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2011
WRIA 9 Salmon Funding Recovery Board Project Proposals
ANNUAL PROCESS
Status of this year’s funding
Proposed strategy
Project overview
Outyear forecast
Forum decision
ANNUAL PROCESS
Status of this year’s funding
Proposed strategy
Project overview
Outyear forecast
Forum decision
PROJECTED FUNDING AMOUNTS
Funding Source Amount
Salmon Funding Recovery Board
$360,000
Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration
$553,581
TOTAL $913,581
SRFB PROJECT CRITERIA
PROJECTS MUST:
Address an important habitat condition or watershed process in the area.
Be primarily salmon-related
Be in the Salmon Habitat Plan and the Three-Year Watershed Habitat Work Schedule
WRIA 9 TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP
WRIA 9 TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP
Dhira Brown, People for Puget Sound
Kirk Lakey, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Tyler Patterson, Tacoma Water
SRFB SITE VISITS
Salmon Funding Recovery Board Review Panel Members
Marc Duboiski, SRFB Grant Manager
Jessica Saavedra, King Conservation District
Scott Williamson, Puget Sound Partnership
PROPOSED PROJECTSProject Name and Sponsor
Location Funding Request
Project Phase
Point Heyer Drift Cell Preservation
Nearshore $300,000 Acquisition
Downey Farmstead
Lower Green River Sub-Watershed
$253,581 Final Design and Permitting
Middle Green River Reach Levee Removal (Porter)
Middle Green River Sub-Watershed
$300,000 Design
Big Spring Creek Restoration
Middle Green River Sub-Watershed
$60,000 Construction
PROJECT LOCATIONS
Project Name Rivermile (RM) Latitude/Longitude
Point HeyerAcquisition
not applicable (nearshore)
47.460, 122.438
Downey Farmstead Design
RM 22.3 to 21.5 47.314, 122.205
Middle Green Levee Setback
RM 38 to RM 33 47.296, 122.171
Big Spring Creek Restoration
Tributary to Newaukum Creek
47.217, 122.005
POINT HEYER DRIFT CELL PRESERVATION
King County Water and Land Resources
May, 2011
Pt Heyer Drift Cell Preservation
SAVING THE LAST BARRIER LAGOON IN
KING COUNTY
Vashon Island,King County
The Pt Heyer
drift cell is located on
the eastern shoreline
of Vashon
Long Range Goals
Preserve 90% (~10,500 ft) of
drift cell
Protect nearshore habitat that
supports threatened Puget Sound
salmon
Sustain a rare barrier lagoon
Photo: 2001 Washington State Dept. of Ecology
Nearshore drift processes
Feeder Bluff
Photo: 2001 Washington State Dept. of Ecology
Over 50% of Vashon is armored Pt Heyer Drift Cell less than 10%
$360,000 in funding from SRFB
$2.45 million project to date –
6 different funding sources
Funding History
TO DATE: MAY
2011
1334 FEET OF
SHORELINE
31.4 ACRES, 7
PARCELS
2008
2009
2010
2011
According to the plan, we need to protect:
Forage fish spawning areas
Eelgrass
Geoducks
Sand Lance Spawning
Eelgrass
Surf Smelt Spawning
remaining salt marshes
beaches, backshores
and associated plant communities
dense overhanging riparian vegetation
Cool and clean surface and groundwater
shorelines from armoring
Nearshore sediment transport processes
TIMMONS AND DESTEIGUER
Purchased in 2010 for $709,000
2011 SRFB request $300,000
484 feet of shoreline
9.7 acres
Forage fish spawning
Feeder bluffs
Small tributaries and seeps
REVIEW
Willing Landowners? Yes
Quick completion? Yes
Benefits to Salmon? Many
Certainty of success? Very likely
Questions?
