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Making Way for Chinook Salmon on Ohop Creek...
from Emmett O'Connell
August 17, 2009
“There really isn’t anywhere for fish to go in Ohop Creek right now,” Joe Kane, executive director for the land trust, which owns the project site. “More than a century ago, Ohop Creek was ditched to clear the area for farming.” The new channel will stay cooler for salmon and include features like logjams that benefit both juvenile and adult fish. “It went from a shallow, meandering stream that was very good for salmon to a straight deep ditch,” Kane said. The Nisqually Land Trust owns the 120 acres of property on which this year's project is happening. After the new channel is finished, they will wait a year before rerouting the creek into the new bed. “If we rerouted the creek this year, there would be a risk of everything being washed away in a flood,” said Kim Gridley, project manager for the group. “By waiting a year after digging the channel, creek-side plants will have time to grow and stabilize the bank.” This summer's one-mile-long restoration project could be the first step in restoring most of the Ohop Creek valley for salmon and other wildlife. Eventually seven miles of Ohop Creek might be restored under a plan being developed jointly with local landowners. "This initial phase will teach us a lot about how habitat restoration might look like throughout the valley," Gridley said. "Before habitat restoration happens anywhere else along the Ohop, we'll need to find a way to balance the needs of salmon and people." “The landowners in the valley have a huge stake in what happens with the creek,” Troutt said. “Salmon restoration will happen on the Ohop only if property owners are full participants.” Ohop Creek is one of two major tributaries to the Nisqually River that can produce sustainable populations of chinook. “Because there are only a few places other than the mainstem of the Nisqually River where chinook spawn, increasing the quality of habitat in those places is important,” Troutt said. Nisqually River chinook are part of the Puget Sound chinook population listed as “threatened” under the federal Endangered Species Act. “We also expect to see a big benefit to coho salmon, which return in very small numbers to the Nisqually watershed,” Troutt said. After a similar project on the nearby Mashel River, coho densities tripled within the restoration area. Ohop Creek also supports pink salmon, and cutthroat and steelhead trout. "Bringing salmon runs back to the Nisqually means restoring habitat where we can. Restoring habitat is the most imporant thing we can do to recover salmon," Troutt said. "Ohop Creek is a huge opportunity for us to do a lot of good for salmon." Recycling Trees to Help With Salmon Recovery...
This is the confluence where Ohop Creek meets Lynch Creek. Ohop Creek. Ohop Creek is vitally important to several salmon varieties of salmon: Chinook, steelhead, which are "threatened," Along with these fish are also coho, pink salmon and cutthroat trout.
Trees Floating Behind
Alder Dam Contribute
from Emmett O'Connell “Trees that wash into the lake from the river and get stuck behind the dam need to be removed before they become a nuisance,” said David Troutt, natural resources manager for the Nisqually Tribe, which is spearheading the effort to gather the logs. “We’re just taking them out and putting them to good use.” Juvenile salmon find both food and shelter within logjams. The structures also slow the flow of the creek, easing adult salmon migration. “We know logjams benefit salmon because we’ve been monitoring other restoration projects. We really see a difference in the section of river with logjams and those without,” Troutt said. “There are a lot more salmon around the logjams.” The lake and dam are owned by Tacoma Power, which is turning the trees over for the restoration project for free. The tribe only has to pay for transporting them to a storage site. To restore Ohop Creek, the tribe and the South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group will dig a new mile-long creek channel and build logjams “Ohop right now is basically a long straight ditch, not a very good place for salmon,” said Kim Gridley, project manager for the enhancement group. “The project will create a richer more varied habitat for salmon.” Restoring creeks like Ohop is important because it is one of only two tributaries to the Nisqually River that produce chinook. “If some catastrophic event – for example a devastating flood – were to wipe out the entire population of chinook along the mainstem, salmon from Ohop Creek would be able to repopulate the rest of the river,” Troutt said. “By having separate populations in different rivers and creeks in the same watershed, you strengthen the entire population.” In addition to Puget Sound chinook and steelhead, both of which are listed as “threatened” under the federal Endangered Species Act, Ohop also produces coho and pink salmon and cutthroat trout. “Suitable trees like these are pretty hard to find and can be pretty expensive,” Troutt said. “The budget for any particular salmon habitat restoration project is pretty tight, so anywhere we can save money on a major cost is great.” Part of Ohop Creek...
“Ohop right now is basically a long straight ditch, not a very good place for salmon,” said Kim Gridley, project manager for the enhancement group.
