Waterbody Name Impaired Parameter Impairment Cause Impairment Classification Status1 Klamath River pH, Temperature, DO Total Phosphorus, Total Nitrogen Algae Upstream/Off Reservation Sources Hydromodification Wet Weather Discharges Seasonal Year Round Seasonal Highly Threatened Klamath River Estuary pH, Temperature, DO Total Phosphorus, Total Nitrogen Algae Upstream/Off Reservation Sources Wet Weather Discharges Hydromodification Year Seasonal Year Highly Threatened Turwar Creek Turbidity Habitat Suspended Sediment Silviculture Activities NPS pollution Wet Weather Discharges Intermittent Intermittent Seasonal Highly Threatened McGarvey Creek Turbidity Basic Habitat Suspended Sediment Silviculture Activities NPS pollution Wet Weather Discharges Intermittent Seasonal Seasonal Highly Threatened Blue Creek Turbidity Basic Habitat Silviculture Activities Wet Weather Discharges Intermittent Seasonal Highly Threatened Tully Creek Basic Habitat Wet Weather Discharges NPS Pollution Seasonal Unclassified Moderately Threatened Roach Creek Basic Habitat Wet Weather Discharges Seasonal Minimally Threatened Tectah Creek Basic Habitat Wet Weather Discharges Intermittent Minimally Threatened Johnson Creek Basic Habitat NPS Pollution Unclassified Minimally Threatened Mettah Creek Basic Habitat NPS Pollution Intermittent Minimally Threatened Pecwan Creek Basic Habitat NPS Pollution Intermittent Minimally Threatened Groundwater None NPS Pollution None Minimally Threatened 1 Status is subject to change based on available data.
applicants. Many of the potential long-term restoration activities, such as road de-commissioning, would involve technical skills requiring specialized training. YTFP is implementing instream and floodplain restoration activities, including activities defined in the LKRWRP, as part of the Tribe’s fisheries habitat restoration program. Restoration and BMP installation activities have commenced along stretches of Turwar, Hunter, Waukell, McGarvey, Blue, and Tectah Creeks. Implemented projects include: Bank Stabilization Tree Planting in riparian and floodplains Fencing/Barrier Control Large Woody Debris Placement Side channel creation and enhancement Invasive Plant Removal Tribe Watershed Restoration Department (YTWRD) YTWRD by way of its Road Maintenance Division (RMD) works throughout the Yurok Reservation to implements BMPs that maintain and improve Tribal roads. The RMD follows the recommendations within the Five Counties Salmonid Conservation Program’s manual A Water Quality and Stream Habitat Protection Manual for County Road Maintenance in Northwestern California Watersheds for roadway maintenance. The manual covers management practices related to the routine and emergency repair and maintenance of county roads and related facilities. Road maintenance includes actions taken to prevent erosion and/or the deterioration of a roadway, such as the cutbank, road surface, fillslope and all drainage structures. YTWRD is implementing watershed restoration activities as part of the Tribe’s NPS Program with funds from the USEPA in accordance with the Clean Water Act. YTWRD receives funding from many other agencies to implement BMPs designed to mitigate NPS sources. BMP installation activities have commenced in Turwar Creek, McGarvey Creek, Blue Creek, Hunter Creek, Pecwan Creek, and the Trinity River. Implemented BMPs include: Sediment Traps Road Removal Road Grading and Realignment Stream Crossing (bridge and culvert) Rehabilitation Bank Stabilization Tree Planting Invasive Plant Removal Other The Planning Department and Tribe Housing Authority will follow land use zoning prescribed in an adopted Land Use Plan. The draft Land Use Plan utilizes a process of parcel rating and ranking to determine a parcel’s score. The scored parcel were then mapped and compared with the current areas of development or lack of development on the reservation to determine future land use. Future land use varies from the development of houses or community facilities to the preservation of open space areas for cultural activities
Road Maintenance and Inspection-Secondary Roads. Long-Term Task THS-10: Forest Carbon Projects. X X X X X Short-Term Task HHA-1: Assessment of Streambanks. X X X X X Long-Term Task HHA-2: Streambank Restoration X X X X X Task C-1: Construction-Erosion Control Measures X X X X X Short-Term TasK C-2: Construction-Construction Traffic X X X X X Short-Term Task C-3: Construction-Equipment Runoff Control X X X X X Short-Term Task UR-1: Urban Planning X X Short-Term Task UR-2: Solid and Hazardous Waste Management. X X X X X Short-Term Task UR-3: Assess Unpaved Tribal Roadways and pathways. X X X X X Short-Term Task UR-4: Parking Runoff Management. X X Long-Term Task UR-5: Stabilize Unpaved Roadways and Pathways. X X X X X Long-Term Task UR-6: Wetland Monitoring Program. X X X X X Task UR-7: Update Quality Control Plan to Address Sediment X Long-Term Task UR-8: Assess Toxicity of Sediments X X X X X Short-Term Task RE-1: Survey of Sediment Sources. X X X X X Short-Term Task RE-2: Stockpile Management. X X X X X Long-Term Task RE-3: Development of Storm water Control Requirements at Tribal Development Sites. X Short-Term Task AG-1: Grazing Management X Long-Term Task AG-2: X X X X
WARM Warm Freshwater Habitat WCs wetland complexes WE Klamath River upstream of Trinity River at Weitchpec WLD Wildlife Habitat WPCO Tribe Water Pollution Control Ordinance WQCP Quality Control Plan for the Yurok Indian Reservation Yurok Indian Sustained Yield Lands YTCMPSAP Tribe Coastal Monitoring Program Sampling and Analysis Plan YTEP Yurok Tribe Environmental Program YTFD Tribe Forestry Department YTFP Yurok Tribe Fisheries Program YTWRD Tribe Watershed Restoration Department Yurok Constitution Constitution of the Yurok Tribe