Chris Ellings presented the Nisqually new projects, as required by the SRF Board process, at the May 2015 meeting. The list did not require approval at this meeting.
This document outlines three projects to improve Stoke Newington station: installing murals, creating a planting bed, and an irrigation system. Local groups want to beautify the station to benefit commuters and residents. The mural project will commission artists to design bright murals reflecting the local area. A planting bed will transform an eyesore into green space. An irrigation system using rainwater will support the new plants. The projects will enhance the station environment and bring the community together through volunteer efforts.
WYG was appointed by the Abbotswood Consortium in 2010 to manage the delivery of infrastructure for an 800 dwelling urban expansion development in Romsey, including a local centre, sports facilities, and open spaces. WYG's responsibilities included securing planning conditions, developing a utility and delivery strategy, coordinating consultants, tendering civil and landscape works, and managing the timely implementation of infrastructure to support the housing development program. WYG also oversaw various off-site highway improvements required as part of the project's planning obligations. The project involved delivering £30 million of infrastructure under challenging ecological constraints.
Funding Mechanisms for Restoring and Maintaining a Healthy Nisqually WatershedNisqually River Council
In a follow-up to their 2009 Report, Earth Economics produced these recommendations for using ecosystem services to support conservation efforts in the Nisqually Watershed. Earth Economics worked closely with stakeholders in the watershed to develop the report.
Ashley Von Essen presented Habitat Work Group's ranked project list for the 2015 Salmon Recovery Funding Board cycle. She presented at the July 2015 NRC meeting.
This document summarizes efforts to develop a recovery plan for Nisqually River steelhead. It notes that steelhead abundance plummeted in the early 1990s due to poor marine survival. The plan development process involves identifying goals and objectives, evaluating biological data and habitat conditions, assessing habitat potential, and prioritizing restoration. Key priorities identified include protecting and restoring habitat in the mainstem river and upper Mashel River watershed. The plan will be integrated with existing efforts to recover Nisqually Chinook salmon. However, full steelhead recovery requires addressing survival issues in Puget Sound.
This document summarizes the Nisqually River Chinook salmon recovery plan, including long term goals of sustaining natural populations and harvest. It outlines priority habitat restoration projects, and strategies to reduce impacts of hatchery fish on natural populations through a seasonal weir and integrated hatchery program. The schedule for the upcoming Salmon Recovery Funding Board grant round is also provided. The Council is asked to approve the updated workplan, a public comment period, and the funding schedule.
This document summarizes a study that tracked the origins of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Nisqually River estuary using coded wire tags. The study found that most fish caught came from local Nisqually River hatcheries, but fish also originated from hatcheries in the Green, Puyallup, and Skykomish Rivers. The tagging data provides insights into the fish's migration patterns and survival rates, helping managers evaluate hatchery programs and protect wild salmon populations.
This document outlines three projects to improve Stoke Newington station: installing murals, creating a planting bed, and an irrigation system. Local groups want to beautify the station to benefit commuters and residents. The mural project will commission artists to design bright murals reflecting the local area. A planting bed will transform an eyesore into green space. An irrigation system using rainwater will support the new plants. The projects will enhance the station environment and bring the community together through volunteer efforts.
WYG was appointed by the Abbotswood Consortium in 2010 to manage the delivery of infrastructure for an 800 dwelling urban expansion development in Romsey, including a local centre, sports facilities, and open spaces. WYG's responsibilities included securing planning conditions, developing a utility and delivery strategy, coordinating consultants, tendering civil and landscape works, and managing the timely implementation of infrastructure to support the housing development program. WYG also oversaw various off-site highway improvements required as part of the project's planning obligations. The project involved delivering £30 million of infrastructure under challenging ecological constraints.
Funding Mechanisms for Restoring and Maintaining a Healthy Nisqually WatershedNisqually River Council
In a follow-up to their 2009 Report, Earth Economics produced these recommendations for using ecosystem services to support conservation efforts in the Nisqually Watershed. Earth Economics worked closely with stakeholders in the watershed to develop the report.
