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Working on a restructviring of the pleinning department to 

 accommodate growth and development, including water quality 

 issues such as permitting. 



Muckleshoot Tribe: 



Hired full-time Water Quality Program Plaiuier to begin developing 

 Water Quality Environmental Protection Project. 



Developing conunent letters on issues threatening tribeil waters of 

 concern. 



Active participation in the adoption of the Soos Creek Community 

 Plan. 



Developing a threat assessment of issues affecting tribal waters of 

 concenv 



Analysis of federal, state, local and tribal frjimework in which the tribe 

 must function, including regulatory, jurisdictional and plarming 

 processes relative to water resource issues. 



Nisqually Tribe: 



Developed Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Program for Nisqually 

 River basin, with stations on the Nisqually River and five tributaries. 

 Three cooperating agencies have been identified. 



Initiated collection of water quality data from 11 monitoring stations, 

 established three gauges to measure in-stream flow and, as a 

 cooperator, one new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) gauge. 



Developed water resources conunittee for Nisqually River Council; 

 provided staff coordination for the committee. 



Initiated assessment of water quality problems both on- and 

 off-reservation; developing approaches to address problems. 



Developed and submitted to DOE a $250,000 Centennial Clean Water 

 Act grant application for nonpoint pollution investigation on 

 two tributaries. 



Nooksack Tribe: 



Established a water quality literature loan library and reading desk for 

 tribal reference. 



Began educational outreach to schools and organizations on trib2il 

 water quality issues. 



Coordinated regulatory design with local governments on water 

 quality components of Growth Ivlanagement Planning Act docimients. 



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