Nisqually Stream Stewards Offer Free Stewardship Training... Press release from Don Perry Want to learn how to be a salmon recovery volunteer in the Nisqually watershed, while learning why it’s such a unique and special place? A free Nisqually Stream Stewards training is being offered by the Nisqually Tribe and the Nisqually River Council in an upcoming series of classes beginning Wednesday, June 3rd. Weekly classes will take place on Wednesday or Thursday until late July with five additional Saturday field trips. The classes will cover a variety of topics, including watershed hydrology and ecosystems, salmon of the Nisqually and their habitat needs, water quality and stream health and the cultural history of the Nisqually Tribe. In exchange for the free training participants are asked to pledge 40 hours of volunteer service, which may be in on-going watershed education and restoration projects or projects of their own. Volunteers for the Nisqually Stream Stewards Program pitch in on local salmon projects such as removing invasive grass from stream channels, planting trees along stream banks, monitoring stream health and returning salmon carcasses into streams. For more information or to register for the training, contact: Don Perry, Nisqually Stream Stewards Coordinator, Nisqually Tribe Natural Resources Department, dperry@nwifc.org, 360.438.8687 Ext 2143. Help Us Make Washington Green
Volunteers Needed at Pack Forest Greenhouse
Planting and
watering plants - two or three times a week for the Summer. Pack Forest Rain Garden Installation
June 26 - 27 -
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. For Details and Rain Garden Workshop Schedules Please See
Rain Garden Workshop
from David Hymel Please join us for a workshop and help us install a fully functioning rain garden at the Columbia Crest Elementary School. When: Saturday, May 31; 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. (The date has changed from May 10) Where: Columbia Crest Elementary School, 24503 SR 706 E. Ashford, Washington 98304 What to Bring: Work gloves, work boots, and layered, warm work clothes. Dress for inclement weather Food: Work snacks and refreshments will be provided This is a follow on to the design workshop held in March at the Eatonville Community Center. Volunteers will learn the correct shaping and site development procedures, soil mixing techniques and plant selection and installation. RSVP to David Hymel, 360.832.8148, cell 253.389.2060 dhymel@gmail.com or Sheila Wilson, cell 360.561.0203 sheila@nisquallyriver.org To watch a slide show of Yelm High School students building a rain garden for their high school please see Yelm High School Rain Garden
Make A Difference For Salmon On Horn Creek
May 11, 2008
ROY – Nisqually Stream Stewards are seeking volunteers for a
morning of salmon habitat restoration on
Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Volunteers will first gather at the Wilcox Family Farms main office parking lot on Harts Lake Valley Rd. near Roy. Be advised that there are no restroom facilities on site. Planting will take place rain or shine, so please dress appropriately. Gloves and proper footwear are also recommended. Refreshments and tools will be provided. Interested volunteers can contact Don Perry at 360. 438.8687, ext 2143 or dperry@nwifc.org. WHAT: - Salmon habitat mulching event WHEN: - Saturday, May 17, 9 a.m. to 12 noon WHERE: - Meet at Wilcox Family Farms, 40400 Harts Lake Valley Road, Roy, Washington (Publisher's Note: From Time Magazine, May 19, 2008: Estimated drop in king salmon yields from California's Sacramento River from 2002 to 2008 - 92 percent. It has been 160 years since the U.S. government last banned West Coast salmon fishing. This year's ban came after authorities declared the region's king salmon fisheries a federal failure.) Salmon Restoration Project Wins Prestigious State Award... Logjam Provides Launching Pad...
Volunteers carried the salmon carcasses out onto the top of one of
the large, manmade logjams to launch
them into the Mashell
River. The logjams were built last summer while the river flow was
barely a trickle. The jams survived the November flooding, if partly
rearranged. The carcass toss – providing nutrients for young fry
and other river life to feed on – is designed to complement the
logjams, which slow the river’s flow, create eddies, provide
deeper water for fish to hide in, and build better spawning beds –
all meant to increase spawning success. Salmon
Restoration Project Wins
from
Sara Mangat
A restoration project to the Mashel River
system near Eatonville won a State Gold Award for Original or
Innovative Application of New or Existing Techniques at the recent
ACEC/Washington’s 40th annual awards ceremony. Juvenile Salmon Under a Logjam
During July and August of 2007 biologists
snorkeled the Mashell River to survey the juvenile salmon
population.
Biologists found population had increased three times greater than
previously. Log-Jams in Eatonville Area...
For more details please see below: Best in State Gold Award... from
Bill Garrity ACEC Washington Gold
Award Commercial and residential development near the Mashel River, a tributary of the Nisqually River, and the In
2004, the Nisqually Indian Tribe released a multispecies management
plan for the Nisqually River Basin
which identified the Mashel River
as being among the highest priority ACEC Washington Announces Annual Engineering
Excellence Awards Page 8 of 15 reaches
for habitat restoration. The goals were to reconnect the floodplain,
bring wood back into the river, and protect development while
enhancing the river’s salmon production capabilities. The
South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group brought in experts from
Herrera Environmental
Consultants to help find a solution that would
encompass mainstream, riparian and off-channel habitats as well as
floodplain reconnection. The project had to help increase salmon
populations in the Mashel River and to protect an important local park
from ongoing erosion. Traditional
approaches to this type of restoration project would have involved
revegetation, which would have
increased cost and required many years
to achieve a complex forest and a mature habitat. But lack of time and
money were major factors. So Herrera designed a simple and
straightforward solution that involved the construction of 13
engineered logjam structures that would reconnect the river to its
floodplain and take advantage of mature existing vegetation. The
strategically placed manmade logjams obstructed the river flow and
raised water elevations enough to
inundate secondary channels and
portions of the floodplain. This was critical in maintaining salmon
populations as well as floodplain function and biodiversity. The
project was successfully constructed in two phases during the summers
of 2006 and 2007, and cost less than $500,000 – half of what other
solutions were expected to cost. Award for Most Improved Water Facilities...
May 19, 2007 - Eatonville Mayor Tom Smallwood proudly shows off the
attractive glass award given to the
town recently. The award says,
"In honor of Drinking Water Week, May 6-12, 2007 Town of Eatonville
Water Department is being recognized by the Department of Health
Office of Drinking Water has demonstrated commitment to public health
protection through the provision of safe and reliable drinking
water." Dead
Salmon Toss for Health of the Fish and River Suiting Up Against Slime...
January 28, 2007: Parents ready their children for handling the
frozen salmon carcasses at Smallwood
Park
Saturday morning, by dressing them in large garbage bags. Project
leaders provided heavy, rubber gloves. The morning was cold, and the
fish so frozen, that slime was not much of a problem, though some
children gleefully held and hugged their chosen fish for quite some
time before trecking to the river’s edge to toss them in. Tails Docked for Identification...
Before each carcass toss, the tails are cut off with lopping shears so
they can be distinguished from
spawning salmon during monitoring of
spawning success. Salmon spend their entire adult life at sea, then follow
their native stream to spawn and die. The carcass toss replicates what
would, and did, naturally occur in a healthy spawning run. Logjam Provides Launching Pad...
Volunteers carried the salmon carcasses out onto the top of one of
the large, manmade logjams to launch
them into the Mashell
River. The logjams were built last summer while the river flow was
barely a trickle. The jams survived the November flooding, if partly
rearranged. The carcass toss – providing nutrients for young fry
and other river life to feed on – is designed to complement the
logjams, which slow the river’s flow, create eddies, provide
deeper water for fish to hide in, and build better spawning beds –
all meant to increase spawning success.
Salmon
Life Cycle...
Citizen Putting
in Sewer Line Surprised
by Possible Hidden Aquifer...
