Washington State Department of Ecology

WRIA 20 Watershed Planning

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: 4th Quarter of 2008

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 approved the final watershed plan in late August 2008. After Board of Commissioner hearings in Clallam and Jefferson county seats, commissioners from the two counties held a joint meeting in WRIA 20 on November 5, at which they formally adopted the plan.

As they move into Phase 4, the planning unit is formally reforming as the "implementing body" described in their watershed plan, conducting outreach to increase citizen participation, and developing an approach to Detailed Implementation Plan development.

Instream Flow Status

The watershed plan addresses some policy-related instream flow recommendations but did not include any flow number recommendations. The plan places high priority on developing improved stream gage and habitat data to be used in instream flow rule development. In addition to facilitating future rule development, the data are important to fisheries management in this salmon stronghold.

Documents prepared by the planning unit

Watershed Management Plan - WRIA 20 - Final (8371 kilobytes)
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)
Technical Assessment Level 1 - Water Quality and Habitat (263 kilobytes)
Annotated References WRIA 20 Level 1 Technical Assessment (55 kilobytes)

Studies or data relevant to planning for this area

Other resources

Washington State Department of Ecology home page

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