DOWNEY FARMSTEAD
Restoration Project Final Design
City of Kent
21.81 Acres along the Green River from RM 21.5 to 22.3
CostsTotal SRF Request
$300,000 $253,581
Highlights
Creates floodplain storage and off-channel rearing and refuge habitat .
Increase access to floodplain habitat for Chinook and seven other salmonids.
Removal of invasive plants, native riparian re-vegetation and installation of wood debris structures.
Downey Farmstead
DOWNEY FARMSTEAD
Preliminary Conceptual Design
DOWNEY FARMSTEAD
Legend
Riparian Shrubland
Riparian Forest
Wet Prairie
Grass Filter Strip
DOWNEY FARMSTEAD
Creates floodplain storage and off-channel rearing and refuge habitat for use in winter and spring months for juvenile salmon, particularly juvenile Chinook.
Three inlet channels at upstream end of the restored floodplain provide added habitat complexity and long term accessibility to channels for fish.
Increase access to floodplain habitat for Chinook and seven other salmonids.
Removal of invasive plants, native riparian re-vegetation and installation of wood debris structures and engineered log jams.
A greater buffer/setback to the Green River by relocating Frager Road.
DOWNEY FARMSTEAD
Channel Cross Sections
DOWNEY FARMSTEAD
MIDDLE GREEN REACH LEVEE REMOVAL - PORTER
BIG SPRING CREEK
• Pollutants from road, pasture runoff• High temperatures, relative to historical cond.• Low dissolved oxygen
• Minimal shading of creek
• Little cover for fish
• Scarce wildlife habitat
• Reed canarygrass dominated wetland• Lack of native vegetation• Wetland not integrated with stream
• 1,400 coho smolts outmigrate annually (April, May)• Low gradient, slow moving stream• Multiple springs • Cold rearing habitat• Organics, microorganisms
• ERP Feasibility Report (Corps 2000)• ERP EIS (Corps 2000)• Near-term Action Agenda (WRIA 9 2002)• WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan (2005)• Newaukum Cr. Characterization Report (KC 2007)
• Salmon Recovery
• Restore stream & wetland habitat
• Restore historic location of stream
• Re-connect stream to wetland
• Improve water quality
• Attenuate flood flows
• Eliminate need to dredge stream
• Protect springs
1. Restore 4,000 lineal feet of stream channel
2. Enhance 80 acres of wetland habitat
3. Place 400 pieces of LWD in stream, wetland
4. Construct 5 large off-channel open-water wetland pools
5. Install 2 culverts
Community outreach to all landowners
All necessary land, conservation easements acquired
70% design complete
All local permits obtained; tribal consultation ongoing
Wetland and wildlife reports completed
Archaeological testing completed
Corps’ Nationwide 27 Permit application submitted
Enumclaw construction easement completed
KC Code consistency process complete
Secured site; partially revegetated Enumclaw site
2006 Community outreach, acquisitions initiated
2007 Begin surface and groundwater monitoring
2008 Complete acquisitions/easements
2009 Complete 70% design, most permits
2010 Begin agreement process with Corps
2011 100% design and permitting
2012 Phase 1 construction
2013 Phase 2 construction
2014 Begin planting non-construction areas
2012-2018 Maintenance & monitoring
TASK COST
Acquisition of land, easements * $2,115,000
Preliminary Revegetation * $166,000
70% Design and Permitting * $558,728
Final Design and Permitting $486,000
Phase 1 Channel Construction & Planting $1,800,000
Phase 2 Channel Construction & Planting $700,000
Phase 3 Planting Non-construction Areas $350,000
Maintenance & Monitoring $185,000
TOTAL PROJECT ESTIMATE $6,360,728
* Previously expended
2012-2013 FORECAST
Duwamish Gardens Construction
Anticipate construction costs of approximately $3 million
Will require a significant amount of our available KCD and SRFB funding for the next two years
FORUM DECISION
Determine if these projects meets the strategy of the WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan
Approve the four proposed projects for this year’s SRFB round