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Salmon Information and Reports
Snoqualmie/Skykomish Watershed (WRIA 7)
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What is a Watershed? 
Watersheds are also called Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIAs).
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A watershed is a basin-shaped area that drains to a central point where it enters a river, lake or ocean. It can include groundwater and surface water as well as salt water like Puget Sound. Watersheds can encompass small areas draining to a stream and also be part of much larger areas, spanning multiple counties, like the Snoqualmie/Skykomish Watershed. |
How Does Our Watershed Support People and Salmon?
The Snoqualmie Watershed:
- Is the largest and most forested watershed in King County, at nearly 700 square miles.
 Supports wild chinook, coho, chum, and pink salmon runs, as well as steelhead, rainbow, cutthroat, and bull trout populations.- One of the basins with the highest potential for salmon recovery in Puget Sound; will play a major role in the recovery of chinook, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
- Has one of the largest coho runs in Puget Sound, in Griffin Creek.
- Is mostly rural - approximately 75 percent of the watershed is forested, and most of the floodplain below the falls is in agriculture.
Technical Reports
Best Available Science Issue Paper: Snoqualmie Watershed Near Term Action Agenda Implementation Project - March 2004 [Adobe, 3.5 MB] An overview of the "best available science" (BAS) for managing critical areas and protecting salmonid habitat in the Snoqualmie River watershed.
Salmonid Habitat Limiting Factors Analysis - December 2002 [External Link]
Model Code for Critical Areas - July 2004 [Adobe 583 KB]
This model code for critical areas is designed to be used, and adapted as needed, by the four Snoqualmie Watershed cities (Duvall, Carnation, Snoqualmie and North Bend) to comply with Growth Management Act requirements.
Salmon Conservation in the Snoqualmie Watershed: Snoqualmie Watershed Forum Strategy and Workplan 2001 [Adobe 905 KB]
This document provides background on federal and state drivers for salmon conservation planning, as well as local progress to date on technical assessments, watershed planning, and early action projects.
Snohomish River Basin Salmon Conservation Plan - June 2005. This plan guides actions to protect and restore salmon runs in the Snohomish River Basin and responds to recent listings of Puget Sound Chinook salmon and bull trout as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.
Snohomish River Basin Chinook Salmon Near Term Action Agenda - December 2001 [Acrobat, External Link]
This report provides immediate guidance for chinook salmon habitat recovery actions in the Snohomish River Basin.
Snohomish River Basin Salmonid Habitat Conditions Review - September 2002 [Acrobat, External Link]
Snoqualmie Watershed Aquatic Habitat Conditions Report: Summary of 1999 - 2001 Conditions
This report summarizes and interprets data collected in the field from 1999-2001 about habitat conditions for multiple species of salmonids and other aquatic biota in aquatic ecosystems of the Snoqualmie Watershed, including the mainstem Snoqualmie River and several of its tributaries.
General Salmon Information
Salmon Facts
An informational guide from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Salmoninfo.org
Links to many other resources about salmon and their life cycle.
Salmon and the Endangered Species Act
Primer on the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) and salmon recovery from the National Marine Fisheries Service.
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