Transcript Makah Fisheries Mission Statement:

Makah Water
Quality Program
Clean Water, Healthy Salmon
Purpose of Makah Water
Quality Program:
• Find baseline conditions
• Monitor changes
• Protect Makah water quality resources
• Exercise Makah Tribe’s sovereignty
What Does the Makah Water
Quality Program Monitor?
• Habitat conditions
• Ph levels
• Dissolved Oxygen
• Bacteria
• Conductivity
• Temperature
• Salinity
• Aquatic life
assessment
Monthly and
Bi-monthly
Water
Quality
Testing at
Hobuck
Creek.
Non-point Source
Water Pollution:
What is Non-point
Source Water Pollution?
• Pollutants that enter our surface water
through many different unknown sources.
• Human caused pollution on the land that
gets washed into the water from rainwater.
Soapy
discharge
from car
washing.
Drains to
the ocean
and local
creeks.
Cleaning detergents, and
gas from boats in Makah
Marina.
Trash
and
debris
floating
in Makah
Marina
in boat
run-off.
What Makah Fisheries
Management is Doing for NPS:
• Failing culvert replacement.
• River and creek bank stabilization.
-Tree and Native shrub planting.
-River bank matting.
• Education and Outreach
-Talk to you…
- Public awareness!!!
Silt Fences used
during the Cape
Flattery Road
Construction
Project.
Silt Fences are used
as a temporary
barrier that is
designed to retain
sediment on a
construction site.
What Can You Do to Prevent
NPS?
• Purchase household detergents, & cleaners
low in phosphorous. Keep soap out of
street, water, and yard.
• Dispose of used oil, antifreeze, paints, and
other household chemicals properly –DO
NOT HOSE INTO THE STREET.
• Keep trash, pet wastes, leaves, and debris
out of street gutters and storm drains
Why Does our Tribe Need to
Protect our Water Resources?
• To preserve our culture, and
resources for future generations.
• To keep the community and fish
population healthy.