For many years the Town of Eatonville has searched for new water
sources, in numerous places, including
Clear Water Streams
from Underground,
The water gushing out of the ground on the Mettler property is
estimated to be over 1,000 gallons per
minute - the equivalent of a
good-sized creek. When questioned about the possibility of the town
tapping into the flow, Mayor Tommy Smallwood, who was visiting the
site to observe the surge on Sunday, answered, "We don't have
the water rights." Here the water can be seen at the outflow
end of a large, temporary pipe, installed to send the water down the
road and into the storm drain system. More Water
Streams out of Hidden Aquifer
The water coming out of the ground on private property near the
airport is being channeled under the road
(Cessna Court), coming out of the
culvert above in a deep and steady flow, before it is diverted west,
under the high school football practice field near Eatonville
Elementary, and eventually directed into the storm water
system. Land Clearing
Not Related to Gushing Water
One-half block south of the newfound, but unusable, water source mentioned
above, land is being cleared and
readied for the construction of approximately four new homes. Detail of Wood Chipping
as Land is Cleared
A large Caterpiller with articulated arm can be seen lifting
branches and brush and dropping them into the
huge chipping machine, which quickly
converts them into wood chips.
Sixty
Tons
of Salmon Carcasses Benefit the Nisqually Watershed...
from Emmett O'Connell It's
Time to Fling Dead Fish Again, Volunteers Needed...
EATONVILLE (
December 6, 2006
) – The Nisqually Stream Stewards will be holding their first salmon
carcass tossing of the year Saturday, December 9 in Eatonville. Volunteers
are needed for this fun and valuable event. While carcass tossing may be
fun, it also provides an important food source for juvenile salmon and other
species throughout the watershed.
What:
Nisqually Salmon Carcass Tossing
To register for the carcass toss or to find out more information
about the Stream Stewards, contact Don Perry, volunteer coordinator at (360)
438-8687, dperry@nwifc.org Hundreds of Dead Trees Dot Van Eaton Property...
October 8, 2006 -
by Bob Walter: Hundreds of young trees and shrubs, planted several years ago alongside
the Mashell River as part of the Nisqually Tribe's salmon habitat
restoration, have died, apparently from lack of water. The planting was
along the Mashell River west of town on property owned by Elsie Van Eaton,
daughter-in-law of town founder T. C. Van Eaton. In February 2003 The Pierce County Conservation District bestowed
local resident Elsie Van Eaton with the Conservation Practice Implementation
Award. Dead Trees are Everywhere...
One of hundreds of fir trees
planted which died. More Mashell River Restoration...
October 12, 2006: Two dogs explore the low waters of the Mashell River
near one of the man-made log jams intended to improve the health of the
river environment for salmon. (There are leash laws within the town limits
and in Pierce County.) Waiting for the Water to Rise...
This is one of two log jams recently built on the
Mashell after completion of the three logjams at Smallwood
Park. These two
are further upstream, this one adjoining the property of Pat and Edwinna
Van Eaton, the other sandwiched between property owned by Nora Thurston
and Riverside Estates. The holes dug to anchor the jams are not yet filled
with water. It will take a period of rain to bring the river's level up to
the point of actually interacting with the logjams. Old Water Line Breaks
A town water main failed
Friday evening between the homes of Tom and Stacy Miller and Ladd and
Rosemarie Van Cleve, on an unimproved town alleyway sandwiched by the two
properties, at the end of South Cedar and South Pennsylvania Streets,
respectively, a half block south of Center Street. The break occurred
during a downpour of rain. Mayor Tommy Smallwood, during the October 9
council meeting said the broken pipe allowed "forty thousand gallons" of
water to wash into the surrounding neighborhood. (*What
is asbestos? A strong and incombustible fiber
widely used in the past for fireproofing and insulation. The small,
buoyant fibers are easily inhaled or swallowed, causing a number of
serious diseases including: asbestosis, a chronic disease of the lungs
that makes breathing more and more difficult; cancer; and mesothelioma, a
cancer (specific to asbestos exposure) of the membranes that line the
chest and abdomen. A Temporary Mini River Flowed From the Break Friday Night...
A stream of water caused by a broken water main flows
rapidly down
the hill from left to right in the photo
above. For years Millers and Van Cleves have asked town officials about the water flowing down the
hill. Millers and Van Cleves talked with then Public Works Director
Russ Blount about the problem in 1995, when Miller was building his
house. Starting to Repair the Damage...
Town machinery was used to dig around the broken water main
Friday night and into the early morning
Saturday. The broken section of
the pipe was replaced, and water service was restored to the homes by
Saturday morning.
Habitat
Restoration Project Continues on Mashell River
September 10,
2006: Operator Charlie Murray navigates his earth-moving machine
from atop a mound of earth and rocks Saturday, as he prepares
the Mashell River bank at Smallwood Park for a third logjam, in the
South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Project's Eatonville phase. Starting From Scratch...
Seen
from atop a newly-constructed logjam, work continues in the distance
on the third logjam at Smallwood Park. The hole carved out of
the river bank in the middle distance will be filled and woven with
logs, boulders and dirt. Then the exposed bank will be landscaped
with native plantings, including young Douglas fir trees that are
being temporarily stored in the Kids' Pond. Just Add Water - And Soon...
A
finished logjam, designed by man to simulate what Mother Nature
creates, will send the rushing waters of the Mashell in new
directions as they flow into it. They will bounce, form eddies, slow
the river down, dig deep pools in one spot and deposit sediments in
another, hopefully creating perfect resting spots and spawning beds
for migrating salmon - and a more interesting, more natural-looking
face for human visitors to enjoy.
Boxcar
Cleanup Day
August
30, 2006: In response to the continuing, age-old, problems with
dangerous and unsightly garbage at Boxcar Canyon, many of the Town
of Eatonville staff, two people from the Nisqually Land Trust and
a few citizens, including some kids, pitched in for a work party to
clean up the area. The kids even scoured the road leading in to the site
for litter. River Restoration Update
August 30, 2006: by Bob Walter: Building a logjam is not as
easy as throwing logs into the river bed. Here heavy equipment
operator Charlie Murray deftly tosses a huge boulder (boulder can be
seen just below the "jaws") into the carefully designed
foundation of the first logjam being constructed on the Mashell River
next to Smallwood Park, as part of the South Puget Sound Salmon
Enhancement Project. Major Mashell
River Restoration
Now Underway Crawdaddy Gets a Lift...
