9. Nisqually
Chinook
Annual
Review
Nisqually
Steelhead
Recovery
Plan
Development
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! Funding
for
Plan:
$87,500
(thank
you
Recovery
Council)
+
NIT
match
! Identify
Goals
and
Objectives
for
all
H’s
! Evaluate
Steelhead
Biological
Information
and
Habitat
Conditions
! Assess
Habitat
Potential
using
EDT
! Identify
Restoration,
Protection,
and
Assessment
Priorities
! Develop
Implementation/Action
Plan
! Integrate
Steelhead
Recovery
into
existing
Nisqually
Chinook
adaptive
management
process
! Develop
an
Open
Standards
nexus
for
integration
with
regional
plan
10. Nisqually
Chinook
Annual
Review
Nisqually
Steelhead
Recovery
Plan
Goals
and
ObjecJves
10
Goals
and
objecJves
developed
based
on
co-‐manager
and
Nisqually
River
Council
discussions.
Include
short
and
long
term
habitat
and
harvest
metrics.
In-‐Review….
11. Nisqually
Chinook
Annual
Review
1st
step:
Review
current
and
historic
Nisqually
Steelhead
Biological
InformaJon
and
Nisqually
River
Habitat
CondiJons
11
Some
takeaways:
• Hatchery
influence
has
been
minimal,
with
winter
steelhead
supplementaJon
ending
in
1981
• Current
smolt
to
adult
survival
is
around
1%
• Current
smolt
producJon
is
around
65,000,
with
over
250
smolts/adult
esJmated
for
one
of
the
brood
years
analyzed!
–Freshwater
survival
is
very
good.
17. Nisqually
Chinook
Annual
Review
Habitat
PotenJal
–
1%
SAR
Current
Abundance
about
62%
of
Historic
18. Nisqually
Chinook
Annual
Review
ProtecJon/RestoraJon
PrioriJes
• Mainstem protection priority similar to Chinook
• Mashel restoration of upper reaches emerging top priority
• Muck Creek and Prairie Tributaries are priorities unique to Steelhead
20. Nisqually
Chinook
Annual
Review
Steelhead
habitat
protecJon
and
restoraJon
acJon
plan
in
review.
Some
highlights
include:
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• ConJnue
to
implement
Chinook
Recovery
acJons
including
mainstem
and
Mashel
habitat
protecJon
and
restoraJon
• Implement
Nisqually
Community
Forest
in
upper
Mashel
River
watershed
and
manage
for
watershed
processes
and
ecosystem
services
• Remove
all
barriers
on
small
streams
which
are
not
prioriJes
in
Chinook
plan
• ConJnue
to
work
with
JBLM
to
protect
and
restore
the
unique
Muck
Creek
prairie
ecosystem
• Assess
small
prairie
streams
for
protecJon
and
restoraJon,
establish
a
prairie
stream
stronghold
for
life
history
diversity
28. Nisqually
Chinook
Annual
Review
Steelhead
recovery
efforts
in
the
watershed
can
help
prevent
exJrpaJon
but
recovery
is
not
possible
without
a
strong
regional
commitment
to
address
survival
in
Puget
Sound.
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Survival Project!