DRAFT Watershed Management Plan Outline
For the Chehalis Basin, WRIA 22/23
(Subject to changes with consensus from 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 __]
- E. Flow Data [addressed on page __]
- F. Groundwater Regime (amount, recharge, flow) [addressed on page __]
- G. Water Balance [addressed on page __]
- H. Conservation Approaches [addressed on page __]
- I. Water Quality/Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) [addressed on page __]
- 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 practical/necessary)
- 4. Recommendations
- 5. Implementation and Future Funding/Oversight
- C. By Study Area
- 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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