Denizens of the deep - or rather, the shallows - along the Mashell River in Eatonville, like this crayfish, got free passage downstream by volunteers working for the South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Project. The volunteers worked with nets and buckets to capture and transport downstream, as many fish and crustaceans as they could find, to minimize injuries from the work being done in the river bed. When the project is finished, the stretch of river running through Eatonville will be far more salmon-friendly. The rip rap, constructed years ago to control the river's course, also tends to speed the flow of water and minimize the development of prime salmon spawning beds. Dike Diverts River...
Charlie Murray, operating this tracked earth mover Tuesday August 22, creates a temporary dike to re-route the Mashell River where it flows between Smallwood Park and the old mill pond. Nets were stretched across the river above and below the site to prevent fish from entering the construction area. By Wednesday, Murray was tearing down the wall of basalt boulder rip rap in the foreground, in preparation for construction of three log jams, simulating a natural phenomenon created by nature during peak floods of the river. Log jams act to slow the speed of the river and create sand and gravel beds, ideal for salmon spawning. Murray will have to dig eighteen feet below the river bed to anchor the logs, in an intricate, layered pattern. He said over 1,600 logs will be used in this section of river and another habitat enhancement site upstream near Boxcar Canyon. Fish Hunt on the Mashell Nets Hundreds
From morning until nightfall Tuesday, volunteers scoured the Mashell
River at Smallwood Park for any fish or other small aquatic life
stranded in shallow pools after the river was diverted. Hundreds of
small fish were caught and carried downstream, including at least
one by Charlie Murray on Wednesday, who got out of his excavating
machine and scooped up a salmon fingerling he had spotted. He
quickly carried it to safer waters. Murray has excavated for similar
river enhancement projects in the past. When the project is
completed, log jams will sit at the site visible in the photo above,
and in time, spawning beds will hopefully replace the many large
boulders seen here. Want to Catch Salmon with a Net and Help Built Logjams?
This human built log jam is one of several along the rivers. They are
built to supply important habitat projection for salmon in a
continuing restoration project to bring salmon bearing waters back to
the days when salmon ruled the waters.
Fishing for Salmon Just a Bit Differently...
Press release
We are beginning construction for the log jam project on Monday
August 21st in
Thanks so much for your help! Water, Water, Everywhere by
Dixie A. Walter
A couple of months ago, too long after a public records request made April
28, concerning available water hookups (ERUs) in
town ENN received the following report from Town Administrator Gary Armstrong:
"Based on the latest information from the data ending in 2003 and
subtracting our ERUs from that data, the Town has 287 ERUs. That number changes
based on reducing lost and unaccounted for water, changing out faulty meters and
water conservation. We are currently refiguring our ERUs based on current
information. RH2 is performing the task."
Your Tax Dollars at Work More New Photos of Filter Plant... May 9, 2006 During the May 8 council meeting Town Administrator Gary Armstrong explained that the filter plant is about seventy-five percent done. And said an audit would be done to "see where we are" and the council would have the audit results by the next meeting, May 15.To view the latest photos please see Filter Plant
New Photos of Filter Plant Progress... May 1, 2006 Three more photos of the town's new filter plant's progress were passed out to council members during the April 24 council meeting. Please see the new photos at the April 24 council meeting. Please see the new photos at the April 24 council meeting. Please see the new photos at Filter Plant
April 10 Filter Plant Photos... April 12, 2006
Town Administrator Gary
Armstrong passed out some photographs of the progress on the filtration
plant to council members at the April 10 meeting. to council members at the April 10 meeting. to council members at the April 10
meeting. He told the council the
project was about "sixty percent" finished and "they would
hopefully being pouring the floor this week." Please see the
latest photos at Filter
Plant Last Month's Photos... March 14, 2006
During the March 13 town council meeting Gary Armstrong, town
administrator, passed out four photographs showing the progress of the
multi-million dollar water filtration plant being built as mandated by the
Department of Health. Please see the photos Filter
Plant Nisqually Stream Stewards Course begins its Fourth Successful Year...
Ohop Creek, a salmon bearing stream, is part of the Nisqually watershed. To learn more about the important watershed please see below.
by Don Perry
Why is the Nisqually watershed such a unique and special place? What can
you do to protect and improve this watershed for present and future
generations? Why not enroll in the Stream Stewards training course and
find out, while having fun exploring interesting places in the watershed?
A
Nisqually River Mashell and Nisqually Rivers Meet...
Where two rivers become one...
by David Hymel
A
few weeks ago I attended the first public meeting for the Nisqually-Mashell
State Park. Great ideas were
abundant, and I discovered, along with most others there, what an amazing
recreation resource that this new park will be.
The park and the Town of Eatonville are at just about the geographic
center of the Nisqually River watershed. This
location, combined with some thought and planning, can propel us to a new level
of organizing and marketing the tourism for our area. Urgent Special Meeting
Wed.,
May 17, 2006 at 7 p.m.
from CROWD Why is the
small rural community of Graham now being dragged into a decision about the LRI
landfill that will affect everyone in Pierce County? My View How
Many Water Hookups, ERUs, are Available?
by Dixie A. Walter I
made two public record requests Friday, April 28. One request was for a list of
business licenses in town and the
other was for the number of water and sewer ERUs (equivalent residential units).
According to state law public record requests must be answered within in five
business days. This does not mean the town must provide the
requests at that time. It means the town must acknowledge, in writing, that the
request(s) have been received. The town ( or other municipalities), may answer
by saying it will need more time to process the request, that it may not be able
to answer or the town may say when the request will be filled. None of this was
done with my latest requests. Fishing, a Reflective Time...
April 29, 2006: Parents offer tips to their children on catching the big ones on the shore of the Kids' Pond at Smallwood Park Saturday, in the Eatonville Lions Club's annual fishing derby. A mild, overcast morning greeting the early arrivals on their quest to catch the biggest fish, and win the grand prize - a bicycle.
Little Cody - Big Winner!
