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NOPLE Work Plan 2016 22001166 WWoorrkk PPllaann North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity for Salmon Clallam County Courthouse 223 E. Fourth Street, # 5 Port Angeles, WA 98362 360/417-2326 1 NOPLE Work Plan 2016 Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Membership ................................................................................................................................................. 5 List of Ranked 2016 Work Plan Narratives .................................................................................................. 7 2016 Narrative Ranking Workbook ........................................................................................................... 18 Capital Scoring Criteria ............................................................................................................................ 30 Non-Capital Scoring Criteria .................................................................................................................... 33 2016 Review of Narrative Ranking ............................................................................................................ 36 Project Narratives....................................................................................................................................... 38 2 NOPLE Work Plan 2016 North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity for Salmon Cl allam County Courthouse February, 2016 223 E. Fourth Street, # 5 Port Angeles, WA 98362 360/417-2326 WHAT THIS IS: This document is our 2016 Work Plan. Our work plan is a roadmap which guides our salmon recovery and ecosystem restoration efforts across the North Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. This plan is a way of managing the implementation of both capital and non-capital projects, activities and programs needed to implement the restoration of ecosystems and recovery of both listed and non-listed salmon species in our numerous watersheds from Blyn on Clallam County’s east side, across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Cape Flattery, our consortium’s most northwest boundary in Neah Bay. This plan is updated annually with new projects which are ranked and scored, along with updates when needed to existing projects. However, the plan anticipates projects that, with landowner approval, funding and a sponsor, might be advanced within a four year period. This report is required by the Puget Sound Partnership, which is our regional salmon recovery organization. Recovery of listed Chinook is one of the Partnership’s significant mandates, so it tends to report more heavily on efforts to restore Puget Sound Chinook, including both Elwha and Dungeness Chinook which are found in our area. Efforts to delist Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca Summer Chum, which also inhabit our area; is under the purview of the Hood Canal Coordinating Council; which is the Regional Recovery Organization for summer chum. It is important to note that we work to recover multiple species such as coho, steelhead, and pinks, plus stocks of tribal significance; while also restoring numerous watersheds that they call home. Our organization members met in November of 2013 to review and offer possible additions, deletions and revisions to our work plan process. Only minor revisions were made to our overall salmon recovery strategy, while there were a few changes to project criteria added to the overall scoring process. Those changes are noted herein. Our policy is to do a major work plan revision every three years, so this existing work plan process, would be used in 2014, 2015 and 2016, with another major review needed prior to the 2017 work plan. There will be scoring of all projects on the work plan by our technical team only once every three years. 3 NOPLE Work Plan 2016 In those years in which a major review is not needed, we will still issue a call for major updates to existing work plan projects, as well as adding new projects to be considered and those projects will be scored or rescored. New project additions were due in January of 2016, after which those projects were scored by members of our Technical Review Team. Based on a scatter plot indicating all project scoring, the Technical Team made a recommendation at their Jan. 27, 2016 to the policy team, our Lead Entity Group; where the project prioritization line should be drawn. The Lead Entity Group met and reviewed the Technical Team’s recommendation and scatter plot and decided at their Feb. 3, 2016 meeting that only projects ranked 55 & up are eligible to apply for SRFB/PSAR funding, but submittals are Highly Encouraged from projects ranked 38 and up. In addition, the LEG wants all project sponsors applying for funds to address in their Letter of Intent & in their grant round funding presentation why their project ranks where it