Teanaway Community Forest Fish and Wildlife Habitat Baseline Report
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Teanaway Community Forest Fish and Wildlife Habitat Baseline Report Report submitted to Department of Ecology’s Office of Columbia River by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in partial fulfillment of Contract # C1400237 0 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Teanaway Community Forest .......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Description of what WDFW was tasked to provide to Washington State Department of Ecology . 1 1.3 Timeline of work, field and office .................................................................................................... 1 2.0 Water Supply and Watershed Protection ............................................................... 3 2.1 Wetland surveys .............................................................................................................................. 3 2.1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 3 2.1.2 Methods .................................................................................................................................. 4 2.1.3 Results ..................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1.4 Discussion .............................................................................................................................. 16 2.2 Fine Sediment – Large scale and site-specific measures. WARSEM (Washington Road Sediment Evaluation Model) and McNeil Core sampling. ...................................................................................... 29 2.2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 29 2.2.2 Methods (WARSEM) .............................................................................................................. 30 2.2.3 Methods (McNeil core sampling) .......................................................................................... 31 2.2.4 Results ................................................................................................................................... 31 2.3 Topobathymetry of streams and modeling of floodplains (LiDAR) ............................................... 33 2.3.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 33 2.3.2 Methods ................................................................................................................................ 33 2.3.3 Results ................................................................................................................................... 33 2.4 Water Temperature and Flow Data ............................................................................................... 38 2.4.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 38 2.4.2 Methods ................................................................................................................................ 38 2.4.3 Water Temperature .............................................................................................................. 39 2.4.4 Flow ....................................................................................................................................... 43 2.5 Bedrock Mapping ........................................................................................................................... 44 2.5.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 44 2.5.2 Methods ................................................................................................................................ 44 2.5.3 Results ................................................................................................................................... 45 i 2.6 Photo-monitoring .......................................................................................................................... 46 2.7 Water Supply and Watershed Protection Data Gaps .................................................................... 51 3.0 Working Lands: Grazing and Forestry ............................................................................ 51 3.1 Grazing ........................................................................................................................................... 51 3.1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 51 3.1.2 Methods ................................................................................................................................ 51 3.1.3 Results ................................................................................................................................... 54 3.1.4 Discussion .............................................................................................................................. 55 3.2 Forestry .......................................................................................................................................... 55 3.3 Working Lands Data Gaps .............................................................................................................. 55 4.0 Recreation .................................................................................................................................. 56 4.1 Recreation Data Gaps .................................................................................................................... 56 5.0 Fish and Wildlife Habitat ....................................................................................................... 56 5.1 Fish Passage ................................................................................................................................... 56 5.1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 56 5.1.2 Methods ................................................................................................................................ 57 5.1.3 Results ................................................................................................................................... 57 5.1.4 Discussion .............................................................................................................................. 57 5.2 Fish Habitat .................................................................................................................................... 57 5.2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 57 5.2.2 Habitat Surveys ..................................................................................................................... 59 5.2.3 LWD surveys .......................................................................................................................... 59 5.2.4 Fish Surveys ........................................................................................................................... 59 5.2.5 Water Temperature Data ...................................................................................................... 61 5.3 Wildlife ........................................................................................................................................... 61 5.3.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 61 5.3.2 Northern Spotted Owl ........................................................................................................... 61 5.3.2.1 Northern Spotted Owl Surveys .......................................................................................... 63 5.3.2.2 Northern Spotted Owl Historical Activity .......................................................................... 64 5.3.2.3 Northern Spotted Owl Habitat .......................................................................................... 64 5.3.3 Large Carnivores (Wolves, Bears, Cougars) ........................................................................... 64 ii 5.3.3.1 Gray Wolf-Teanaway Pack ................................................................................................ 64 5.3.3.2 Black Bear and Cougars .................................................................................................... 64 5.3.4 Deer and Elk .......................................................................................................................... 65 5.3.5 PHS Wildlife Data .................................................................................................................. 65 5.4 Road Density Assessment .............................................................................................................. 66 5.5 Fish and Wildlife Data Gaps ........................................................................................................... 66 6.0 References ................................................................................................................................