Snake River Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity 2017 SRFB Grant Round. Project Tour May 31 st and June 1 st

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1 Snake River Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity 2017 SRFB Grant Round Project Tour May 31 st and June 1 st Tucannon River PA-28 Phase II Habitat Restoration Project Site Visit, June, 2016

2 Table of Contents Snake River Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity Committee Membership 2 Tour Schedule SRSRB Lead Entity Score Card 5 Regional Priority Map 7 Map with Project Locations 8 Summary Table of Habitat Factors and Objectives for Each MSA 9 Critical Habitat Uncertainties within the Snake River Salmon Recovery Region 11 SRSRB Draft Application Summaries 12 Touchet River Conceptual Restoration Plan 13 Tucannon salmonid survival & habitat utilization 2 15 Asotin IMW Monitoring Mill Creek Passage Segment E1 Design 19 Mill Creek Passage Park to Otis 21 Bridge to Bridge Restoration Phase 2 23 Alpowa Creek Instream PALS Phase II 25 Restoring Native Riparian on Pataha Creek 27 NF Touchet River Reach 2 Implementation Phase I 29 Draft Application Scoring Summary from April 18 th Lead Entity Committee Meeting 31 1

3 Snake River Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity Committee 2017 Jerry Hendrickson Rod Hostetler Don Howard Larry Fairchild Billy Bowles Del Groat David Crabtree Larry Hooker Bryan Jones Jon Jones Kris Fischer Diane Driscoll or Bob Reis Ed Teel or Sean Taylor Heidi McRoberts Chris Pinney Erin Kuttle Bill Dowdy Chad Atkins Tom Schirm Megan Stewart (non-voting) Terry Bruegman (non-voting) Randy Stevens (non-voting) Duane Bartels (non-voting) Brian Burns (non-voting) Joanna Cowles (non-voting) Chris Highland (non-voting) Brad Johnson (non-voting) Michelle Cramer (non-voting) Jennifer O'Neal (non-voting) Kay Caromile (non-voting) Steve Martin (non-voting) Kris Buelow (non-voting) Debbie Seney (non-voting) John Foltz (non-voting) Asotin County Asotin County Columbia County Columbia County Garfield County Garfield County Walla Walla County Walla Walla County Whitman County Whitman County Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Natural Resources Conservation Service Nez Perce Tribe United States Army Corp of Engineers United States Fish and Wildlife Service United States Forest Service Washington Department of Ecology Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Asotin County Conservation District Co-Lead Columbia County Conservation District Co-Lead Palouse Conservation District Co-Lead Pomeroy Conservation District Co-Lead Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group Walla Walla County Conservation District Co-Lead WRIA 32 Walla Walla Watershed Partnership WRIA 35 Planning Unit Salmon Recovery Funding Board Review Panel Salmon Recovery Funding Board Review Panel Recreation and Conservation Office Grant Manager SRSRB/LE Staff SRSRB/LE Staff SRSRB/LE Staff SRSRB/LE Staff 2

4 Snake River Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity SRFB Review Panel Draft Application Project Tour Schedule for May 31, :00 am Meet at SRSRB Office in Dayton, 410B East Main St. Introductions and Overview John Foltz, SRSRB Staff SRFB Review Panel, SRSRB Staff, Project Sponsors, and Attendees 9:05 am Touchet River Conceptual Restoration Plan ( ) Justin Pearson Columbia Conservation District 9:50 am Tucannon salmonid survival & habitat utilization 2 ( ) Ethan Crawford Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 10:35 am Asotin IMW Monitoring 2017 ( ) Steve Bennett Eco Logical Research Inc. 11:20 am Leave Dayton Office 12:00 pm Lunch Provided (Rooks Park) 1:00 pm Mill Creek Passage Segment E1 Design ( ) Brian Burns Tri-State Steelheaders 1:45 pm Mill Creek Passage Park to Otis ( ) Brian Burns Tri-State Steelheaders *time available to visit completed Mill Creek Passage 9 th Ave. Construction ( ) 3:00 pm Bridge to Bridge Restoration Phase 2 ( ) Brian Burns Tri-State Steelheaders *time available to visit completed Bridge to Bridge Levee Removal ( ) 5:00 pm Return to Dayton 3

5 Snake River Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity SRFB Review Panel Draft Application Project Tour Schedule for June 1, :15 am Meet at SRSRB Office in Dayton, 410B East Main St. Introductions and Overview John Foltz, SRSRB Staff SRFB Review Panel, SRSRB Staff, Project Sponsors, and Attendees 8:20 am Load up on Bus 9:30 am Alpowa Creek Instream PALS Phase II ( ) Brad Johnson Palouse Conservation District *time available to visit completed Alpowa Instream PALS ( ) 11:00 am Restoring Native Riparian on Pataha Creek ( ) Duane Bartels Pomeroy Conservation District *time available to visit completed Pataha Creek Working with Beaver to Restore Habitat ( ) 12:15 pm Lunch Provided (City of Dayton Park) 1:15 pm North Touchet River Reach 2 Implementation Phase I ( ) Jerry Middel Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation 2:30 pm Return to Dayton 4

