Jamestown S'Klallam seeks state funds to buy 32 acres, study low‑flow fixes on lower Dungeness

The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe asked the Dungeness River Management Team on Wednesday to support two Salmon Recovery Funding Board proposals: a fee‑simple acquisition of up to 32 acres of intact riparian forest on the lower Dungeness River, and a separate low‑flow mitigation assessment to guide future construction work aimed at improving fish passage.

Cheryl Bauman, coordinator for the North Olympic lead entity for salmon, told the group the lead entity runs an annual grant round and forwards top projects to state and federal funding programs. “One of the things we do every year is we wanna run a grant round to allocate state and federal funding to advance salmon restoration and protection,” she said.

Hilton Turnbull, presenting for the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, said the riparian acquisition would “acquire up to 32 acres of intact riparian area from a single landowner, through fee simple acquisition,” and would adjoin the tribe’s existing Rivers Edge conserved lands. Turnbull said protecting connected riparian forest and side‑channel networks is “a key component of the tribe's overall Dungeness River…