Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 Public Law 110-343 Title II Project Submission Form USDA Forest Service Name of Resource Advisory Committee: Olympic Peninsula Project Number (Assigned by Designated Federal Official): Funding Fiscal Year(s): 2019-22 2. Project Name: Dosewallips River Powerlines 3a. State: Washington Reach Restoration Project 3b. County(s): Jefferson 4. Project Submitted By: Tami Pokorny, Jefferson 5. Date: 01/31/2019 County Environmental Public Health natural resources program coordinator 6. Contact Phone Number: 360/379-4498 7. Contact E-mail: [email protected] 8. Project Location: Dosewallips River RM 1.3-2.5 a. National Forest(s): Olympic NF is b. Forest Service District: Hood Canal upstream c. Location (Township-Range-Section) Sec. 34, T26 N, R 2W 9. Project Goals and Objectives: To improve floodplain and channel migration processes on the Dosewallips River in the largely protected Powerlines Reach by developing a preliminary design for high value restoration actions. These actions will improve floodplain conditions by restoring habitat structure and complexity to modified portions of the reach to benefit spawning and incubating of Hood Canal Summer Chum salmon. The design will be selected in consultation with a technical group convened by the County to include representation from the Lazy C and Brinnon communities. This SRS Title II request is needed to match a portion of RCO Salmon Recovery Funding Board grant #18-1228. The project’s objectives are to: i. Provide for regular communication and open exchange of ideas among project consultants, partners, landowners, and other community members. ii. Identify and work with a contracted consultant/engineer in the first year of the project to develop a 2D hydraulic model and habitat/geomorphology assessments to identify locations where habitat quantity and quality for summer chum salmon in the Powerlines Reach may be most significantly expanded and improved, such as by re-engaging side channels. iii. Within one year, work with the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe to repeat the Powerlines Reach portion of the PGSKT 2005 Habitat Assessment with 2017 LiDAR to characterize the Version: January 2009 1 distribution, quantity, and retention of salmon habitat-generating wood so that these resources are integrated appropriately into the project. iv. Develop three conceptual designs for restoration actions in the Powerlines Reach, and demonstrate their intended effects in 2D simulations of salmon habitat diversification and/or expansion for the benefit of summer chum salmon. A feasibility study will accompany the designs to gage pros and cons with respect to habitat, private lands, and infrastructure. v. Draft a preliminary design for the suite of preferred restoration actions that maximize habitat complexity and extent while incorporating technical group input and balancing considerations of design feasibility. Meet all SRFB deliverables for preliminary design. 10. Project Description: a. Brief: (in one sentence) To develop a preliminary design to restore the Powerlines Reach of the Dosewallips River to benefit ESA-listed Hood Canal Summer Chum salmon and other fish species. b. Detailed: The Dosewallips Powerlines Design project will conduct assessments, engage the community, and develop three alternative conceptual designs and a preliminary design for high value salmon habitat restoration actions to improve floodplain connectivity, diversity, and structure to support habitat for the Dosewallips subpopulation of Hood Canal Summer Chum salmon within the largely protected and unconfined Powerlines Reach (RM 1.3-2.5). The designs will enhance and maintain existing floodplain habitat located in protected open spaces owned by Jefferson County, State Parks, and/or adjacent willing landowners. 11. Types of Lands Involved? State/Private/Other lands involved? X Yes No Land Status: Jefferson County and Dosewallips State Park and possibly Private (with approval from landowners) If Yes, specify: The Powerlines Reach was manipulated and simplified in the past to accommodate residential and agricultural development, timber harvest and roads. 