Toppenish Creek Watershed ( ) Yakama Nation Division of Natural Resources
Steelhead in Toppenish Creek
History Toppenish Creek Watershed Restoration Project Project began in 1997 Intensive Monitoring
Discharge Measurements
Spawning Ground Surveys
Steelhead Outmigration
Steelhead Rearing
Well Measurments and Bug Pumping
Identifying Problem Areas Within the Watershed Federal and Private Irrigation Federal and Private Irrigation Forestry Roads and logging practices Forestry Roads and logging practices Grazing Grazing Incised and Degraded Creek Channels and Side Channels Incised and Degraded Creek Channels and Side Channels
Federal and Private Irrigation in the Toppenish Creek Watershed Developing a water allocation plan Developing a water allocation plan Unscreened Diversions Unscreened Diversions Irrigation Returns Irrigation Returns Fish Passage Fish Passage
Water Allocation Working with Bureau of Indian Affairs Wapato Irrigation to maintain minimal flow criteria Working with Bureau of Indian Affairs Wapato Irrigation to maintain minimal flow criteria Working with the Yakama Nation Tribe to develop a Policy for minimal flow criteria Working with the Yakama Nation Tribe to develop a Policy for minimal flow criteria Meeting with Private Land Owners Meeting with Private Land Owners –Providing them Stock wells –Installing a headgate that project monitors
Unscreened Private Irrigation Diversion
Irrigation Returns
Irrigation Fish Return Pipe
Working With BIA Forestry and Road Department
Reestablishing Fish Passage
Grazing Management
Incised and Degraded Creeks
Degraded Side Channel Rehabilitation
Beaver Habitat Rehabilitation
Headwater Meadow Restoration
Riparian Revegetation
Partners Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs Bonneville Power Administration Bonneville Power Administration Tribal livestock permittees Tribal livestock permittees Private Landowners Private Landowners Other Tribal Programs Other Tribal Programs