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DO CHINOOK SALMON FREQUENT THE MOUTHS OF MILLER AND DES MOINES CREEKS? ............................ 6 WILL STIA MASTER PLAN ADVERSELY AFFECT YOUNG CHINOOK AT THE MOUTH OF THE STREAMS? ....6 SIGNIFICANCE OF CHINOOK IN GILLIAM CREEK ........................................................................................................ 7 ASSESSMENT OF LISTED SPECIES IN STIA AREA ........................................................................................................ 7 CONCURRENCE BY NMFS CONCLUDES NOT LIKELY TO ADVERSELY AFFECT .................................................. 8 USF&WS CONCLUDES NOT LIKELY TO ADVERSELY AFFECT ................................................................................. 8 ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT STUDY CONCLUDES NO LONG-TERM ADVERSE AFFECTS ..................................... 8 CUTTHROAT TROUT IN MILLER, WALKER AND DES MOINES CREEKS ................................................................. 8 IS TURBIDITY IN STORMWATER LIKELY TO ADVERSELY AFFECT FISH POPULATIONS? ................................ 9 CONDITIONS WHEN STORMWATER DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS EFFECT FISH .......................................... 9 IMPORTANCE OF CHRONIC CRITERIA .......................................................................................................................... 10 THERE WILL BE NO DEGRADATION OF STREAM HABITAT BY STIA ACTIONS ................................................. 10 INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION ............................................................. 10 BASELINE CONDITIONS IN STIA AREA STREAMS:. ................................................................................................... 10 BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION AVALAILABLE .............................................................................................................. 11 EFFECT OF STREAM FLOW CHANGES ON FISH .......................................................................................................... 11 PRIMARY FACTORS DETERMINING TEMPERATURE AND DISSOLVED OXYGEN .............................................. 12 POTENTIAL STRANDING AND MORTALITY OF FISH: ............................................................................................... 12 CHANGES IN AMOUNT OF WETLANDS ........................................................................................................................ 12 VALUE OF WETLANDS IN GREEN RIVER BASIN ........................................................................................................ 13 MONITORING THE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE PRESENT IN STIA AREA STREAMS .............................................. 13 VALUE OF BIOASSAYS ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 STREAM LOW FLOW AUGMENTATION RELIABILITY:. ............................................................................................ 14 REFERENCES CITED .......................................................................................................................................................... 14 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15 PRE-FILED DIRECT TESTIMONY OF FOSTER PEPPER _ SHEFELMAN PLLC DONALD E. WEITKAMP, Ph.D. - ii 1111 THIRDAVENUE,SUITE3400 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101-3299 206-447-4400 50309631 03 AR 016824 1. I have personal knowledge…

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]