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Issue 16 February 1998
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This newsletter appears in 45,000 households throughout the watershed. Printing is done by The Chronicle, and distribution is by the Chronicle, the Olympia Daily Olympian, the Tenino Independent, the Rochester Sun News and the Aberdeen Daily World. This is an early edition available only to WWW users. Please send us your feedback.
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This is an early electronic copy of Drops of Water. Drops of Water is distributed monthly to newspaper receiving households throughout the basin. It goes to print mid-December and will be distributed during the following week. Watch for it in the Tenino Independent, the Rochester Sun News, The Olympian, The Chronicle and the The Daily World.
The newspaper insert is funded with support of Weyerhaeuser Corporation and a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This electronic edition is sponsored by the CRC.
Letters to the Editor, contributed articles and contributing partnerships are encouraged.
Comments via email to The Chehalis River Council
Since 1970, DNR-managed lands have produced approximately $4.5 billion in revenue.
Here are some little-known facts about Washington's public lands from the State of the Trusts Report. Many of these lands are found near the doorsteps of Washington residents:
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University Trust
The University Trust, which generates income for the University of Washington, includes forest, agricultural, grazing, commercial real estate, and other land types.
Major University Trust forests include the Salmon Creek Block in Pacific County, the Lower Chehalis State Forest in Grays Harbor County, and the Naselle Block in Pacific County.
There are 500 stream miles on the 86,740 acres of University Trust lands.
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Common School Trust
Major forests in the Common School Trust, which helps support statewide kindergarten - 12th grade public school construction, include the Siouxon Block in Skamania and Clark counties, the Toutle Block in Cowlitz County, the Lower Chehalis State Forest in Grays Harbor County, Tiger Mountain State Forest in King County, and the Willapa Block in Pacific County.
The 1.78 million acres of the Common School Trust includes 11,329 stream miles.
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Capitol Building Trust
The 107,511-acre Capitol Building Trust has 912 stream miles, and much of the timber in western Washington is between 40 and 70 years old. This trust helps pay for building improvements on the Capitol campus in Olympia.
Major forests of Capitol Trust land include the P&E Ridge Block in Pacific County, the Elochoman Block in Wahkiakum County, and the Marckworth Block in King County.
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Charitable, Educational, Penal & Reformatory Institutions
The Charitable, Educational, Penal & and Reformatory Institutions (CEPR&I) Trust contains forest lands (56%), agricultural lands (23%), and grazing lands (17%). This trust supports construction of prisons and state charitable institutions.
Major forests of the CEPR&I Trust are the Elochoman Block in Wahkiakum County, the Elbe Block in Pierce County, and the Glenwood Block in Yakima County near Trout Lake.
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Normal School Trust
Major forests of the 64,311-acre Normal School Trust include the Siouxon Block in Cowlitz and Clark counties, the Toutle Block in Cowlitz County, the Hoh-Clearwater State Forest in Jefferson County near Forks, the Lower Chehalis State Forest in Grays Harbor County, forest lands near the Queets River in the Olympic Experimental State Forest in Jefferson County, and the Little Pend Oreille River Block in Stevens County.
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State Aquatic Lands
DNR manages 2.1 million acres of aquatic lands for present and future citizens. Of this total, 800,000 acres are bedlands of navigable lakes and rivers; 1.15 million acres are beds of marine waters; 131,000 acres are tidelands; and nearly 90,000 acres are shorelands of navigable lakes and rivers.
From 1907 to 1970, approximately 300,000 acres of shorelands and tidelands were sold. Policy set the by the state Legislature in 1971 halted the sale of valuable tidelands and shorelands to private entities to assure that future Washingtonians have access to, and enjoyment of, the state aquatic resources.
Following is a listing of acres of state trust lands in each Washington county. This does not include aquatic (submerged) lands or conservation lands.