Eatonville Lion Ernst Wolf presents young Cody Hall with a new bicycle for catching the biggest fish Saturday morning - a 17-1/2 inch rainbow trout. Little Cody could barely reach the pedals, but immediately rode the bike around smiling, calling out to his friends in delight!
Fisherwomen...
Charlie Dockins, her best friend Janessa Spicer, and her little sister Stevie Dockins, pose for a group shot with the fish they caught at the Kids' Pond Saturday. For more fishing photos please see Kids Pond Community Forum...
by David Hymel
Dear Tanwax Creek and Nisqually Watershed Residents,
Please join us this coming Thursday, May 4, 7 p.m.
at the
This event is sponsored by the Citizens Reclaiming the Ohop
Watershed, a local group supporting the Ohop Creek and the
Nisqually River Council, the organization working on issues for the
entire watershed. The
purpose of this public event is to promote improvement in the quality
of life in the
In Tanwax Creek we
have streamside water quality monitoring underway for various
locations, and I just received the lake monitoring kit from Isabel
Ragland. I will get that
out to those on Tanwax and There was an excellent meeting last Thursday on the Nisqually-Mashell State Park. Sixty watershed residents attended, discussed and provided input as to what they wanted to see. The next meeting will be Saturday, July 15th at the Pack Forest picnic pavilion, starting at 10 a.m.
We hope to see you
on Thursday for an interesting evening with watershed maps and
residents from the Ohop, Tanwax, Mashell and the Nisqually and a
lot of considered discussion. New State Park Draws
The crowd listened intently during a meeting to discuss plans for the new state park near Eatonville. The park is scheduled to be completed by 2013. Group gets "Virtual Tour" of Nisqually River Corridor... by Bob Walter
Nearly sixty people attended a Nisqually-Mashell State Park, New Park
Planning Meeting on Thursday, April 27 at the Eatonville
Community Center. The massive state park, planned for opening in six or seven
years, will become a major regional recreational destination.
State Park Field Trip...
Members
of the Greater Eatonville Chamber of Commerce board along with officials
visited the site of a new state park outside of Eatonville. Within the
park is the confluence of the Nisqually and Mashell
rivers. A confluence is where waters flow together. Planning for New Park to Begin...
by
David Hymel
This is a calendar alert for the first of a series of public meetings on
the planning for the new Nisqually-Mashel State Park. Thursday, April 27,
7 - 9 p.m. at the Eatonville Community Center, 205 Center Street West. The
State Parks Commission received $500,000 for planning and now has
cleared its schedule to begin the process for this newest Washington
State Park. Where Waters Meet...
The Mashell River enters the Nisqually
below the bluffs. Helping the Salmon...
This human built log jam is one of several along the rivers. They are
built to supply important habitat projection for salmon in a
continuing restoration project to bring salmon bearing waters back to
the days when salmon ruled the waters. Chamber President Just Hanging Out...
Chamber President and Planning Commissioner, Steve Pruitt, fools
around during the field trip. For more photos please see State
Park Citizens Learn from Pierce Stream Team to Monitor Water Quality... Photos and story by Bob Walter
Isabel Ragland, at left, of
Pierce Stream Team, explains to a group of citizen volunteers, the steps
involved in testing stream water quality. Our Streams are Living Laboratories...
March 19, 2006:
For those willing to devote the time and learn the
process, a fantastic opportunity exists, to learn how to monitor and
protect our local waterways. In a program run by Pierce Stream Team,
volunteers receive hands-on instruction in testing water temperature, pH
level, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen content. Sounds complicated, but in
about three hours, just about anyone can get the hang of it, and there is
plenty of on-going support to ensure the accuracy of the work. Taking the Stream's Temperature...
Instructor Isabel Ragland holds a calibrated thermometer in upper
Tanwax Creek. Trees and shrubs which grow naturally along stream banks
help to keep the water cool by shading it from the sun's rays. When those
plants are cut down, the temperature rises, reducing the stream's ability
to support trout and salmon. In a related volunteer effort, (covered
elsewhere in ENN), numerous "stream stewards" have helped
restore fish habitat in local streams by planting more trees and shrubs
along and near the banks. Why Chemistry is so Important...
Using a color wheel, a volunteer compares two columns of water to
determine pH level in the stream. The two at left are holding up a
white background to help her get an accurate reading.
March 8, 2006
Below is a letter to the
Pierce County Planning Commission by area resident, Anne Norman, concerning a "spot
zoing" issue at about "The Dump." Per the commission's request,
written comments about the dump were sent to Toni Fairbanks, Clerk of the
Commission. "Clean Water is a Huge Public Concern..." March 2, 2006
Toni Fairbanks,
Dear Toni Fairbanks,
It was a pleasure to meet the Planning Commissioners with an
opportunity to express feelings and opinions freely without pressure
of time. I thank them for their patience and courtesy.
Sincerely,
Anne Norman
Another point made by Norman. This
spot-zone overlay will enable the dump to gain access from 317th Street
and add more buildings and maybe other facilities, It could also in future
alter the zoning to extend the dump further south. With a possible rail
link coming in from Fredrickson and the Port of Tacoma we would end up
with a huge industrial complex on the skirts of Eatonville and the
National Park’ Property values will go down. Who would want to continue
living near this mess or buy property in the area?
*Publisher's
Note: In November 2002 thousands of people were aghast to discover the
partially dismembered remains of
Cindy, an Asian elephant from Point Defiance Zoo, was buried in the Graham
landfill. This animal, an Endangered Species, weighed approximately
eight-thousand pounds. Advanced Planning in Pierce County The Advance Planning Division is responsible for comprehensive land use planning activities under the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA), including development and implementation of the Pierce County Comprehensive Plan, community plans, and Development Regulations. These plans and regulations are designed to provide a consistent framework for land use and infrastructure development within Pierce County throughout a 20-year period. Functions of the Advance Planning Division include:
Learn to Monitor Lake Water This Weekend...
by
David Hymel
This is a reminder for our water quality training this weekend. The
Pierce Stream Team will help
us with lake water quality monitoring training Saturday,
March 11, and a stream water quality monitoring training Sunday,
March 12, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. both days.
by George Wearn,
President
Pierce County is misusing the Community Plan process to spot
zone LRI’s 304th Street landfill in Graham with
a new special overlay, intending to streamline approval for expanded uses of
the facility. The Department of Planning and Land Services sprung a last
minute staff report on February 22 which guts four years of work by the
Community Planning Board and creates a new zone for the private landfill
property, which it labels “Essential Public Facility – Solid Waste
Facility Overlay.” Testify
at this week’s meetings
Tuesday, February 28, 2006, 7 p.m., Graham Library, 9202, 224th
Street East, Graham (half mile
west of
Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 7 p.m.,
Graham-Kapowsin High School, 22100 – 108th Ave. East,
Graham Call
and send written comments to Pierce County Planning Commission and Pierce
County Council:
Email comments to Pierce County Planning Commission by deadline
Friday, March 3.
