Through watersmart (sustain and manage americas resources for tomorrow) applied science grants, reclamation provides cost shared financial assistance to states, indian tribes, irrigation districts,…

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $710,992 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe. The grant funds a project to collect flow and water quality data in the North Fork Tolt River watershed and use that data to produce databases, GIS maps, and a tailored VELMA model. These deliverables are intended to inform the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe's forest management decisions to promote healthy watersheds and support endangered species like Chinook salmon and steelhead trout. The project aims to increase water supply reliability, provide flexibility in water operations, and improve water management in the tribe's ancestral forest. The award period is from Nov 20, 2024 to Feb 28, 2027.

Activities

Collect flow and water quality data in the north fork tolt river watershed and use that data to produce databases, GIS maps, and a tailored velma model to support forest and watershed management decisions in the snoqualmie tribe ancestral forest.expected deliverables or outcomes: the data will be used to produce databases, detailed GIS mapping, and models intended to inform the snoqualmie indian tribes forest management decisions to actively promote healthy watersheds. Long-term watershed degradation due to historical logging activities and reduced flows because of increasing temperatures pose a threat to endangered species, including chinook salmon and steelhead trout, and water supply reliability downstream.

Intended beneficiaries

The snoqualmie tribe ancestral forest-data driven headwaters management PROJECT (PROJECT) achieves the public purpose of the act by increasing water supply reliability, providing flexibility in water operations, and improving water management.subrecipient activities (if known or specified at time of award): N a