Ashley Von Essen presented Habitat Work Group's ranked project list for the 2015 Salmon Recovery Funding Board cycle. She presented at the July 2015 NRC meeting.
This document summarizes efforts to develop a recovery plan for Nisqually River steelhead. It notes that steelhead abundance plummeted in the early 1990s due to poor marine survival. The plan development process involves identifying goals and objectives, evaluating biological data and habitat conditions, assessing habitat potential, and prioritizing restoration. Key priorities identified include protecting and restoring habitat in the mainstem river and upper Mashel River watershed. The plan will be integrated with existing efforts to recover Nisqually Chinook salmon. However, full steelhead recovery requires addressing survival issues in Puget Sound.
This document summarizes the Nisqually River Chinook salmon recovery plan, including long term goals of sustaining natural populations and harvest. It outlines priority habitat restoration projects, and strategies to reduce impacts of hatchery fish on natural populations through a seasonal weir and integrated hatchery program. The schedule for the upcoming Salmon Recovery Funding Board grant round is also provided. The Council is asked to approve the updated workplan, a public comment period, and the funding schedule.
This document summarizes a study that tracked the origins of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Nisqually River estuary using coded wire tags. The study found that most fish caught came from local Nisqually River hatcheries, but fish also originated from hatcheries in the Green, Puyallup, and Skykomish Rivers. The tagging data provides insights into the fish's migration patterns and survival rates, helping managers evaluate hatchery programs and protect wild salmon populations.
The Nisqually River Council document summarizes the 2018 Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) grant round for the Nisqually watershed. It reports that $400,000 is available in 2018 funding and $1.4 million estimated for 2019-2021. Eight pre-applications were submitted totaling $2.9 million in requests and $524,563 in matching funds. Site visits were conducted in May with the SRFB Review Panel to evaluate six acquisition and restoration projects seeking over $500,000 each. Projects involve protecting riparian habitat through land acquisition and implementing plantings, invasive species removal and design work for levee removal and floodplain reconnection.
This is the presentation given by Mark Swartout, Natural Resources Program Manager for Thurston County, at the February 19 Nisqually River Council meeting.
The document summarizes oversight visits conducted by the Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs to various municipalities in South Africa. In the Eastern Cape, the committee reviewed land claims processing and irrigation projects in Intsika Yethu municipality. Delays were noted in land claims and some irrigation schemes required further funding support. In Limpopo, projects in Muyexe area were discussed, including a clinic construction and boreholes. Coordination between departments was recommended. Boreholes and livestock water projects were also outlined for Giyani. Responses from relevant departments addressed many of the committee's recommendations.
The document discusses the Nisqually Fall Chinook Stock Management Plan, which aims to restore the Nisqually Fall Chinook population through an integrated approach involving habitat restoration, hatchery management, harvest guidelines, and adaptive management. The plan establishes long term goals of ensuring natural production in perpetuity through high quality habitat and locally adapted populations, while also providing for sustainable harvests. Progress to date includes restoration of over 900 acres of estuary habitat, with a 60% increase in fall Chinook production. The framework outlines conservation and harvest goals, monitoring, and an annual process of review and adaptation to support the transition from colonizing habitat to developing a locally adapted natural population.
This document summarizes a project to restore the Kawkawlin River watershed in Michigan. The watershed drains over 144,000 acres across four counties and has two main tributaries. Issues affecting the watershed include high levels of phosphorus and E. coli bacteria. The restoration project, funded by $990,000 from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aims to improve water quality by reducing phosphorus and E. coli through practices like cover crops, buffers, and septic system maintenance. To date the project has implemented conservation practices on over 30,000 acres and educated landowners to improve watershed health.
