Manastash Creek Corridor Habitat Enhancement and

Flood Hazard Reduction Plan

Kick-Off MeetingJune 5, 2012 7PMHal Holmes Center

Welcome• Introductions• Agenda Review– Project Background– Funding Update– Status of Consultant Contract– Kittitas County Public Works- Status Report– Watershed Status Update

• Fish• Flow

– Presentation by Herrera and Watershed Science & Engineering

– Q & A– Stakeholder Involvement– Closing Remarks

Project Background• Manastash Creek Restoration Project– Endangered Species Act (Mid-Columbia Steelhead)

• Multiple Flood Events– Three in 2011– Significant damage to private and public

infrastructure• Funding– Converted Existing– Applied for additional

• Committees– Technical– Landowner

Funding Update

• Salmon Recovery Funding Board ($112,959)• Washington State Conservation Commission

($50,038)• US Bureau Of Reclamation ($25,000)• Kittitas County ($40,000)

Salmon Recovery Funding

Board

Washington State Conservation Commission

US Bureau of Reclamation Kittitas County

$105,773 $ 47,400 $ 25,000 $ 40,000 48% 22% 11% 18%

Status of Consultant Contract

• Consultant Selected– Herrera Environmental– WATERSHED Science & Engineering

• Contract Signed May 2012• Task Order Signed June 2012– Scope of Work

• LiDAR collection pre-authorized

Kittitas County Public Works - Report

• Kirk Holmes, Public Works Director

Watershed Status Report

• Fish . . . – Screening & Passage• Barnes Rd, Keach/Jensen, MWDA/Consolidated

– Presence in Manastash Creek• Sighting• PIT Tag Detector

Adult Steelhead at Prosser Dam and Roza DamAdult Steelhead at Prosser Dam and Roza Dam1996-20121996-2012

Watershed Conditions

• Flow– High flow this season to date• Estimated at 400 CFS

Watershed Conditions

• Flow– Seasonally Dry Reach– Instream Flow Improvements• Purchases from willing sellers• Conservation projects (sprinklers)• Total Trust Water

– Almost 15 CFS– More planned

Presentation by Herrera and Watershed Science & Engineering

Stakeholder Involvement• Coordinated Resource Management (CRM) Program

– Serves as a foundation to support collaborative, locally-led processes to address natural resource issues

– Applies to all communities and natural resource situations including areas dominated by public lands, private lands, or a mixture of the two

• CRM History– started as a way to deal with conflicts that arose over range

land and livestock issues– first collaborative problem-solving group formed in 1949 near

Richland, Washington– In Kittitas County - Big Game Management Roundtable, Wild

Horse Grazing Plan, Manastash Creek Restoration Project

Stakeholder Involvement• Coordinated Resource Management (CRM)– Executive Committee includes

• Regional Forester - USDA Forest Service• Chair - Washington State Conservation Commission• Commissioner of Public Lands - Washington State DNR• Director - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife• Director - WSU Cooperative Extension• District Manager - USDI Bureau of Land Management• State Conservationist - USDA Natural Resources Conservation

Service• Chair - Washington Rangeland Committee• President - Washington Association of Conservation Districts• Director - Washington Department of Agriculture• Director - Washington Department of Ecology

Closing Remarks

• Upcoming Tasks– Begin contract work• LiDAR Analysis• Permission to Access forms• Field Work

– Contact and work with CRM Program to encourage stakeholder participation

– Additional meetings (small groups?)