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10 Summary Table of Habitat Factors and Objectives for Each MSA Priority Habitat Factor and Objective Mainstem Walla Walla River MSA Imminent Threats: Fish Screens, Fish Passage Barriers, Low/Dewatered Streams I. Temperature: < 4 day > 72ºF II. Large Woody Debris: > 1 key pieces per channel width III. Embeddedness: < 10% embeddedness IV. Riparian:> 40 to 90% of maximum V. Channel Confinement: reduce to 40% to 60% of stream length Mill Creek MSA Imminent Threats: Fish Passage Barriers (including gravel berms), Fish Screens, Low/Dewatered Streams I. Embeddedness: < 10% II. Temperature < 4 day > 72ºF III. Large Woody Debris: > 1 key piece per channel width IV. Riparian: > 40 to 90% of maximum Middle Touchet River MSA (mainstem from Coppei creek to Patit Creek) Imminent Threats: Fish Screens, Fords, Low Stream Flows, Gravel Berms I. Embeddedness: < 10% II. Temperature: < 4 days > 72ºF III. Large Woody Debris: > 1 key piece per channel width IV. Channel Confinement: <15 to 40% of stream bank length Upper Touchet River MSA (Patit Creek upstream to Touchet headwaters) Imminent Threats: Fish Passage Barriers, Fish Screens, Fords, Low Stream Flows, Gravel Berms I. Temperature: < 4 days > 72ºF II. Riparian: >62 to 82% of maximum III. Large Woody Debris: > 1 key piece per channel width IV. Channel Confinement: <10 to 40% of stream bank length Upper Tucannon River MSA (from Pataha Creek upstream to Tucannon headwaters) Imminent Threats: Fish Screens, Low Stream Flows I. Riparian: > 40 to 75% of maximum II. Large Woody Debris: >1 key piece per channel width III. Channel Confinement: < 25 to 50% of stream bank length IV. Temperature: < 4 days > 72ºF Lower Tucannon River msa (from Pataha Creek downstream to Tucannon mouth) Imminent Threats: Fish Passage Barriers, Screens, Low Stream Flows I. Temperature: < 4 days > 72ºF II. Embeddedness: < 20% III. Large Woody Debris: > 1 key piece per channel width IV. Riparian: >40 to 75% of maximum V Channel Confinement: < 25 to 50% of stream bank length Summary Table of Habitat Factors and Objectives for Each MSA (continued) Priority Habitat Factor and Objective 9

11 Priority Habitat Factor and Objective I. Riparian: > 80% of maximum II. Embeddedness: < 10% III. Temperature: < 4 day > 72ºF IV. Alpowa Creek MSA Imminent Threats: Fish screens, Low Stream Flows, Remove Obstructions Large Woody Debris: > 1 key piece per channel width Joseph Creek MSA Joseph Creek lies primarily in Oregon. Therefore, priority actions for the portion of Joseph Creek within Washington are to address imminent threats. Lower Grande Ronde MSA Objectives for the Lower Grande Ronde are currently being developed in consultation with ODFW. Wenaha River MSA The vast majority of the Wenaha River lies entirely within a wilderness area administered by the USFS. The proposed action for this river is to continue protective status. Asotin Creek MSA (mouth to headwaters including all tributaries except George Creek) Imminent Threats: Fish Passage Barriers, Fish Screens, Dewatered Streams I. Large Woody Debris: > 1 key piece per channel width II. Embeddedness: < 20% III. IV. Bed Scour: Reduce to < 10 cm Riparian: >75% to 90% of maximum I. Embeddedness: < 10% II. III. George Creek MSA (tributary of Asotin Creek) Imminent Threats: Dewatered Streams Large Woody Debris: > 1 key piece per channel width Riparian: >75% of maximum IV. Temperature: < 4 day > 72ºC Pataha Creek MSA (tributary of Tucannon River) Imminent Threats: Fish Passage Barriers, Fish Screens, Ford, Dewatered Streams I. Embeddedness: Protect existing condition II. III. IV. Temperature: Protect existing condition Riparian: Protect existing condition Large Woody Debris: Protect existing condition V. Channel Confinement: Protect existing condition 10

