Manastash Creek Corridor Habitat Enhancement and Flood Hazard Reduction Plan Kick-Off Meeting June 5, PM Hal Holmes Center

Welcome Introductions Agenda Review – Project Background – Funding Update – Status of Consultant Contract – Kittitas County Public Works- Status Report – Watershed Status Update Fish Flow – Presentation by Herrera and Watershed Science & Engineering – Q & A – Stakeholder Involvement – Closing Remarks

Project Background Manastash Creek Restoration Project – Endangered Species Act (Mid-Columbia Steelhead) Multiple Flood Events – Three in 2011 – Significant damage to private and public infrastructure Funding – Converted Existing – Applied for additional Committees – Technical – Landowner

Funding Update Salmon Recovery Funding Board ($112,959) Washington State Conservation Commission ($50,038) US Bureau Of Reclamation ($25,000) Kittitas County ($40,000) Salmon Recovery Funding Board Washington State Conservation Commission US Bureau of Reclamation Kittitas County $105,773 $ 47,400 $ 25,000 $ 40,000 48%22%11%18%

Status of Consultant Contract Consultant Selected – Herrera Environmental – WATERSHED Science & Engineering Contract Signed May 2012 Task Order Signed June 2012 – Scope of Work LiDAR collection pre-authorized

Kittitas County Public Works - Report Kirk Holmes, Public Works Director

Watershed Status Report Fish... – Screening & Passage Barnes Rd, Keach/Jensen, MWDA/Consolidated – Presence in Manastash Creek Sighting PIT Tag Detector

Adult Steelhead at Prosser Dam and Roza Dam

Watershed Conditions Flow – High flow this season to date Estimated at 400 CFS

Watershed Conditions Flow – Seasonally Dry Reach – Instream Flow Improvements Purchases from willing sellers Conservation projects (sprinklers) Total Trust Water – Almost 15 CFS – More planned

Presentation by Herrera and Watershed Science & Engineering

Stakeholder Involvement Coordinated Resource Management (CRM) Program – Serves as a foundation to support collaborative, locally-led processes to address natural resource issues – Applies to all communities and natural resource situations including areas dominated by public lands, private lands, or a mixture of the two CRM History – started as a way to deal with conflicts that arose over range land and livestock issues – first collaborative problem-solving group formed in 1949 near Richland, Washington – In Kittitas County - Big Game Management Roundtable, Wild Horse Grazing Plan, Manastash Creek Restoration Project

Stakeholder Involvement Coordinated Resource Management (CRM) – Executive Committee includes Regional Forester - USDA Forest Service Chair - Washington State Conservation Commission Commissioner of Public Lands - Washington State DNR Director - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director - WSU Cooperative Extension District Manager - USDI Bureau of Land Management State Conservationist - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Chair - Washington Rangeland Committee President - Washington Association of Conservation Districts Director - Washington Department of Agriculture Director - Washington Department of Ecology

Closing Remarks Upcoming Tasks – Begin contract work LiDAR Analysis Permission to Access forms Field Work – Contact and work with CRM Program to encourage stakeholder participation – Additional meetings (small groups?)