WRIA 8 Presentation

KCD Programs:

• Member Jurisdiction Program

• Urban Forest Stewardship• Landowner Incentive

Program• Rural Forest Stewardship • Shorelines

WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Strategies Addressed:

• Protect and Restore Forest Cover• Protect and Restore Functional

Riparian Vegetation• Protect and Restore channel

complexity• Remove fish passage barriers• Improve Water Quality• Increase Awareness of and Support

Salmon Recovery

Member Jurisdiction Program

2015 - Present

WRIA 8 Cities partnered with21

Grant money awarded$2,082,000

MJ Grant ProgramZackuse Creek - Sammamish

Remove fish passage barrierProtect and restore functional riparian vegetation

MJ Grant ProgramMackey Creek - Redmond

• Enhance Instream Habitat

• Install Large Woody Debris

• Creates pools• Stabilize erosion• Sort sediment

Remove fish passage barrierProtect and restore channel complexity

Urban Forest Stewardship

RentonSammamishSeattleShorelineYarrow Point

2015 - Present

Amount Invested: $329,311.50WRIA 8 Cities Partnered With: 16

BellevueBothellClyde HillHunts PointKent

Lake Forest ParkMaple ValleyMedinaMercer IslandNewcastleRedmond

Urban Forest StewardshipLakeridge Park/Deadhorse Canyon - SeattleProtect and restore forest cover

Urban Forest StewardshipEast Valley Heights - Redmond

Protect and restore forest cover

Urban Forest StewardshipPromoting Stormwater Benefits from Urban Canopy Cover in Puget Sound

• City of Arlington • City of Kirkland • City of Seattle • City of Tacoma • Futurewise• King Conservation District • King County Cities Climate

Collaboration • King County One Million Trees Initiative • King County Stormwater Section • The Nature Conservancy • Pierce Conservation District

• Pierce County • Puget Sound Conservation District Caucus • Puget Sound Partnership • Snohomish Conservation District • Snohomish County • Stewardship Partners • Stormwater Engineering Representative • The Russell Family Foundation • USFS / Davie Institute i-Tree Development

Team • Washington Stormwater Center • WA Department of Ecology

Current Partners

Landowner Incentive ProgramCost Share Assistance Per BMP

Cost-share Funding Ratio: 50% to 90%Maximum Reimbursement: $10,000 - $30,000

Aquatic Area Buffer PlantingBuilding Relocation from Aquatic Area/BufferBulkhead RemovalBuffer FencingCover CropsForest Health Management

Heavy Use Protection AreaRoof Run-off StructureStream CrossingsSubsurface DrainWaste Storage FacilityWatering Facility

Eligible Best Management Practices

2015 - Present

Participating WRIA 8 landowners: 72Total number of practices: 112Total cost share $ award: $585,436.35

Landowner Incentive Program

Rural Forest Stewardship

2015 - Present

Forest stewardship plans for small landowners: 13Site visits & forest health assessments: 36Forest restoration projects planned: 13

WRIA 8 landowners with RFHM cost-share contracts: 11Total number of acres (proposed)treated: 59.31Total cost share $ award: $149,963.42

Rural Forest StewardshipProtect and restore forest cover

Shorelines

2015 - Present

Participating WRIA 8 landowners: 31Total acres enhanced: 13 Miles of shoreline: 2Trees and shrubs planted: 25,700Total Project Value: $422,000

ShorelinesWest Tributary Creek - Bellevue Protect and restore functional riparian vegetationImprove water quality

ShorelinesLyons Creek

Lake Forest Park

Improve water qualityIncrease awareness of and support for salmon recovery

ShorelinesMcAleer Creek - Lake Forest ParkImprove water qualityIncrease awareness of and support for salmon recovery

ShorelinesPine Lake

Creek Sammamish

Improve water qualityIncrease awareness of and support for salmon recovery

ShorelinesRutherford Creek (Redmond)

Improve water qualityIncrease awareness of and support for salmon recovery

ShorelinesIssaquah Creek Tributary (Issaquah)

Improve water qualityIncrease awareness of and support for salmon recovery

ShorelinesCedar River Tributary (Maple Valley)Improve water qualityIncrease awareness of and support for salmon recovery

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Shorelines Classes Since 2015

Urban Shorelines Rural Shorelines Marine Shorelines

Shorelines Education in WRIA 8

23935

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# of Attendees

Urban Shorelines Rural Shorelines Marine Shorelines

17 Workshops Since 2016239 Participants

BellevueIssaquah Kenmore

Kent Kirkland

Maple ValleyNewcastleRedmondRentonSeattle

ShorelineWoodinville

Beautify & Care for Your Streamside Property

Improve water qualityIncrease awareness of and support for salmon recovery

KCD Funding for Projects within WRIA 8 2015-Present :

Member Jurisdiction Program Grants Awarded $2,082,000

Urban Forest StewardshipInvestments $329,311

Landowner Incentive Program Cost shares awarded: $585,436

Rural Forest Stewardship Cost shares awarded: $149,963

Shorelines Total Projects Value: $422,000

WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Strategies Addressed:

• Protect and Restore Forest Cover

• Protect and Restore Functional Riparian Vegetation

• Protect and Restore channel complexity

• Remove fish passage barriers• Improve Water Quality• Increase Awareness of and

Support Salmon RecoveryTotal $3,568,710