12 Critical Habitat Uncertainties within the Snake River Salmon Recovery Region Subbasin/Stream Asotin Creek Sub basin Tucannon River Sub basin Walla Walla River Sub basin Almota Creek (Lower Snake River Sub basin) Deadman Creek (Lower Snake River Sub basin) Grande Ronde Sub basin Critical Uncertainties Large woody debris, Embeddedness, Turbidity, Fines, Riparian function, Bed scour, Natural temperature regime, Natural base flow condition Anthropogenic stream confinement, Habitat type (pools), Riparian function, Harassment, Woody debris, Carcasses Turbidity, Obstructions, Riparian function, Anthropogenic stream confinement, Temperature Large woody debris, Riparian function, Embeddedness, Low flow, Anthropogenic stream confinement Turbidity, Large woody debris, Riparian function Sediment, Temperature, Flows, Key habitat quality and diversity 11

13 Draft Application Summaries Snake River Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity 2017 SRFB Grant Round Prepared by the Snake River Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity Staff Dry Creek at Collins Bridge, Pre- Project Construction, August 2016 Dry Creek at Collins Bridge, Post-Project Construction, September

14 Touchet River Conceptual Restoration Plan Sponsor: Justin Pearson Columbia Conservation District Location: Middle and Upper Touchet River MSA Priority Restoration and Protection Reaches 3 Year Plan: Yes Project Type: Planning (Assessment) Request+Match: 211, ,290 $248,443 Species: Mid-Columbia Steelhead (DPS), Columbia River Bull Trout (DPS), Mid-Columbia River Chinook Description: The Columbia Conservation District (CCD) will use this grant to develop a conceptual restoration plan for the Touchet River and its tributaries in Columbia and Walla Walla Counties in the middle and upper Touchet River (MSA) and Patit Creek (msa) as identified in the SE WA Salmon Recovery Plan (2011). These tributaries are inhabited by native ESA threatened Mid-Columbia steelhead and Bull Trout and re-introduced spring Chinook. The planning process will expand upon the Touchet River Geomorphic Assessment (GeoEngineers, 2011, PRISM # ) of existing information; conduct habitat surveys; identify priority stream reaches and habitat enhancement potential; and develop prioritized conceptual restoration plans. The guiding principle of this restoration plan will be to focus on improving the habitat factors limiting all salmonid life-cycle stages. To meet this goal, we will work closely with the Snake River Salmon Recovery Board, Regional Technical Team, co-managers WDFW/CTUIR, WWCCD, BPA, landowners and other partners at all stages of the project to ensure high priority salmonid limiting factors and restoration actions are identified. This project is identified in the Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan and regional work plan in WRIA 32 Assessment and Planning Restoration; deliverables will serve as the basis for future restoration project development in both the MSA and msa. Goals and Objectives: The goal of this project is to expand upon the geomorphic/watershed assessments, build a prioritized conceptual restoration plan for the identified watersheds and to produce at least conceptual reach designs for as much of the project areas identified throughout the project that addresses the current degraded habitat condition and function by increasing channel complexity and confinement, restoration of riparian areas, and implement BMP s on distinct potential project areas. Specific project objectives are: Use existing data and support from the existing Touchet Geomorphic Assessment while filling in the gaps of information to complete a conceptual restoration plan. Develop a citizen work group and work with the Voluntary Stewardship Program s Watershed Work Group (WWG) to develop working relationships and seek input and feedback on the conceptual restoration plan to make it implementable. Coordinate and collaborate amongst local technical partners and landowners throughout the project to assist in scoping and developing the assessment and to provide input and vet project details. Develop discrete conceptual habitat restoration plans for middle and upper Touchet MSA and Patit msa stream reaches. The conceptual restoration plan will be used to communicate project concepts that address the identified limiting factors incorporating information that has been gleaned through the assessment process with input from project partners. This plan will include project prioritization for the watersheds identified in this proposal and will provide the basis to move forward to final design and project implementation. Draft Application LE Meeting (4/18/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: Witnessed good spawning below Boles Bridge, will project go below? Staying within the MSA, budget limited. Fundamentally this project is important, RTT comments and two letters of support (BPA and CTUIR) for the project were passed along. SRSRB RTT Meeting (4/19/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: None. Previously discussed in March, see notes above. Project Tour Questions/Comments/Notes: 13

