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Watershed -Based Restoration and Salmon
Recovery in Federal Way
City of Federal Way City Council
April 7, 2015
• Local governments working
together to restore our
watersheds for salmon and
people
Doug Osterman
Watershed Coordinator
Green /Duwamish and Central Puget Sound
Watershed (WRIA 9)
Federal Way
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Purpose and Outline
Purpose:
• Update Council on salmon recovery progress at 10 -year mark
of recovery plan implementation
• Provide context for Federal Way's consideration of renewed
2016 -2025 interlocal agreement
I. Watershed geography
II. Salmon recovery timeline
III. Watershed -based recovery plans
IV. Governance /leadership
V. Funding
VI. Accomplishments
VII. Federal Way priorities
VIII. Interlocal agreement renewal next steps
What's a WRIA?
• Water Resource
Inventory Area
• WRIA 9 is:
Green /Duwamish
Central Puget Sound
Watershed
• One of the most
urban and populated
watersheds in the
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The Road to Recovery
1999 Chinook salmon listed as threatened
2001 Jurisdictions sign interlocal agreement (ILA) to recover
salmon
2005 Watershed recovery plan completed — chapter of Puget Sound
Salmon Recovery Plan
2006 Begin first 10 years of implementation
2007 Federal adoption of Puget Sound Recovery Plan
ILA renewed
2015 First 10 years of implementation
Initial ILA sunsets
Salmon Recovery Plans:
Watersheds as Part of Puget Sound
WRIA 9 Plan
SALMON HABITAT PLAN
Puget Sound Salmon
Recovery Plan
Action Agenda for
Puget Sound Recovery
The 2014/2015 Action Agenda
for Puget Sound
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Governance / Leadership:
WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem Forum
• Stakeholders representing:
17 Local governments
Community and environmental organizations
Business
Port of Seattle
King Conservation District
Water and sewer districts
State and federal agencies
Citizens
• Fostering strong regional collaboration and
governance
• Leveraging individual jurisdiction dollars for
watershed benefits
Role of the WRIA 9
Ecosystem Forum
atershed
• Directing implementation
and funding
• Educating and
engaging
• Providing policy direction
• Building capacity
Integrating Other Efforts
• Fish passage at Howard Hanson Dam and
Tacoma Diversion Dam
• Hatchery & harvest management
• Lower Green River System -Wide
Improvement Framework
• Providing education on healthy shorelines and stewardship services
in partnership with Environmental Science Center, King
Conservation District, Flood Control District, and community
organizations.
• Regional stormwater management
• Riparian area stewardship and noxious
weed treatment
• Puget Sound recovery
Funding for Salmon Recovery
WRIA 9 grant rounds allocate $2.5 million annually
• State and federal grants:
➢ Salmon Recovery Funding Board
➢ Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration
➢ EPA National Estuary Program — Puget Sound recovery
• Local funding sources:
➢ King Conservation District
➢ Cooperative Watershed Management Grants
(through King County Flood Control District)
Interlocal Agreement Funding
Local government partners share costs of coordination
and implementation
Cost share formula: jurisdiction area / population /
assessed value
Federal Way cost shares:
• Total WRIA 9 2015 ILA costs = $411,961
Federal Way 2015 cost share = $23,058
What have we accomplished?
WRIA 9
918 acres protected through acquisition or
easement
80 acres of riparian area planted
1.2 miles of levees removed or set back
57 acres of floodplain reconnected
3,370 feet of marine shoreline restored
$137 million in grant funds leveraged by 2015
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Federal Way Projects
• Member of WRIA 9 Management
Committee since inception
• WRIA 9 Regional Stormwater Retrofit
Study and Plan and Shoreline
Armoring Study
• WRIA 10 marine shoreline included in
planning area of WRIA 9
What's Next?
Renewing Interlocal Agreement and
Memorandum of Understanding
• September 2014 — April /May: Presentations to partner jurisdictions; ILA
partners review and provide feedback on drafts
• April /May: Integrate feedback on draft ILA and MOU for approval by
Watershed Ecosystem Forum (WEF)
• May: WEF- approved ILA distributed to jurisdictions
• July 31: Goal for jurisdictions to approve WRIA 9 ILA
• December 31: Absolute final ILA approval deadline
Ongoing Recovery
The future of salmon and watershed health is in the hands
of every community.
Salmon recovery faces numerous challenges:
P. Public support and political will
y Adequate funding
y Climate change and ocean conditions
y Land use pressures
Local governments working together do make a differenc