This document is an addendum to the Nisqually Watershed Management Plan that provides the watershed's response to Washington's 2018 Streamflow Restoration Act. It was prepared by the Nisqually Watershed Planning Unit with assistance from various stakeholders and state agencies. The addendum describes the watershed context and characteristics that influence mitigation alternatives to offset new domestic permit-exempt groundwater withdrawals projected between 2018-2040. It then outlines a variety of habitat restoration projects, land use strategies, and policy options that could provide ecological and instream flow benefits to help the watershed achieve no-net-loss of annual average streamflows.
Amy Wolfe, Trout Unlimited, "A Decade of Progress for the West Branch Susqueh...Michael Hewitt, GISP
This presentation will discuss the accomplishments of the West Branch Susquehanna Restoration Initiative over the past ten years as made through the efforts of TU and member agencies and organizations of the West Branch Susquehanna River Task Force and West Branch Susquehanna Restoration Coalition, as well as the needs and challenges that remain on the horizon as work continues toward the recovery of the West Branch Susquehanna Watershed.
Chris Ellings' presentation on Chinook recovery during the 2014 Annual Program Review. Please download and view as a PowerPoint presentation to avoid compatibility issues.
This document outlines 8 habitat restoration projects proposed along the Nisqually River in Washington. Project 1 requests $290,710 to protect 60 acres and 0.5% of the flood zone at river mile 33. Project 2 requests $469,844 to acquire 90 acres for future restoration and protect 12.7% more floodplain. Project 3 requests $510,000 to continue removing levees and restoring natural areas along the Wilcox Reach.
The sustainability challenge presented to New Zealand Indigenous Research Con...Karamea Insley
A Community-led (Maori) Sustainable Development Case Study
How capitalism can be practiced more sustainably while finding the balance between wealth, communities and the environment? The sustainability debate is not whether we should choose between capitalism and some other system, but instead, how to practice capitalism more sustainably that takes a long-term (intergenerational) and holistic orientation, that grows economic wealth while balancing off the interests of people and communities, the environment and, cultural wealth and diversity.
This paper lays out a Maori community sustainable development strategy at Omaio within the tribe of Te Whanau a Apanui in the Eastern Bay of Plenty in New Zealand. The strategy is underpinned by aligned and detailed research and analysis along all the parts of the strategy going forward through partnerships across New Zealand and the world.
The document provides an update on the implementation of several conservation programs authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. It summarizes funding levels and obligations for programs like EQIP, CSP, and ACEP. It also outlines the consolidation of programs under the new Regional Conservation Partnership Program and lists timelines for related rulemakings and requests for proposals.
This document summarizes an Upper Quinault River restoration project. It discusses the scientific background of the river's natural processes and how human impacts have degraded habitat. Specifically, it notes how the removal of large wood from floodplains and the river channel has led to instability. The presentation outlines threats like loss of side channels and roads in floodplains. It proposes a restoration approach using engineered logjams to reintroduce wood and stabilize the river over 20 years. An Alder Creek pilot project demonstrated success in restoring side channel complexity. Funding strategies and further restoration steps are discussed.
This presentation describes how the greatest conservation successes occur in collaboration with non-profit partners. This presentation was made at NRPA Conference New Orleans in 2017 and the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association state conference in Rochester in 2018. Both presentation were made with my co-presenter Jim Garges.
Kenya Investment Benefits from the Nile Basin Cooperation_Nov2021.pdfPolycarp Otieno Onyango
Kenya hosted the NELIP conference in August 2018 where 96 projects were prioritized across sectors including irrigation, energy, fisheries, watershed management, water supply and sanitation. NELSAP-CU, in collaboration with the Kenyan government, completed several projects providing benefits to Kenya such as the Angurai water supply scheme serving over 10,000 people, augmentation of the Bomet water supply serving 20,000 people, and rehabilitation of hydro-meteorological networks in the Mara and SMM basins. Ongoing projects with benefits to Kenya include preparation of the Sio-Sango project to serve over 18,000 people and shared projects such as the Angololo irrigation development project across Kenya
This document summarizes an Upper Quinault River restoration project. It discusses the scientific background of the river's natural processes and how human impacts have degraded habitat. Specifically, it notes how the removal of large wood from floodplains and the river channel has led to instability. The presentation outlines threats to salmon like loss of side channel habitat and roads in floodplains. It proposes a restoration approach using engineered logjams to reintroduce wood and stabilize the river over 20 years. It highlights an Alder Creek pilot project and proposes securing funding and partnerships to implement the full restoration plan.