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16 Tucannon salmonid survival & habitat utilization 2 Sponsor: Ethan Crawford Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Location: Tucannon River MSA Priority Restoration and Protection Reach 3 Year Plan: Yes Project Type: Planning (Assessment) Request+Match: 218, ,000 $273,958 Species: Snake River Steelhead (DPS), Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook (ESU) Columbia River Bull Trout (DPS) Description: WDFW will use this grant to perform an assessment that will evaluate the abundance of juvenile spring Chinook salmon and summer steelhead in the fall, their survival through four segments of the Tucannon River and to Lower Monumental Dam, and their seasonal distribution within CHaMP sites and treatment/control strata, as well winter habitat utilization via mobile PIT tag detection building upon two previous projects ( & ). This suite of information will provide critical information to direct restoration actions at limiting life stages with appropriate habitat actions. The proposed project would yield life-stage-specific survival rates for wild-origin juvenile spring Chinook salmon and summer steelhead in the Tucannon River, which in turn will help direct habitat restoration efforts based on survival and distribution of PIT tagged fish. In addition to the overwintering survival that past projects have investigated, we would also quantify egg-to-parr survival which may identify deficiencies in incubation, high flow, or summer survival. This project will attempt to identify if, when, and where the population bottlenecks exist for spring Chinook and summer steelhead in the Tucannon River. It builds on the four instream PIT detection sites, existing smolt trap, and habitat information available through the CHaMP sites in order to provide an improved method for identifying limiting factors and prioritizing restoration actions than are currently implemented in the basin. Goals and Objectives: The goal of this project is to identify life-stage- and reach-specific survival, abundance, and habitat utilization (i.e., seasonal distribution of fall-tagged fish), and to use this information to identify restoration priorities and potential population limiting factors. Specific project objectives are: Estimate survival of fall-tagged parr to the lower Tucannon River and Lower Monumental Dam. Calculate reach-specific survival rates in the upper, middle, and lower Tucannon River according to successful migration of tagged individuals past instream PIT tag detection sites. Describe the spatial distribution of overwintering juvenile spring Chinook salmon and steelhead within the Tucannon River mainstem with fine-scale habitat associations determined through mobile detection surveys. Produce unbiased estimates of fall parr abundance that can be used to infer egg-to-parr survival and build fish-habitat relationships from associated CHaMP habitat information. Draft Application LE Meeting (4/18/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: Pursing additional BPA funding for this. The Lower/Middle Tucannon is a migratory corridor designation for sp. Chinook, do you see them there? Yes, wintering in the middle Tucannon reach. What would we like to see for juvenile survival? At least 2-3 times higher than current number suggest. Project is to identify where and why. What is the time period of fish movement? After tagging, late fall-overwinter. Make sure we are clear on what data has been collected to date and what additional data will provide is critical for project; additionally lifecycle of steelhead is such that we need data for more complete picture. SRSRB RTT Meeting (4/19/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: None. Project Tour Questions/Comments/Notes: 15

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18 Asotin IMW Monitoring 2017 Sponsor: Steve Bennett Eco Logical Research Inc. Location: Asotin Creek MSA Priority Restoration and Protection Reach 3 Year Plan: Yes Project Type: Monitoring Request+Match: 150, ,529 $403,529 (Monitoring proposal max 10% of Regional allocation) Species: Snake River Steelhead (DPS), Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook (ESU) Columbia River Bull Trout (DPS) Description: ELR Inc is the project sponsor and the project type is a monitoring project. This request is to support ongoing monitoring in the Asotin Creek Intensively Monitored Watershed project (Asotin IMW). The project was started in 2008 and is expected to run until The funds are being requested to support i) juvenile steelhead PIT tagging and mark-recapture surveys and replace damaged PIT tag array equipment, and ii) habitat monitoring using the Columbia Habitat Monitoring protocol (CHaMP). These two monitoring efforts are being used to assess the effectiveness of large woody debris restoration at increasing juvenile productivity in Asotin Creek. Three tributaries in Asotin Creek need to be monitored: Charley Creek, North Fork Asotin Creek, and South Fork Asotin Creek. It is critical at this stage in the Asotin IMW to maintain the basic monitoring levels to ensure that the goals of the IMW can be completed: namely to determine the effectiveness of LWD restoration methods, determine the casual mechanisms of habitat and fish responses, and to provide recommendations for implementing LWD restoration in other watersheds. The extent of fish monitoring is 12 sites m in length, 4 in each tributary (see attached map). The extent of the habitat monitoring is 12 CHaMP sites (length m) in Charley and North Fork Creek Tetra Tech is funding CHaMP monitoring in South Fork Creek in This project will support the ESA listed summer steelhead recovery. All of the fish and habitat data collected will be made publically available in the PTAGIS (ptagis.org) and on the CHaMP website (champmonitoring.org). Analyses of the data will be conducted with other funds provided to the Asotin IMW by PSMFC. Goals and Objectives: Project goals are to monitor juvenile steelhead populations pre- and post-restoration and determine 1) if populations responded to restoration, 2) what habitat changes were linked to fish responses, and 3) how to extrapolate the results to other watersheds. Objectives are to: Continue monitoring at permanent Fish (12) and Habitat (18) sites in IMW study area Partially or completely replace components of all of five PIT tag antennae arrays damaged in during 2017 spring floods Manage and analyze the data Report results Draft Application LE Meeting (4/18/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: Are all fish that have been identified during monitoring wild? Yes. Where can we get the project information? Project Reports online, can be found on SRSRB website too. SRSRB RTT Meeting (4/19/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: None. Project Tour Questions/Comments/Notes: 17

