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Major Salmon Restoration Funding
Announcement
North Olympic Land Trust
Protecting Pysht River Floodplain |
 The North Olympic Land Trust will use
this grant to permanently
protect and rehabilitate 22 acres of Pysht River
floodplain and channel migration zone. The land contains
about a quarter mile of the river and a mature stand of
trees. The Land Trust, in concert with the Makah Tribe;
will demolish structures on the land and remove
non-native plants. The land trust and partners will
contribute $37,228 in equipment, labor and materials.
(09-1528)
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North Olympic Land Trust
Land Conservation Planning along the Western Strait of
Juan de Fuca |
$139,808 |
| The North Olympic Land Trust will use
this grant to prioritize land that is important to
salmon and other fish survival along the western portion
of the Strait of Juan de Fuca from west of the Elwha
River to Cape Flattery. The Land Trust will prioritize
the land based on its importance to salmon, ecosystem
function, market value and landowner willingness in
order to develop a plan for key land protection and
possible acquisition or easements. This project will
take two years. Project partners include the Makah Tribe
and Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. The land trust and
partners will contribute $25,000 in donated labor and
other services. (09-1518) |
North Olympic Land Trust
Protecting Siebert Creek Habitat |
$473,736 |
The North Olympic Land
Trust will use this
grant to conserve 27 acres along a half-mile stretch of
Siebert Creek. The creek flows out of Olympic National
Park, where conditions are pristine. Downstream, the
creek remains largely undisturbed and supports healthy
populations of winter steelhead, cutthroat trout and
coho salmon. Siebert Creek has ideal fish habitat
throughout and landowners are willing to preserve the
salmon habitat on their properties. With the completion
of this project the land trust will have preserved 136
acres along nearly 2 miles of Siebert creek. The land
trust will contribute $84,482 from a grant and donations
of labor and land. (09-1533)
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North Olympic Land Trust
Protecting Jimmycomelately Creek Summer Chum Habitat |
$527,693 |
The North Olympic
Land Trust, in a partnership
with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, will use this grant
to protect a 0.93 mile portion of Jimmycomelately Creek
(JCL) through the purchase of a conservation easement on
64 acres from a single, private landowner. Mature to old
growth riparian forest and channel conditions on the
property are excellent, and a conservation easement will
ensure it remains this way. This is the only unprotected
riparian property within the salmon spawning and rearing
habitat and is the remaining major element for the
restoration/protection of the lower watershed. This
project will link the currently protected stream reaches
above and below the project site. Directly downstream is
the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s $7 million JCL
restoration project, and upstream is state and federal
forestland.
The land trust and partners will contribute $127,500
from a grant and donations of some development rights.
(09-1649)
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North Olympic Land Trust
Protecting Big River Habitat |
$277,987 |
| The North Olympic Land
Trust, in a partnership with the Makah Tribe, will use
this grant to protect 39 acres of riparian and
floodplain habitat containing 0.44 river miles of the
Big river, a tributary to Umbrella Bay in Lake Ozette.
Targeting habitat protection for the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) listed Lake Ozette sockeye; the project will
prohibit further habitat modification and floodplain
development which threaten the recovery of salmon. The
Big River drainage is a priority subbasin for protection
as it is only one of three tributaries of the Lake
Ozette basin with spawning Lake Ozette sockeye adults.
The land trust and partners will contribute $51,500 from
a donated labor and donations of land. (09-1649)
Posted December 18, 2009
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