Yakima Tributary Access & Habitat Program

• Goal: To Restore Salmonid Access to Yakima River Tributaries;
• Screen Irrigation Diversions; and
• Improve In-stream & Riparian
• Conditions to
• Enhance Habitat Quality.

YTAHP Core Team

• Kittitas County Conservation District
• North Yakima Conservation District
• WA Department of Fish & Wildlife
• SCW Resource Conservation & Development
• Yakama Nation
• Kittitas Conservation Trust
• Ahtanum Irrigation District
• Kittitas County Water Purveyors

YTAHP & KCCD

• Important tool for KCCD!
• Voluntary & Incentive Based
• Provides technical & financial assistance
• Holistic approach
• Compatible & Complements

Funding

• BPA ~$4 million since FY02
• SRFB 6 grants totaling $972,000 since 2002
• WCC Professional Engineering Services Grant ~$20,000 per year since 2003
• WCC Irrigation Efficiencies Program grant, $555,425)
• NRCS - EQIP $225,650
• NFWF - Community Salmon Funds $45,000
• Conveyance Infrastructure – Ref 38, $1,110,200
• DOT Gas Tax - Grant to City of Kittitas, $300,000
• Landowner contributions (cash and in-kind)

YTAHP Successes

• WDFW Permit Writer !
• RC&D Administration !
• Matching Funds !
• Tributary Teams !
• Collaboration !
• Local Voice !

Accomplishments

• 2002-2006
• 33 Projects
• 240 Stream Miles Surveyed
• Tributary Teams Initiated
• ~5,000 contacts
• Program Infrastructure
• Building Local Expertise

Projects

• 15 Barriers Removed
  • Dams, culverts
• 19 Pump Screens
  • New or replacements
• 5 Gravity Screens
• 2 Siphons
• 1439 Acre-Feet / 6.28 cfs Trusted (Cooke Creek, Caribou Creek, Wilson Creek)

Metrics

• 50 cfs Screened
  • 20 cfs Pump Screened
  • 30 cfs Gravity Screened
• 13.69 Miles Habitat Opened
• 27 Rock Weirs
• 28 LWD (root wads)
• 3 Bridges
• 21 Acres of Riparian Planted

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2007-09 Focus

• 85 Projects on “To Do” list
• Expect 35 projects
• Pump & Gravity Screens
• Barrier Removal
• Habitat (Riparian & Instream)
• Continuing Coordination

Cooke Creek Siphon – 2003

Cooke Creek-EWC Siphon

Currier Creek Siphon – 2007/8

Indian & Jack Creek Culverts

Reecer Creek Floodplain Restoration

Reecer Creek Floodplain

Reecer Creek Floodplain

Reecer Creek Design

Lower Reecer Creek 2007

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