2. Tier 1 (Highest Priority)
Estuary Protection and Restoration
Protection of functioning reaches of the
mainstem Nisqually River and the mouth
of the river
Protection of the lower Mashel River
3 YEAR WORKPLAN: TIERED PRIORITIES
3. Tier 2 (High Priority)
Protection of the rest of the mainstem Nisqually River
reaches, except upper Nisqually.
Improving upstream fish passage at Centralia Diversion Dam
Restoration of the lowest reach of the Nisqually River reaches
near Mounts Road
Restoration of lower Ohop Creek valley
Protection of the rest of mainstem Mashel River
Restoration of Mashel River
Restoration of South Puget Sound
Protection of lower Yelm Creek
Restoration of McKenna and Whitewater Reaches of
Nisqually River
3 YEAR WORKPLAN: TIERED PRIORITIES
4. Tier 3 (Medium Priority)
Protection and restoration of Busywild Creek
Protection of Upper Nisqually River from Alder/LaGrande dams to mouth of Ohop
Creek
Protection of lower and middle Tanwax Creek and restoration of upper Tanwax
Protection and restoration of Muck Creek downstream of Roy and South Fork Muck
Restoration of Muck Creek upstream of Roy
Restoration of Nisqually and Commencement Bays and Central Puget Sound and
Eastern Straits
Protection of entire Ohop Creek Basin
Protection of Little Mashel
Protection of lower sections of Toboton and Powell creeks
Tier 4 (Low Priority)
Protection and restoration of all other areas that are identified to contribute to
the recovery of
Nisqually Chinook and steelhead
Tier 5
Restoration and protection of the remaining stream reaches in the watershed
3 YEAR WORKPLAN: TIERED PRIORITIES
7. Project Co-Sponsors: Nisqually Land Trust and South
Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group
1.4 mile realignment will provide 2 miles of restored
habitat.
Funding:
Total project: $3.5 million
PSAR/SRFB Request: $1.8 million
LOWER OHOP VALLEY RESTORATION –
PHASE 3
9. Project Sponsor: Pierce Conservation
District
2013 efforts will treat all infestations
within the Nisqually basin
PSAR/SRFB Request: $65,880
NISQUALLY RIVER KNOTWEED PROJECT
15. Project Sponsor: Nisqually Land Trust
Protect 250 acres of floodplain and a
mile of shoreline within the McKenna
Reach of the Nisqually River
PSAR/SRFB Request: $3.5 million
MCKENNA REACH RANCH PROTECTION
16. PRIORITIZED LIST:
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL
2013 SRFB/PSAR PROJECTS
1. Ohop Valley Restoration, Phase 3
2. Nisqually Knotweed Project
3. Mashel Protection
4. Alternate: Lower Powell Riparian
Restoration
Large Capital Project
McKenna Reach Protection Project