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20 Mill Creek Passage Segment E1 Design Sponsor: Brian Burns Tri-State Steelheaders Location: Mill Creek MSA Priority Restoration and Protection Reach 3 Year Plan: Yes Project Type: Design Only Request+Match: 141, $141,246 Species: Mid-Columbia Steelhead (DPS), Columbia River Bull Trout (DPS), Mid-Columbia River Chinook Description: Flood measures on Mill Creek at Walla Walla include a levee confined channel, with 263 energy dissipating stabilizers (weirs). The stabilizers span the channel width, creating low flow passage problems. This project will complete designs and construct passage improvements at nine of the stabilizers, and create a low flow channel. These structures were identified as barriers in the Mill Creek Barrier Assessment completed in ESA listed steelhead, and bull trout, and reintroduced spring chinook utilize the flood control channel during migrations. Often by mid-may adults and juveniles become trapped in the flood control channel where they experience lethal temperatures. Many of these passage issues are considered as imminent threats in the Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan. Mill Creek, upstream of the flood control project, is a critical and under-utilized area for spawning and rearing of ESA listed species, and provides for an important recovery opportunity for those listed fish, as well as good habitat for other native fish and reintroduction efforts for spring chinook. Goals and Objectives: The goals of the project are to improve low flow passage for juvenile and adult steelhead, bull trout, and spring chinook, and improve thermal and habitat conditions. Project objectives are to improve fish passage and thermal and habitat conditions for approximately 565 feet of Mill Creek channel. Specifically: Add a passage notch to nine weirs Create a 565 foot thalweg between the weirs to concentrate low flow. Draft Application LE Meeting (4/18/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: Will WW County provide cost share? Yes, but uncertain. What is the best case scenario for match? Maybe 50/50% (original total budget was $633,534). Why these 9 baffles? These are the two ends that need to be replaced, channel thalweg will be created too. Would this reach be planted for shade? No, ACOE policy. If not funded, would the replacement baffles have to be notched for passage? Not likely, could be fixed under maintenance. NOAA would require consultation, require passage, but would be tough (ACOE has been tough to work with on this). SRSRB RTT Meeting (4/19/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: Imminent threat determination local scale for scoring purposes (split decision). The whole population has to pass through; from a recovery plan perspective, without significant number of fish from Mill Creek, Walla Walla MPG isn t viable. Consider cost effectiveness for next year; also concern regarding this, don t evaluate on cost effectiveness. Project Tour Questions/Comments/Notes: 19

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22 Mill Creek Passage Park to Otis Sponsor: Brian Burns Tri-State Steelheaders Location: Mill Creek MSA Priority Restoration and Protection Reach 3 Year Plan: Yes Project Type: Restoration Request+Match: 826, ,000 $976,034 Species: Mid-Columbia Steelhead (DPS), Columbia River Bull Trout (DPS), Mid-Columbia River Chinook Description: This project will begin implementation of fish passage designs completed in June 2017 (project ). In this phase, 880 feet of the concrete flood control channel will be remodeled to provide hydraulic conditions favorable for passage of adult and juvenile salmonids. Flood control measures on Mill Creek include a concrete channel that extends over two miles through Walla Walla. The Mill Creek Barrier Assessment completed in 2009 identified and described barriers for ESA listed steelhead and bull trout, and for reintroduced spring chinook. Returning adults encounter flow dependent depth and velocity barriers, and a lack of resting opportunities. Juvenile fish encounter low spring flows, and high water temperatures in late spring. Often by mid-may adults and juveniles become trapped in the flood control channel where they experience lethal temperatures. Many of these passage issues are considered as imminent threats in the Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan. Mill Creek, upstream of the flood control project, is a critical and under-utilized area for spawning and rearing of ESA listed species, and provides for an important recovery opportunity for those listed fish, as well as good habitat for other native fish and reintroduction efforts for spring chinook. Goals and Objectives: The goals of the project are to improve low flow passage for juvenile and adult steelhead, bull trout, and spring chinook, improve high flow passage for adult steelhead, bull trout, and spring chinook, and provide resting opportunities where none currently exist. Project objectives are to implement final fish passage designs for approximately 880 feet of Mill Creek channel. The project will address low flow and high flow barriers, and will incorporate resting pools providing fish passage through a 1,100 foot section of Mill Creek at multiple life stages for steelhead, Chinook, and bull trout. Specifically: Reconfigure concrete baffles in Mill Creek channel This proposal: 7 existing baffles will be removed, and 30 will be installed; Project total: 16 existing baffles removed, 65 installed. Install surface roughness to provide a low velocity boundary layer for discharges up to 320 cfs. This proposal: Forty 7 x10 panels will cover 400 feet in length of channel (2,800 square feet). Project Total: One hundred and ten 7 x10 panels will cover 1,100 feet in length of channel (7,700 square feet) Install 5 resting pools in the concrete channel pools are 12 feet by 7 feet, covering 60 feet in length of channel. Project total: Install 16 resting pools, covering 192 feet of channel length Draft Application LE Meeting (4/18/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: Are there plans for monitoring? Yes, design engineers have been monitoring flows; current implementation has met passage and design criteria. How many feet are there in total, how much is left? 2.2 miles or ~10,000 feet, 1,600 feet completed to date. Access is the number one prioritizing factor for the identified reaches. Are there any problems with debris after implementation? Not yet, seems like it is self-cleaning. Where is match coming from and how much? No match from WW Basin Council as hoped, verbal from CTUIR, looking for other match. Is there an estimate of fish entering Mill Creek? Not at this time. There is a camera on Bennington ladder. SRSRB RTT Meeting (4/19/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: Imminent threat determination local scale for scoring purposes (split decision). The whole population has to pass through; from a recovery plan perspective, without significant number of fish from Mill Creek, Walla Walla MPG isn t viable. Consider cost effectiveness for next year; also concern regarding this, don t evaluate on cost effectiveness. Project Tour Questions/Comments/Notes: 21