County and number of acres
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What's the news on flood maps? Lot's of talk is going around about this map or that map. To find out the answers we went to FEMA and the Corps (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). FEMA maintains a Community Status Book. It is updated daily. It shows separate maps for each county and city along the river. The maps only show the extent of the 100- and 500-year flood plains and elevations of the 100-year flood. Elevations for the 10-, 50-, and 500-year floods can be obtained from the flood profiles in the Flood Insurance Study reports associated with the maps. Here are the current map dates and communities. The existing FEMA maps are based on studies done up to 25 years ago. Many significant floods have occurred since then. After the 1996 flood, FEMA asked the Corps to update the Chehalis River frequency curves at Centralia and Chehalis and determine the effect on the 100-year flood elevations along I-5 where it was underwater during the 1996 flood. The new curves indicate a significant increase in the 100-year flood such that the existing FEMA maps underestimate the 100-year flood elevations from 1-2 feet at Chehalis. Similar changes are likely elsewhere along the river. Based on this information FEMA asked the Corps to do a revised Flood Insurance Study for the following streams in Lewis County: 1) Chehalis Grand Mound - Adna for 21 miles 2) Newaukum mouth - Newaukum Bridge for 12 miles and 3) Skookumchuck Mouth - Bucoda for 14 miles The new study is currently underway. Further refinements are being made to the frequency curves and it is expected that ground control for new aerial surveys will be set in January-February. FEMA plans to revise the Chehalis River flood maps in Thurston and Grays Harbor counties in the near future. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page We need your help! Remember the 1996 flood? Right after that FEMA sent out information and asked that flood victims drive a nail to show where the high water mark was during the flood. Did you drive a nail? Is the nail still there? Do you live in the area between Grand Mound and Montesano? Are you interested in helping with a new flood map? If so, we want to hear from you but only if you are interested in being a part of a future study for new FEMA flood maps. We will need:
Please fill out a postcard mail it to the: CRC, P.O. Box 586, Oakville, WA 98568 This information will only be used in support of a new FEMA study to determine new flood maps. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page Forestry is a very important industry in the watersheds of the Chehalis. Most of our land is forest land and timber harvests play a major role in the economy of the area. Anyone planning to log trees applies to Wa. Dept. of Natural Resources for a Forest Practice Application (FPA). The FPA is used to monitor and evaluate the planned harvest. Copies of the FPA are made available to the public. The CRC has tracked FPA's all of 1996 and 1997. Here are some statistics you might find interesting. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page
5.4 road miles were abandoned in 1996
and 5.6 miles were abandoned in 1997.
The new forest roads built in this watershed in the last two years (293 miles) stretched end to end would reach from Oregon to Canada. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page How much land is logged? Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page Were many acres sprayed?
These activities are all 'planned', they may or may not take place. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page Roads can cut across the slopes and divert water in ways that nature never intended. Roads are subject to failure and slides can result. Sediment from the roads can enter streams. Needless road construction damages the forest for the future. Logging is a beneficial activity. Improperly done it can lead to increased sedimentation and runoff. Trees are known to store rainwater, removal of trees can increase runoff. Herbicides are difficult to safely apply. Improper spraying can lead to contamination of creeks and streams. