FY07-09 proposal 199009200
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Section 1. Administrative
Proposal title | Wanaket Wildlife Area |
Proposal ID | 199009200 |
Organization | Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation |
Short description | Continue operations and maintenance of the 2,765 acre Wanaket Wildlife Area to provide 2,334 habitat units of protection credits and generate 2,495 habitat units of enhancement credits. Primary habitat types include wetland and shrub-steppe/grassland. |
Information transfer | Annual reports, summarizing yearly accomplishments, will be sent to BPA in pdf format. Data associated with weed management will be entered into the Tribe's weed database (in development) and will be available for viewing by the public. |
Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
Contacts
Contact | Organization | |
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Form submitter | ||
Jenny Barnett | Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla | jennybarnett@ctuir.com |
All assigned contacts | ||
Jenny Barnett | Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla | jennybarnett@ctuir.com |
Section 2. Locations
Province / subbasin: Columbia Plateau / Umatilla
Latitude | Longitude | Waterbody | Description |
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[none] | Adjacent to the south shore of the Columbia River, between McNary Dam and Hat Rock State Park |
Section 3. Focal species
primary: All Wildlifesecondary: All Wildlife
Additional: 8 HEP mitigation species: Canada goose, western meadowlark, California quail, mallard, spotted sandpiper, mink, yellow warbler, downy woodpecker
Section 4. Past accomplishments
Year | Accomplishments |
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2005 | Planted 30 acres with bluebunch wheatgrass seed. Removed 10 acres of Russain olive. Collected field data for HEP. Re-read ecological reconnaissance survey plots and established Daubenmire cover transects on the plot locations. |
2004 | Planted big sagebrush seedlings on 900 acres. Installed new self-cleaning screens on irrigation intakes. |
2003 | Conducted annual management tasks (see narrative section for description). |
2002 | Planted 1,200 acres with seed of native perennial grasses. |
2001 | Created 2 new acres of wetlands, installed 3 new headgates, and removed 20 acres of Russian olive. Competed management plan update, with emphasis on shrub-steppe/grassland enhancement, wetland and wildlife protection through access and travel management. |
2000 | Initiated management plan update. Created 11 ecological reconnaissance survey plots to document current ecological status of shrub-steppe habitat, compare current conditions to historical conditions, and develop priorities for the management plan update. |
1999 | Created 7 additional acres of wetlands. Succession of wetlands to emergent wetland habitats, and moist soil management will contribute toward Habitat Units enhancement objectives. |
1998 | Completed management plan objective of increasing irrigation efficiency through canal and headgate improvements and created an additional 8 acres of emergent wetland habitats. |
1997 | Rebuilt pumpstation irrigation infrastructure to increase irrigation efficiency. |
1996 | Conducted annual management tasks (see narrative section for description). |
1995 | Management plan and update of original HEP analysis completed, and protection credits were revised to 2,334 HUs. Developed management objectives (protect existing habitats, upgrade irrigation infrastructure) and range of acceptable management activities. |
1994 | [Accomplishment field left blank] |
1993 | BPA acquired Wanaket Wildlife Area Mitigation Project under Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, securing an estimated 2,274 Habitat Units of protection credit. CTUIR assumed management responsibility. |
1992 | [Accomplishment field left blank] |
Section 5. Relationships to other projects
Funding source | Related ID | Related title | Relationship |
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BPA | 199506001 | Iskuulpa Watershed Project | One of 3 fish and/or wildife mitigation projects developed by CTUIR to mitigate for impacts of the John Day and McNary Dams within the CTUIR ceded territory. All meet the vision of the CTUIR Wildlife Mitigation Plan. |
BPA | 200002600 | Rainwater Wildlife Area Operat | One of 3 fish and/or wildlife mitigation projects, developed by CTUIR to mitigate within the CTUIR ceeded territory, for impacts of the John Day and McNary Dams. All meet the vision of the CTUIR Wildlife Mitigation Plan. |
Section 6. Biological objectives
Biological objectives | Full description | Associated subbasin plan | Strategy |
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Provide enhancement credits, enhance habitat | Implement enhancements that will contribute towards the provision of 2,495 enhancement credits and enhance wetland and 50 acres of shrub-steppe habitat. Enhancements aim to improve habitat for 8 HEP species. Herbaceous wetland and shrub-steppe/grassland are highest priority for enhancements. | Umatilla | Herbaceous wetland, bio obj 2, strategy 3: Reduce exotic plants. strategy 4: mimic natural disturbance regimes. Shrub-steppe, bio obj 5, strategy 1: reduce exotic, plants. Strategy 2: modify livestock grazing. Strat 3: ID site potential and restore |
Provide Habitat Units, protect habitat | Operate and maintain the Wanaket Wildlife Area to provide 2,334 Habitat Units of protection credit. Protect 159 acres of herbaceous wetland and 2,477 acres of shrub-steppe habitat. Herbaceous wetland and shrub-steppe/grassland are the primary habitat types on Wanaket. These habitat types, along with riparian tree, riparian shrub, and sand/cobble/gravel/mud provide habitat for 8 mitigation species. | Umatilla | Herbaceous wetland, obj 1, strat 1. Protect. Shrub-steppe, obj 4., strategy 1; protect |
