North Olympic
Selinda
Barkhuis, Coordinator
www.NOPLEgroup.org
Phone
direct (360) 417-2430
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Salmon Recovery Newsletter V2 E2, February 2005 |
Find
electronic versions (with live links) of this and previous Newsletters at http://www.noplegroup.org |
Events
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The next SRFB
meeting is
February 10 and 11 2005 in
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Clallam
Conservation District annual native plant sale, selling
bare-root seedling trees and shrubs in bundles of 10 of the same species. http://clallam.scc.wa.gov/plantsale.htm
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7th
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2005 Sustainability
and Restoration Regional Conference: A Practical Partnership for the 21st
Century,
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2005 Northwest
Sustainability Conference,
Federal
& WA State Salmon Recovery News
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For newspaper coverage on the Shared Strategy Summit of January 26 and 27, check out the following page
and scroll down http://www.theolympian.com/home/specialsections/Environment/
as well as http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/209588_salmon27.html
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NOAA Fisheries proposed Salmon Critical Habitat
Designations. Written comments are due by
Olympic
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SRFB funded projects in the NOPLE area from 1999
through 2004 as well as Community Salmon Fund projects, can be viewed on-line at http://noplegroup.org/NOPLE/pages/habitatprojects.htm
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Knotweed slideshow. Ed Bowen of
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Dungeness in the News: “Rivers End Homes Removed to Help Estuary” http://www.nwifc.org/newsinfo/newsrelsdet.asp?ID=284
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Find the Shared Strategy feedback to the WRIA 18
chapter of the Shared Strategy
Recovery Plan at http://www.sharedsalmonstrategy.org/watersheds/feedback-letters/Elwha.pdf. For more information, go to http://sharedsalmonstrategy.org/resources.htm#documents
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Olympic
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WDFW is seeking public comments by
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WDFW reminds anglers of retention rules for wild
steelhead on Olympic Peninsula http://wdfw.wa.gov/do/newreal/jan1805a.htm
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Salmon Restoration Leaders Needed! A
statewide Board is looking for people to provide leadership, direction, and
support to the Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group (RFEG) Program at the
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. There is one sport position,
one commercial, and one at-large position open at present. These
voluntary positions are three of an eight-member Advisory Board that meets
quarterly throughout the State to review and approve projects for salmon
recovery proposed by the 14 Regional Fisheries Enhancement Groups (RFEGs). These positions also review and comment on agency
policy toward RFEGs and work to remove impediments
and strengthen the Program as a whole. Travel reimbursement and per diem expenses
are available, but these positions do not receive direct compensation. The three-year terms begin March 2005 and
expire
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Totally unrelated.
Education
and Resources
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WSU's Forest
Stewardship class will be offered in
Port Hadlock this spring (WSU Extension Office, Shold Business Building, Spruce Room), Thursday evenings
April 7- May 26, 2005. http://ext.nrs.wsu.edu/doc/JeffersonBrochReg.pdf
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The Low Impact Development Technical Guidance Manual for
Puget Sound is now completed. You
can download a 4-color version of the manual from the Action Team's web page on
low impact development: http://www.psat.wa.gov/Programs/LID.htm.
The Puget Sound Action Team and Washington State University (WSU)
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Environmental Health Lecture Series – Our Health, Our
Environment: Making the Link,
Sponsored by the Seattle Biotech Legacy Foundation (SBLF) and organized by ICEH, the
Environmental Health Lecture Series strives to educate Puget Sound residents
about the latest science on environmental health issues and what we can do
personally and professionally to protect and sustain human and ecological
health in this region. http://www.iceh.org/CHE-NWlectures.html
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The State of the Sound 2004 provides an overview of the health of
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nowCOAST is a site designed
to improve maritime safety and commerce and to monitor changes in weather,
oceanographic and river conditions. It provides real-time coastal observations
and NOAA forecasts for major
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Center for Water and Watershed Studies will be presenting their 15th Annual
Review of Research, |
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Grants
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For a list of links to Olympic
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TENTATIVE!!!! Community Salmon Fund. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation received a
$1 million grant from the SRFB which they are matching with $1 million of their
own to fund 13 or so community salmon fund programs among the 26 lead entities
of the State of Washington. It has not
yet been decided which lead entities will be the recipients. At this time, I merely want to give you heads
up that IF
the North Olympic Peninsula is selected, a request for RFPs
would be forthcoming within a matter of months or perhaps later this year, with
criteria that will probably be substantially similar to last year’s
program. For more information, go to http://noplegroup.org/NOPLE/pages/applications.htm
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2005 SRFB 6th Round. No
word yet on when the 2005 6th Round SRFB Grant Cycle starts up
again. As soon as I know, I will get the
word out. In the meantime, you can check
out http://noplegroup.org/NOPLE/pages/applications.htm
for more information
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Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account: grants for volunteers and volunteer organizations to
conduct on-the-ground volunteer projects to benefit fish and wildlife in
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The Private Stewardship Program provides grants and other assistance on a
competitive basis to individuals and groups engaged in local, private, and
voluntary conservation efforts that benefit federally listed, proposed, or
candidate species, or other at-risk species. About $6.5 million is available FY
2005 through this grant program to support on-the-ground conservation efforts
on private lands. A ten percent (10%)
match of cash or through in-kind contributions is required. The program is
available to private landowners and their partners. http://endangered.fws.gov/grants/private_stewardship/index.html
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Native Plant Conservation Initiative. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, in partnership with the
Plant Conservation Alliance, is pleased to announce a
Request for Proposals for the 2005
Native Plant Conservation Initiative (NPCI). Through this initiative,
grants of federal dollars will be provided to non-profit organizations and
agencies at all levels of government to promote the conservation of native plants.
This Request for Proposals includes two separate grant cycles, with pre-proposal
submission dates of Feb 15 and
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The FishAmerica Foundation and the
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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.
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The Family Forest Fish Passage Program provides 75%-100% of the cost of replacing,
repairing or removing fish barriers such as culverts, weirs, dams, spillways
and other artificial instream structures.
To qualify, you must be a small forest landowner (harvest less than 2
million board feet of timber per year) and have a fish barrier that is on
forestland. Application Deadline:
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The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program provides up to 75% cost-sharing for such wildlife
habitat enhancement projects as: forage enhancement for threatened wildlife
species, restablishment of threatened habitat types,
wetland and riparian enhancement and others. Application Deadline: Open enrollment http://www.wa.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/whip/whip.html
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A good source of relevant grant opportunities will
come to your email box via SFLO-mail, the bi-monthly e-mail newsletter produced
by the
in the message box.
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For an extensive list of grant programs, go to http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/PI/Fundsrcs.htm#anchor149508
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For a searchable database of grant programs, check out http://ssrc.boisestate.edu/