is on the Workplan & the importance of bringing forth this particular project at this particular time. WHO WE ARE: We are a consortium of area governments and tribes, as well as non-profit organizations and citizens involved in salmon recovery efforts. Member governments include: the Makah, Lower Elwha Klallam and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribes, Clallam County including unincorporated areas such as Neah Bay, Clallam-Bay Sekiu and Joyce, as well as the cities of Port Angeles and Sequim. Our offices are located in the Clallam County Courthouse. We are part of Clallam County’s Department of Community Development which serves as the fiscal agent for the lead entity. If you would like more information about our work, do not hesitate to email me at [email protected] or call me at 360/417-2326. Sincerely, Cheryl Baumann Cheryl Baumann, Coordinator North Olympic LE for Salmon 4 NOPLE Work Plan 2016 2016 Lead Entity Group Membership (Citizen & Policy Team) Andy Brastad, Clallam County, Environmental Health Director Scott Chitwood, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Natural Resources Director Scott Johns, City of Port Angeles, Associate Planner Stephanie Martin, Makah Tribe, Habitat Division Manager/ Ecologist Raymond Moses, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Project Biologist Steve Rankin, Citizen & Sequim Area Resident, MBA, Retired Tom Riepe, Citizen & WRIA 18 West Area Resident, MPA, Retired Jean Sigmar, Citizen & WRIA 19 Area Resident, Retired Educator Sequim City Government Seat, currently vacant 2016 Technical Review Group Membership Meghan Adamire, Clallam Conservation District, Conservation Planner Rebecca Benjamin, North Olympic Salmon Coalition, Executive Director Chris Byrnes, Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, Watershed Steward Coleman Byrnes, Streamkeepers; Citizen Salmon Advocate John Cambalik, Straits Ecosystem Recovery Network, Coordinator Michele Canale, North Olympic Land Trust, Conservation Director Kim Clark, (Alt.) North Olympic Salmon Coalition, Project Manager Patrick Crain, Olympic National Park, Biologist Keith Denton, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Fisheries Biologist & Consultant Gretchen Glaub, Puget Sound Partnership, Ecosystem Recovery Coordinator Mike Haggerty, Makah Tribe Representative, Watershed Scientist Joe Holtrop, (Alt.) Clallam Conservation District, Executive Director Randy Johnson, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Habitat Program Manager Robert Knapp (Alt.) Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Restoration Planner Cathy Lear, Clallam County Dept. of Community Development, Habitat Biologist Jim McCullough, Streamkeepers; Retired Alaska Fisheries Regional Biologist Mike McHenry, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; Habitat Restoration Manager Ian Miller, Ph.D; Washington Sea Grant, Coastal Hazards Specialist Tim Rymer, Citizen; Formerly NMFS & Retired WDFW Habitat Biologist Pete Vanderhoof, Citizen; Salt Creek Farmer; B.S. WWU Environmental Policy Jim Walton, Ph.D; Peninsula College Fisheries & Centralia College President 5 NOPLE Work Plan 2016 Lead Entity Staff Cheryl Baumann, Coordinator Eric Carlsen, Restoration Planner Technical Support Kristina L. Mayer, Ed. D. KLMayer Consulting Group Inc. Walter Pearson, Ph.D, Peapod Research Lara Lampert, HWS & Lead Entity Support This report is a result of the collaborative work of the North Olympic Lead Entity for Salmon, its members, stakeholders, consultant and staff. It builds on work created by Walter Pearson, Ph.d of Peapod Research and Sam Gibboney of ISE Consultants. For more information on this document or salmon recovery involving the North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity for Salmon, please contact Coordinator Cheryl Baumann at [email protected] or by calling 360-417-2326. For additional information on local salmon recovery efforts go to the Habitat Work Schedule online at http://hws.ekosystem.us/ click on ‘Lead Entities’, and then ‘North Olympic Peninsula LE for Salmon’ For restoration projects you can visit on the North Olympic Peninsula and elsewhere in Puget Sound go to: http://salmontrails.org/watershed/north-olympic/ 6 NOPLE Work Plan 2016 List of Ranked Work Plan Narratives Date: 2/29/16 Category is either Capital or 2016 NON-Capital New projects are highlighted in yellow Weighted Normalized Plan Rank Title Mean Project ID Sponsor Score Category Score Indian Creek Habitat 1 147.49 0.89 16103 Capital LEKT Restoration Program 3 Crabs Estuarine and 2 135.78 0.82 13104.1 Capital NOSC Nearshore Restoration Elwha Hot Springs Road 3 135.08 0.82 16104 Capital LEKT Restoration Morse Creek Acquisition 4 131.37 0.80 16102 Capital NOLT/LEKT/ Govt Entities & Restoration 7 NOPLE Work Plan 2016 Weighted Normalized Plan Rank Title Mean Project ID Sponsor Score Category Score
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