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24 Bridge to Bridge Restoration Phase 2 Sponsor: Brian Burns Tri-State Steelheaders Location: Walla Walla River MSA Priority Restoration Reach 3 Year Plan: Yes Project Type: Restoration Request+Match: 535, ,000 $635,807 Species: Mid-Columbia Steelhead (DPS), Columbia River Bull Trout (DPS), Mid-Columbia River Chinook Description: The Bridge to Bridge Restoration Design completed in 2010 provided 30% plans for nearly two miles of the Walla Walla River. Final designs were completed for the upper third of the design reach, and implementation of those plans was completed in Final designs are now complete for the remaining part of the design reach. This project will address limiting factors by placing logs and log structures to improve channel complexity, maintain pools, create off-channel areas, and establish riparian vegetation on eroding banks. Riparian plantings will also address limiting factors by increasing shading, and improving riparian function. This section of the Walla Walla River is identified by The Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan as a priority restoration reach in the Walla Walla mainstem MSA. Adult and juvenile summer steelhead and spring chinook use the project reach during their migrations and bull trout occur there seasonally. Other species of cultural value and state concern that utilize the project reach are margined sculpin, leopard dace, and river lamprey. Goals and Objectives: The goals of the project are to improve width/depth ratio in the project reach, improve pool and cover habitat in the project reach, increase instream complexity, improve riparian buffer width and function in the project reach, increase shading to reduce thermal loading, and create self-sustaining conditions to maintain improved habitats. Specific project objectives are to: Increase large wood in the project reach to at least one piece per stream width Increase pool and cover habitat by installing 30 large wood structures Improve floodplain function and wood recruitment with 5,000 new riparian plants Improve 2,800 feet of side channel and off-channel areas by installing 24 large wood structures Install 13 wood structures to increase floodplain inundation and hyporheic exchange Draft Application LE Meeting (4/18/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: Is this the same proposal as last year? Yes, 98% the same. Were the Review Panel s concerns from last year addressed? Not with more wood at this point, working to balance cost/benefit. Will try to add more wood, not highly engineered, but more habitat. How certain are we that the landowners are on board? 100%, there is just one landowner. Where is the cost share coming from? Unknown at this point, working on that. Hoping to reduce costs with PALS in side channel using WCC crew (for planting too). What is the total length of project? ~3000 feet of channel and side channel. Is there juvenile Chinook rearing in the reach now? Yes, high losses seen by CTUIR now. SRSRB RTT Meeting (4/19/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: None. Project Tour Questions/Comments/Notes: 23