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page Splash! Do spawning salmon startle you? Whoosh! Does the flight of a green-backed heron amaze you? Shhh. Can you convince a belted kingfisher of your good intentions?. Find out at Grays Harbor College (GHC) Model Watershed Project! GHC Model Watershed Project encompasses portions of Alder Creek, a small tributary to the Chehalis River, and 4.5 acre Lake Swano. In the past this watershed endured a variety of uses, such as gravel mining, logging, stream damming and channel ditching. Now, part of GHC Campus, it is beginning to heal. GHC acquired Lake Swano and portions of Alder Creek in the early 1960's. Faculty found the watershed to be a useful educational resource. In the 1970's a group of concerned students worked to restore the riparian habitat of the watershed. The restoration work included generating knowledge and appreciation of this natural resource. They built accessible low impact trails to allow students and community members a closer look at, as well as a better understanding of, the watershed. A small aquaculture center was built to study salmon and to reintroduce salmon to Alder Creek in 1987. GHC students and faculty run and maintain the fish hatchery. A small microcosm of a much larger watershed, the Chehalis River Basin, GHC Model Watershed Project is a story of nature's recovery over time. GHC and local school students can monitor and assess the water quality, participate in wetland restoration projects, and learn more about the importance of watersheds through their on-going studies. We learn as the watershed changes through the dynamic forces of nature and humans. Come watch the seasonal changes of the watershed. Spring brings salamanders and frogs. Summer is witness to turtles sunning themselves on logs. Autumn welcomes back the salmon, while winter hosts migrating birds. Visitors can observe lively riparian, alder and old growth habitats while strolling on the meandering trails. A visit just may change you. Find out how at GHC Model Watershed Project. For more information contact: Hannah Merrill GHC Model Watershed Project Coordinator 360/538-4212 or E-mail at Hannah Merrill's E-mail Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page We asked for answers to the contest. Each of the many entrants received the answers. Winners were Carol Bryant (Pe Ell) and Lenny Lee (Aberdeen). Trish Coleman (Winlock) was a runner-up. Some of you sent in your Watershed Wish List. Among the top 'Wishes' were: an abundance of aquatic life, abundance of education and information, restoration of the headwaters of the Chehalis, elimination of floodplain fill, reduced sedimentation, reduced, turbidity, lower stream temperatures, and a return to selective logging in the watersheds. These are all important 'wishes' and working together maybe we - along with agencies, can make it happen. Thank you for your suggestions! Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page By Nick McFarland, Oakville Student It's cloudy and 40 degrees in the middle of December. I am one among many drops of water falling from a heavy gray cloud. I am composed of two parts of hydrogen and one part oxygen. The two projecting hydrogens are positively charged and the oxygen is negatively charged. I am odorless, colorless and tasteless. I land by the head waters of the Chehalis River. I'm at a high point in the Willapa Mountains, south of Pe Ell, Washington, high the Gray River Divide. I'm in the South Fork of the Chehalis. The first thing I do is go over Fisk Falls. The river is contained between stone walls that runs 6 ft. wide and 10 ft. deep in the spring. I go a little ways further and East Fork joins me. I have a ways to go before I get to the next falls. It's called Rainbow Falls. There are several small creeks that are running into the Chehalis. I'm travelling through what is called the Chehalis River Basin. The basin includes parts of Lewis, Thurston, Cowlitz, Pacific, Grays Harbor, Mason, Jefferson and Wahkiakum counties. The Chehalis River Basin is the second largest river basin in the state of Washington outside of the Columbia River Basin. The Chehalis River system is largely rain-fed with precipitation levels of 45 inches per year in the eastern Chehalis River valley to over 200 inches in the Olympic Mountains. I see lots of fir trees and ferns. There's a lot of moss on some of the trees closest to the river. I'm way past Rainbow Falls now. I see logging roads going alongside of me. I even went under a railroad track. As I go along, I notice there are cattle coming to the river to drink. In the shallow parts, they walk right out into the water and even go to the bathroom. Going down the river through the Upper Chehalis Subbasin the South Fork of the Chehalis, Elk Creek, Stillman Creek, Stearns Creek and Bunker Creek are all tributaries that go in it. The problems from these are fecal coliform, temperature problems and dissolved oxygen. It drains 438 square miles. Newaukum Basin drains 158 square miles. There is North, South and Middle Forks, Taylor Creek, Allen Creek, Mitchell Creek, Lucas, Beaver, Kearney, Lost, Gheer, Bernier and Frase Creeks that I see running into the stretch of the Chehalis River. There is also fecal coliform which comes from failing septic systems and intense animal operations such as dairies and cattle feed lots. Also there are temperature problems where the water gets too warm. Fish get stressed, their growth can be retarded and some species