YTAHP

Yakima Tributary

Access & Habitat

Program

Update – 2002 025

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Carol A. Ready, MS

carol.ready@kcwp.org

GoalRestore fish passage to

Yakima River Tributaries

that historically supported

salmon and to improve

habitat in areas where

access is restored.

Players KCWP Kittitas Co. Water Purveyors

KCCD Kittitas Co. Conservation District

NYCD No. Yakima Conservation District

WDFW WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

YN Yakama Nation (Safe Access)

Administration

RC&D South Central Washington

Resource Conservation and Development Council

(NRCS – Dept of Ag)

RC&D Administration Coordination Meetings Vouchers Keeping all parties on task Indispensable player

In the Beginning...

Extend Phase 2 to tributaries Participants

CDs, BOR, WDFW, YN, Irrigation

Funding Strategic Plan Energy & Enthusiasm

Funding

BPA Bonneville Power Administration

SRFB Salmon Recovery $ Board

FRIMA Fisheries Restoration

EQIP Envt’l Quality Incentives Program

Irrigation Efficiencies

Approach

Early Actions Strategic Plan as guidance Project Prioritization

Existing Information Stream Assessments

Project Implementation

Early Actions

Cooke Creek Siphon

Ahtanum Diversions 13 & 14

Coleman, Cabin Creek

Cowiche Pump Screens

11 Engineering Project Plans

Procurement

Cooke Creek Siphon, 2003

Early Actions

Cooke Creek

EWC Facilities

Cooke Creek - Pumps, Pipes

& Water in Trust

Cabin/Dry, Coleman Creeks

Early Actions

Early Actions

Ahtanum Creek

Ahtanum

Creek

Stream Assessments

Survey Identify features

Barriers, Riffles, Pools Some Notes on Riparian

Data Base ala SSHEAR PIs, SPIs

Stream Miles

Kittitas ~ 153 mi

Yakima ~ 155 mi

Kittitas ~ 153 miles

Walked miles

Streams* Kittitas

Wilson, Reecer-Currier, Cooke,

Coleman, Parke, Dry, Mercer,

Naneum, Cherry, Teanaway

Yakima Cowiche, Ahtanum, Wide Hollow

*Reports or drafts prepared

Tributary Teams

Interested Parties

Develop Trust

Examine Stream Data

Determine Work Plan

Work with Core Team

Core Team

Priorities across Watershed

YTHAP Budget

Permit Coordination

Big Picture

Networking

Technical Workgroup, TWiG

Tour

Critical Review

Broad Input

Advise Sponsor

Alternatives

Permit Asstance

Dike to east (LB)

2-ft. pipe on RB

FLOW

Project Implementation

Selection

Survey

Permits

Engineering

Construction

Monitoring

Project Results

Wilson Creek – 8 miles, 3 cfs

Cooke Creek – 2 miles, 4 cfs

Big Creek – 9 miles, 1 cfs

Habitat Enhancement Teanaway, Cowiche, Wilson

Parlayed Funding

SRFB - $ 720,300 ($800k

‘05)

EQIP - $ 211,000

IE – $1,190,000

Other - $ 355,000

$ 2,475,300

Successes

Landowner Involvement

Coordination & Collaboration

Permit Point Person

Yakama Nation – Safe Access

TWiG – vet & improve projects

Roster – engineering & survey

Challenges

Water Right Transfers (POD) Building Trust Easements Liability & Insurance Sequencing Work On-site Power

Lower Wilson Creek

TownCanal

Bull Canal

Cooke Creek

Little Naneum

Creek

Naneum Creek

ColemanCreek

CaribouCreek

ParkCreek

I-82

I-90

Ellensburg

Wilson Creek

N

Bull Canal – Wilson Creek Screen/Ladder

Sorensen

Snowden Existing

Bull CanalOriginal Screen

Snowden Proposed

Ludwick Existing

Ludwick Proposed

YTAHPSiphon & Screen

Proposed YTAHPGrade ControlsCulvert Removal

Eaton

Eaton

Eaton

Little NaneumSiphon Proposed

Eaton Project – Formerly contemplated under Safe Access with a BPA cost-share, was constructed by KCCD using Safe Access SRFB funding and permitting. YTAHP Projects Pumps covered under the Biological Assessment for Lower Wilson and Naneum Creeks. Ludwick’s existing diversion will be replaced by a pump at Eaton’s former diversion site. Snowden’s new pump diversion will be moved to a location just north of the Bull Canal/Wilson screen. The Sorensen pump will be located in the same place as his former gravity diversion. Gravity screens. The original Bull Canal screen at the Yakima River will be removed allowing fish to be conveyed to Wilson Creek now that diversions and barriers downstream are passable. The screen and ladder at Bull Canal/Wilson were constructed during 2000-2001, preventing entrainment of salmonids in Bull Canal to the southeast.

YakimaRiver

YTAHPRosbach Pressurized System

The Gov.

Wilson

CreekBull

Canal

Check DamFish Ladder

3-Drum Screen – 42 cfs; Cost $565,000Constructed by USBR - Winter of 2000-2001

Bull Ditch Screens 2000-01

YTAHP Next Steps

FY05 SRFB Process WA Water Trust Coordination Ecology Rep. on Core Team Collaboration

City, County, Reclamation, Others

Continued Networking

Questions?

Courtesy of Patrick Monk