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Home My WebLink AboutReg 2014-11-03 Item 2A - Powerpoint Presentation Shown at Meeting - Duwamish Habitat Restoration: Opportunities for Chinook RecoveryDuwamish Blueprint: Habitat Opportunities in the Duwamish Transition Zone November 3, 2014 Presentation to the Tukwila City Council DRAFT Duwamish Blueprint Salmon Habitat in the Duwamish Transition Zone Duwamish Blueprint Working Group October 24. 2014 - Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed, WRIA 9 Urban Waters Federal Parts ershlp Elissa Ostergaard, Planning and Stewardship Coordinator WRIA 9 - Green /Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan SALMON HABITAT PLAN Making Our Watershed r Green1Duu,antish and Central Puget Sound Watershed Water Resource inventory Area9 Duw r i sh Estuary Subwatershed Duwamish: Critical Link for Chinook Recovery "Weakest Link" Middle Green River Su bw tershed Fish passage to be restored Nea rsho re 5 ubw #ersh Lower Green River Subweershed ▪ t.riInird ®ILIiI -Jary SubwiNtrprp-ISid B ur d ryr U rban Grpwdh mun4iry latr Lem • Upper Green River Subwitershed d Farm u - - ; _ i.� a� =� —r Young Chinook migrate year- round, peak February — June. Physically changing to adapt from fresh to salt water. Eat aquatic organisms — good sources are marshes with creeks flowing in and mud flats. Bugs from trees will do. Need shallow water off - channel to rest during high flows. Juvenile Chinook salmon Du am i h Estuary Subwatershed • 11 miles of river • Lower half dredged and straightened for boat traffic • Two large rivers diverted away (Cedar and White) • Only 3% of original wetlands and estuary habitat remains • High diversity - Tukwila School District most diverse in nation West Seattle • Bridge 0 SEATTLE Duwamish Transition Zone a River mile and number Incorporated area 211/..1339 Foy. Octet:0-20u _ South Park Midge Lake Washin CURIE sEaLl:c t -er. Cirmwmallo -,771.4.11, PM- SO. 7.10,1 assan =OM.. .4.4 4 ,fies t 444 44,4—.E., Kelj Can, MI tg ISM . efw 44.4 0414.7..4.14 4 .7441.-5..1444. 4o4214,4 ,et orke ras Lep.., --saseq 7 ^,x,1 711. ,k'■ Xi. zn rk me, era a.. a s44-4a440 ;444,■ .4,44 X.-.4441, 44.,; i40444.47,_)140110. .41.1, Transition Zone 9 miles long — 6 miles in Tukwila "Nursery" - small fish eat and grow as they transition to salt water Large fish survive best in Puget Sound Most important area for intertidal shallow water habitat Duwamish: Greatest Need, Fewest Opportunities Few undeveloped parcels Port and water- dependent uses Financial backbone of the area Equity & social justice Contamination * Cultural resources * Expensive Duwamish Blueprint: WRIA 9 partners identifying realistic opportunities Plan and strategy for Duwamish Transition Zone Duwamish Working Group partners include WRIA 9, Port of Seattle, cities of Seattle and Tukwila, King County, Boeing, Forterra, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, NOAA Cooperation and ability to react when opportunities arise needed Restoring a few large parcels would meet the 2025 Duwamish habitat restoration goal for Chinook recovery (40 acres of new shallow water habitat) Habitat Targets - Current Status '441I111111Pw 2015 goals from the 2005 Salmon Habitat Plan (WRIA 9): 26.5 acres of shallow water habitat and 3 miles of shoreline bank restored Shallow Water Habitat Restored (acres) Completed 2005 -2014, 5.8 Unmet 2015 Goal, 20.7 Shoreline Bank Restored (miles) Completed 2005 - 2014,1.3 Unmet 2015 Goal, 1.7 New Habitat Goals 40 acres of shallow water habitat by 2025 (mud flats and marsh) Potential - 100 acres of shallow water habitat (if all reaches restored to fullest extent) 11.7 miles of shoreline bank /riparian restoration 5,35o pieces of large woody debris Habitat Project Design Large projects preferred ( >z acres) Mudflat in Lower Duwamish and off - channel habitats in the upper Duwamish — most needed Brackish areas near streams are best Habitat Project Design Improve shoreline banks if more habitat can't be built Plant trees across the subwatershed Vary elevations and slope banks gradually to adapt to sea level rise Tukwila/WRIA 9 Project: Duwamish Gardens S 112 Pa Granimothell Planned construction: 2014 Kellogg Island (RM 1.0 - to) „A=-1 Lower Duwamish 03 (BM 1 6 - 5.5) .3 5 Boeing Access Rd Bridge Urinncgorcyjr{irrai t7d North Wind (RM 5 5 - 7.0) E Marginal Wy 8 Bridge BLIR1EN DRAFT - SEATAC 42nd Ave 8 Bridge Allentown (RM 7.0 - 8.0) \ 1:o1LA \ 8 7- 5.'