cannot survive. Then I move to the Upper Middle Chehalis Subbasin. It drains 118 square miles covering from Grand Mount to the Newaukum. It has Lincoln Creek, Salzer Creek, Coal Creek, Dillenbaugh Creek, Scammon Creek and Prairie Creek. These bring the same problems as the Upper Chehalis Subbasin, but also acid or alkaline and PCB's which can cause cancer and used to be found in electrical transformers. They are now banned. I'm around the Centralia, Chehalis area now in the Skookumchuck Subbasin. This one only has the Skookumchuck River and Hanaford Creek in it. It drains 239 square miles. It has temperature problems and acid/alkaline problems. Slowly but surely I have now reached the Black River Basin, which only drains 136 square miles. Black River, Beaver Creek, Waddell Creek, Salmon, Mima, Dempsey, Noski, Pants, Stony, Baker, and Mill Creek. Also Blooms Ditch. There is fecal coliform, temperature problems and dissolved oxygen problems. Dissolved oxygen is required by fish and other aquatic animals to sustain life. The Lower Middle Chehalis Subbasin covers 263 square miles from Grand Mount to Porter. Porter, Scatter, Harris, Cedar, Gibson, Independence, Davis, Garrard, Rock and Gaddis Creeks. These have lots of problems. Temperature, dissolved oxygen, fecal coliform, acid/alkaline and PCB's. The Lower Chehalis Subbasin has fecal coliform and temperature problems. It drains 320 square miles. There is the Chehalis River below Porter, Mox Chehalis Creek, Newman Creek, Johns River and Elk River of Grays Harbor County. I saw a herd of elk as I passed by in the pasture with some dairy cattle. Cloquallum Creek Subbasin only drains 65 square miles. Cloquallum Creek and Wildcat Creek are the only ones I see here. The only problem I feel is a temperature problem. I've made my way to the Satsop Subbasin that drains 299 square miles. The East, West and Middle Forks of the Satsop River, Decker Creek, Mitchell, Sherwood and Bingham Creek all run into me. Around Montesano is the Wynoochee Subbasin. It drains 185 square miles. The Wynoochee River, Schafer Creek and Black Creek are the tributaries. This subbasin has temperature problems. Montesano looks like a pretty big town. It looks like there are lots of cars and buses, even police cars. Some of the cars are leaking oil, so that when it rains, the oil runs right into the water. I'm still headed for the ocean. I'm at the Wishkah Subbasin that drains 100 square miles. The East and West Forks of the Wishkah River are the ones that run into the Chehalis. This part of the river is in pretty good condition. No real significant problems affected me here. So, I travel easily to the Hoquiam Subbasin. This has temperature problems and drains 98 square miles. The East and West Forks of the Hoquiam River, Little Hoquiam River, Big Creek and Davis Creek all greet me. There are log mills here. People work there for a living. Also I see a lot of Cranberry Bogs. There represent a significant source of pesticides and nutrients. Concentrations of several insecticides are present that exceed state limitations. The last part of my journey is the Humptulips River Subbasin. There are also temperature problems here. It drains 245 square miles. The East and West Forks of the Humptulips is what I see. There is a pesticide I detect called Sevin, that is used on the tidal flats to control Ghost Shrimp, but it also destroys non-target species. There is an Integrated Pest Management Strategy underway to take care of that problem. My journey was really quite interesting. I noticed that forests dominate the landscape of the Chehalis River Basin, comprising approximately 85% of the entire basin. Seventy-six percent of the forest land is privately owned, most of it corporate owned. Public forest lands total about 350,000 acres. So with so much forest land then comes the problems that met me, like the contamination from pesticides and fertilizers, increased water temperatures, siltation and sedimentation from erosion. These things all affect the fish I travelled with. There were Coho and Chinook salmon, some Rainbow and Eastern Brook Trout, Bass, Sunfish, Chum Salmon, Squawfish, Bullhead, even river clams and crawdads. I even see a 1937 Chevy completely immersed with some old tires and a Ford hood. Some fish don't survive all the pollution. They were floating along the edge of the river. A drop of water that accompanied me part way was taken away by a deer that drank from the river. I barely escaped. Hours later the deer urinated into the ground where it is picked up by the roots of a tree. From there, the molecule travels up the tree, sometimes at a rate of 200 feet an hour. This miraculous system, it is said, could lift water in a tree about two miles high! Wouldn't that be an exciting ride? The excess water then evaporates from a leaf into the air. It drifts upward