Send written comments to Pierce County Planning Commission by deadline
Friday, March 3rd:
Contact your County Council member at any time:
Shawn
Bunney
Calvin
Goings
Roger
Bush
Timothy
Farrell
Barbara
Gelman
Dick
Muri
Terry
Lee
Don’t know your County Council member?
Find it here:
More information on the Community
Plan is available at: Changing Face of Kid's Pond
The fierce, strong, east winds that blew recently took
down a number of trees in the area. Several trees were severely
damaged at the Kid's Pond/Smallwood Park. This group of trees in Smallwood Park
appeared ready to come down anyway. They shattered into pieces when they hit the
ground changing the landscape of the lovely area forever. Trees will be Used for Salmon Habitat
Many
large trees, mostly cottonwoods, were also cut down recently at Smallwood Park
near the Kids' Pond. The park was named for the late George Smallwood, a
former mayor and the father of Eatonville's present mayor, Tommy Smallwood.
Mayor Smallwood said only damaged trees were taken down and the logs will be
used for salmon restoration to make log jams for salmon fry - the slower water
and logs give the fry a safe haven for protection from the sun, predators and a
place to rest. Digging for Salmon
Another section of land along Ohop Creek north of Eatonville was being
transformed by a volunteer tree planting work party Saturday, February 11,
as part of on-going salmon habitat restoration efforts. Due to the recent heavy
rains, the workers had to slog through pools of water just to get to the work
site near the creek. Labor of Love...
Bob Zimmerman, who'll be 82 this July, takes great joy in helping restore and
preserve the rich wildlife habitat of the Nisqually River Basin. Zimmerman,
while older than the typical habitat restoration volunteer, exemplifies the
dedication and enthusiasm of those who come from all over south Puget Sound to
help. Bob's family moved west from South Dakota to Washington State in 1937,
amid massive dust storms, after years of crop failure.
Welcoming
Salmon Home
Bob Sison, Nisqually Tribal elder and chaplain for the Intertribal
Warrior Society, gives the blessing for the return of the salmon
in Muck Creek. The celebration took place Saturday, January 21 in the
Roy City Park. He's wafting the smoking sage over the water with an
eagle feather. This year the water was extremely high and moving fast
so it was more difficult to see the salmon who had started their run
weeks before.
Salmon Greeters...
This bridge is designed to hold a maximum of
five people in its center area. Bob Sison is in center and at the right
is a boy looking into the water with polarized lenses, allowing the
eye to see past the glare of the water and further into the depths.
Friends Connect...
Warm greetings were exchanged between Patrick
Whisler (Sambus Tei Sei in his native Apache, meaning
"Son of Buffalo") and Bob Sison during the ceremony. Food
was served and an ongoing activity was making a Salmon Life Cycle Key
Chain with sixteen different colors and shapes of beads, including a
black one that stood for oil pollution. Chum Heading Home to Roy,Come and Greet Them!
Chum in Spawn Colors Ocean Phase Chum
by Emmett O'Connell
ROY (January 4, 2006) – Come welcome the chum salmon
home as they make their way up Muck Creek this year! The
annual Roy Salmon Homecoming – hosted by the Nisqually Indian Tribe
and the City of
WHAT
Roy
Chum Salmon Homecoming
WHEN
Saturday, January 21 WHERE Roy City Park - Cedar Street just off Highway 507 For more information, contact:
Fish
Flingers Gather to Help Restore Health of River
Nearly 50 volunteer fish flingers received a short course on the
natural history of the salmon by restoration fisheries biologist
Florian Leischner Saturday morning, before heading out to fling frozen
salmon carcasses from the Clear Creek Hatchery into the Mashell,
Little Mashell, and Nisqually Rivers. The group met at Smallwood Park
near the Kid's Pond. The antique mill burner can be seen through the
trees. Huge Tree in the Kid's Pond...
A huge cottonwood
tree recently fell into the waters of the Kid's Pond, giving it a whole
new look. By Saturday morning the water's surface had taken on a whole new
feel, having turned to ice. Kids Enjoyed Cuddling Dead Fish...
The
freezing cold nights and the stinking carcasses did not dampen the
excitement of these three young volunteers in the least. They proudly
held their chosen salmon and posed for a photo before traipsing over to the
river's edge to toss the dead fish in. Preparing for a Fling...
The first location picked for tossing salmon carcasses was right underneath the Mashell River bridge adjacent to Smallwood Park. The kids eagerly took to the task. Before each carcass was thrown into the river, the tail was lopped off so other volunteers, who count the wild salmon returning to spawn, will not confuse them with the hatchery salmon.
Fling Accomplished...
This youngster really got into the swing of the fling, hurtling the carcass far out over the rip rap into the waters of the Mashell.
Volunteers Plant Trees for River Restoration...
November 20, 2005: Arlen Paranto joined "Thirty-five to forty
volunteers" to help plant about two-hundred potted plants
Saturday morning, November 19. He explained about "four different
species were planted" along the Mashell River as part of the
Nisqually Stream Stewards river restoration program. Paranto said he
didn't see any Eatonville people that he knew helping with the
planting. Volunteers planted native trees and shrubs to provide
riparian cover for the river. (Riparian: "of, on, or relating to
the banks of a natural course of water.") Restoring
Salmon Habitat
Volunteers braved the cold, foggy weather Saturday morning November 19 to plant a couple hundred native trees and other plants along the Mashell River. The planters were warned that planting would take place rain or shine. Planting tools were provided and the helpers were reminded to dress appropriately with gloves and proper footwear recommended.
