This is the presentation give by Cindy James, Washington State Department of Ecology, at the May Nisqually River Council meeting.

1. Nisqually River Basin TMDL Fecal Coliform Cindy James, South Puget Sound TMDL Lead, Dept of Ecology

2. Nisqually River Basin TMDL Fecal Coliform TMDL Study Report May 2005 Detailed Implementation Plan May 2007 Adaptive Management Meeting February 2010

3. Four Focus Areas Nisqually Reach Red Salmon Creek Ohop/Lynch McAllister Creek

5. Animal access to ditches and waterways fenced and riparian area planted on farms near McAllister Creek. Is more needed?

6. Pet waste station installed on McAllister dike.

7. Riparian planting and major changes on Ohop Creek and Nisqually Reach.

8. Requests from the legislature for funding to work on septics in both Pierce and Thurston Co.

9. Nisqually septic O and M Program.

10. Source sampling of problem areas in Medicine Creek and McAllister Creek. Results were not conclusive.

12. McAllister Creek dataEcology Study Summer 2009

13. McAllister Creek Data @ I-5 Thurston County Environmental Health Preliminary data

15. Nisqually Reach? (different scenario today)

17. Help stakeholders to complete incomplete actions (discuss barriers).

18. More actions if needed

19. Work towards effectiveness monitoring -- 2015(We are getting close).

20. Questions? Thank you.