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26 Alpowa Creek Instream PALS Phase II Sponsor: Brad Johnson Palouse/Pomeroy Conservation District Location: Alpowa River MSA Priority Restoration and Protection Reach 3 Year Plan: Yes Project Type: Restoration Request+Match: 83, ,700 $98,000 Species: Snake River Steelhead (DPS), Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook (ESU) Description: The Pomeroy CD will use this grant to improve instream wood and pool habitat for wild steelhead in the Alpowa Creek watershed in a restoration reach. Approximately 200 PALs (with at least 3 key pieces of wood) will be installed in a 2 mile reach located in prime spawning and rearing habitat that was identified with SRFB Project # Alpowa Habitat Assessment and also expands restoration efforts of SRFB Project # Alpowa Instream Post Assisted Log Structures that previously installed 202 PALs upstream in 2014/15 field seasons. We are looking at increasing pool habitat and large wood by hand placing material at an additional 200 locations within the stream channel and using 3 inch wooded posts to hold the structures in place for juvenile and adult steelhead habitat. These structures have also been installed in the North and South forks and Charley Creek in Asotin Creek watershed, the Little Tucannon within Tucannon watershed and Alpowa Creek watershed. They are a very cost effective way to install instream structure without damaging the existing riparian habitat and leaving a small footprint that is very cost effective resulting in project funding being available for other project sponsors. SRFB Project # P identified a need for more wood and pool habitat within the Alpowa creek watershed and this project is a result of not only that project assessment but also SRFB Project # that resulted in 202 structures. There is no fishing allowed within this watershed, yet landowners understand the importance of this population and have agreed to the installation of instream habitat for wild steelhead by increasing pool habitat from the current 2 pools per 100 meters to over 8 suitable pools per 100 meters. Goals and Objectives: The goal of this project is to increase habitat quantity and quality in Alpowa Creek, specifically pools, bars and wood which appear to be low compared to similar surveys in Asotin Creek. Specific project objectives are: Install 200 PALS between 2018 and 2019 where there are available floodplain and landowner support. Increase the available pool habitat from current condition of 2.8 pools/100meters to more than 8 pools/100 meters over the two year period. Draft Application LE Meeting (4/18/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: MOU between Palouse and Pomeroy CD s on project Project is currently in CREP, no disturbance planned in riparian. Landowner intereste after seeing VSP. What are the numbers of adult steelhead in Alpowa? ~162 wild adults/year at weir over the last several years. SRSRB RTT Meeting (4/19/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: None. Project Tour Questions/Comments/Notes: 25

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28 Restoring Native Riparian on Pataha Creek Sponsor: Duane Bartels Pomeroy Conservation District Location: Pataha Creek MSA Priority Protection Reach 3 Year Plan: Yes Project Type: Restoration Request+Match: 22, ,000 $28,000 Species: Snake River Steelhead (DPS) Description: The Pomeroy Conservation District will use this grant to restore native woody riparian species, specifically, willow and cottonwood, along 4 miles of Pataha Creek. The project is located 15 miles downstream of Pomeroy, WA, between the Hwy 127-Hwy 12 junction where Archer Rd meets Hwy 12. Restoring native woody riparian species will benefit steelhead by addressing many of the limiting factors that have been identified in Pataha Creek, including: fine sediment, lack of large woody debris, habitat diversity, habitat quality, temperature and riparian function. This project is proposed in a MSA, priority protection reach for ESA listed mid-columbia Steelhead and is identified as a priority in the Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan for SE Washington (2011) and three year work plan. Reed canary grass, an invasive perennial grass, is the dominant riparian vegetation along Pataha Creek, and has promoted an incised and simplified channel with cohesive vertical banks that limit the creek s ability to create complex habitat. Restoring native woody vegetation will mitigate the influence of reed canary grass, create a source of woody material to promote more complex habitat and provide an important source of forage for beaver populations and promote beaver activity. This project will also enhance existing restoration structures designed to increase floodplain connectivity in order to improve the success of riparian plantings by increasing access to water resources. Goals and Objectives: The goal of the proposed project is to create a functioning riparian area to improve stream health and steelhead habitat by restoring native woody riparian vegetation along Pataha Creek. A functioning riparian area provides flow refugia for juvenile steelhead during high flow events, promotes sediment deposition, decreases stream temperatures by providing shading, and can provide a source of woody material to the stream to promote the formation of pool-riffle habitat for spawning. Another goal of this project to provide a food and dam building source for beaver to expand their habitat along Pataha Creek. This goal could enhance current projects designed to increase instream and floodplain conditions in Pataha Creek (previous SRFB and DOE Beaver Dam analog project). The objective of our proposed project is to establish clusters of native woody riparian vegetation along Pataha Creek by While the proposed treatment reach spans four miles of stream, we anticipate significant difficulties due to unpredictable flow patterns, competition from reed canary grass and beaver herbivory. There is almost no native woody vegetation in the treatment reach so our objective is to establish clusters of native woody vegetation (a cluster being 5-10 stems in 100 yard stretch of stream) along the treatment reach each year. The hope is that these clusters will begin to expand if they establish and can outcompete the reed canary grass. Draft Application LE Meeting (4/18/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: Is fish passage a problem with the BDA s installed or with beaver? No, the structures aren t static, beaver and salmon/steelhead co-evolved. SRSRB RTT Meeting (4/19/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: Project Tour Questions/Comments/Notes: 27

29 28 Basic allocation of planting treatments. a) Divide each BDA location into quadrants (two upstream and two downstream of BDA) and plant ~ 20 willows in each quadrant spaced ~ 3 m apart.