Enquiry by Design day 1 summary notes, 19 January 2017Chalgrove Airfield
This document provides a summary of Day 1 of an Enquiry by Design event regarding a proposed development at Chalgrove Airfield. Day 1 included specialist briefings on Chalgrove Village, the airfield site, and technical presentations. Sessions discussed infrastructure provision, flooding concerns, and the impacts on the local community. Presenters outlined opportunities and constraints of the site from landscape, heritage, ecology, and engineering perspectives. Open discussions covered topics like community facilities, land uses, education needs, and addressing flooding risks.
Developing and Implementing a Vision for the Future of Water Supply in KansasMatt Unruh
Presentation to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Supply Work Group on the Vision for the Future of Water in Kansas, including recent project implementation activities.
The Nisqually River Council document summarizes the 2018 Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) grant round for the Nisqually watershed. It reports that $400,000 is available in 2018 funding and $1.4 million estimated for 2019-2021. Eight pre-applications were submitted totaling $2.9 million in requests and $524,563 in matching funds. Site visits were conducted in May with the SRFB Review Panel to evaluate six acquisition and restoration projects seeking over $500,000 each. Projects involve protecting riparian habitat through land acquisition and implementing plantings, invasive species removal and design work for levee removal and floodplain reconnection.
This is the presentation given by Mark Swartout, Natural Resources Program Manager for Thurston County, at the February 19 Nisqually River Council meeting.
The document summarizes oversight visits conducted by the Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs to various municipalities in South Africa. In the Eastern Cape, the committee reviewed land claims processing and irrigation projects in Intsika Yethu municipality. Delays were noted in land claims and some irrigation schemes required further funding support. In Limpopo, projects in Muyexe area were discussed, including a clinic construction and boreholes. Coordination between departments was recommended. Boreholes and livestock water projects were also outlined for Giyani. Responses from relevant departments addressed many of the committee's recommendations.
The document discusses the Nisqually Fall Chinook Stock Management Plan, which aims to restore the Nisqually Fall Chinook population through an integrated approach involving habitat restoration, hatchery management, harvest guidelines, and adaptive management. The plan establishes long term goals of ensuring natural production in perpetuity through high quality habitat and locally adapted populations, while also providing for sustainable harvests. Progress to date includes restoration of over 900 acres of estuary habitat, with a 60% increase in fall Chinook production. The framework outlines conservation and harvest goals, monitoring, and an annual process of review and adaptation to support the transition from colonizing habitat to developing a locally adapted natural population.
This document summarizes a project to restore the Kawkawlin River watershed in Michigan. The watershed drains over 144,000 acres across four counties and has two main tributaries. Issues affecting the watershed include high levels of phosphorus and E. coli bacteria. The restoration project, funded by $990,000 from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aims to improve water quality by reducing phosphorus and E. coli through practices like cover crops, buffers, and septic system maintenance. To date the project has implemented conservation practices on over 30,000 acres and educated landowners to improve watershed health.
This document is an addendum to the Nisqually Watershed Management Plan that provides the watershed's response to Washington's 2018 Streamflow Restoration Act. It was prepared by the Nisqually Watershed Planning Unit with assistance from various stakeholders and state agencies. The addendum describes the watershed context and characteristics that influence mitigation alternatives to offset new domestic permit-exempt groundwater withdrawals projected between 2018-2040. It then outlines a variety of habitat restoration projects, land use strategies, and policy options that could provide ecological and instream flow benefits to help the watershed achieve no-net-loss of annual average streamflows.
