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Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resource Management

Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resource Management. Watershed Division. Nez Perce Tribe / Nez Perce National Forest Partnership Overview February 3, 2011. NPT DFRM Watershed Mission.

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Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resource Management

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  1. Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resource Management Watershed Division Nez Perce Tribe / Nez Perce National Forest Partnership Overview February 3, 2011

  2. NPT DFRM Watershed Mission The DFRM Watershed Division mission is to protect and restorewatersheds and fisheries resources throughout Nez Perce Territory, which are critical for future generations. This work has its roots in protecting tribal sovereignty and treaty rights reserved under the Treaty of 1855. These activities are accomplished using a holistic approach, which encompasses entire watersheds, ridge-top to ridge-top, emphasizing all cultural aspects.

  3. “RIDGE-TOP TO RIDGE-TOP”

  4. Nez Perce Tribe Treaty Territory13.3 Million Acres(Tribe owns approx. 150,000 Acres) • 3 States 6 National Forests / BLM 12 Counties Private Landowners

  5. Cooperative Restoration:Forest Service and Nez Perce Tribe Nez Perce Tribe and Clearwater & Nez Perce Forests began cooperative aquatic restoration in 1996. External funding from BPA and Idaho State Office of Species Conservation and others. The Forests and Tribe have aligned restoration priorities; cooperative work is in high priority watersheds, focused on anadromous fish. The cooperative restoration program is integrated with the Forests’ integrated management projects. The Forests and Tribe work together explore and expand cooperative approaches to accomplish restoration projects efficiently and effectively

  6. Clearwater and Nez Perce National Forests Restoration Priority Map

  7. Restoration Partnership Goals Improve / protect water quality Improve / protect fish habitat Restore land to production Recover TES species Protect fish habitat and produce more fish

  8. Partnership Projects • Road Decommissioning • Barrier Culvert Replacement • Road and Culvert Inventories • Road and Culvert Risk Assessment and Improvement • Stream channel Restoration • Native Revegetation • Weed Inventory and Treatment • Riparian Restoration • Fencing • Off-site watering system • Streambank stabilization • Project Monitoring

  9. Forest Cost-share Provincial Review Biological Opinion (Biop) FS / NPT / BPA Interaction

  10. Project area Meadow Creek to Silver/Legget Project Leader Mark Johnson Types of work Road Decommissioning Culvert Replacement Cattle Exclusion Fencing Riparian Planting Lower South Fork Clearwater River Project

  11. Slate Creek Project • Project area • Slate Creek Watershed • Project Leader • Stephanie Bransford • Types of work • Culvert Replacement • Riparian Planting • Hoping to expand project objectives through provincial review process

  12. Where do we go from here? Currently have very successful restoration partnership. How do we maintain this given the increase in project funding and organizational structures of NPT & NPNF/CNF?

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