The proposed project is to remove the instream and upslope hatchery facility on Shale Creek (WRIA# 21.0041). The facility was constructed in 1987 by WDFW in cooperation with the Quinault Nation for the purpose of enhancing the Queets/Clearwater coho run. The facility is no longer being used since a hatchery was constructed on the Salmon River, a tributary to the Queets River. The facility is unmanned and the instream water control structure spanning Shale Creek collects large amounts of woody debris causing the associated concrete apron to down cut. The combination of occlusion and down cutting at the apron is resulting in a fish barrier..... Updated 8/24/2010 Quinault Indian Nation (LE) Show on map

The Quinault Nation will use this grant to build four engineered logjams and augment one natural logjam in the side channel of Alder Creek, a critical habitat for sockeye salmon and one of only five remaining locations where sockeye spawn in the upper Quinault River system. Logjams are put into rivers to slow them down and create places for salmon to spawn, rest, hide from predators and search for food. The project is a partnership with the Olympic National Forest and has support from private landowners adjacent to the area. The tribe will contribute $60,000 from a federal grant. Updated 8/25/2010 Quinault Indian Nation (LE) Show on map

This is a NRCS funded project that will abandon a road crossing on the 4300 Road. The road has collapsed into the river. The project will consist of removing the old road debris from the stream channel. In stream work will be required to return the channel to as natural a condition as possible. It will involve the installation of weir structures on both the up stream and down stream side of the culvert site. The project will remove approximately 500 feet of road on each side of the stream channel. Final landscape and grade of the road profile and cross section shall be as close to natural condition as possible and shall be based on matching ..... Updated 7/2/2009 Quinault Indian Nation (LE)

The Quinault Nation will use this grant to remove two culverts that prevent fish migration and help create a wetland flowing out of a historical and culturally significant prairie system. This is the final project in restoring the natural flow of the prairie system. The first culvert, which is buried, will be replaced with a new culvert while the second culvert will be replaced with a 30-foot bridge. Currently, water backs up until it flows over the road. Replacing the culvert with a bridge also will involve installing fish passage structures in the stream to maintain the current water levels and existing rearing habitat above the road. The ..... Updated 8/25/2010 Quinault Indian Nation (LE) Show on map

The Alder Creek Side Channel Pilot Project is the first engineered logjam construction project in the Quinault River Watershed and is intended to commence salmon habitat restoration and floodplain reforestation in the Upper Quinault River. The project is supported by the Salmon Habitat Restoration Plan - Upper Quinault River (Quinault Indian Nation 2008) and the Geomorphic Investigation of the Quinault River, Washington (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 2005). The project area is located approximately 9.0 river kilometers upstream of Lake Quinault in the Upper Quinault River in Jefferson County, Washington (TRS: 24N 9W S36). Five engineered log..... Updated 8/24/2010 Quinault Indian Nation (LE) Show on map

This is a fish barrier correction on a small forest landowner road used to access private forest lands. The barrier is located on an unamed stream WRIA 21.0774 a tributary to the Copalis River. Correction of this barrier will open 11 miles of fish habitat. The species present are coho, native and anadomous cutthroat trout, plus steelhead juveniles, Olympic Mudminnows, and sculpins. The current site has three 18 foot long undersized culverts, the largest is four foot in diameter and the others are 16 inches in diameter. The bank full width of the stream is estimated at 10 foot. Stream width is hard to determine in wetland areas. The re..... Updated 8/24/2010 Quinault Indian Nation (LE) Show on map

This project is to correct a fish barrier culvert on Gatton Creek by removing a 14 feet wide and 58 feet long pipe arch culvert and installing a 50 feet long by 37.5 feet wide cement bridge. The project site is on Lake Quinault South Shore Road at mile post 2.82 in Grays Harbor County. The barrier culvert is near the mouth of the creek approximately 300 feet upstream from the confluence of Lake Quinault. Six species of salmonids would be provided unimpeded access to 2500 feet of excellent rearing habitat; it is also suitable spawning habitat for 5 of these species. In addition, chum salmon could use the area immediately upstream for spaw..... Updated 7/3/2009 Quinault Indian Nation (LE)

Quinault Indian Nation proposes to conduct a leaf-off LiDAR flight for the Quinault Reservation (~203,000 acres) and a leaf-off LiDAR and orthophotography flight for the Upper Quinault River Valley (~12,000 acres). The LiDAR and orthophotography data collected during the project shall be stored on a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device for utilization by QIN technical staff and its designated consultants for specific applications pertaining to natural resource management on the Quinault Reservation and the Upper Quinault River Restoration program. To best manage its natural resources, it is necessary for the Nation to have accurately mappe..... Updated 8/24/2010 Quinault Indian Nation (LE) Show on map

Lake Quinault is an ultra-oligotrophic sockeye nursery lake located on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. Since 1950, sockeye runsizes, escapements, and harvests have declined significantly. In essence, the lake acts as a "bottleneck" to smolt sockeye production. The fertilization of Lake Quinault project proposes to increase smolt sockeye production and runsizes by enhancing primary and secondary productivity through the addition of low-level concentrations of liquid fertilizer containing N and P over a 5-year period. QFID will monitor the effects of fertilization by examining primary and secondary productivity and correlating c..... Updated 8/24/2010 Quinault Indian Nation (LE) Show on map

Lake Quinault, a glacially created 3,729-acre lake is home to the southernmost coastal sockeye salmon stock on the West coast of North America. The stock is genetically distinct from all other sockeye stocks on the west coast. Preliminary assessment of the key variables that support primary productivity of Lake Quinault suggest that rearing conditions may be well below adequate productivity levels for the successful rearing of juvenile sockeye. The project's objectives are to determine historical productivity and escapements of Lake Quinault sockeye. Sediment core samples will be collected for Lake Quinault and an undetermined reference lake..... Updated 8/24/2010 Quinault Indian Nation (LE) Show on map

The Quinault Nation will use this grant to survey the Prairie Creek sub-watershed for Japanese knotweed and then eradicate the knotweed with herbicide treatments for 3 years. Crews will inspect and treat the roads and uplands in the watershed to prevent reinfestation of the stream. The invasive plant has degraded the stream functions. High water spreads the seed throughout the lower Quinault system. The eradication of Japanese knotweed will give native plants a chance to recolonize riparian areas and restore forests and the ecological functions they provide, and prevent additional infestations. Steelhead, Chinook and coho are affected. The Q..... Updated 8/25/2010 Quinault Indian Nation (LE) Show on map

Quinault Indian Nation proposes to conduct a leaf-off LiDAR flight for the Quinault Reservation (~203,000 acres) and a leaf-off LiDAR and orthophotography flight for the Upper Quinault River Valley (~20,000 acres). The LiDAR and orthophotography data collected during the project shall be stored on a networked storage device for development of specific applications pertaining to natural resource management on the Quinault Reservation and the Upper Quinault River Restoration program. To best manage its natural resources, the Nation needs accurately mapped streams and side channels so that: 1) appropriate no-harvest riparian buffers along strea..... Updated 7/3/2009 Quinault Indian Nation (LE)