Amy Wolfe, Trout Unlimited, "A Decade of Progress for the West Branch Susqueh...Michael Hewitt, GISP
This presentation will discuss the accomplishments of the West Branch Susquehanna Restoration Initiative over the past ten years as made through the efforts of TU and member agencies and organizations of the West Branch Susquehanna River Task Force and West Branch Susquehanna Restoration Coalition, as well as the needs and challenges that remain on the horizon as work continues toward the recovery of the West Branch Susquehanna Watershed.
Chris Ellings' presentation on Chinook recovery during the 2014 Annual Program Review. Please download and view as a PowerPoint presentation to avoid compatibility issues.
This document outlines 8 habitat restoration projects proposed along the Nisqually River in Washington. Project 1 requests $290,710 to protect 60 acres and 0.5% of the flood zone at river mile 33. Project 2 requests $469,844 to acquire 90 acres for future restoration and protect 12.7% more floodplain. Project 3 requests $510,000 to continue removing levees and restoring natural areas along the Wilcox Reach.
The sustainability challenge presented to New Zealand Indigenous Research Con...Karamea Insley
A Community-led (Maori) Sustainable Development Case Study
How capitalism can be practiced more sustainably while finding the balance between wealth, communities and the environment? The sustainability debate is not whether we should choose between capitalism and some other system, but instead, how to practice capitalism more sustainably that takes a long-term (intergenerational) and holistic orientation, that grows economic wealth while balancing off the interests of people and communities, the environment and, cultural wealth and diversity.
This paper lays out a Maori community sustainable development strategy at Omaio within the tribe of Te Whanau a Apanui in the Eastern Bay of Plenty in New Zealand. The strategy is underpinned by aligned and detailed research and analysis along all the parts of the strategy going forward through partnerships across New Zealand and the world.
The document provides an update on the implementation of several conservation programs authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. It summarizes funding levels and obligations for programs like EQIP, CSP, and ACEP. It also outlines the consolidation of programs under the new Regional Conservation Partnership Program and lists timelines for related rulemakings and requests for proposals.
This document summarizes an Upper Quinault River restoration project. It discusses the scientific background of the river's natural processes and how human impacts have degraded habitat. Specifically, it notes how the removal of large wood from floodplains and the river channel has led to instability. The presentation outlines threats like loss of side channels and roads in floodplains. It proposes a restoration approach using engineered logjams to reintroduce wood and stabilize the river over 20 years. An Alder Creek pilot project demonstrated success in restoring side channel complexity. Funding strategies and further restoration steps are discussed.
This presentation describes how the greatest conservation successes occur in collaboration with non-profit partners. This presentation was made at NRPA Conference New Orleans in 2017 and the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association state conference in Rochester in 2018. Both presentation were made with my co-presenter Jim Garges.
Kenya Investment Benefits from the Nile Basin Cooperation_Nov2021.pdfPolycarp Otieno Onyango
Kenya hosted the NELIP conference in August 2018 where 96 projects were prioritized across sectors including irrigation, energy, fisheries, watershed management, water supply and sanitation. NELSAP-CU, in collaboration with the Kenyan government, completed several projects providing benefits to Kenya such as the Angurai water supply scheme serving over 10,000 people, augmentation of the Bomet water supply serving 20,000 people, and rehabilitation of hydro-meteorological networks in the Mara and SMM basins. Ongoing projects with benefits to Kenya include preparation of the Sio-Sango project to serve over 18,000 people and shared projects such as the Angololo irrigation development project across Kenya
This document summarizes an Upper Quinault River restoration project. It discusses the scientific background of the river's natural processes and how human impacts have degraded habitat. Specifically, it notes how the removal of large wood from floodplains and the river channel has led to instability. The presentation outlines threats to salmon like loss of side channel habitat and roads in floodplains. It proposes a restoration approach using engineered logjams to reintroduce wood and stabilize the river over 20 years. It highlights an Alder Creek pilot project and proposes securing funding and partnerships to implement the full restoration plan.
