Areas Affected by ESA Listing Salmon Habits and Habitats

Contents

• Introduction
• The Fish
• Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIA)
• Water Quality

Introduction

The listing of salmon species under the Endangered Species Act affects virtually all rivers, streams and creeks statewide that have historically been used for spawning, including areas where land use affects the water. . The recommendation that has been repeatedly made is "get to know the salmon" - where they live, where they spawn, and the conditions necessary for their survival and restoration.

The Fish

• Salmon Habitat - National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Updated Status of Federally Listed ESUs of West Coast Salmon and Steelhead ( 6.30 MB), National Marine Fisheries Service,  NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-66, June 2005 
• Salmon Populations - National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Overview - List of Endangered Salmon, Steelhead and Trout -  MRSC
• ESA Salmon Listing Maps - National Marine Fisheries
• King County Chinook Maps
  • Puget Sound Chinook Evolutionarily Significant Unit Map ( 1876 KB)
  • Tri-County Chinook Status Map ( 669 KB)
  • Puget Sound Chinook Status Map ( 994 KB)
• Bull Trout
  • Bull Trout Information - MRSC

Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIA)

• Water Resource Inventory Areas List (WRIA) - Department of Ecology - Includes links to WRIA's, maps and reports
• Listing of Counties and Cities within Each Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) - MRSC
• Department of Ecology Watershed Planning Act - Includes status of watershed planning activities
• Restoring the Watershed: Citizen's Guide to Riparian Restoration in Western Washington
  ( 376 KB),  Department of Fish & Wildlife
• King County Watershed Planning for Salmon Habitat
• Watersheds and Watershed Plans - MRSC
• Watershed Planning - MRSC

Water Quality

• Clean Water for Fish: Integrating Key Tools ( 167 KB), Statewide Strategy to Recover Salmon, Section IV. - Core Elements
• Puget Sound Partnership -  Created to make recommendations on a comprehensive effort for integrating the work of local, state and federal governments with private sector and citizen efforts to protect and restore the Sound
• Water Quality - Department of Ecology
• Water Quality Information - Puget Sound Basin - Puget Sound Action Team
• Washington's Water Quality Management Plan to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution - Final ( 9.05 MB),  Department of Ecology, Publication Number 99-26, April 2000
• Storm and Surface Water Management - MRSC