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Olympic Invasives Working Group 2018 Annual Report Olympic Invasives Working Group 2018 Annual Report Bohemian knotweed on Fisher Cove Rd, Clallam County, leading to Lake Sutherland, treated for the first time as part of the Clallam County Road Department Integrated Weed Management Plan. Report Prepared by Clallam County Noxious Weed Control Board A patch of knotweed found growing on Ennis Creek in Port Angeles. Report prepared by Jim Knape Cathy Lucero Clallam County Noxious Weed Control Board January 2019 223 East 4th Street Ste 15 Port Angeles WA 98362 360-417-2442 [email protected] http://www.clallam.net/weed/projects.html This report can also be found at http://www.clallam.net/weed/annualreports.html CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................. 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................. 7 2018 PROJECT ACTIVITIES .......................................................................................... 7 2018 PROJECT PROTOCOLS ..................................................................................... 11 OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS ...................................................................... 14 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................. 15 PROJECT ACTIVITIES BY WATERSHED ................................................................... 18 CLALLAM COUNTY ...........................................................................................................18 Dickey River .......................................................................................................................19 Calawah River ...................................................................................................................20 Bogachiel River ..................................................................................................................20 Quillayute River..................................................................................................................21 Sol Duc River and tributaries..............................................................................................22 Lake Creek and Lake Pleasant ..........................................................................................22 Forks ..................................................................................................................................23 Hoko River .........................................................................................................................25 Sekiu River ........................................................................................................................25 Highway 112 ......................................................................................................................27 Sekiu and Clallam Bay .......................................................................................................27 Clallam River .....................................................................................................................28 Pysht River ........................................................................................................................29 Deep Creek ........................................................................................................................29 Salt Creek ..........................................................................................................................30 Elwha River ........................................................................................................................30 Dry Creek...........................................................................................................................31 Valley Creek ......................................................................................................................32 Peabody Creek ..................................................................................................................33 Ennis Creek .......................................................................................................................33 Lees Creek (E Fork Lees Creek) ........................................................................................34 Morse Creek and Waterfront Trail ......................................................................................34 Bagley Creek .....................................................................................................................34 Dungeness River ...............................................................................................................36 Bell Creek ..........................................................................................................................37 Clallam County Road Department: .....................................................................................38 EAST JEFFERSON COUNTY ...............................................................................................39 Port Townsend Area: .........................................................................................................39 Big Quilcene River .............................................................................................................41 Tarboo Creek .....................................................................................................................43 Little Quilcene River ...........................................................................................................43 Spencer Creek ...................................................................................................................44 Dosewallips River ..............................................................................................................44 Duckabush River ................................................................................................................45 MASON COUNTY .............................................................................................................46 Tahuya River .....................................................................................................................46 Union River ........................................................................................................................47 Dewatto River ....................................................................................................................47 Skokomish River ................................................................................................................48 Mason County Sites ...........................................................................................................49 KITSAP COUNTY .............................................................................................................51 Big Anderson Creek ...........................................................................................................51 Big Beef Creek ...................................................................................................................52 WEST JEFFERSON COUNTY AND GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY ....................................................53 Quinault River ....................................................................................................................53 Queets-Clearwater River ....................................................................................................54 Hoh River ...........................................................................................................................56 Goodman Creek.................................................................................................................58 Maps, Tables, and Appendices MAPS: Overview Map of the Olympic Peninsula……………………………………………………………………….……2 Overview Map of West Clallam County………………………………………………………………………………3 Overview Map of East Clallam County……………………………………………………………………….………4 Overview Map of Mason and Kitsap Counties…………………………………………………………………..…5 Overview Map of Grays Harbor and West Jefferson Counties…………………………………………….…6 Quillayute River System Overview Map…………………………………………………………………………....17 Big River, Umbrella Creek, Sekiu River, Clallam River, and Hoko River Overview Map…………...23 Clallam Bay and Sekiu Overview Map..................................................................................26 Port Angeles Overview Map................................................................................................31 Dungeness River System Overview Map..............................................................................34 East Jefferson County Overview Map...................................................................................38 Quilcene Area Overview Map..............................................................................................39 Mason County Overview Map..............................................................................................45 Kitsap County Overview Map...............................................................................................50 Quinault River, Lake Quinault, Queets and Clearwater Rivers.................................................52 Hoh River Map...................................................................................................................55 TABLES: Table 1: Work by County by Watershed...............................................................................59
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