Watershed Facts

Watershed Facts

Western Strait Clallam Independent

(Salt Creek, Colville, Bullman, Sail, and Village)

Number of Salmon Stocks on a Historic Basis - 4

Salmon Stock List – Status (Trends)

For Salt Creek:

Fall Coho—Healthy (Stable)
Fall Chum--Unknown
Winter Steelhead—Healthy (Stable)
Coastal Cutthroat—Depressed (Unknown_

For Other Streams

Fall Chinook—Strays
Fall Coho—Critical (Declining)
Summer Chum—Critical (Declining)
Winter Steelhead—Depressed (Unknown)
Coastal Cutthroat—Unknown

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

Number of Critical or Extirpated (extinct) Salmon Stocks – 2

Major Factors Limiting Salmon Habitat –

For Salt Creek: Lack of Large Wood, Land Conversion, Lost of Salt Marsh

For Other Streams: Lack of Large Wood, Conversion of Riparian Zone, Excessive Sedimentation, Blockages, Estuarine Impacts, High Water Temperatures, Sediment Impacts on Eelgrass Habitat

303D Listings – None

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 part of WRIA 19. The WRIA 19 Watershed Planning Unit meets monthly at Seiku. Contact Jeff Bohman for more information!

Jeff Bohman (360)417-2000x2115 (360) 808-5945 (cell)

jbohman@co.clallam.wa.us

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