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Sol Duc-Hoh Watershed Planning (WRIA 20)

Lead agency contact:

John Miller
Clallam County
(360) 417-2323

Ecology contact:

Chris Hempleman
Department of Ecology
(360) 407-0239
chem461@ecy.wa.gov

Implementation phase:

Planning phase: Phase 3 - Plan Development

Optional elements: Quality, Habitat, Flows

Plan due: 2nd Quarter 2005

Grants awarded: $578,400 through June 2007

Initiating governments: Makah Tribe, Quileute Tribe, Hoh Tribe, City of Forks, Clallam County, Jefferson County

Progress

The planning unit spent most of 2007 reviewing late-arriving comments on its draft plan. The public review is complete and the group is working to resolve issues from the review process. Final approval by the planning unit and adoption by the Clallam and Jefferson counties’ commissioners is anticipated in early 2008. There is solid interest in proceeding to Phase 4 after plan adoption.

Instream Flow Progress

The Planning Group addressed some policy-related instream flow recommendations but did not include any flow number recommendations in their draft plan. Some additional stream gauging and limited instream flow studies will facilitate the development of a rule with numeric instream flows in this watershed. Ecology has not yet scheduled rule development for this watershed.

Documents prepared by the planning unit

• WRIA 20 Reports - Public Draft of the Water Resource Inventory Area 20 Watershed Management Plan
• Watershed Conditions and Seasonal Variability for Select Streams within WRIA 20, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (4821 kilobytes)
• Intergovernmental Agreement Regarding Local Watershed Planning for the SOL DUC-HOH Basins (435 kilobytes)
• Multi-Purpose Storage Assessment WRIA 20 (84325 kilobytes)

Studies or data relevant to planning for this area

• Soleduck-Hoh (20)
• Summary Report for Geomorphic Assessment of Hoh River in Washington State

Other resources

• Ground Rules for WRIA19/20 Watershed Planning
• Operational Protocol Between the Federally Recognized Tribes and Department of Ecology
• Executive Summary of the Limiting Factors Report for WRIA 20
• Olympic National Resources Center, UW

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Please send additions or corrections to Chris Anderson, (360) 407-6634.