Columbia Basin Floodplain Restora4on Challenges & Opportuni4es - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Columbia Basin Floodplain Restora4on – Challenges & Opportuni4es in Policy and Law Michael Garrity Columbia Basin Mi4ga4on Manager, WDFW Future of Our Salmon Workshop August 18, 2016

Overview: Different scales in different places • Federal: – Change rule curves – Trea4es (interna4onal, tribal) – ESA, CWA, NFIP • State – Shoreline, Growth Management Acts (WA) – Voluntary Stewardship Program (WA) – Integrated Water Management • Local: – Flood Control Zone Districts – Implementa4on of state regs

Federal floodplain management – FEMA NFIP BiOp – Corps levee law/policy – ESA driven changes in flows – Interna4onal river mgmt. agreements – Federal restora4on funding – Land management policies – Integrated water management – Implementa4on of federal laws by state and local gov’ts

State government • Implementa4on of CWA, ESA, CZMA, etc. • Restora4on funding programs, e.g., Floodplains by Design (WA) Calistoga Levee Setback on Puyallup River, WA. Photo credit: Floodplains by Design, WA Ecology

Local government • Implementa4on of federal and state laws • Transporta4on and water u4lity planning decisions • Flood Control Zone Districts

Yakima Basin Integrated Plan: Passage, flows, and habitat

Yakima Plan priori4es overlap with benefits of floodplain restora4on • Fish restora4on • Ecosystem protec4on and restora4on • Reliable water supply • Climate change adapta4on Photo credit: Tom O’Keefe

Headwaters protec4on/meadow restora4on

Photo credit: Sco_ Nicolai, Yakama Na4on Fisheries

Photos courtesy of Joel Freudenthal, Yakima County

Army Corps levee management policies: Lessons from lower Green River process

Increased state funding?

WA funding discussion • Flood management, floodplain restora4on • Natural stormwater solu4ons • Integrated water supply

Ques4ons? michael.garrity@dfw.wa.gov