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March 26, 2001 |
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TO:
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Resident Fish Committee (RFC) |
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FROM:
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Joe Maroney, Vice Chair
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SUBJECT: |
Draft Action Notes for March 21, 2001, RFC Meeting (Phone
Conference) |
If there are no objections within five days, these actions will be
considered final.
Resident Fish Committee Meeting
March 21, 2001
9:00 a.m.
Draft Action Notes
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Attendees
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Robert Walker (NWPPC), Brian Marotz (MFWP), Joe Maroney (KT), Keith
Underwood (STOI), Dave Statler (NPT), Allen Wood (MFWP), Ron Morinaka
(BPA), Carol Perugini (SOT, and Neil Ward (CBFWA) |
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Time Allocation: |
Objective 2. Rolling Province Review and Subbasin Summaries
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100%
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ITEM 1: |
Review Agenda |
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ACTION: |
Item 3 was added to the agenda.
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ITEM 2: |
Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (MFWP) Request for Resident Fish
Unallocated Funds Placeholder (RFUFP) for Project Proposal 24023
(Purchase Conservation Easement form Plum Creek Timber Company Along
Fisher River ) and 24017 (Restoring Bull Trout Habitat in the Black
Foot River’s North Fork)
The MFWP requested that the RFC approve a request for $500,000 and
$317,128 from the RFUFP for allocation to Project Proposal 24023 and
24017, respectively. Upon reviewing the request, the RFC agreed that
it was not appropriate to fund these requests through the RFUFP. The
RFC indicated that these two project proposals as well as the rest of
the resident fish proposals that were submitted for review in the
Mountain Columbia Province should continue to be reviewed and
considered for funding through the Rolling Provincial Review.
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ACTION: |
No action was taken.
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ITEM 3: |
Clarification of Preliminary Estimates Regarding the Unallocated
Placeholder Balance Identified during the MMG Meeting on Monday, March
19, 2001
During the March 19, 2001, MMG Meeting, information was presented
that suggested that after funding projects in the Columbia Gorge and
Inter-Mountain provinces, the RFUFP would be at -$2.5 million. The
budget table that was presented to the MMG included base-level funding
when in fact that portion of the ongoing projects should not have been
included. As a result, the ongoing and "new start" projects
in the Columbia Gorge and Inter-Mountain province can be started. By
funding these projects, the RFUFP will be reduced from $3 million to
$20,000.
Included in the funding schedule with the Columbia Gorge and
Inter-mountain projects were two additional projects (i.e., a resident
fish innovative project ($230,000) and a NWPPC data management project
($135,000).
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ACTION: |
Neil Ward will contact Doug Marker for a clarification regarding
the use of the RFUFP to fund the innovative and NWPPC projects. |
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