Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program Cross-Partnership - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program Cross-Partnership Advisory Group Meeting Patricia Jatczak, WDFW & Maggie McKeown, WADNR April 22, 2013

Marine and Nearshore LO Funds actions that advance the Action Agenda & Puget Sound recovery by protecting and restoring marine and nearshore habitat & ecosystem functions  Effective Regulation & Stewardship  Capital Investment  High Priority Threats: Oil Spills, Invasive Species  Cross-Cutting  Adaptive Management Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program 2

Current Investments Strategic Capital Investments  Restoration: $3,851,000 - River delta/coastal inlet - Marine (derelict net removal) - Beach (pending - up to 8 armoring removals)  Permanent protection: $674,000 - Acquisition of bluff-backed beaches Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program 3

Current Investments Effective Regulation & Stewardship  Regulatory improvement: $2,683,000 - Improving implementation & enforcement - Compliance assessment & pilots (pending)  Stewardship/outreach: $663,500 - Outreach and awareness building - Tools to motivate stewardship (pending) Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program 4

Current Investments High Priority Threats & Cross-cutting  Address high priority threats: $1,074,000 - Oil spill prevention, preparedness & response - Invasive species prevention - Toxics in biota Adaptive Management  Fill key knowledge gaps: $1,468,500 - Assessing marine and nearshore risks - Providing critical information for management Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program 5

Major Themes Feedback & Responses Major Theme Ideas Permanent protection of priority Salmon recovery plan priorities & habitat restoration PSNERP restoration projects Marine protected area/reserves work Invasive species early detection & Harvest and hatchery reform monitoring Improve regulatory protection & Marine riparian forest enforcement enhancement Monitoring and science priorities Local oil spill preparedness Cross-cutting work Local priorities/LNTAs Actual removals of armoring Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program 6

Proposed R4 Investments Stewardship 1. Building incentive programs to reduce shoreline armoring Permanent protection 2. Protection of bluff-backed beaches or other high priority habitat High priority threats 3. Invasive species (green crab) early detection and monitoring Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program 7

Proposed R4 Investments Permanent protection of high-priority habitat  Partner with land conservation programs to provide funds to establish long-term agreements  Focus on bluff-backed beaches and other high- priority nearshore habitat  Potentially leverage incentive, behavior change investments to increase number of participating landowners Advances Action Agenda NTA B2.1.1 (in HSI) Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program 8

Proposed R4 Investments Invasive species early detection and monitoring  Establish early detection and monitoring program for invasive green crab to prevent impacts to resources such as shellfish and eelgrass  Project will train & provide equipment to volunteers  Focus on partnerships to sustain the benefits beyond life of the grant Advances Action Agenda NTA B5.3.2 (in HSI) Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program 9

Habitat Strategic Initiative Priorities of the Habitat Strategic Initiative, and Grants that Support Sub-Strategies and/or NTAs Sub- Strategy NTA Current LO Investments Round 4 Considerations Supporting local governments to adopt and Already supporting sub-strategy + NTA B1.2 1 implement protective plans, policies, programs B1.3 2 Several projects that improve implementation, Already supporting sub-strategy enforcement of laws, regulations, and permits Already underway, NTA outside scope B2.1 1 Three acquisitions that protect priority Addressed in R4 nearshore processes and habitat Already supporting sub-strategy + NTA B2.2 1 Several prioritized nearshore and estuary Already supporting sub-strategy + NTA restoration projects (including one PSNERP) B2.3 1 Restoration projects removing shoreline Addressed in R4 armoring, and development of incentives and Already supporting sub-strategy + NTA social marketing strategy B5.3 2 Two projects support prevention, response to Addressed in R4 introduction, spread of aquatic invasive species Already supporting sub-strategy One project advances prevention and reduction Already supporting sub-strategy + NTA C8.1 2 of the risks of large oil spills Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program 10

Proposed R5/R6 Investments Protect and restore priority habitat  Protect high-priority habitat under threat from development  PSNERP or salmon recovery restoration projects, or designs funded in R3  Additional marine investment based on Marine Risk Assessment Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program 11

Proposed R5/R6 Investments Disseminate and leverage early results  Enhance and institutionalize effective regulation and stewardship strategies  Disseminate results, tools funded by Grant Program  Co-locate projects and use multiple tools to achieve restoration across ownership boundaries, towards whole drift cell Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program 12

Discussion Permanent protection  How can we ensure success in identifying willing landowners and securing agreements? Invasive species early detection & monitoring  How can we engage partners in order to achieve long- term benefits from this investment? Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program 13

Wrap-up Please send your comments on our R4 proposal to Kevin by May 8 th . Thank you for your input! Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program 14