 Volunteers!
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Holmes Funding
PCSRF '02
42,000
PCSRF '04
BPA
169,500
MCRFEG
21,000
SRF Board
126,000
Funding Gap
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Holmes Funding
PCSRF '02
PCSRF '04
BPA
MCRFEG
SRF Board
Suncadia Resort Contribution
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38 of Radio TaggedMid-Columbia SteelheadAbove
Roza Spawned in the Teanaway River Watershed
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Teanaway River Hydrograph Water Year 2006
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• Conservation Easements Acquisition in Phases
• Phase 1 95 acres Salmon Recovery Funding
  Board (SRFB) 2005
• Phase 2 150 acres SRFB - 2006
• Phase 3 150 acres Bonneville Power
  Administration Fish Wildlife Habitat-2007

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Land Protection will Facilitate Restoration of
Natural Habitat Processes
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Lower Naches Floodplain
43 of the Holocene Floodplain is still connected
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Naches River Properties
Naches River
YN 27 acres
Yak Co
S. Naches Channel
YN 145 acres
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Lower Naches Floodplain
Yak Co
WDFW
SR 12
YN 60 acres
WDFW Hatchery
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The End