Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board

 

Office Location: 1110 West Lincoln Ave, Yakima, WA 98902 (click for map)
Phone: (509) 453-4104   Email: info@ybfwrb.org

 

 

 

 

SRFB GRANTS

 

TAG and CC RESOURCES

 

COMMUNITY SALMON FUND

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS & OPPORTUNITIES

 

RECOVERY PLANNING

 

NEWS & EVENTS

 

WEB LINKS

 

 

Meeting Information

 

11/30/09 DRAFT Minutes

8/20/09 Minutes

6/23/09 Minutes

4/30/09 Minutes

1/28/09 Minutes

11/12/08 Minutes

9/3/08 Minutes

7/30/08 Minutes

5/28/08 Minutes

3/26/08 Minutes

2/13/08 Minutes

11/27/07 Minutes

11/1/07 Minutes

8/30/07 Minutes

7/25/07 Minutes

5/23/07 Minutes

4/25/07 Minutes

3/28/07 Minutes

1/24/07 Minutes

11/08/06 Minutes

10/12/06 Minutes

8/18/06 Minutes

6/29/06 Minutes

5/24/06 Minutes

4/05/06 Minutes

 

Board Structure

 

Officers, Board Of Directors & Staff

 

Technical Advisory Group

 

Citizen’s Committee

 

 

FY 2008

Work Plan & Budget

 


Questions/Comments?

 

We want to hear from you. Contact us at

 

(509) 453-4104

or

info@ybfwrb.org

 

Board Members:

 

The Yakama Nation

Benton County

Kittitas County

Yakima County

Cities of:

  Benton City

  Cle Elum

  Ellensburg

  Grandview

  Granger

  Kennewick

  Naches

  Prosser

  Richland

  Roslyn

  Selah

  South Cle-Elum

  Sunnyside

  Union Gap

  Wapato

  West Richland

  Yakima

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updates

 

Next Board of Directors Meeting

The Board of Directors of the Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board will meet March 3rd, from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Board’s office in Yakima (agenda).

 

Updated for 2010!  Booklet describes all SRFB Projects in the Yakima Basin, 1999 to 2009

We’ve updated the booklet that describes all of the 57 fish habitat restoration projects in the Yakima Basin that have received funding from the Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board from its inception in 1999 to the last Board meeting in December 2009.  If you’d like to learn more about habitat restoration projects in our basin, it’s a great reference.  Click here to download your copy:

SRFB Projects from 1999 to Present

Examples of successful projects include providing fish passage and screening at small irrigation diversions, planting riparian areas, acquiring and protecting land with high priority fish habitat, restoring natural stream channel functions, and promoting fish-friendly agricultural practices, and much more.  Applications must go through a rigorous review run by the Board and meet all state requirements for the SRFB program.  For more information about the program, visit www.ybfwrb.org/SRFB.html

 

 

Record Fish Runs in the Yakima Basin

 

Between July 1st 2009 and February 20th 2010, 5,578 adult steelhead have passed Prosser, and 98% are wild fish. The next highest run since counts began in 1983 was 4,525 in 2001 - and we still have several months left to go in this year’s run! We also had a strong coho return this fall, with over 8,500 coho passing Prosser. Not bad for a species that had a return of 0 back in the 1980s. We’re not to our recovery goals yet, but we are making real progress.

 

 

 2009 SRFB Grants Awarded

 

The 2009 SRFB grant round is now over.  $1,181,305 was awarded to five projects in the Yakima Basin (see list). For further information on the SRFB process and the final report for the 2009 grant round, click on the “SRFB Grant” link in the blue column to the left. If you have any questions regarding this process, contact Angie at abegosh@ybfwrb.org or 509-453-4104.

 

 

Partners Complete a Successful Field Season

 

The summer/fall of 2009 was a good one for SRFB-funded fish recovery projects in the Yakima basin. On Taneum Creek, Bruton Dam was replaced with an engineered stream channel that provides full fish passage, while on the Cle Elum River, a series of engineered log jams was put in place to help rewater an extensive network of side channels. Congratulations to the Kittitas Conservation Trust, the project sponsor. Nearby, the Kittitas Conservation District completed a number of irrigation diversion improvements in the Ellensburg area and removed fish-blocking culverts on two tributaries to the Teanaway River.  Near the mouth of the Yakima, the Benton County Conservation District worked with landowners to restore riparian areas and install modern fish screens on irrigation pumps, while in Yakima County, the groundwork was laid for some impressive projects scheduled for 2010.

 

 

NOAA Fisheries Releases Final Middle Columbia River Steelhead Recovery Plan

 

On September 30, 2009, NOAA Fisheries announced the release of the final Middle Columbia River Steelhead Recovery Plan. This Endangered Species Act-mandated recovery plan includes the Yakima Steelhead Recovery plan prepared by the Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Board. Its release is a major milestone for both NOAA and the Board. For more information, see http://www.ybfwrb.org/Recovery.html

 

 

YBFWRB Conference Room Available for Use

 

The Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board conference room is available, on a limited basis, to other organizations with similar goals and missions at no charge under certain conditions.  See our Conference Room Use Policy for more details.  This document will need to be filled out and signed before the room can be used.  If you have questions, contact one of the staff at 509-453-4104.

 

Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board Created

 

On April 5th, 2006, the Yakima Basin Fish and Wildlife Recovery Board was created.  The mission of the Board is to restore sustainable and harvestable populations of salmon, steelhead, bull trout and other at-risk fish and wildlife species through the collaborative, economically sensitive efforts, combined resources, and wise resource management of the Yakima River Basin. The Board is made up of representatives of local governments that have signed an inter-local agreement (see sidebar for list):

Yakima Basin Fish and Wildlife Recovery Board By-Laws
Yakima Basin Fish and Wildlife Recovery Board Interlocal Agreement

 

The Board is currently supported by funding from the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife and the State of Washington Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office.  The Board is working to:

1)    Refine existing fish and wildlife plans.
2)    Conduct future planning efforts.
3)    Promote effective and efficient implementation of actions identified in these plans.
4)    Help coordinate basin research, monitoring, and evaluation efforts.
5)    Conduct outreach and education programs. 

 

 

Yakima Basin Fish and Wildlife Recovery Board

 

The Board consists of representatives of the Yakama Nation and local governments in the Yakima River basin. The Mission of the Board is to:

Restore sustainable and harvestable populations of salmon, steelhead, bull trout and other at-risk fish and wildlife species through the collaborative, economically sensitive efforts, combined resources, and wise resource management of the Yakima River Basin.