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Briefed tribal council and inter-tribal policy personnel on priority 

 water quality issues and long-term planning. 



Assembled data and constructed initial files for long-term water 

 quality program development. 



Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe: 



• Hired an Envirorunental Program Director to address water quality 

 concerns of the tribe. 



• Developed a political, social, and regulatory approach to water quality 

 protection on the tribe's area of interest. 



• Participated on Hood Canal Coordinating Council (composed of three 

 counties cind two tribes) and cooperative water quality efforts on 

 Hood Canal. 



• Pcuticipating, jmd regularly meeting with 12 envirorunentiil and 

 community groups to increase effectiveness in addressing local water 

 quality concerns. 



• Developing on-reservation water quality standards to address forestry 

 and land -use issues. 



Puyallup Tribe: 



• Hired an additional Water Quality Technician to build tribal expertise 

 and to assist in the development of the Puyallup Tribal Water Quality 

 Management Program. 



• Continued development of Puyallup Tribal Water Quality 

 Management Program. 



• Began initial assessment of Puyallup River system. 



• Began initial water quality assessments of Midnight and Slide creeks 

 (at confluence with the Greenwater River) to implement fisheries 

 enhancement projects. 



Quileute Tribe: 



• Hired Environmental Policy Analyst and a Water Resources Biologist. 



• Started water resource planning for the 640-square mile Bogachiel 

 watershed. Effort iiKludes water quality and fisheries habitat studies. 



Quinault Tribe: 



Developed contract with the University of Washington to take four 

 sediment core samples at Lake Quinault to determine productivity 

 changes in the lake. The samples are scheduled to be taken in late 

 March 1992. 



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