12. How does the proposed project meet purposes of the Legislation? (Check at least 1) Improves maintenance of existing infrastructure. Implements stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems. X Restores and improves land health. X Restores water quality 13. Project Type a. Check all that apply: (check at least 1) Road Maintenance Trail Maintenance Road Decommission/Obliteration Trail Obliteration Other Infrastructure Maintenance (specify): Soil Productivity Improvement Forest Health Improvement 2 X Watershed Restoration & Maintenance Wildlife Habitat Restoration X Fish Habitat Restoration Control of Noxious Weeds X Reestablish Native Species Fuels Management/Fire Prevention Implement CWPP Project Other Project Type (specify): b. Primary Purpose (select only 1): 14. Identify What the Project Will Accomplish Miles of road maintained: 0 Miles of road decommissioned/obliterated: 0 Number of structures maintained/improved: 0 Acres of soil productivity improved: 0 Miles of stream/river restored/improved: up to 1.2 (later phases of project) Miles of fish habitat restored/improved: up to 1.2 (later phases of project) Acres of native species reestablished: 0 (main stem river and/or side channels are habitat for Hood Canal Summer Chum to be restored) Miles of trail maintained: 0 Miles of trial obliterated: 0 Acres of forest health improved (including fuels reduction): 0 Acres of rangeland improved: 0 Acres of wildlife habitat restored/improved: Up to 20 acres in later phases of project Acres of noxious weeds controlled: 0 Timber volume generated: 0 Jobs generated in full time equivalents (FTE) to nearest tenth. One FTE is 52 forty hour weeks: 3 People reached (for environmental education projects/fire prevention): 350 Direct economic activity benefit: This design project will support county and possibly tribal staff, consultants, engineers, and businesses supporting travel to Brinnon. Design implementation in later phases of the project will support construction and restoration-related businesses. Other: 15. Estimated Project Start Date: 12/01/2019 16. Estimated Project Completion Date: 6/20/2021 17. List known partnerships or collaborative opportunities. Partners include the Skokomish Tribe, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Washington State Parks Commission, Wild Fish Conservancy, WA Department of Fish and Wildlife, Lazy C HOA, and others. This project is also the first phase of Puget Sound Partnership Action Agenda Near Term Action (NTA) 18-0164, to develop an integrated floodplain and restoration plan that provides multiple 3 benefits for fish species and the community. This NTA, and another to implement the plan, are both supported by Olympic National Forest Hood Canal Ranger District. 18. Identify benefits to communities. This project will benefit local communities by expanding shared information on past, present and future watershed and fish stock conditions and trends. By analyzing and evaluating the costs and benefits of unimpeded channel migration in this reach, a common understanding of the range of options for meeting the needs of fish and communities will begin to emerge. The relatively unconfined Powerlines Reach provides an optimal location for partners and local residents to coalesce around preferred tools and actions for maximizing fish habitat and community priorities. 19. How does the project benefit federal lands/resources? This project benefits federal lands and resources by improving water quality in the lower river (e.g. new thermal refugia; greater focus on pollution prevention in floodplain within neighborhoods) and by providing habitat for summer chum (as juveniles, a common prey species), and by directly benefiting fish species that utilize Forest reaches, such as Puget Sound Chinook salmon, by improving spawning and/or off channel habitats downstream. Improvements to Powerlines Reach habitats will also eventually benefit users of the anticipated trail linking Dosewallips State Park and the ONF along the river’s southern shore. Lessons learned, and relationships developed, through this phase of the project will likely benefit later stages of NTA 18-0164 focused upstream reaches. 20. What is the Proposed Method(s) of Accomplishment? (check at least 1) X Contract X Federal Workforce X County Workforce X Volunteers X Grant X Agreement Americorps YCC/CCC Crews Job Corps Stewardship Contract Merchantable Timber Pilot Other (specify): 21. Will the Project Generate Merchantable Materials? Yes X No 22. Anticipated Project Costs a. Title II Funds Requested: $24,825 b. Is this a multi-year funding request? X Yes No 23. Identify Source(s) of Other Funding: RCO 18-1228, “Dosewallips River Powerlines Acquisition and Design” (Title II will support the design portion of the project only) 24. Monitoring Plan (provide as attachment) a. Provide a plan that describes your process for tracking and explaining the effects of this project on your environmental and community goals outlined above. All aspects of the project will be tracked through the RCO’s Prism software. Progress will be tracked and explained by engaging the community in assessing the landscape, hydraulic and geomorphic factors influencing the floodplain and through the collaborative development and 4 selection of conceptual designs. A feasibility study will inform the creation and siting of a preliminary design. Outcomes of meetings,