to form another tiny droplet. The droplet glides with the wind until it joins a dark, heavy rain cloud, as I did. This molecule falls yet again with the rain, this time falling into the river, like me, being carried to the ocean. There, it may spend thousands of years before it reaches the surface, evaporates and becomes airborne once more. The cycle never ends. Water evaporates from the seas, travels overland, falls as rain, and runs back into the seas. In doing so, waters sustains all life on earth. Mr. McFarland is an 8th Grade Student in Oakville. This report was a Final Water Test in Mr. DeLaurier's Science Class and a co-project with Ms. Neieitz's English Class. It has been reprinted here in support of watershed educational effort. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page Some little known facts: Last year there were over 146 Grays Harbor, 185 Lewis and 290 Thurston county SEPA applications processed. Most of these were never commented on by the public. Yet 43 of these dealt with filling, 54 dealt with wetlands and 114 dealt with streams. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page The following is a list of 17 salmon habitat restoration and public education projects funded in 1997 by the Chehalis Fisheries Restoration Program (CFRP). The list includes a brief description of the project's status, and the name of the group who carried out the project. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) This project was completed as proposed and is providing juvenile and adult salmon passage past a small private dam. There are approximately 2.4 miles of spawning and rearing habitat above the dam that is once again accessible to salmon. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Lewis Conservation District) 2100 feet of Salzer Creek is being revegetated with native riparian trees and shrubs. Reed canary grass (an invasive pest plant) will be controlled by scalping, installing ground cover matting, and active maintenance until the native plants become established. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Lewis Conservation District) The lower 2000 feet of Coal Creek will be revegetated with native riparian trees and shrubs in the same manner as the Salzer Creek project. This project will begin later this Spring. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Lewis Conservation District) This project included 700 feet of fencing to exclude cows from the stream, and revegetation of streamside areas denuded by livestock. Coho salmon were observed spawning in the project reach this fall. The new fencing should help protect the salmon eggs from trampling by cows, as well as improving the stream's water quality. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Washington Trout/Streamline Consultants) The objective of this project was to analyze streams and seek to upgrade stream-type classification to provide better protection for riparian buffers under forest practice regulations. The cooperators also analyzed previously unexamined culverts for fish passage and provided recommendations and background information for future culvert passage projects. Several impassable culverts are now targeted for work beginning this Summer. Once these culverts are fixed, many more miles of good salmon habitat will once again be open. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Chehalis River Council) We contributed approximately six months of funding for THIS newsletter, which reaches 45,000 households in the Chehalis River Basin. We have received a lot of positive comments about Drops of Water and will likely provide another six months of funding in 1998. The Chehalis River Council found a small amount of additional funding in 1997, which has allowed continuation of the newsletter through this month, but future months will depend on future contributions. Any takers? Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis and the Washington Department of Ecology.) The cooperators are continuing to monitor water quality associated with habitat restoration projects in the Chehalis River Basin. Please contact Mike Kelly at the number below for copies of the monitoring reports. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Grays Harbor Conservation District) This project will include 8,000 feet of fencing to exclude cows from the stream, and revegetation of streamside areas denuded by livestock. This project is still on line, but will be delayed until later in 1998. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Grays Harbor Conservation District) This project involved two landowners, and included 11,000 feet of fencing to exclude livestock from the river and an off-channel pond. Riparian vegetation was planted where denuded by livestock. