WRIA 9 Green – Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed

Updating the Salmon Habitat Plan & Capital Project List

Matt GoehringPlanning & Technical Coordinator

Suzanna SmithHabitat Projects Coordinator

Policies and Programs Update

2018 Aug - Dec Implementation Technical Committee (ITC)

LG Corridor Plan Scoping – 4th Alt.

2019 Apr - Jun Subwatershed Workshops (5)

2019 Aug – Sep ITC Review and Edits

2019 Oct ITC Recommendation to WEF

2005 Policy and Program Structure

Policy & Programs

Factors of Decline and Policy

Recommendations

Habitat Mgmt. Strategies &

Policies

Actions and PoliciesoWatershed wideoSub-basin specific

Implementation

Projects

Scientific Foundation: Goals & Conservation

Hypotheses

Proposed Structure for 2020

Habitat Management Strategies

Policy & Programs

Project List

Scientific Foundation

Goals & Conservation Hypotheses

Subwatersheds

Capital Projects

Management Strategies – 52 Policies/24 Programs

• Fish Passage

• Floodplain Connectivity

• Channel Complexity & Edge Habitat

• Riparian Corridors

• Sediment & Water Quality

• Marine Shorelines

• Estuarine Habitat

• Instream Flows & Cold Water Refugia

Protect, Restore & Enhance:

• Expand Public Awareness & Education

• Integrate Agricultural Protection & Salmon Recovery Initiatives

• Integrate Salmon Recovery into Land Use Planning

• Plan Implementation & Funding

Moving Forward

• WRIA 9 Forum: Review and provide comment by December 31st

• Public review anticipated in Spring/Summer 2020

Project List Development Process

Updating capital projects within the WRIA 9 Salmon Recovery Plan

Timeline

Aug – Now | Meeting with partners*; 2 public open house events; 2 Implementation and Technical Committee (ITC) meetings and 1 ITC written update (September)

Now – Dec 13th | Open call for project information*

Dec 13th – Jan 2020 | Review and prioritization of projects*

Nov - Dec 2019 | ITC review of prioritization process

Feb 2020 | ITC review of project tiering results

Feb – April 2020| Development of project factsheets;

Integration into draft plan

Budget development (grant round, 6 year Implementation, 10-15 year Plan list)

March 2020 | Preliminary Forum review of draft Plan

May – Aug 2020 | Final Plan development

Aug 13 2020 | Final Plan approval

Meetings with partners

City of Tukwila

King County

Port of Seattle

King Conservation District

City of Auburn

City of Seattle

City of Renton

City of Kent

City of Burien

City of Normandy Park

City of Federal Way

Tacoma Public Utilities

Vashon Land Trust

Vashon Nature Center

Vashon Park District

Sound Action

NOAA

City of Maple Valley

Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) trustees

Consulted with many partners in meetings/phone calls

167 projects collected

Criteria for project tiering

Prioritization Team: Kollin Higgins (King County)

Tyler Patterson and Nik Novotny (Tacoma Water)

Paul Schlenger (Environmental Science Associates (ESA))

Two basic criteria: Size of project area Chinook habitat value

Tier 1 = high priority/critical to achieve recovery in each subwatershed and will be the primary focus of WRIA funding.

Tier 2 = moderate priority projects; eligible for WRIA funding with demonstrated urgency; clear alignment with salmon recovery goals

Tier 3 =lower priority; associated with Chinook recovery and compliment broader recovery efforts in the subwatershed; not eligible for WRIA funding

Active solicitation for project information

Engaging partners to submit more details on project concept and expected funding requirements

Aligned with the 2020 grant round process: Inclusion in the 2020 Salmon Habitat Plan Inclusion in the 6 year Capital Implementation

budget“Letter of Intent” for the 2020 grant round

For more details, please visit the WRIA 9 website > Funding Opportunities

Questions?

Matt Goehring

Planning & Technical Coordinator

mgoehring@kingcounty.gov | (206) 263-6826

Suzanna Smith

Habitat Projects Coordinator

susmith@kingcounty.gov | (206) 477-4641