Enquiry by Design day 1 summary notes, 19 January 2017Chalgrove Airfield
This document provides a summary of Day 1 of an Enquiry by Design event regarding a proposed development at Chalgrove Airfield. Day 1 included specialist briefings on Chalgrove Village, the airfield site, and technical presentations. Sessions discussed infrastructure provision, flooding concerns, and the impacts on the local community. Presenters outlined opportunities and constraints of the site from landscape, heritage, ecology, and engineering perspectives. Open discussions covered topics like community facilities, land uses, education needs, and addressing flooding risks.
Developing and Implementing a Vision for the Future of Water Supply in KansasMatt Unruh
Presentation to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Supply Work Group on the Vision for the Future of Water in Kansas, including recent project implementation activities.
The document discusses a pilot project to test a new mobile biofiltration system for managing stormwater runoff from Highway 7 into Ohop Creek in Washington. The system was installed in January 2022 to capture and filter runoff, collecting water quality samples during rain events to test the effectiveness of removing contaminants harmful to salmon. If successful, the relatively inexpensive and scalable system could help address a major threat to salmon recovery from increasing stormwater pollution due to growing traffic volumes. The results will inform whether wider use of the technology could help prevent harmful chemicals from polluting salmon streams.
The document summarizes a study of potential improvements to Interstate 5 between Tumwater and Mounts Road in Washington. $550,000 in state and local funds were provided to identify mid- and long-term strategies to address increasing congestion in the area. The study analyzed various scenarios like operations improvements, land use changes, transit expansion, and additional lanes. Performance measures related to travel time, accessibility, and the environment were used to evaluate scenarios. Draft recommendations include prioritizing strategies like land use changes, transit expansion, and travel demand management in the short- and mid-term.
Kayak Nisqually provides sea kayaking tours in the Nisqually Reach and Puget Sound areas. The owner grew up canoeing in Kentucky and has a background in conservation biology. He has years of experience as a sea kayaking guide and working for the USGS on biological research. Currently he partners with local nature centers and wildlife refuges to provide educational kayaking tours that highlight the natural and human history of the area while supporting conservation efforts. He is looking to expand his business by acquiring space and equipment to accommodate larger groups and hire more local guides.
This document summarizes the objectives and approach of Melanie Davis' research on developing dynamic habitat models for estuary-dependent species. The objectives are to: 1) Model changes in restoring habitat mosaics over time, 2) Determine prey availability in each habitat type, 3) Identify prey consumed by juvenile Chinook salmon, and 4) Use a bioenergetics model to estimate habitat quality as the mosaic shifts. The research involves modeling different restoration and climate change scenarios to understand their impacts on salt marsh habitats and prey availability/consumption. Field studies are being conducted to understand prey use by salmon in different habitat types to parameterize the bioenergetics model. The goal is to provide tools to help restoration planning under
Karen Povey is the Conservation Engagement Manager at an aquarium partnership. She lists several South Sound area restaurants that are ocean-friendly. The document then provides statistics from volunteer species monitoring programs from 2014-2018, including the number of participants and species found each year. Tables show purple martin nesting rates from 2014-2018 and frog and salamander observations by life stage. Pika detections from volunteer monitoring efforts increased from 2015 to 2017. The final section provides total bat counts from June and July 2018.
This document contains appendices to the "Nisqually Watershed Response to the 2018 Streamflow Restoration Act". Appendix B contains WAC 173-511, the Nisqually Instream Flow Rule, which establishes instream flows and surface and groundwater limitations in the Nisqually River basin to protect instream resources pursuant to state law. The rule applies waters within the Nisqually River basin and was promulgated to retain perennial rivers, streams and lakes with minimum instream flows and levels.
This document describes various mitigation strategies to increase streamflows in different sub-basins in WRIA 11. It provides details for each strategy such as the sub-basin(s) it would benefit, estimated annual water benefits in acre-feet and cubic feet per second, potential ecological benefits, and uncertainties. Some of the strategies described include connecting new developments to city water to reduce consumptive use, purchasing and retiring water rights, stream restoration projects, forest management projects, stormwater projects, and managed aquifer recharge projects. The document provides a table that summarizes the strategies and estimates their total annual water benefits could range from 2,470 to 8,623 acre-feet.