Kids Give a Helping Hand...
Arlen noted that among the volunteers were "...a bunch of kids that help their parents." He said, "It was good experience for the kids and it was nice to see the parents teaching them how to assist."
Tender Plants Protected by Plastic Tubes...
The finished project on one side of the
river. Arlen explained, "After
we planted and covered the plants with protective plastic tubes we
went over the the West side of the river and planted some more." Tree Planting for Ohop Creek Salmon Restoration
by Emmett O'Connell
EATONVILLE (October 10, 2005) - Volunteers and students from across
the Nisqually River watershed will improve salmon habitat by
planting hundreds of trees along Ohop Creek. The planting is part of
an effort by the Nisqually Tribe, along with a private landowner and
other community partners, to restore salmon habitat in the Ohop
Valley.
What:
Ohop Creek Planting
Where: Off
Highway 161 at Ohop Creek.
When: Saturday,
October 29, 9 a.m. until noon More
Pink Salmon Returning to Nisqually River...
NISQUALLY (October 11, 2005) – The Nisqually Tribe’s salmon
surveyors are seeing more pink salmon [also called humpback
in the Pacific Northwest] in one day than they used to see in the
entire year. “During one stretch we counted more than 200 pink
salmon,” said Filtration Plant Cost Likely Higher than Estimated...
From John Ryding
John Ryding is the Regional Engineer for the
Department of Health's Northwest Drinking Water Operations. This
is his answer to ENN's question regarding cost overruns concerning the
planned water flirtation plant. "There
are no cost overruns at this time and hopefully there won't be any.
The project has not gone out to bid yet. I have not reviewed it
yet but will soon. What the Mayor is referring to is the
possibility that the project may be more expensive than the original
engineering estimate. This was a preliminary estimate based on
some assumptions. The more recent cost estimates will be a
little more certain because now they have a much better idea how much
concrete, steel, etc. will be needed. Costs of material have
been going up lately, especially steel. The second estimate was
higher than the first. However, until the bids have been sent in
and opened nobody will really know exactly what the project will
actually cost." RH2 Water Filtration May 19, 2005 Dan Mahlum with RH2 Engineering gave a update to the Eatonville Town Council and citizens regarding the new water filtration plant mandated by the State Department of Health. Cost of the plant is estimated at close to three million dollars. To view the presentation please see Filter Plant
Future of Boxcar Canyon? by
Dixie A. Walter
Contrary to a rumor floating
around Eatonville, Boxcar Canyon, above the water intake for the town,
has not been sold. Jeanette
Dorner, Salmon Restoration Program Supervisor with the Nisqually Tribe
explains:
Puyallup Tribe Chinook Season Limited...
by Emmett O'Connell
PUYALLUP – The Puyallup Tribe of Indians has
cut its chinook fishing season to a single 12-hour fishery to protect
a run of weak, wild chinook salmon. That is a drastic drop from three
24-hour openings only last year.
New Reservoir Safety Issues
by Dixie A. Walter
The new half million gallon
reservoir built to serve Hamner Springs/Rath Addition and other new developments
on the west side of Eatonville has safety issues. Originally designed
with a spiral stairway the ladder you see above was installed instead, ostensibly
to save money. Detail of Reservoir's Top...
This is a close up of the ladder and platform the town crew refuses to
climb for safety reasons resulting in the town hiring an experienced
climber to add chlorine to the water.
Nisqually Stewards To Hold Free Stewardship Training
Press
Release
NISQUALLY (May 16,
2005) – Want to learn how to be a salmon recovery volunteer in the
Nisqually watershed, while learning why it’s such a unique and
special place? The Nisqually Tribe is offering a free Nisqually Stream
Stewards training to all Nisqually watershed residents in an upcoming
series of classes beginning June 11.
“Salmon recovery in the Nisqually can only happen with the
help of the people that live here,” said Jeanette Dorner, Salmon
Recovery Manager for the Nisqually Tribe. “The Tribe has done a lot
in recent years to change harvest and hatchery management to recover
salmon, but without good habitat for them to come back to we won’t
be successful.
Volunteers for the Nisqually Stream Stewards Program often
pitch in on local salmon projects such as removing invasive grass
from stream channels, planting trees along stream banks, monitoring
stream health and the well-known Salmon Carcass flings. In the last
few years Nisqually Stream Stewards helped reestablish a chum run
through the city of Roy, where no chum had been seen for almost 50
years.
For more information on what the Nisqually Stream
Stewards do, please go to: http://www.nisquallyriver.org/stewards/index.html
What:
Stream Stewards Training
When:
Wednesdays and alternating Saturdays from June 11 to July 26
Wednesdays, 6 to 9 p.m.
Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: TBA
For more information or to register for the training, contact:
Ann Marie
Finan, Nisqually Stream Stewards Coordinator, Nisqually Tribe Natural
Resources Department afinan@nwifc.org,
360.438.8687.
Volunteers Rediscover A Late Coho Salmon Run...
Press Release
YELM (March 18, 2005) – Volunteer salmon watchers rediscovered a run
of late coho salmon that hadn’t been seen in the Nisqually River
for more than a decade. The Nisqually Tribe’s salmon watchers program has grown sharply in the last three years. “Just about every salmon stream in the watershed has at least one salmon watcher,” said Dorner. “This is such a great way to get involved in salmon recovery. You only need to dedicate less than an hour a week.” Salmon watchers are trained to identify salmon at sessions offered by the Nisqually Tribe. The training includes trips to the tribe’s two hatcheries. Volunteers are expected to watch their assigned stream for at least fifteen minutes each time, even if they don’t spot any fish. A count of zero fish can still provide important information about salmon habitat health and accessibility of habitat for salmon. “Salmon watchers give us a heads up when something, like a malfunctioning culvert, needs attention,” said Dorner. “We take the information collected by the watchers seriously.” “This is how community involvement in salmon recovery is helping to bring salmon back,” said Dorner. “Without these volunteers, there is no way that we could keep a close eye on every stream in the Nisqually River watershed.” “This is a good sign for salmon throughout the Nisqually River watershed,” said Georgianna Kautz, natural resources manager for the tribe. “These salmon obviously have habitat to return to, it’s important that we make sure they always do.” Planting a New Forest...