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Lewis County Noxious Weed Control Board and the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis.) Parrotfeather is an exotic weed that can quickly spread to choke out native fish habitat. It has recently spread to the Chehalis River. Control of spot populations is being achieved by mechanical and manual means, and public education efforts are helping to prevent further spread of the weed. Water quality monitoring is also being conducted to assess the weed's impact in areas of dense growth. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Thurston Conservation District/GREEN) This project included monitoring of riparian revegetation success and help with maintaining existing revegetation projects. High school students, funded by the Private Industry Council, provided the data collection and labor. We provided funds for the crew leader's salary and training, and equipment. The project also included classroom activities and training for the students. A detailed article about this project appeared in the October 1997 issue of Drops of Water. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Aquatic Restoration Consultants) This project will provide the necessary information that will allow us to focus the Chehalis Fisheries Restoration Program on a watershed level. The project will also provide an independent evaluation of our performance to date, and gather information that will allow for more efficient project monitoring. The project is in its final stages, and reports should be available by Spring 1998. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Washington Department of Natural Resources) This project provided 500 feet of livestock fencing, and will provide 0.6 acres of riparian planting and 15 large whole tree habitat structures to improve the juvenile salmon rearing capacity in this stream. The planting and habitat structures will be completed in the Summer of 1998. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Streamline Consultants) This project will provide improved passage to about 1 mile of high quality spawning and rearing habitat for coho salmon and sea-run cutthroat trout. The railroad grade culvert will be removed and a meander channel will be created. This project was not carried out in 1997 due to scheduling conflicts, and has been rescheduled for this Summer. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Columbia Pacific RC&D and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) This project will create improved passage through a culvert at the mouth of a tributary to the Wynoochee River. The project plans have changed to include a complete replacement of this culvert, and work will resume this Summer. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page (Columbia Pacific RC&D) Sites on the Humptulips and Wishkah Rivers will be treated with a variety of instream habitat placement techniques. We will also conduct an evaluation of structures built with unanchored logs. Work on this project was originally set to begin in the Summer of 1998, and is still on schedule. For more information please call Mike Kelly of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Chehalis Fisheries Restoration Program at 360-753-9560. Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page Time to revisit some information in this issue and look at it differently. 1. How many square miles of new road surface area were planned to be built in the watershed in 1996? In 1997? How many acres is that? In 1996? In 1997? 2. How many square miles were planned to be logged in the watershed in 1996? In 1997? 3. How many total square miles of state trust land are in Lewis, Thurston and Grays Harbor county? 4. What is the average number of square miles in planned new logging and roads for this two year period? 5. At this average rate of logging how many square miles will be logged in 15 years? 6. How much of this 2,600 square mile watershed is forestland? Discuss with your family members and others the tradeoff's made by human actvities. Notes: Assume a roadway is 10 feet wide. There are 640 acres in a square mile There are 27,878,400 square feet in a sq. mile Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page OLYMPIA -- More than $1.2 million in watershed restoration grants awarded to nine projects in seven Washington counties will help recover Washington's troubled salmon and steelhead runs, Commissioner of Public Lands Jennifer Belcher and state Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Bern Shanks announced in late November. Coupled with matching contributions, the impact of these Jobs for the Environment grants will total nearly $1.8 million. While contributing to Washington state's efforts to restore salmon and steelhead runs, the grants will also provide family-wage work, averaging seven months' duration, for 40 of Washington's displaced timber and fishing