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Lower Green River Baseline Habitat Survey Report
January 2004
Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed
Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 9
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Report Surveys Habitat for Juvenile Salmon in the Lower Green River
This report documents current instream and adjacent riparian habitat conditions affecting salmon in the mainstem Green/Duwamish River from river mile (RM) 32.1 to RM 5.7.
Also available upon request are Geographic Information System (GIS) data.
This report includes information on the Lower Green River Subwatershed and the upper portion of the Duwamish Subwatershed. Additional information is available on this part of the watershed and how it supports salmon:
This information helped the Steering Committee of the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed (WRIA 9) develop and prioritize management actions for the Salmon Habitat Plan. This is one of a series of reports that make up the Strategic Assessment.
This information will also help landowners and local governments better understand the current value of the lands under their ownership/jurisdiction.
The preparation of this report was funded with a grant from the King Conservation District at the recommendation of the WRIA 9 Watershed Forum of local governments.
Main Text and Figures (All files are in Adobe Acrobat)
Title page (75 KB)
Table of Contents (199 KB)
Acknowledgements (92 KB)
Section 1: Summary (178 KB)
Section 2: Introduction (3.1 MB)
Section 3: Environmental Setting of the Lower Green River (167 KB)
Section 4: Methods (977 KB)
Section 5: Results
Section 5.1: Overview of Conditions in the Survey Area (73 KB)
Figure 5-1a: Map Interpretation Key (726 KB)
Figure 5-1b: Pool Distribution (2.6 MB)
Figure 5-2: Bank Armoring by Station (2.2 MB)
Figure 5-3: Dominant Vegetation Type by Station (2.2 MB)
Figure 5-4: Vegetation Quality by Station (2.2 MB)
Figure 5-5: Canopy Cover by Station (2.6 MB)
Figure 5-6: Large Woody Debris Distribution (2.6 MB)
Section 5.2: Pebble Counts (184 KB)
Section 5.3: Reach 1 (RM 32.1-26.6 in the Auburn area) (655 KB)
Figure 5-8: Reach 1 Morphologic Characteristics (1 MB)
Figure 5-9: Reach 1 Vegetation Characteristics (1 MB)
Figure 5-10: Numbers of wood pieces and distribution of size and type in Reach 1 (contained in text for Section 5.3)
Figure 5-11: Upper Reach 1 Bank Modifications (1 MB)
Figure 5-12: Lower Reach 1 Bank Modifications (841 KB)
Figure 5-13: Reach 1 Reach Notes (979 KB)
Section 5.4: Reach 2 (RM 26.6-19.1 in the southern Kent area) (753 KB)
Figure 5-14: Reach 2 Morphologic Characteristics (679 KB)
Figure 5-15: Reach 2 Vegetation Characteristics (655 KB)
Figure 5-16: Numbers of wood pieces and distribution of size and type in Reach 2 (contained in text for Section 5.4)
Figure 5-17: Upper Reach 2 Bank Modifications (1 MB)
Figure 5-18: Lower Reach 2 Bank Modifications (1.1 MB)
Figure 5-19: Reach 2 Reach Notes (624 KB)
Section 5.5: Reach 3 (RM 19.1-15.6 in the northern Kent area) (418 KB)
Figure 5-20: Reach 3 Morphologic Characteristics (852 KB)
Figure 5-21: Reach 3 Vegetation Characteristics (843 KB)
Figure 5-22: Numbers of wood pieces and distribution of size and type in Reach 3 (contained in text for Section 5.5)
Figure 5-23: Bank Modifications (1 MB)
Figure 5-24: Reach 3 Reach Notes (823 KB)
Section 5.6: Reach 4 (RM 15.6-11.2 in the southern Tukwila area) (600 KB)
Figure 5-25: Reach 4 Morphologic Characteristics (905 KB)
Figure 5-26: Reach 4 Vegetation Characteristics (848 KB)
Figure 5-27: Numbers of wood pieces and distribution of size and type in Reach 4 (contained in text for Section 5.6)
Figure 5-28: Bank Modifications (971 KB)
Figure 5-29: Reach 4 Reach Notes (420 KB)
Section 5.7: Reach 5 (RM 11.2-5.7 in the northern Tukwila area of the Duwamish Subwatershed) (705 KB)
Figure 5-30: Reach 5 Morphologic Characteristics (1.75 MB)
Figure 5-31: Reach 5 Vegetation Characteristics (1.6 MB)
Figure 5-32: Numbers of wood pieces and distribution of size and type in Reach 5 (contained in text for Section 5.7)
Figure 5-33: Upper Reach 5 Bank Modifications (1 MB)
Figure 5-34: Lower Reach 5 Bank Modifications (1.1 MB)
Figure 5-35: Reach 5 Reach Notes (1.5 MB)
Section 6: Conclusions and Recommendations (179 KB)
Section 7: Literature Cited (139 KB)
Appendices
Appendix A: Reach Attribute Tables (183 KB)
Appendix B: Pool Attribute Tables (162 KB)
Appendix C: Composite of Instream Habitat Summary Statistics for All Reaches in Lower Green River (607 KB)
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