DESCRIPTION
Objectives: 1) complete a baseline assessment for 5 miles of Salmon River and 1.5 miles of tributaries 2) complete instream LWD preliminary designs for up to 5 miles of Salmon River and up to 1.5 miles of tributaries, 3) complete permitting package for LWD installations in up to 5 miles of Salmon River and up to 1.5 miles of tributaries Deliverables: 1) baseline assessment technical memorandum, 2) preliminary instream LWD designs, basis of design report, and cost estimate, 3) materials sources, specifications, quantities, and cost estimate, 4) permit package for landowner submission to regulatory agencies
The Quinault Division of Natural Resources, Washington Department of Natural Resources, and U.S. Forest Service submit this proposal for funding from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board to complete a baseline assessment, preliminary designs, and permit application package for a large wood debris restoration project in Salmon River (RM 12-RM 17). Salmon River is a major tributary of the Queets River in the Queets River Watershed on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington State. The overall goal of the project is to rehabilitate instream habitat conditions and restore physical and ecological processes that create and maintain complex habitats for all life history stages of salmon and other fish species that utilize Salmon River. Restoring Salmon River will help increase the resiliency of Queets River chinook, coho, steelhead, chum, and other salmon populations to natural variability in the freshwater and marine environments and potential impacts associated with climate change. Primary types of habitat to be restored include in-stream, floodplain, and off-channel habitats. Priority species supported by the project include Queets River chinook, coho, steelhead, cutthroat, native char, and Pacific lamprey. The salmon produced from Salmon River support subsistence, commercial, and recreational fisheries for both tribal and non-tribal users. Project deliverables include 1) a baseline assessment technical memorandum, 2) preliminary instream LWD designs, basis of design report, and cost estimate; 3) a materials schedule including sources, specifications, quantities, and cost estimate, and 4) a permit application package for landowner(s). The project timeline is from December 2018 to June 2020. Our goal is to propose the construction phase of the project to U.S. Forest Service programs, other federal funding programs, and the State of Washington Legislature for funding through Washington Department of Natural Resources Programs or the Washington Coast Restoration Initiative within 1 year (or less) of project completion.