Hundreds and hundreds of trees and native foliage were planted by a large group of volunteers Saturday, March 5 along Ohop Creek.
by Bob Walter
A virtual army of volunteers descended on Ohop Creek just below
Eatonville Saturday, March 5 from 9 a.m. to noon, as part of a
truly massive salmon habitat restoration project. Last week, it was
the Nisqually River. And before that, Muck Creek, Yelm Creek and the
Mashell River had plantings. Councilmember Not Afraid to Get Dirty...
Left to right: In front is Madeline Devereaux, Emily Devereaux,
Katie Potasky and Eatonville Town Councilmember Bobbi Allison.
The kids were invited by Allison to take part in the huge tree
planting project so they will be able to watch their efforts grow
through the years. Poet Lucy Larcom said, "He who plants a tree
plants a hope..." Trees are a hope for the future, just as
youngsters are a hope for the future. These kids worked hard for
their future.
Salmon Enhancement Group Seeking Volunteers... Press
release
The South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group (SPSSEG) is seeking
volunteers for its active, nine-member Board of Directors. The
Board provides vision and direction to the SPSSEG - a non-profit
organization dedicated to the restoration of salmon in the South
Puget Sound area. (See attached fact sheet.)
The SPSSEG Board of Directors has five available positions
(one vacant). Directors will be elected at our February 16
General Membership meeting at the Northwest Indian Fisheries
Commission Conference Center, 6700 Martin Way East, Lacey. Positions
are for two-year terms of service.
Nominations, including self-nominations, are being
accepted now and up to the formal nominations on February 16.
You do not have to attend the February 16 meeting to be elected to
the board.
·
Directors
must be a SPSSEG member to serve.
·
Expertise
in salmon biology is not necessary; however dedication to or
interest in salmon restoration
·
The
Board is particularly interested in Directors with a business,
financial, legal or other background
·
The
Directors are very active and we are seeking team-oriented
individuals with a passion for helping
·
Directors
are expected to actively represent SPSSEG in the community, attend
meetings, provide
Directors are in frequent (daily to weekly) contact with
the Operations Director and each other concerning policy,
project and funding issues. Email is a common form of communication.
The Board meets monthly in the evening either in Lacey or Puyallup.
In addition, the Directors are expected to attend retreats
and special sessions as needed, and seven evening Membership
Meetings per year. Membership Meetings are held throughout the
SPSSEG service area, including Shelton, Olympia, Lacey, Puyallup,
Tacoma and Gig Harbor. Our volunteer Directors are rewarded for their time and dedication by seeing on-the-ground salmon recovery in action. Through setting priorities, building partnerships, raising funds, and providing positive direction to hard-working staff, our Directors make a significant, meaningful and highly appreciated contribution to our community and future generations.
Background...
The SPSSEG’s geographic scope includes the Puyallup,
Nisqually, Deschutes and Kennedy/Goldsborough watersheds, and part
of the Key Peninsula. We have four paid staff ; an Executive Director
and three project managers. Additionally,
we currently have two interns, a volunteer and a contracted accounts
manager. Our membership includes individuals, families and businesses
that contribute time and money toward salmon restoration, research and
education. We are a non-political group focused on landowner assistance,
cooperation and partnership building. Our mission is “to
increase salmon populations in the South Puget Sound Region.”
We receive $79,000 annually
in state and federal base funding from the Washington Department of Fish
and Wildlife and leverage base funds with grants, in-kind and cash
match, and private donations. We have an estimated budget of $3.0
million for the 2003-2005 biennium and currently manage 30 projects.
Since our formation in 1991,
SPSSEG has completed over 130 projects including culvert replacements
and other fish passage barrier removals, fish ladder installations,
and instream and riparian habitat improvements. A sampling of current
projects include the Nisqually Off-Channel Habitat, WRIA 14 Culvert
Inventory, Puyallup Feasibility Study, Perry Creek Culvert Replacement,
and Minter Creek Watershed projects. Our public education efforts
include the Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail in Mason County, a quarterly
newsletter, school assistance and general outreach to community groups. History and Issues Facing SPSSEG... The SPSSEG was incorporated in 1991. Two of the original board members are currently on the Board and provide continuity and institutional memory for the organization. In 2002, SPSSEG received ten grants from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board and hired its first Executive Director. Until the hiring of the Executive Director, the Board actively managed the daily workings of the organization. As SPSSEG enters 2004, we are completing a Policy and Procedures Manual, committed to diversifying our funding sources, and fulfilling our mission through attaining our strategic goals.
Mashell River Planting Helps Salmon and Student Education... Press Release
EATONVILLE
– Make a difference for salmon at the Mashell River. Nisqually
Stream Stewards, South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement
Group, and Pierce County Stream Team are seeking volunteers for a
morning of planting native trees and shrubs along the Mashell River Saturday, February
12, 2005 from 9 a.m. until noon.
The
planting is part of the Public Hearings at Critical Areas - CARA - Wetlands, Etc. January 29, 2005
January 19, 2005 No action was taken by the Eatonville Planning Commission on either of the two public hearings Monday, January 17. Please see below. January 16, 2005
The Eatonville Planning Commission will hold
two public hearings during their Monday, January 17 regular
meeting. One hearing is about "A Procedural Ordinance for Land Use
Permits and Appeals: The ordinance shall apply to Chapter 17.17
(Planned Unit Development,) and Chapter 17.20 (Preliminary
Subdivision/Plats.) This document is 14 pages long.
Nisqually
Press Release
NISQUALLY:
A decade ago, only 400 chinook
salmon spawned in the Nisqually
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"Wetlands have a
poor public image...Yet they are among the earth's greatest natural assets...mankind's
waterlogged wealth."
"Life originated in the sea, and about eighty percent of it is still there." ~Isaac Asimov
"...perhaps our grandsons, having never seen a wild river, will never miss the chance to set a canoe in singing waters...glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in." ~Aldo Leopold
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