Section 7. Work elements (coming back to this)
Work element name | Work element title | Description | Start date | End date | Est budget |
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Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage | Maintain Functionality of Irrigation Facilities | The irrigation facilities are the means by which wetland habitats are created and maintained. Therefore, their maintenance is critical to providing and maintaining emergent wetland and associated riparian habitat mitigation credits. | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $197,661 |
Biological objectives Provide Habitat Units, protect habitat |
Metrics |
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Maintain Vegetation | Maintain Vegetation by Controlling Noxious Weeds and Competing and Unwanted Vegetation | Noxious weeds and competing and unwanted vegetation (Russian olive) threaten to negatively impact the species diversity and structure of desirable plant communities that are beneficial to mitigation target species. | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $55,669 |
Biological objectives Provide enhancement credits, enhance habitat Provide Habitat Units, protect habitat |
Metrics |
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Plant Vegetation | Plant native vegetation in shrub-steppe habitats | Native shrub-steppe plant species on Wanaket have been negatively impacted by past management practices, such as livestock grazing and wildfire. Planting native grasses and forbs will help move these plant communties toward recovery. | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $39,948 |
Biological objectives Provide enhancement credits, enhance habitat |
Metrics * # of acres of planted: 30 |
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Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage | Maintain Project Boundary Fence, Gates, and Signs | Maintain project boundary fence and access regulation signs: Fencing and associated signing serve to delineate project area bounds, provide public information, reduce unregulated human use and livestock tresspass. They are critical to protecting habitat structure and wildlife use of the project area. | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $58,973 |
Biological objectives Provide Habitat Units, protect habitat |
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Investigate Trespass | Prevent Unregulated Human Access and Livestock Trespass | Provide 2,817 acres of habitat protection. Unregulated human use during sensitive life history stages of wildlife (i.e. nesting) can reduce habitat effectivenss. Tresspass (unmanaged) livestock grazing can negatively impact habitat structure important to target mitigation species. Modification of livestock grazing was identified as a management strategy under shrub-steppe biological objective 4 in the subbasin plan (p 5-56). | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $35,794 |
Biological objectives Provide enhancement credits, enhance habitat Provide Habitat Units, protect habitat |
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Provide Public Access/Information | Provide Regulated Public Access | Provide non-consumptive and consumptive public access opportunities. Public access for rate-payers is a component of the fish and wildlife program. However, access must be managed to prevent disturbance to wildlife during critical life history stages, such as nesting and brood-rearing. | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $67,259 |
Biological objectives Provide Habitat Units, protect habitat |
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Remove Debris | Remove Debris Resulting from Illegal Dumping | The objective is to maintain a debris-free project area. Illegal dumping is problematic in Umatilla County open space areas. Failure to collect and dispose of illegally dumped debris decreases habitat quality, visitation experiences, and invites additional dumping unless addressed promptly. | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $66,645 |
Biological objectives Provide Habitat Units, protect habitat |
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Coordination | Assist Vector Control District in Reducing Vector (Mosquito) Production | Purchase granular larvicide or pay for helicopter application of larvicide. Providing wetland and riparian associated habitats is critical to the mission of Wanaket. A direct effect of wetland provision, however, is the creation of mosquito (vector) habitat and mosquito production. Therefore, mosquito control is is cost-shared with the West Umatilla Vector Control District to reduce mosquitoes and potential health threats and nuisances to the local communities. | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $49,520 |
Biological objectives Provide Habitat Units, protect habitat |
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Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Collect Data | Data collection to estimate annual waterfowl production (pair and brood counts). Monitoring transects on revegetated areas to determine success of seeding/planting efforts. | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $25,721 |
Biological objectives Provide enhancement credits, enhance habitat Provide Habitat Units, protect habitat |
Metrics Primary R, M, and E Type: 2 breeding pair surveys (waterbirds) Primary R, M, and E Type: 3 waterfowl brood counts Primary R, M, and E Type: Revegetation Monitoring Primary R, M, and E Type: Public Use |
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Analyze/Interpret Data | Analysis of waterfowl and revegetation monitoring data | Estimate annual waterfowl production. Monitor results of revegetation efforts. | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $6,194 |
