Dungeness River Instream Flow Restoration - Storage
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 WRIA18 East: Dungeness River Watershed Dungeness River- Instream Flow Restoration  Dungeness River Instream Flow Restoration - Storage
Organization North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity for Salmon
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Category Category: Restoration
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The Dungeness Streamflow Restoration Off-Channel Reservoir is a climate change resiliency and habitat restoration project designed to restore flows to the Dungeness River in the late summer by storing water from the river during winter and spring when flows are more plentiful and available. The stored water will be used for irrigation later in the year in place of water withdrawn directly from the river when flows are at their lowest.  The project goal is to restore up to 25 cfs streamflow to the Dungeness River during low-flow season, an increase of as much as 50%. River water will be diverted during winter/spring high flows and conveyed through the Highland Irrigation District infrastructure at River Mile 10.5, when flow is above the instream flow rule, into a climate-resilient off-stream reservoir. The reservoir will provide an alternative irrigation water source in late summer from typical agricultural river diversions. The project also presents expanded aquifer recharge opportunities to restore flows to independent streams and will be part of a nearly 400-acre park with trails for hiking, birdwatching, and recreation.
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Chum-Pop (ESU):Chum-Hood Canal, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Threatened
Coho-Pop (ESU):Coho-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Species of Concern
County:Clallam
HUC12:Cassalery Creek-Frontal Strait of Juan De Fuca (171100200204)
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:Hood Canal
Sections:36
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Puget Sound, Dungeness River, Threatened
Township:T30NR04W
Watershed Administrative Unit:Dungeness Valley
WRIA:Elwha - Dungeness
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