Beach Lake Acquisition and Restoration
#15-1045 #15-1045
 WRIA18 West: Elwha River Watershed Lower Elwha River Beach Lake Acquisition and Restoration
Organization North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity for Salmon
Sponsor Coastal Watershed Institute
Status Completed
Schedule Start Date: 12/9/2015 End Date: 4/4/2019
Category Category: Planning & Acquisition
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DESCRIPTION
Fee simple purchase of 26 acre conservation property in Port Angeles, WA along the historic Elwha River delta. Property purchased, Salmon Deed of Right recorded, tenants relocated and cattle grazing ceased in August 2016. Restoration permit s completed using companion funding, 8 mobilizations to remove shoreline armor completed to date, infrastructure removed, site revegetated, public access provided beginning Dec 1, 2018. ¾ mile of marine shoreline previously littered with derelict armor has been rebuilt by natural processes now that the armor has been removed by companion funding sources. Natural beach process impeding armor previously used by predators is now gone, the beach has naturally rebuilt and surf smelt have now been able to spawn on the beach at the project site. Stewardship Plan completed. Property was fenced by reusing armor removed from the beach. CWI continues to monitor biophysical beach conditions.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested08/14/2015Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$484,750.00
Requested08/14/2015Coastal Watershed InstituteMatch$1,005,750.00
Allocated04/04/2019Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$79,968.00
Allocated04/04/2019Coastal Watershed InstituteMatch$113,192.00
Allocated04/04/2019Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Puget Sound Acq. & Restoration$514,782.00
Spent04/03/2019Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects-$79,968.00
Spent04/03/2019Coastal Watershed InstituteMatch-$113,192.00
Spent04/03/2019Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Puget Sound Acq. & Restoration-$514,782.00
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$707,942.00 $1,490,500.00 $707,942.00 $707,942.00 $0.00
OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Other Funding Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
Grand Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
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LOCATION
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Puget Sound, Elwha River, Threatened
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Puget Sound, Threatened
Chum-Pop (ESU):Chum-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Not Warranted
Coho-Pop (ESU):Coho-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Species of Concern
County:Clallam
HUC12:Discovery Bay-Strait of Juan De Fuca (171100200700)
HUC12:Ennis Creek-Frontal Port Angeles Harbor (171100200405)
HUC12:Lake Aldwell-Elwha River (171100200514)
HUC8:Dungeness-Elwha (17110020)
Lead Entity Area:North Olympic Peninsula
Legislative District:24
Pink-Pop (ESU):Pink-Odd Year, Not Warranted
Puget Sound Action Areas:Strait of Juan de Fuca
Salmon Recovery Regions:Puget Sound
Sections:03
Sections:26
Sections:35
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Puget Sound, Elwha River, Threatened
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Puget Sound, Strait of Juan de Fuca Tributaries, Threatened
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Puget Sound, Threatened
Township:T30NR07W
Township:T31NR07W
Watershed Administrative Unit:Sutherland-Aldwell
WRIA:Elwha - Dungeness
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ACQUISTION METRICS
Incidentals    
 Noxious weed control    
Acres treated for noxious weeds by method
Biological
10.00
Total
10.00
acres
Biological
15.00
Chemical
15.00
Mechanical
15.00
Total
45.00
acres
Real Property Acquisition    
Miles of Streambank and/or Shoreline Protected by Land or Easement Acquisition
0.27mi0.27mi
 Land    
Acres by Acreage Type (fee simple)
Lake
6.00
Riparian
7.00
Tidelands
1.00
Uplands
4.00
Wetlands
7.00
Total
25.00
acres
Lake
6.00
Riparian
7.00
Tidelands
1.00
Uplands
5.00
Wetlands
7.00
Total
26.00
acres
 
PLANNING METRICS
Area Encompassed (acres) (B.0.b.1)
28.00acres30.00acres
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Affected (B.0.b.2)
0.27mi0.75mi
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)
0.27mi0.75mi
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