Quinault Indian Nation Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report Quinault Indian Nation Taholah, Washington March 2017 Quinault Indian Nation Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report Project Information Project: QIN Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report Prepared for: Quinault Indian Community Development and Planning Department Charles Warsinske, Planning Manager Carl Smith, Environmental Planner Jesse Cardenas, Project Manager American Community Enrichment Reviewing Agency Jurisdiction: Quinault Indian Nation, made possible by a grant from Administration for Native Americans (ANA) Project Representative Prepared by: SCJ Alliance 8730 Tallon Lane NE, Suite 200 SCJ Alliance teaming with AECOM Lacey, Washington 98516 360.352.1465 scjalliance.com Contact: Lisa Palazzi, PWS, CPSS Project Reference: SCJ #2328.01 QIN Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report 03062107 March 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background and Purpose ........................................................................................... 1 1.2 Shoreline Analysis Areas (SAAs) Overview ................................................................. 3 1.3 Opportunities for Restoration .................................................................................... 4 2. Methodology .............................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Baseline Data Collection ............................................................................................ 5 2.2 Field Tour Documentation ......................................................................................... 6 2.3 Shoreline Mapping, Addressing Data Gaps, and Reach Identification ...................... 7 2.4 Data Analysis ............................................................................................................ 10 2.5 Regulatory Context .................................................................................................. 11 3. Ecosystem-wide Characterization ............................................................................. 13 3.1 Regional Context ...................................................................................................... 13 3.2 Watershed Overview ............................................................................................... 13 3.3 Geology, Topography and tsunami hazard .............................................................. 18 QIN Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report March 2017 Page i TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.4 The Reservation Key Species and Habitats .............................................................. 23 3.5 Hydrology and Climate Change ................................................................................ 28 3.6 Land Use and Cover.................................................................................................. 35 3.7 Recreation ................................................................................................................ 37 4. Local Shoreline Characterization ............................................................................... 38 4.1 Reach Definitions and Boundaries ........................................................................... 38 4.2 Pacific Coast Reach descriptions .............................................................................. 39 4.3 Riverine Reach Descriptions:.................................................................................... 66 QIN Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report March 2017 Page ii TABLE OF CONTENTS 4.4 Lake Reach Descriptions ........................................................................................ 135 5. Shoreline Use Analysis ............................................................................................ 142 5.1 Approach ................................................................................................................ 142 5.2 Results: Pacific Coast .............................................................................................. 144 5.3 Results: Queets River ............................................................................................. 147 5.4 Results: Salmon River ............................................................................................. 150 5.5 Results: Raft River .................................................................................................. 151 5.6 Results: North Fork Raft River ................................................................................ 153 5.7 Results: Quinault River ........................................................................................... 153 QIN Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report March 2017 Page iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 5.8 Results: Wreck Creek ............................................................................................. 157 5.9 Results: Moclips River ............................................................................................ 158 5.10 Results: Lake Quinault ............................................................................................ 158 6. OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENHANCEMENT and Conservation of SHORELINE Ecological Functions ........................................................................................................................ 160 6.1 Coastal Shorelines .................................................................................................. 160 6.2 Riverine Shorelines Policy and Management Recommendations ......................... 165 QIN Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report March 2017 Page iv TABLE OF CONTENTS 6.3 Lake Quinault ......................................................................................................... 169 7. References ............................................................................................................. 171 8. Digital Gis Maps ..................................................................................................... 174 9. Appendices ............................................................................................................ 184 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Shoreline Management Plan Analysis Areas .................................................................. 4 Table 2. Shoreline Reaches for Analysis ..................................................................................... 10 Table 3. Land Ownership (acres) within the Shoreline Analysis Areas ...................................... 37 Table 4. Baseline GIS Data Layers Analyzed for This Study........................................................ 38 Table 5. Reach C1 Soil Map Unit Descriptions ........................................................................... 41 Table 6. Reach C2 Soil Map Unit Descriptions ........................................................................... 47 Table 7. Reach C3 Soil Map Unit Descriptions .......................................................................... 55 Table 8. Reach C4 Soil Map Unit Descriptions .......................................................................... 61 Table 9. Reach Q1 Soil Map Unit Descriptions .......................................................................... 68 Table 10. Reach Q2 Soil Map Unit Descriptions ........................................................................ 74 Table 11. Reach S1 Soil Map Unit Descriptions......................................................................... 81 Table 12. Reach S2 Soil Map Unit Descriptions......................................................................... 84 Table 13. Reach S3 Soil Map Unit Descriptions......................................................................... 88 Table 14. Reach R1 Soil Map Unit Descriptions ........................................................................ 92 Table 15. Reach R2 Soil Map Unit Descriptions ........................................................................ 96 Table 16. Reach NR1 Soil Map Unit Descriptions .................................................................... 100 Table 17. Reach QN1 Soil Map Unit Descriptions ................................................................... 106 Table 18. Reach QN2 Soil Map Unit Descriptions ................................................................... 112 Table 19. Reach QN3 Soil Map Unit Descriptions .................................................................... 119 QIN Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report March 2017 Page v TABLE OF CONTENTS Table 20. Reach QN4 Soil Map Unit Descriptions .................................................................... 126 Table 21. Reach WC1 Soil Map Unit Descriptions .................................................................... 130 Table 22. Reach M1 Soil Map Unit Descriptions ...................................................................... 134 Table 23. Reach LQW Soil Map Unit Descriptions ................................................................... 138 Table 24. Reach LQS and LQN .................................................................................................. 141 Table A-25. Description of various geologic map units within the Reservation at a variety of scales finer that the GIS-available version of the 1:100K scale Digital Map A-5. ................................................. 184 Table