2018 SRFB PSAR Project List for
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The Nisqually River Council document summarizes the 2018 Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) grant round for the Nisqually watershed. It reports that $400,000 is available in 2018 funding and $1.4 million estimated for 2019-2021. Eight pre-applications were submitted totaling $2.9 million in requests and $524,563 in matching funds. Site visits were conducted in May with the SRFB Review Panel to evaluate six acquisition and restoration projects seeking over $500,000 each. Projects involve protecting riparian habitat through land acquisition and implementing plantings, invasive species removal and design work for levee removal and floodplain reconnection.
2018 SRFB PSAR Project List for
- 1. Nisqually 2018 Grant Round & New Project List Nisqually River Council, May 2018
- 2. A few grant round details.. 2018 SRFB allocation: estimated $400,000 2019-2021 PSAR planning year: estimated $1.4 million 8 pre-applications submitted Total Request: $2,945,297 Total Match: $524,563 Project Grand Total: $3,469,860
- 3. Site Visits with the SRFB Review Panel
- 5. McKenna Reach Protection and Restoration • Sponsor: Nisqually Land Trust • Amount Requested: $528,689 • Acquisition of 65 acres along mainstem, including .7 miles of shoreline • Stewardship activities are planned throughout, including invasive vegetation control and plantings • Site specific information unavailable at this time
- 6. • Amount Requested: $237,362 • Acquisition of 6.4 undeveloped acres along the northern shoreline of the Nisqually mainstem • This project would protect 4 of 15 parcels that are at risk for future development near the town of McKenna
- 7. Nisqually River Wilcox Reach Restoration Design SRFB Funding awarded in 2014 to look at conceptual designs for assessing restoration opportunities RM 26.2 and 27.8 of the mainstem. This project seeks to further the design • Removal of up to 2,730ft of levees/berms • Re-engage up to 100 acres of forested floodplain, side channels, wetlands • Restoration approval/alternative selection from Wilcox Family is pending Sponsor: South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group Amount Requested: $510,000
- 8. • Amount Requested: $505,428 • Acquisition of 49.5 acres along Lackamas Creek • Planting of this site, along with enhancement of 185-acre Lackamas Creek Protected Area
- 9. • Amount Requested: $289,874 • Acquisition of 60 acres along the mainstem at RM 33 • Initial planting of the site, along with the downstream North Powell Pastures property
- 10. • Amount Requested: $469,844 • Acquisition of 90 acres for future restoration opportunity • .65 miles of shoreline • Implementation of additional stewardship activities in riparian area along Lower Ohop Creek (Restoration Phases 1-3)
- 11. • Amount Requested: $219,138 • Conservation easement on 35 acres along 2,000 feet of middle Ohop Creek • Project will enhance a 6-acre riparian planting done by NIT in 2005, along with planting an additional 3 acres
- 12. • Amount Requested: $148,162 • Acquisition of 25.3 acres in the Upper Ohop Creek Valley, including .4 miles of Ohop Creek • 23 acre planting planned for this parcel, with additional plantings on the downstream NLT site
- 13. 2018 timeline January 31 Nisqually Four Year Work Plan approved/submitted April 23 Draft applications due in PRISM May 14 Project site visits with SRFB Review Panel June 15 Present ranking criteria update to NRC for consideration July 11 NSHWG develops ranked project list for approval July 20 Present ranked project list to NRC for approval August 9 Final applications due Aug/Nov Review panel provides project comments November 7 Final ranked list due December 5/6 SRFB funds awarded July 1, 2019 PSAR funds awarded