The Pulling Together in Restoration (PTIR) project's fourth phase (July 2021 to June 2023) continued to build the program, added capacity to other entities and projects, supported restoration and resiliency goals and outcomes, and provided jobs, partnerships, and projects to slow the spread of invasive plants in coastal watersheds including the Quillayute, Hoh, Goodman, Queets, upper Quinault, upper Humptulips, and in north coast Grays Harbor project areas. An average of 30,000 hours per year were invested in maintaining previously treated sites and reaches, preventing new introductions and protecting sites in the three counties. 10KYI’s local year-round project workforce numbered between 16 and 37 – including restoration technicians (16 to 30), crew leads (4), project coordinator (1), GIS specialist (1), data management staff (1), hired and deployed out of Forks (north crew) and Aberdeen/Elma (south crew). These crews were augmented by WCC crews out of Port Angeles and Elma for 11 weeks in 2022 and 5 weeks in 2023. Surveys were conducted across the WRIAs 20 and 21 at a multitude of project sites, many shown on the Sites and Partners map (in Attachments) and discussed in the Presentations and Partner Reports (in Attachments). Project sites in the two WRIAs were located on federal, state, county, city, private, and tribal lands – and included surveys on the pathways and at sources on roads, rivers, wetlands, pastures, forestland, residential, industrial, and municipal properties (see Results Maps in Attachments). As always, all sites and most species required multiple surveys each year to catch new introductions or germination and regrowth from seedbanks. Species observed in field surveys were documented on devices in Survey123, mapped in GIS, and then uploaded into databases and dashboards for planning, tracking, and treating. All of our data is available and shared with partners, landowners, and other invasive plant projects as requested. The most effective and appropriate treatments were conducted at the time of year when species phenology was most receptive (ideally prior to seed production) and weather allowed – meaning no rain, and rivers at lowest flow, and plants on terraces and uplands pullable or dry enough for spray. Treatment methods included prevention and control, consisting of manual (pulling and/or removing flowers and seeds) or chemical (aquatically-labeled lowest risk herbicides by cut-stump method or targeted spray). Treatment sites, species and acres are displayed on the Results Maps (in Attachments), and described in the Example Reports and shown in the Photo Album (in Attachments). Additional projects undertaken in Phase 4 include: Bogachiel Knotweed (Quileute Tribe/Clallam County NWB) Bockman Creek Invasives Control (Wild Salmon Center, Olympic National Forest) Quileute Reach 3 Historic Oxbow (Quileute Tribe) Dickey River Spotted Jewelweed (Quileute Tribe, Clallam County NWB, Olympic National Park) Owl Creek Invasives Survey and Control (Trout Unlimited) Griffiths-Priday State Park Scotch Broom (WA State Parks, Grays Harbor County NWB) State Lands/Olympic Experimental State Forest Scotch Broom (WA DNR) Upper Quinault (North Fork, East Fork) Invasives Prevention and Control (Olympic National Park) Outreach and Education - Additional skills development was provided through WSDA Applicator’s License study courses and tests, and four crew members were trained and certified as road flaggers. Curricula recommendations and materials for integration of invasive plants into high school and college natural resources programs were provided to: ? Peninsula College (Forks campus) ? Western Washington University College of the Environment ? Pacific Education Institute – Field Design workshop for teachers We further collaborated with Pacific Education Institute, Peninsula College and Western College of the Environment to develop a Natural Resources degree and certification program that will start up in Fall 2023. The program will help to expand skills on the coast, from where it is difficult and costly to travel to schools for continuing education. One of the biggest challenges for this type of program is finding crew leads who have the knowledge of the area and program, and can pass the license exams. Trainings in Field Methods were provided as requested: ? Ocean City State Park (training WSP staff for Scotch broom and gorse) ? Grays Harbor Conservation District – Reed Canarygrass field training per 10KYI protocol ? Quileute Tribe - Reed Canarygrass and Spotted Jewelweed ? WCC Crew – Reed Canarygrass, Scotch broom, herb Robert Presentations on project development, scoping, planning, and implementation were provided to: ? Grays Harbor College Forestry Program ? Grays Harbor College Environmental Studies Program ? Western WA Riparian Working Group ? Olympic Weed Working Group ? Olympic Experimental State Forest Science Symposium (Scotch broom) ? OESF Invasives Learning Group (Scotch broom) ? WA State Salmon Recovery Conference 2021 and 2023 Project updates were provided regularly to: ? North Pacific Coast Lead Entity ? North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee ? Jefferson County BOCC ? Clallam County BOCC ? Jefferson County’s Middle Hoh Resiliency Plan and Restoration Project ? Project Partners Protocol Development and Distribution - Protocol development is a significant goal of the program, and we receive many requests for them. We direct people to existing information, but it lacks the specificity for the types of habitats and sites where we work. We completed, distributed, and trained from the third iteration of the Reed Canarygrass Prevention and Control Protocol (in Attachments and available upon request), and a draft of a Blackberry Prevention and Control Protocol (First Draft). We are looking to hire a writer who has experience in this field for the next set in Phase 5, including knotweed, Scotch broom, spotted jewelweed, and herb Robert. Interpretive Signage - Coast Salmon Partnership stepped this deliverable forward with us and we finally have two wonderful signs up – one in the Hoh River at the Cottonwood Campground, and one in the Goodman watershed at a mainline bridge. Our crew helped install them, and we are going to provide links to our website pages for the signs’ QR codes. Thank you, CSP! Lessons Learned – The program adapted to lessons learned during project implementation, largely having to do with developing a robust set of winter work protocols for Scotch broom, understanding and responding to crew needs for time off due to family illness and new children, losing skilled crew members to new jobs (at least they’re well trained and have eyes open for invasives!), lands changing hands – some becoming more accessible and some less, and then climate change impacts including heat domes and atmospheric river events, and thousands of visitors to the region bringing impacts from new plant introductions to blocking gates with vehicles. The enormity of seed banks plagues us and everyone else working to keep native plant communities resilient and healthy, and the challenge of integrating invasives into Salmon Recovery does as well. Pulling Together continues to be our goal and our mission. Gratitude for the support.