Chimacum Creek Watershed
left|300pxChimacum Creek is the largest drainage in the Quimper Penunsula, draining to Port Townsend Bay. It is a lowland, rain-fed watershed in valleys of Post-Glacial Geology and Geomorphology with extensive Wetlands organic soils, and Agriculture dependent on Drainage Infrastructure. The creek mainstem has been extensively modified for Agriculture and the area has a high concentration of sustainable agricultural efforts. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is the most proximate recognized tribal community with usual and accustomed hunting, fishing and gathering in the watershed. The Chemakum Tribe (not a Klallam people) has been organizing to increase recognition of their unique heritage.
Relationships
- located in: jefferson county
- related to: Beaver
- related to: The Polycene
- related to: agriculture
- related to: chimacum creek watershed
- related to: drainage infrastructure
- related to: embayments
- related to: hood canal coordinating council
- related to: jamestown s’klallam tribe
- related to: jefferson county community wellness project
- related to: jefferson land trust
- related to: kodama farm and food forest
- related to: north fork nooksack floodplain
- related to: port susan bay ecosystem
- related to: post-glacial geology and geomorphology
- related to: rfegs
- related to: roots of resilience project
- related to: special district
- related to: wdoe
- related to: wetland
- related to: wfdw