North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity
Selinda Barkhuis, Coordinator
www.NOPLEgroup.org
Clallam County Courthouse
223 E. Fourth Street, # 5
Port Angeles, WA 98362
Phone direct (360) 417-2430
North Olympic Peninsula Salmon Recovery Newsletter
V1 E5, November 12, 2004, “Events, News, Grants”
Events
IMPROVING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN WATERSHED RESTORATION. Satellite and Video Streamed Conference November 16, 2004 9:00am - 11:30am (PST). Sustaining community involvement, an often suggested topic received during the previous conferences, is the focus of the up-coming satellite workshop. Three watershed communities speak from their experience and share successful strategies for drawing local advocacy. Through videoed visits in three Pacific Northwest communities, we observe various organizational models that have created solid partnerships among local governments and natural resource management agencies and fit the community. Updated site information is found at http://wawater.wsu.edu/. The WSU Cooperative Extension of Clallam County will be broadcasting the Conference on November 16 in the basement of the Clallam County Courthouse (Health & Human Services Conference room), 223 E. 4th Street, Port Angeles, WA. RSVP to Lori Kennedy at 417-2279 if you'd like to attend. Space limited to 20. Also, Jefferson County Extension office in Port Hadlock is hosting a site. Their number is 360.379.5610
News
· Find an electronic version of this and past North Olympic Peninsula Salmon Recovery Newsletters at http://www.noplegroup.org/NOPLE/pages/newsletters.htm and simply click on all the listed links.
· To keep track of the SRFB 5th Round Funding Decisions, check out http://www.iac.wa.gov/srfb/grants/funding.htm Funding decisions for the SRFB 5th Round will be made on December 2 and 3, 2004.
· Shared Strategy staff, with concurrence from the TRT, prepared individualized feedback summaries for each watershed. These Watershed Feedback Summaries identify additional policy decisions and questions that need to be answered to meet the needs of a regional recovery plan. The details were discussed with the Shared Strategy Development Committee and they support the overall direction. Find the Elwha-Dungeness portion of the feedback at http://www.sharedsalmonstrategy.org/watersheds/feedback-letters/Elwha.pdf Find more information about the status and progress of Shared Strategy at http://www.sharedsalmonstrategy.org/e-bulletin/2004-10/2004-10.htm
· Olympic Peninsula Salmon Recovery Information. The website of the North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity (NOPLE) contains links to local salmon stock info, local salmon habitat recovery resources, regional salmon recovery efforts, landowner habitat recovery resources, and an interactive map with local SRFB funded salmon habitat recovery projects. The website is rapidly growing towards its goal of becoming the North Olympic Peninsula clearinghouse for local salmon recovery resources. Find it at http://www.noplegroup.org
· The Department of Ecology is updating the 2001 Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington. The update is needed to correct errors, clarify statements, update design criteria and procedures, and apply recent research. Proposed additions and deletions to the text of the 2001 manual are now available at this website (go to http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/stormwater/WW%20Stormwater%20Manual/Manual_update_changes.htm to see proposed changes). Also available on this website are a list of pubic meetings that are currently scheduled to address these changes to the manual.
· Educational opportunities: NWETC is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) program of the Northwest Environmental Education Council (NWEEC) developed to improve the quality of environmental services in the Pacific Northwest by providing technical events and training for environmental professionals. NWETC programs are offered in partnership with government agencies, academia, and environmental businesses throughout the Pacific Northwest. Find them at http://www.nwetc.org
· The WDFW has recently developed a wild salmon monitoring web site that describes smolt and adult monitoring efforts in rivers around the state. All of the sites currently operated by the Wild Salmon Production Evaluation Unit are showcased as well as some of those operated by regional folks. http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/wild_salmon_monitor/
· Clallam County recently published “State of the Waters of Clallam County, 2004: A Report on the Health of Our Streams & Watersheds.” The colorful, 150-page document is a “report card” of sorts of all watersheds from the Quillayute River in the west end to Chicken Coop Creek near the east County line. For each watershed, the report gives a health rating of either “Healthy,” “Compromised,” “Impaired,” “Highly Impaired,” or “Critically Impaired” for the basin’s overall health as well as for three health categories: water quality, biological conditions, and fish habitat integrity. The overall rating is the average of the three categorical ratings. A limited number of copies are available to the general public at this time at the County Courthouse, Room 058 in the basement’s west wing or you may order a copy and have it mailed by calling 360-417-2506 (shipping and handling charges will apply). Eventually the information will be included on the Streamkeepers’ page of the Clallam County website, www.clallam.net.
· Looking to share a helicopter. The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe has begun planning with Columbia Helicopters for a helicopter LWD placement project next summer on the SF Pysht River/Salmonberry Creek. They will be contracting with them to use a chinook helicopter (lift capacity of around 30,000 lbs). They used this company in 2002 on the East Twin/Sadie project and they moved a million pounds of wood in 5 hours. They are real pros and a pleasure to work with. Does anyone have a need for their services next summer? If so, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe could coordinate and split the mobilization costs which is 20K to get out to the Peninsula. They charge about 10k/hour, however you can place a lot of wood in inaccessible places with very little impacts. In many cases this can be the best way to go. They also do logging and other jobs as needed. If interested contact Mike McHenry at mchenry@elwha.nsn.us
· Shared Strategy Summit Jan. 26, 27, is looking for local artists in any medium whose art somehow connects to nature, salmon and/or the interface between nature and people. Please pass on names and contact information, if you have it, for artists whose work you would recommend be considered for display at the Summit. They’d appreciate you sending these names as soon as you can, so they can begin to make contact with the artists. Please contact Shelby Smith at Shared Strategy for more information. 206.447.7052 ssmith@sharedsalmonstrategy.org
· The Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) will accept proposals for developing and administering a small grant program, encompassing multiple Salmon Recovery Regions or statewide in geographic scope. Proposals must be post marked no later than November 19, 2004 and will be acted on by the SRFB at its December 2-3, 2004 meeting. This is a program SRFB is beginning to fund to support small projects. This RFP is only for groups to administer the program, not for the actual projects yet. To receive more information, email tammyo@iac.wa.gov
· SFLO-mail, the bi-monthly e-mail
newsletter produced by the Small Forest Landowner Office, provides up-to-date
information relevant to small forest landowners in Washington State. To subscribe, please send a message to sflo-mail@wadnr.gov
with the word "subscribe" in the subject box and "your
name" and "your e-mail address"
in the message box.