•,- --- ..;[ Lonincorp.-' h ._LV■ng Cro &' 6 Foster 09 (RM 8 0 • 10.0) /10 Index Map: Duwamish Blueprint Habitat Reaches Next Habitat Opportunities? North Wind Reach Duwarnish Blueprint North Wind Reach (AM 5.5 -7.0) Map Reateratlen Projects Completed In Progress Potential — Reach Boundaries 01 ue r River Niles,1110 klila Increments Br Bridges • City Neundanea Kire County W— Dredging Im pnovements (Program D -41 Booing Access Road Midge 1 .'- S 104th St Bank f . 4 J r Revegetation 1 �. or Shalkrw Water I °' Habits! Creation >' N —Hill South Boeing Access Road Bridge TUKWILA SEATTLE • So uthls --- Beacon Hill __________ Boeing Orhow L t Cecil L Moses I Park 4� Cecil B. Moses Park Enhancement 1 Canos;ino on Tukwila Intl Blvd Noah Wind's — Sraf $e City Light Weir Pule Yard Allentown!Duwanlish Boeing CAS Du .sorest Duwarn ish1 Preset ve iN 41.114011111 Duwil S tlsth St Bank restoration and revetment Ctanouk Wind Southern Heights Tukwila International Blvd Britian Restore— 'the Dt/Wri Shoreline Challenge. Dims: — Foster BURIEN RivcrtuaCreek i, restoration East Morginsi Way Bridge Dnwamltil7 NeighhoII hood Shoreline Bank .RAFT :i LRiverton Cseak Next Tukwila/WRIA 9 Project: Chinook Wind Chinook Wind - For Sale Legend: Upland riparian E7 High and low marsh A+6udflat and river 49 8 Duwamish Gardens - Planned construction 2014 -2015 F try/ parking area 14di 414.. ap, f elk Entry/ pay '.inq area To krwanesh !i 1 Preserve Potential link . to bl ke trail and f North Wind Weir Existing bike trail C: o o G t t Duwamish River OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANDED HABITAT ENHANCEMENT DUWAMISH GARDENS To existing bike trail Seale: 1 "= 100' D' 100' 700' MAY16,2013 et. �.�a. brennan `�I For Sale: Chinook Wind 5.83 acres — largest restoration site thus far $6 -7M — purchase price Hotel & parking lot Cultural resources and data recovery? Contamination? $1,95o,000 from Conservation Futures allocated to City of Tukwila for purchase — September 2014 Remaining: Mitigation Reserves Program, fee -in -lieu for mitigation, salmon recovery funds, City match? Desimone/Boeing Oxbow Inside Transition Zone, just upstream of Superfund area No known contamination Lightly used parking area Over 3o acres Owner would need to be willing to sell -? Use mitigation and restoration funds with WRIA 9 support to project sponsors Reserve or source needed for $multi - million opportunities that arise Equity and social justice — neighborhoods want healthy environment, trees, open space, access to the river Urban Waters Federal Partnership Local support to focus attention on need for urban restoration at regional scale Duwamish xRiui]uwamhs'w is myYjvwr' Ml RIO!" Next Steps Community involvement is critical for ongoing support and site success Strategy for watershed -wide riparian tree planting Economic & social analysis of benefits of Chinook Wind Move forward with largest projects and shorelines Duwamish Basin Steward Community planting event at North Wind's Weir, Feb. 6, 2010 Contact Information Elissa Ostergaard Planning and Stewardship Coordinator, WRIA 9 Green /Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed elissa.oster aardna kin county. ov 201 S. Jackson Street, Suite boo Seattle, WA 98104 Funding provided in part by the USDA Forest Service through the Urban Waters Federal Partnership Duwamish Blueprint Working Group Rebecca Hoff, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Jeff Stern, King County Kathy Minsch, Seattle Public Utilities Andrea Cummins /Sandra Whiting /Ryan Larson, City of Tukwila Laura Arber, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Brian Anderson, The Boeing Company John Sloan /George Blomberg, Port of Seattle Judy Blanco /Liz Johnston, Forterra Advisory - Glen St. Amant, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Plus subject matter experts on climate change, fish use of the Duwamish, urban forestry