The document is a planning unit agreement to update the Nisqually Watershed Management Plan per the mandate of ESSB 6091. It establishes the Nisqually Indian Tribe as the lead agency and identifies participating governmental and non-governmental entities. The scope is to estimate impacts of new permit-exempt domestic wells through 2040, identify appropriate mitigation, and develop an addendum to the 2003 watershed plan by February 2019. The agreement sets ground rules for consensus-based decision making and open public participation in the planning unit.
- A study analyzed land use and habitat changes in the lower Nisqually River valley over the past 60 years using aerial imagery from 1957, 1980, and 2015.
- Between 1957 and 1980, riparian forest decreased by 7.7% due to conversion to agriculture. From 1980 to 2015, riparian forest increased 2.3% within a restoration area.
- Upland forest saw minimal loss between 1957-1980 but declined 8.2% between 1980-2015 due to land development.
- Overall forest cover in the study area decreased 8.6% from 1957-1980 and another 5.9% from 1980-2015 through land development, agriculture, and river channel movement.
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This document summarizes efforts to evaluate biodiversity in the Salish Sea at the population level. It describes studying the genetic structure of populations to better understand how different populations may respond differently to environmental changes. Examples discussed include studying eelgrass and Olympia oyster populations to inform conservation efforts, and chum salmon populations to inform management. The document also describes a project using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures to study cryptic and understudied species diversity at different sites, finding varying numbers of species and individuals across sites. Studying population diversity is important for conservation, management and education.
The Nisqually Tribe harvests salmon commercially and for ceremonial and subsistence purposes, with about 30 boats fishing regularly. Tribal members also harvest shellfish commercially, with about 80 harvesting geoducks. The Tribe manages salmon runs including Chinook, pink, coho, chum, and steelhead. Chinook fishing is particularly important culturally but the wild run is extinct, though hatchery fish return. Pink and chum runs vary greatly in size year to year. In 2016 there was no commercial chum fishery due to low returns. Most productive shellfish areas are now on private land.
This document summarizes a presentation about developing a nutrient source reduction project for Puget Sound. It discusses using a Salish Sea water quality model to evaluate nutrient reduction scenarios and set targets. It outlines engaging stakeholders through a Nutrient Forum and developing an implementation strategy to identify key actions and monitoring to meet water quality standards and protection goals by 2040. Bounding scenarios using the model evaluated the relative impacts of marine and watershed sources and potential reductions from wastewater treatment plants. Permitting options and rulemaking will be discussed further. The overall goals are to reduce human-caused nutrients affecting dissolved oxygen levels in Puget Sound.
Emerging Earth Observation methods for monitoring sustainable food productionCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Daniela Requena Suarez, Helmholtz GeoResearch Center Potsdam (GFZ) at "Side event 60th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies - Sustainable Bites: Innovating Low Emission Food Systems One Country at a Time" on 13 June 2024
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Trichogramma spp. is an efficient egg parasitoids that potentially assist to manage the insect-pests from the field condition by parasiting the host eggs. To mass culture this egg parasitoids effectively, we need to culture another stored grain pest- Rice Meal Moth (Corcyra Cephalonica). After rearing this pest, the eggs of Corcyra will carry the potential Trichogramma spp., which is an Hymenopteran Wasp. The detailed Methodologies of rearing both Corcyra Cephalonica and Trichogramma spp. have described on this ppt.
1. 2015 Nisqually New2015 Nisqually New
Project ListProject List
Nisqually River Council
May 2015
2. In 2015 the Puget Sound Partnership
replaced the 3 Year Work Plan with
the new and improved 4 Year Work
Plan/Biennial Report.
What does this mean for Nisqually?What does this mean for Nisqually?
• Development of a work plan that will cover 2
bienniums.
