Nisqually

Overview

• The Basic Idea
• Basics about Restoration
• Basics about the Nisqually

• The Role of Partnerships
• The Role of Citizens
• The Role of GIS/Remote Sensing
• Conclusion

Challenges

Opportunities

Leadership Roles

GOAL

Resources

Group 1

Experts

Group 2

Partnerships

• Conducted initial restorations prior CCP planning
• Consulted with USFWS planning team
• Formal agreement with Refuge
• Acquired lands to expand Refuge
• Leader in restoration monitoring

• Partner in reaching out to public / Refuge volunteers
• Partner in expanding education programs
• Leading conservation efforts beyond Refuge boundaries
• Partners with WDFW, DNR, WEC

• Assisted in initial planning of the restoration
• Contracted ENSR to create hydrodynamic and sediment transport models
• Models used to evaluate 8 restoration alternatives
• Assessed water flow, timing, velocity, bed shear, salinity, sedimentation, tidal inundation

• Jean Takekawa
• Planning Team led by USFWS Portland office

• WDFW manages hunting on and near the Refuge
• Contributed funds to the restoration

• Leader in restoration monitoring
• Many USGS agencies involved in multiple projects
• Partners with Tribe to execute monitoring
• Expanded resources of monitoring team

Collaborative Approach

Challenges

Reduce planning and monitoring constraints by employing...

• No physical samples
• Fauna species counts
• Visibility limitations
• Age of satellite sensors

Opportunities

Citizen Science Research

Soliciting Public Opinions

• Public meetings
• Citizen Science
• Aquatic Reserve Stewardship
• Comments on CCP Draft

LiDAR scan of Nisqually Reach

Mapping survey locations

GIS/Remote Sensing

Citizens

GIS Analysis of historical channel data

Terrestrial LiDAR

(Scan before dike removal)

Aerial LiDAR scan of the delta

Opportunities

• Overcome physical barriers
• Increased accuracy
• Often less expensive than other monitoring techniques
• Consistency of data collection

Challenges

Reliability of Data

Volunteer Management

Garnering Public Support

The Nisqually:

A collaborative approach to restoration planning and monitoring

Daniel Krenz

Master of Natural Resources

Geographic Information Systems (Certificate)

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Settlements in the Nisqually

• Hudson Bay Company
• Fort Nisqually
• Fort Steilacoom

Military Career

• Joined U.S. Army 1999
• Trained in South Carolina & Georgia
• Stationed in Hawaii (2000)
• Stationed in Washington (2003)
• Deployed to Iraq (2004-2005)
• Deployed to Iraq (2005-2006)
• Left service to pursue education (2007)

Post-military Career

• Started a business as a musician (2007)
• The Evergreen State College (2008-2010)
• Summer internship @ Nisqually Reach Nature Center (2008)
• Forester / Wildland Firefighter (2010)
• OSU (2012-2013)

Grand Rapids, MI

• Bald Eagles
• Zoo School (1992)
• Zoo Volunteer (1996-1998)

A little about me...

My Role in the Nisqually

• NRNC Board Member
• Educator
• Field Technician

The Nisqually Restoration

The Collaborative Approach

Conclusion

• Recognize shifts in stakeholder values
• Reduce planning and monitoring constraints by...
• developing partnerships
• engaging citizens
• effectively using technology
• Nisqually delta is a significant place
• Ecologically
• Historically
• Culturally

Partnerships

+

Citizen Involvement

+

GIS/Remote Sensing

=

Restoration with fewer planning and monitoring constraints

DRIVERS

Indirect Use Drivers

• Coastal Defense

Ecosystem Drivers

• Hydrological change
• Plant response
• Multi-species

Direct Use Drivers

• Public Access
• Wildlife observation
• Hunting
• Fishing

Questions?

Species Drivers

• Charismatic Megafauna
• Listed Species

Non-Use Drivers

• Preservation
• Future Generation
• Sustainability

What Drives Restoration?

Restoration

Planning &

Monitoring

Restoration

Planning

Restoration

Monitoring

Baseline Data

Priorities

Identifying

Stakeholders

Identifying

Target Condition

Identifying

Success Criteria

Restoration

Objectives

Monitoring

Constraints

In Situ / Remote

Monitoring Techniques

Physical

Monitoring Constraints

Temporal

Resource

People of the River

People of the Grass

Traded with neighboring groups

Intricate patterned baskets

Carved and painted

Nisqually History (Brief Summary)

Agriculture

Dike Construction

Conservation Planning Begins

Settlement

Trading posts

1832

2009

1974

1855

1996

1904

Restoration

Dike Removal

Monitoring

Indian Wars

Medicine Creek Treaty

Threats to the Nisqually

Formation of Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

Values Change Over Time

Conservation

Education

Public Access

Agriculture

Resource Consumption

Cultural & Spiritual

Trade

Resource Consumption

Farming...

1904: Brown Family Farm (original dike)

1919: Ownership Change

1924: Dike reconstruction

1974: Federal land acquisition

Threats to the Nisqually

Port of Olympia

Files for water rights in the Nisqually

Port of Tacoma

Reveals plan to build a super-tanker port in the Nisqually

City of Seattle

Prospects the Nisqually as a garbage dump

Medicine Creek Treaty

• Indian war of 1855
• Treaty between U.S. government and Tribes

Established in 1974

Education center

Trails

Freshwater wetlands

Citizens Demand Conservation of the Nisqually