SRP Project

DESCRIPTION

WDFW will use this grant to acquire approximately 1,602 acres of forest and aquatic habitat on the east slope of the central Cascade Mountains in Kittitas County. The site is located approximately 12 miles southwest of Ellensburg, between the LT Murray Wildlife Area to the east and the National Forest to the west. The objective of this project is to conserve critical habitat in a biologically rich and high priority location, while facilitating coordinated land management and protecting public access. The species diversity in this proposal is a powerful indicator of the habitat quality. This proposal provides breeding and foraging habitat for northern spotted owls, supports large ungulate herds, and contains headwater streams that support steelhead and salmon recovery efforts. Conservation here will implement key elements identified in state and federal management and recovery plans. Recreational use of these lands is an important community and regional value. Longstanding and popular access through these lands to public ownership is under threat, so public support for this project is strong. The previous Heart of the Cascades acquisitions, totaling ~28 square miles, have been completed using grants from WWRP and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Section 6 program. This acquisition will secure a critical remaining gap in the checkerboard landscape, thereby increasing habitat connectivity and buffering existing conservation lands.

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FUNDING SOURCES

FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT

Type	Date	Funding Org	Funding Program	Match	Amount
Requested	05/02/2016	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	WWRP - Critical Habitat		$1,500,000.00
Allocated	10/04/2023	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	WWRP - Critical Habitat		$1,482,301.71
Spent	09/15/2023	Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)		Match	-$0.00
Spent	09/15/2023	Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)	WWRP - Critical Habitat		-$1,482,301.71

Grant Project Agreement Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Grant Project Agreement Totals	$1,500,000.00	$1,500,000.00	$1,482,301.71	$1,482,301.71	$0.00

OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)

Type	Date	Funding Org	Funding Program	Match	Amount

Other Funding Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
Other Funding Totals

Grand Totals	Proposed	Requested	Allocated	Spent	Balance
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PRIMARY SPONSOR

Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)

PROJECT CONTACT

Travis Weller

ALT PROJECT CONTACT

Lisa Coffman

PROJECT MANAGER

Andrea Hood

LOCATION

Chinook-Pop (ESU):	Chinook-Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall, Not Warranted
Chinook2-Pop (ESU):	Chinook-Middle Columbia River Spring, Not Warranted
County:	Kittitas
HUC12:	South Fork Manastash Creek (170300010508)
HUC12:	Taneum Creek (170300010504)
HUC12:	Upper Wenas Creek (170300010602)
HUC8:	Upper Yakima (17030001)
Lead Entity Area:	Yakima Basin
Legislative District:	13
Salmon Recovery Regions:	Middle Columbia River
Sections:	01
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Sections:	07
Sections:	08
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Sections:	18
Sections:	31
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Sections:	36
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):	Steelhead-Middle Columbia River, Yakima River Upper Mainstem, Outside anadromous area
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):	Steelhead-Middle Columbia River, Yakima River Upper Mainstem, Threatened
Township:	T17NR16E
Township:	T18NR16E
Township:	T18NR17E
Township:	T19NR16E
Watershed Administrative Unit:	N-S Forks Wenas
Watershed Administrative Unit:	SF Manastash
Watershed Administrative Unit:	Taneum Canyon
WRIA:	Upper Yakima
Yakima Subbasins:	Manastash Creek
Yakima Subbasins:	Taneum Creek
Yakima Subbasins:	Wenas Creek

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Organization	Yakima Basin Fish and Wildlife Recovery Board Lead Entity
Sponsor	Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)
Status	Completed
Schedule	Start Date: 6/1/2018 End Date: 10/4/2023

		APPLICATION		FINAL
ACQUISTION METRICS
	Incidentals
	Noxious weed control
	Acres treated for noxious weeds by method	Chemical 160.00 Total 160.00	acres	Biological 0.00 Chemical 44.00 Mechanical 0.00 Total 44.00	acres
	Real Property Acquisition
	Miles of Streambank and/or Shoreline Protected by Land or Easement Acquisition	11.74	mi	13.46	mi
	Land
	Acres by Acreage Type (fee simple)	Riparian 117.10 Uplands 1,483.90 Wetlands 1.00 Total 1,602.00	acres	Riparian 117.10 Uplands 1,528.63 Wetlands 1.00 Total 1,646.73	acres