March 2005 Draft Salmon Habitat Plan Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 9

The Habitat Plan is the fourth and final product of the watershed habitat planning process for salmon recovery in the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed.

This page includes files of the public review draft Habitat Plan released on March 10, 2005. Its release began a 45-day public comment period on the draft Habitat Plan that ended on April 25. Public meetings occurred March 22, 23, and 31. All comments on this draft plan can be downloaded.

The watershed citizen-stakeholder Steering Committee reviewed and revised the Habitat Plan during April - June. To learn more about Habitat Plan milestones and activities during 2005, see the February 10, 2005 WRIA 9 Timeline (Adobe Acrobat 13 KB).

The August 5, 2005 final version of the Habitat Plan is available.

Downloadable Draft Habitat Plan Files

Please use Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or greater to view most of these files.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (Adobe Acrobat 207 KB)

• Figure 2-1: Map of the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed (WRIA 9)(Adobe Acrobat 1 MB)

LETTERS TO THE READER from Co-Chairs of the WRIA 9 Steering Committee and WRIA 9 Forum of Local Governments (Adobe Acrobat 3.3 MB)

TABLE OF CONTENTS (Adobe Acrobat 35 KB)

FRONT MATERIAL

• Covers:
  • Version A of the cover (Adobe Acrobat 452 KB)
  • Version B of the cover (Adobe Acrobat 1.7 MB)
  • Version C of the cover (Adobe Acrobat 2.5 MB)
   
• Acknowledgements (Adobe Acrobat 66 KB)
   
• Abbreviations and Acronyms (Adobe Acrobat 35 KB)
   
• Glossary of Terms (Adobe Acrobat 40 KB)
   

Chapter 1.0 - Forward (Adobe Acrobat 127 KB)

Chapter 2.0 - Executive Summary -- see above

Chapter 3.0 - Watershed Description: Physical Characteristics, History and Challenges (Adobe Acrobat 275 KB)

• Figure 3-3: Map of Land Use Designations in the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed (WRIA 9)(Adobe Acrobat 1.3 MB)

Chapter 4.0 - Scientific Foundation (Adobe Acrobat 263 KB)

Chapter 5.0 - Habitat Management Strategies (Adobe Acrobat 101 KB)

Chapter 6.0 - Proposed Habitat Actions to Achieve a Viable Salmonid Population (Adobe Acrobat 1.9 MB)

• Figure 6-1: Recommended Actions - Upper Green River Subwatershed (Adobe Acrobat 1.1 MB)
   
• Figure 6-2: Recommended Actions - Middle Green River Subwatershed (Adobe Acrobat 1.0 MB)
   
• Figure 6-3: Recommended Actions - Lower Green River Subwatershed (Adobe Acrobat 569 KB)
   
• Figure 6-4: Recommended Actions - Duwamish Estuary Subwatershed (Adobe Acrobat 220 KB)
   
• Figure 6-5: Recommended Actions - Marine Nearshore Subwatershed (Adobe Acrobat 572 KB)
   
• Figure 6-6: Green/Duwamish Ecosystem Restoration Projects with Chinook Focus (Adobe Acrobat 1.1 MB)

Chapter 7.0 - Adaptive Management and Monitoring (Adobe Acrobat 118 KB)

Chapter 8.0 - Implementation Plan (Adobe Acrobat 159 KB)

Chapter 9.0 - References (Adobe Acrobat 51 KB)

APPENDICES

• Appendices A-E and G-K (Adobe Acrobat 865 KB)
   
• Appendix F (Adobe Acrobat 52 KB)(note: uses ledger-sized paper if printing)
   

Ecosystem Services Enhanced by Salmon Habitat Conservation in the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed (Adobe Acrobat 1.6 MB)