· The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is unveiling a newsletter that deals with issues relevant to fish and wildlife planning. This newsletter, the Fish and Wildlife Planner was specifically developed for Washington's planning professionals. The Fish and Wildlife Planner will include: articles about relevant activities occurring at WDFW, case studies of jurisdictions that are tackling difficult issues using innovative approaches, updates on workshops and other learning opportunities throughout the state, a directory of agency contacts to answer specific planning-related questions. This newsletter is an excellent way for us to exchange information to assist planners with important decisions. We invite your comments and look forward to any ideas for future newsletter topics. The first issue of the Fish and Wildlife Planner is available at http://wdfw.wa.gov/hab/fw_planner/index.htm To subscribe, send an email to azerrjma@dfw.wa.gov
· eStream is a monthly compilation of river news from River Network (http://www.rivernetwork.org ). For a sample newsletter, go to http://www.rivernetwork.org/estream/estream_nov04.htm. To Subscribe, send an email to mcurnes@rivernetwork.org
· You can now find over 2000 NPDES individual and general permits at http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/permitissuance/genpermits.cfm . EPA is implementing a multi-year project to scan copies of major NPDES permits and make them easily available to the public on their website.
· For more news:
q http://www.nwifc.org/newsinfo/newsrel.asp (news re local tribes)
q http://clallam.net (news re Clallam County Watershed Planning, Growth Management, elections)
q http://www.sharedsalmonstrategy.org/e-bulletin.htm (news on Puget Sound “Shared Strategy” Salmon Recovery Planning)
q http://www.tidepool.org/ (A daily compilation of locally relevant salmon related news)
q http://wdfw.wa.gov/do/newreal/index.htm (WA Fish & Wildlife emergency fishing and hunting rule changes; health advisories; wildlife alerts & cautions)
q http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/ (Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam)
q http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/regions/Olympic/ (Olympic Region traffic and roads updates and news, including webcams)
Grants
· TROUT UNLIMITED - Embrace-A-Stream Grant is receiving matching funds through a continuing NOAA/Trout Unlimited Partnership http://www.tu.org/conservation/eas.asp. RFP IS LIMITED TO APPLICATIONS FROM TROUT UNLIMITED CHAPTERS up to $10,000 requests for assistance - 1:1 match - no funding of NGO/GOV staff salaries Chapter must contact regional committee rep by November 22, 2004 Complete applications must be postmarked December 20, 2004. Projects should have: 1. Conservation Benefit for TU coldwater fisheries/NOAA trust resources 2. Strengthening effect on TU membership and organization 3. Public Education and Outreach 4. Technical Merit. Washington Council Trout Unlimited Website: http://www.localaccess.com/troutunlimited/
· 'Species at risk' private lands habitat protection. Washington state's private landowners can now apply for grants that can be used to help protect, enhance and restore habitat for fish and wildlife "species at risk" on their land. The funds are part of $760,000 in landowner incentive grants that will be distributed throughout the state by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). Of the $760,000, $50,000 has been set aside for grants up to $5,000 each for smaller enhancement and restoration projects. For major projects, qualifying property owners can typically receive up to $50,000 in "Landowner Incentive Program" funds through an application process being administered by WDFW. All grants require landowners to make a 25 percent non-federal contribution, which could include cash or in-kind work. A "species at risk" is defined as any fish or wildlife species that is federally or state listed as threatened or endangered, is proposed or is a candidate for listing as threatened or endangered, as well as any other animal determined to be at risk by WDFW. Applications must be received no later than Dec. 31, 2004. Application forms and more information on the Landowner Incentive Program are available through WDFW regional offices, on the Internet at http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/lip/index.htm or by calling Ginna Correa, WDFW Landowner Incentive Program coordinator, at (360) 902-2478.
· Five Star Restoration Matching Grants Program. The National Association of Counties, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and the Wildlife Habitat Council, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Community-Based Restoration Program within NOAA Fisheries, and other sponsors (e.g., Office of Surface Mining), are pleased to solicit applications for the Five-Star Restoration Matching Grants Program. The Five-Star Restoration Program provides modest financial assistance on a competitive basis to support community-based wetland, riparian, and coastal habitat restoration projects that build diverse partnerships and foster local natural resource stewardship through education, outreach and training activities. In 2004, 50 projects received grants of on average $10,000 out of approximately 180 applications received. The Five-Star Restoration Matching Grants Program is open to any public or private entity. For more info, including application form, go to http://www.nfwf.org/programs/5star-rfp.htm. Applications must be postmarked by March 1, 2005. Projects will be evaluated to the extent by which the above guidelines are met. Applicants will be notified of their awards in mid-June.
· For an extensive list of grant programs, go to http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/PI/Fundsrcs.htm#anchor149508