Chehalis Watershed Cooperative
The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Grays Harbor
County and Thurston County formed the Chehalis Watershed Cooperative in
April 2011.
The purpose of the Chehalis Watershed Cooperative is to reduce flood
damage within the Chehalis River Basin Boundaries. The benefits of the
Cooperative include:
- Coordinated and cooperative efforts in conducting scientific,
hydrologic and hydraulic studies to:
- determine and predict the sources, characteristics, behavior
and forces of flood waters in the watershed and,
- define the relationship between jurisdictional land use
practices and flooding;
- Planning for and updates to the Flood Hazard Management Plan,
including the integration of local land use and floodplain plans and
recommendations for jurisdictional floodplain management and
regulation;
- Developing a Capital Improvement and Program Plan that serves
the needs of the Cooperative which may result in purchasing land,
constructing, operating and maintaining flood mitigation measures,
and establishing facilities to prevent or minimize flood damage and
restore ecosystems;
- Entering into agreements with Members or other jurisdictions,
private agencies, the State, and/or with the United States Army
Corps of Engineers to promote efficiency, undertake comprehensive
basin-wide approaches to flood management and minimize damages
caused by flooding or conditions that could lead to flooding,
including providing for a local sponsor for a water resource project
or projects within the Boundaries of the Chehalis River Basin;
- Coordinating and planning cooperatively with other regional or
local water utilities and water resource agencies to integrate flood
management with water resource management in the Chehalis River
Basin, the State and the larger Northwest region; and
- Carry out or advance other flood management, ecosystem
restoration and water resource purposes.
Click here for the Interlocal Agreement
(PDF 1.1MB)
Click here for the Resolution #14447 regarding the Chehalis Watershed
Cooperative.
Contact Us
Interested Parties: If you would like to be added to our Web Mail list,
please click here. Staff
contact: Mark Swartout, Natural Resource Program Manager. Phone: (360)
709-3079. E-mail: swartom@co.thurston.wa.us.