30 NF Touchet River Reach #2 Implementation Phase 1 Sponsor: Jerry Middel CTUIR Location: Middle Touchet River MSA Priority Restoration and Protection Reach 3 Year Plan: Yes Project Type: Restoration $ Request+Match: 444, ,600 $661,400 Species: Mid-Columbia Steelhead (DPS), Columbia River Bull Trout (DPS), Mid-Columbia River Chinook Description: The CTUIR will use these grant funds to implement designs currently being developed under project to restore fish habitat and connect floodplain on the N. Touchet River upstream of Dayton, WA. This is a restoration project involving the cooperation of the Tribes, SRSRB, and at least 3 private landowners the project will be phased due to size. The overall goal is to restore much needed salmonid habitat along a priority reach of the N. Touchet. While primarily focused on juvenile rearing habitat, the project will benefit all life stages of ESA listed mid- Columbia Steelhead, bull trout, redband trout, and now Chinook salmon that were re-introduced in This phase of the project (site 25+00) involves approximately 200 feet of levee breaching, adding approximately 31 LWD structures to act as roughness and as a mechanism to sort sediment, provide habitat cover and scour pools. Two alcoves will be constructed along the project reach to relieve the current firehouse effect providing approximately 1.5 acres of off-channel habitat for juvenile salmonids. Floodplain connectivity is anticipated to be increased by approximately ~5 acres at the modeled 25 year return flow. This project is in a designated priority restoration reach in the Touchet River major spawning area as identified in the Salmon Recovery Plan for SE Washington (2011) and regional three year work plan. Goals and Objectives: The goal is to implement a restoration design agreed upon by multiple landowners to restore the reach to functional system that has connected floodplain (to the extent possible) and improved instream habitat conditions. This would primarily effect juvenile summer steelhead, and restore natural stream processes over 8500 foot long project reach. Specific objectives are: Create two off-channel alcoves for juvenile rearing increasing off-channel rearing habitat by approximately 1.5 acres perennially. Pull approximately 200 linear feet of channel constricting levee and set back to allow up to 5 acres of floodplain to be reconnected with the stream at a modeled 25 year return flow. Construct 31 large wood structures to provide juvenile rearing habitat and adult holding and spawning habitat along 0.45 miles of main and side channel; each structure will either provide velocity reductions and cover (immediate) or have an associated scour pool (approximately 19 pools). Riparian plating for approximately 6 acres. Draft Application LE Meeting (4/18/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: Does Phase 1 stand alone as a project? Yes, not dependent on upstream components. How long is Station 25+00? ~1,200 feet and 2 acres of alcoves plus side channels. Big request (entire project all phases $3+ million), what are the odds of moving forward with just station 25+00? Good, this station makes the most sense to construct first based on design and engineers input. How do alcoves help with temperature? They are aligned with historic channels on landscape, designed to utilize subsurface flows. They also provide much needed high flow refuge and will be connected at higher flows. Will alcoves be a death trap for fish? No, designed to be connected at the bottom (not isolated). SRSRB RTT Meeting (4/19/17) Questions/Comments/Notes: None. Project Tour Questions/Comments/Notes: 29

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32 Draft Application Scoring Summary from April 18th Lead Entity Committee Meeting Project Ranking 2017 Grant Round Draft Applications Draft Score Average SRFB Request Running Total Draft Review Notes 1 Walla Walla Fish Screens $ 49,672 $49,672 See number 3 in comments below 2 Alpowa PALS - Phase II $ 83,300 $132,972 See number 3 and 4 in comments below 3 NF Touchet Reach $ 539,000 $671,972 See number 3 and 5 in comments below 4 Bridge to Bridge Restoration - Phase $ 535,807 $1,207,779 See number 3 in comments below 5 IMW Monitoring $ 150,000 $1,357,779 See number 3 in comments below 6 Touchet River Conceptual Restoration Plan $ 211,153 $1,568,932 See number 3 in comments below 7 Restoring Native Riparian on Pataha Creek $ 22,000 $1,590,932 See number 3 and 6 in comments below 8 Tucannon Salmonid Survival & Habitat Utilization $ 218,958 $1,809,890 See number 3 in comments below 9 Mill Creek Passage - Park to Otis $ 826,034 $2,635,924 See number 3 in comments below 10 Mill Creek Passage - Segment E $ 568,534 $3,204,458 See number 3 in comments below General Comments and Notes 1. Anticipated Regional Allocation $1,500, All projects are viable at the draft application stage. 3. LE Committee requested that sponsors tighten and reduce budgets across all projects and seek additional match - consider reducing project scope or phased options as well. The group wants to maximize our regional funding to fund as many projects as possib 4. Option to reduce cost? LE Committee Requests seeking 50% Match to stretch project funding. 5. Determine what WW County's costs would be for this fix, SRFB request should be the difference between County's projected expense and cost for improved passage. Determine what NOAA will require for consultation. 31