workers. The grants will improve habitat -- the places where fish spawn, feed and seek shelter. A goal of the Jobs for the Environment program is to develop public and private partnerships to accomplish beneficial long-term changes. The program, funded with appropriations from the Legislature, encourages private dollars to be leveraged along with grant funding. During the more than three years it has been in effect, Jobs for the Environment has received nearly $31 million to fund more than 900 family-wage jobs in 99 projects around the state. The funding provides an average of $26,880 in wages for 12 months of work, plus benefits, with the average length of employment expected to be six months or more per project. Approximately 60 percent of the grant funding goes to wages and health benefits for dislocated workers and their families. The other 40 percent goes to project materials costs. Twenty-one project proposals were evaluated by individuals from state and federal agencies, tribes, nonprofit organizations, and labor unions. Among the projects selected for funding, six were submitted by nonprofit organizations, one by county government, one by conservation districts, and one by an Indian tribe. Grants for the Jobs for the Environment program are awarded as funding is available. In Grays Harbor County Trout Unlimited's project "Humptulips Riparian Restoration, Lower Chehalis River Basin", will create jobs for 4 workers for 4 months. It addresses riparian habitat loss, animal waste and nutrient loading (seepage of fertilizers and animal waste), and elevated water temperatures directly on the Humptulips River and its tributaries (Big and Hansen creeks). Improvements will include livestock exclusion fencing and planting of riparian areas. Also in Grays Harbor County, the Columbia-Pacific RC&D project, "Satsop River Riparian in the Lower Chehalis River Basin" will create jobs for 5 workers for 5 months. This project will address riparian habitat loss, animal waste and nutrient loading, and elevated water temperatures on the Satsop River. Previous logging has removed streamside conifers which are critical for future large woody debris. Improvements will include livestock exclusion fencing, riparian planting with conifers, and monitoring and control of invasive plants in riparian areas. In Lewis and Grays Harbor counties the Grays Harbor Conservation District project "Chehalis Basin III, Lower and Upper Chehalis River Basins" will create jobs for 5 workers for 5 months of employment. This proposal is a continuation of Chehalis River projects in previous Jobs for the Environment Program grants since 1994. Work will address riparian habitat loss, animal waste and nutrient loading, sedimentation, and elevated water temperatures in the Satsop River, Coal, Cloquallum, Hoppers, Kearney, Alder, and King creeks, as well as Redman and Burg sloughs. Improvements will include livestock exclusion fencing and riparian corridor planting, crib wall construction to stabilize the sloughing of sediment to a stream, and maintenance of previous riparian planting projects. In addition, projects were funded in the counties of Clallam, Jefferson, King, Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom.
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1. New 1996 road surface area: .259 square miles or 166 acres. New 1997 road surface area: .295 square miles, or 189 acres. 2. 53.125 square miles in 1996. 92.97 square miles in 1997. 3. Lewis 110,400 acres, Thurston 65,000 acres, Grays Harbor 78,500 acres or 253,900 acres, divided by 640 results in 396.7 square miles of state trust land. 4. 73.32 square miles, on average, per year. 5. 1,099.8 square miles in 15 years 6. 85% Back to top or Whats New or Back to home page
What Flood Map?
Where Is Your Nail?
Four Forestry Facts
ROAD ACTIVITY
New Roads
Fixed Roads
Abandoned Roads
Logging Acres
Herbicide Spray Acres
What's significant about building roads, logging and spraying?
Ripples, Riffles & Riparian Runs
In The Last Issue
I Am A Raindrop
SEPA Facts
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Chehalis Fisheries Restoration Program 1997 Project Update
Mill Creek Dam Passage
Salzer Creek Riparian Corridor
Coal Creek Riparian Corridor
Kearney Creek Livestock Fencing, South Fork Newaukum River
Black River Stream Typing and Fish Passage Assessment
Drops of Water Newsletter
Water Quality Monitoring
Cloquallum Creek Livestock Exclusion Fencing
East Fork Satsop River Livestock Fencing
Parrotfeather Control
Revegetation Maintenance and Monitoring
Program Evaluation and Monitoring
Scatter Creek Tributary Stream Enhancement
Black River Tributary Passage
Wynoochee Tributary Passage
Lower Basin Woody Debris Placement
Youth Corner for February 1998
Watershed Restoration - Jobs for the Environment
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