Biological objectives Provide enhancement credits, enhance habitat Provide Habitat Units, protect habitat |
Metrics Primary R, M, and E Type: Waterfowl Production Estimates Primary R, M, and E Type: Public Use |
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Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Environmental Compliance | Complete environmental compliance on all project requiring it. Environmental compliance includes securring permits, conducting NEPA analysis, and conducting threatened and endangered species consultation | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $30,367 |
Biological objectives |
Metrics |
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Manage and Administer Projects | General project administrative duties | Work element includes general administrative duties such as supervision, purchasing, and budget tracking. Also includes peparing annual Statements of Work and budgets, and preparing accural estimates. | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $43,085 |
Biological objectives |
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Coordination | Participation in CBFWA and NWPPC | Coordinate with mitigation co-managers and Northwest Power Planning Council Staff. This project must be considered in the context of the Fish and Wildlife Program, which includes reviewing the project for consistency with regional standards and reviewing project funding needs at quarterly reviews. Coordinate with partners to seek match funding opportunities. | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $28,719 |
Biological objectives |
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Produce Annual Report | Wanaket Wildlife Mitigation Project Annual Reports | Production of narrative annual report, each year, for 2007, 2008, and 2009 | 1/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $21,836 |
Biological objectives |
Metrics |
Section 8. Budgets
Itemized estimated budget
Item | Note | FY07 | FY08 | FY09 |
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Personnel | [blank] | $87,288 | $91,652 | $96,235 |
Fringe Benefits | [blank] | $23,568 | $24,746 | $25,983 |
Supplies | [blank] | $14,103 | $14,103 | $14,103 |
Travel | [blank] | $11,212 | $11,436 | $11,665 |
Overhead | [blank] | $54,666 | $56,916 | $59,275 |
Other | [blank] | $42,500 | $43,800 | $44,140 |
Totals | $233,337 | $242,653 | $251,401 |
Total estimated FY 2007-2009 budgets
Total itemized budget: | $727,391 |
Total work element budget: | $727,391 |
Cost sharing
Funding source/org | Item or service provided | FY 07 est value ($) | FY 08 est value ($) | FY 09 est value ($) | Cash or in-kind? | Status |
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Totals | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Section 9. Project future
FY 2010 estimated budget: $258,943 FY 2011 estimated budget: $258,943 |
Comments: Accounts for increased costs of personnel, fuel, goods/services, etc. |
Future O&M costs: Base cost of project should increase to cover increased operations and maintenance costs due to inflation.
Termination date: perpetual
Comments: Project should be maintained for the life of the hydroelectric project it mitigates for.
Final deliverables: Long-term/perpetual protection and management of lands providing Habitat Unit credits agains't BPA's loss obligation.
Section 10. Narrative and other documents
Reviews and recommendations
FY07 budget | FY08 budget | FY09 budget | Total budget | Type | Category | Recommendation |
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NPCC FINAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Oct 23, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
$225,978 | $225,978 | $225,978 | $677,934 | Expense | ProvinceExpense | Fund |
NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
$225,978 | $225,978 | $225,978 | $0 | ProvinceExpense |
ISRP PRELIMINARY REVIEW (Jun 2, 2006)
Recommendation: Fundable
NPCC comments: The proposal is clearly written and complete. It describes work elements associated with continued operations and maintenance of the Wanaket Wildlife area and clearly identifies the relationship of the project to the Umatilla/Willow Subbasin plan. Primary habitat types are wetland and shrub-steppe/grassland. The benefits to focal species are clearly identified, and justification for the methods is very good. More information, however, concerning the impact of management on non-focal species would be beneficial. The proposal includes provisions for monitoring and evaluation that apply to the multiple objectives of the project, but the project would be improved by more efforts to share lessons learned and experiences with the region, especially similar projects. This work is related to other projects, but more evidence of collaboration would have been helpful if included.
ISRP FINAL REVIEW (Aug 31, 2006)
Recommendation: Fundable
NPCC comments: The proposal is clearly written and complete. It describes work elements associated with continued operations and maintenance of the Wanaket Wildlife area and clearly identifies the relationship of the project to the Umatilla/Willow Subbasin plan. Primary habitat types are wetland and shrub-steppe/grassland. The benefits to focal species are clearly identified, and justification for the methods is very good. More information, however, concerning the impact of management on non-focal species would be beneficial. The proposal includes provisions for monitoring and evaluation that apply to the multiple objectives of the project, but the project would be improved by more efforts to share lessons learned and experiences with the region, especially similar projects. This work is related to other projects, but more evidence of collaboration would have been helpful if included.