• Work plans will be submitted every other year.
• Odd years, the lead entity will only need to
approve new projects being added to the list.
4. Whitewater Reach Protection ProjectWhitewater Reach Protection Project
Sponsor: Nisqually Land Trust
Description: Acquisition of up to 4 parcels on the
Thurston side of the Nisqually mainstem of the
Whitewater Reach. This project is scalable. If all
parcels are purchased, this will mean permanent
protection of 42 acres, including 6 acres of
forested wetland, and 3,800 feet of shoreline.
Project Cost for all 4 parcels:
$300,000 Grant $$
$55,000 Match Required
$355,000 Total Project Cost
5. Mashel Shoreline Protection Phase IVMashel Shoreline Protection Phase IV
Sponsor: Nisqually Land Trust
Description: An enveloped project that contains to two
prioritized objectives:
1. Acquisition of 373 acres and 2.4 miles of Mashel
River shoreline near Boxcar Canyon
2. Acquisition of the 640 acres under immediate
threat of timber harvest in the Upper Busy Wild
(Scaled-down version of PSAR LC project)
Project Cost:
$724,165 Grant $$
$ 556,135 Match Required
$1,280,300 Total Project Cost
6. Middle Ohop Protection Phase IIMiddle Ohop Protection Phase II
Sponsor: Nisqually Land Trust
Description: Conservation easement that would
permanently protect 38 acres along upper Ohop
Creek. Property includes 2,200 feet of riparian
habitat. Project will also include 3 acres of
riparian plantings.
Project Cost:
$195,500 Grant $$
$34,500 Match Required
$230,000 Total Project Cost
7. Mashel Eatonville RestorationMashel Eatonville Restoration
Phase III Conservation EasementPhase III Conservation Easement
Sponsor: Nisqually Land Trust
Description: Conservation easement of 5 acres,
including 700 feet of shoreline, on the east side of the
Little Mashel River, near the Mashel/Little Mashel
confluence. This project is companion to Mashel
Eatonville Restoration Phase III, a project being put
forward for 2015-17 PSAR funding.
Project Cost:
$150,000 Grant $$
$27,000 Match Required
$177,000 Total Project Cost
8. McKenna Area Small Lot AcquisitionsMcKenna Area Small Lot Acquisitions
Sponsor: Nisqually Land Trust
Description: A scalable acquisition of up to 15 small
parcels along the Nisqually mainstem near McKenna,
protecting a 35-acre block from future development.
Parcels will be prioritized via a habitat strategy,
outlining the order to which the NLT will pursue
landowner outreach and acquisition.
Project Cost for all 15 parcels:
$600,000 Grant $$
$110,000 Match Required
$710,000 Total Project Cost
9. Nisqually Chinook Recovery MonitoringNisqually Chinook Recovery Monitoring
Sponsor: Nisqually River Foundation
Description: In 2015, it was decided that watersheds could
use up to 10% of their SRFB allocation to fund monitoring
projects that:
• Complement their recovery strategy
• Fill data gaps identified by Monitoring and Adaptive
Management Plans
The NRF will provide field assistance to collect data on both
juvenile and adult Chinook in the Nisqually estuary,
nearshore, and river.
Project Cost:
$41,500 Grant $$
$6,225 Match Required
$47,725 Total Project Cost
10. Nisqually Chinook Recovery MonitoringNisqually Chinook Recovery Monitoring
Sponsor: Nisqually River Foundation
Description: In 2015, it was decided that watersheds could
use up to 10% of their SRFB allocation to fund monitoring
projects that:
• Complement their recovery strategy
• Fill data gaps identified by Monitoring and Adaptive
Management Plans
The NRF will provide field assistance to collect data on both
juvenile and adult Chinook in the Nisqually estuary,
nearshore, and river.
Project Cost:
$41,500 Grant $$
$6,225 Match Required
$47,725 Total Project Cost
Editor's Notes
We are seeking your approval today to add these projects to our 4 year workplan!
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