Watershed Facts

Watershed Facts

Eastern Strait Independent Streams

McDonald, Siebert, Bagley Creeks

Number of Stocks on a Historic Basis - 4

Salmon Stock List – Status (Trends)

Fall Coho—Depressed (Declining)
Fall Chum—Extirpated
Bull Trout—Stable
Winter Steelhead—Depressed (Declining)
Unspecified Cutthroat—Unknown

Number of Salmon Stocks listed under the Endangered Species Act – 0

Number of Critical or Extirpated (extinct) Stocks – 1

Major Factors Limiting Salmon Habitat – Channel Instability, Timber Harvesting, Landslides, Lack of Large Wood, Blockages, Nonfunctional Riparian Zones, Monitoring.

303D Listings – Bagley Creek is listed for fecal coliform violations

Under the federal Clean Water Act, section 303(d), every two years Washington State has to submit to the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) a list of surface water bodies that fall short of water quality standards and are not expected to improve within the next two years.

Watershed Planning – This watershed is part of WRIA 18 and is included in the Dungeness River Management Team planning area. Please contact Karen Whalley at 417-2543 for more information or visit the web site www.olympus.net/community/dungenesswc.

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