Draft Plan

DRAFT Watershed Management Plan Outline

For the Chehalis Basin, WRIA 22/23
(Subject to changes with consensusfrom the Chehalis Basin Partnership)

I. Executive Summary

II. Detailed Summary

III. Introduction & Background
A. Objectives, mission and goals
B. Scope (water quantity, quality, and habitat)
C. Legal Framework
D. Approach
E. Organization (CBP, Initiating Governments, Planning Unit, STC, CAC, Other)

IV. Directory & Overview of Key Issues in the Chehalis River Basin
A. Context: Why does this plan-exist?
B. Broad Public Involvement & Participation [addressed on page
C. Cooperative Approaches to Obtain Goals [addressed on page _]
D. Water Rights: Existing vs. Actual Use; Exempt Wells [addressed on page -1
E. Flow Data [addressed on page
F. Groundwater Regime (amount, recharge, flow) [addressed on page
G. Water Balance [addressed on page -1
H. Conservation Approaches [addressed on page
1. Water Quality/Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLS) [addressed on page -1
J. Salmonid Habitat [addressed on page
K. SEPA/Cost-Benefit Analysis [addressed on page

V. Data & Information Used to Make Recommendations (note: full documents as appendices)
A. Overview
B. Detailed Summaries of Level 1 and 2 Assessments, Limiting Factors Analyses + Other Relevant Documents/Data
C. Pertinent Documents (list + one to two line summaries)
D. Data Available to & Usable by Citizens and Government of Chehalis Basin
E. Standardized Data Formatting
F. Data Gaps

VI. Watershed Management Plan
A. Overview
B. Chehalis Basin:


1. Issues
2. Analysis
3. Solutions (including cost-benefit analysis where practicallnecessary)
4. Recommendations
5. Implementation and Future Funding/Oversigh
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C. By Sub-basin

1. Issues
2. Analysis
3. Solutions (including cost-benefit analysis where practical/necessary)
4. Recommendations
5. Implementation and Future Funding/Oversight

D. State/Federal

1. Recommendations on State/Federal Laws, Regulations, Rules, and Procedures that Affect Chehalis Basin

VII. Implementation
A. Implementation Strategy
B - Cooperative Actions
C. Agreements on Implementation
D. Regulatory Approaches
E. Monitoring
F. Adaptive Management (are goals being met? If not, what must change to meet them?)
G. Follow-up Actions (Agencies/Groups)
H. Funding
I. Future Plan Changes

VIII. SEPA/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Public Process/Involvement, Approval Process

IX. Appendices
A. Inter-Local Agreement
B. Groundrules
C. Partnership Membership
D. Level One Assessment
E. Other Data Sources/Documents
F. Glossary of Key Terms



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