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2514 Watershed planning is underway in the Nisqually River basin
What is 2514 Watershed Planning?
In 1998 the Washington State Legislature passed the Watershed Management Act. This act created a planning process that brings together citizens, local governments, tribes, and state and federal agencies forming local Planning Units to develop plans for allocating water, protecting water quality, restoring fish habitat, develop water resource management and development policies in watersheds. Local governments initiate the planning process, but citizens play a major role in the planning group that is developing the Watershed Plan. The process is providing a more thorough and cooperative method of determining what is the current water resource situation in the Nisqually Watershed, and providing local citizens with the maximum possible input concerning their goals and objectives for water resource management and development.
Where are we?
In the Nisqually River basin three counties (Pierce, Thurston and Lewis), the Cities of Olympia, Lacey, Yelm, Eatonville, water districts, agriculture representatives, timber representatives, the Master builders association and the Nisqually Indian Tribe have begun the watershed planning for the basin. The assessment will include Water Quantity, Water Quality, Habitat, and Instream Flow.
The Nisqually planning Unit is complete with the initial gathering of available information in each of the Sub-Basins within the Nisqually Watershed. The assessments are providing the Planning Unit an excellent tool for the development of the final Watershed Plan. The Planning Unit is now in the process of preparing the Plan, and developing recommendations for short term and long term actions and strategies that will meet the Planning Unit's mission of maximizing the ability of the Nisqually Watershed to produce high quality ground and surface water, while protecting and managing the related resources to support environmental, social, economic, and cultural values.
Where can you find more information?
The Department of Ecology
Name and numbers for key contacts
Department of Ecology Contact for this Plan: Steve Craig (360) 407-6784
Nisqually Indian Tribe Contact: George Walter, Project Manager (360) 438-8687
Clark Halvorson
Nisqually Indian Tribe
4820 She-Nah-Num Drive SW
Olympia, WA 98513-9199
Nisqually River Council 12501 Yelm Hwy SE Olympia, Washington 98513 |
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Phone: (360) 407-1686 Email: info@nisquallyriver.org |