FY07-09 proposal 200704800
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Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Transboundary Watershed Coordination in the Kootenai River Basin |
| Proposal ID | 200704800 |
| Organization | Kootenai River Network, Inc. |
| Short description | Fosters "grass-roots" public involvement and interagency cooperation for habitat restoration to offset deleterious impacts to the Kootenai River watershed fisheries by information transfer and public interface. |
| Information transfer | Transboundary meetings; website; newsletters; tours; workshops; annual symposium; multi-media presentations; GIS maps; brochure; booklets; basin-wide information package; fact sheets; curriculum guides; interpretive signage. |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
Contacts
| Contact | Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| Form submitter | ||
| Carolyn Stamy | Kootenai River Network, Inc. | carolynstamy@libby.org |
| All assigned contacts | ||
Section 2. Locations
Province / subbasin: Intermountain / Columbia Upper
| Latitude | Longitude | Waterbody | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48.392N | 115.555W | stream | Kootenai River Watershed |
Section 3. Focal species
primary: Westslope Cutthroatprimary: Bull Trout
primary: Interior Redband Trout
secondary: Burbot
secondary: Kokanee
secondary: White Sturgeon Kootenai River DPS
Section 4. Past accomplishments
| Year | Accomplishments |
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Section 5. Relationships to other projects
| Funding source | Related ID | Related title | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPA | 199500400 | Libby Reservoir Mitigation Pla | Public interface - newsletter; website, interpretive signage; coordination and facilitation; cooperation on restoration projects; tours of successful restoration projects. |
Section 6. Biological objectives
| Biological objectives | Full description | Associated subbasin plan | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
| A/P Objective 2 | Support and enhance existing coordinaiton forums and other forms of communication. | Kootenai | Meet regional and international coordinations needs to efficiently and successfully implement the Kootenai Subbasin Plan. |
| A/P Objective 4 | Develop partnerships and collaborative approaches to raise awareness, share information, and provide recommendations to address and resolve important resource issues in the Subbasin. | Kootenai | Build and maintain connectivity between local communities, Tribal, state and federal agencies, and trans-boundary partners. Bring key players to the table to provide an ongoing active forum for the community and agencies to work together. |
| A/P Objective 5 | Involve community stakeholder and public groups to provide valuable local historical and biological information to help successfully implement Subbasin activities. | Kootenai | Provide and support education and outreach opportunities. |
| Basin Level Wildlife Objective 3 | Coordinate mitigation activities throughout the basin and with fish mitigation and restoration efforts. | Kootenai | Coordinate habitat restoration and acquistion with aquatic habitats to promote connectivity of terrestrial and aquatic areas. |
| Basin-wide mitigation pathway | Public education to help control non-native fish. | Kootenai | Public education to help control non-native fish. |
| Bull Trout Objective 1 | Emphasize the importance of connectivity of the British Columbia populations | Kootenai | Emphasize the important factors related to maintaining that connectivity across the international border. |
| Bull Trout Objective 4 | Provide information to the public about ecosystem concerns of illegal introductions of non-native fishes and discourage unauthorized fish introductions. | Kootenai | Implement an educational effort about the problems and consequences of unauthorized fish introductions. |
| Decision pathway, off-site mitigation | Public education | Kootenai | Teach species ID, show importance native species, offer tips for improving habitat on private lands |
| FWP Basin-level Resident Fish Objective 2 | Maintain and restore healthy ecosystems and watersheds, which preserve functional links among ecosystem elements. | Kootenai | Maintain and restore healthy ecosystems and watersheds to ensure the continued persistence, health and diversity of all species including game fish species, non-game fish species, and other organisms. |
| Guiding Principle | Provide information to residents of Kootenai subbasin to promote understanding and appreciation of the need to protect, enhance and restore a healthy and properly functioning native ecosystem. | Kootenai | Utilize incentive-based and educaional approaches to promote ecologically sound use of natural resources. |
| Guiding Principle | Protect, perpetuate, enhance, and restore habitats in a way that will sustain and recover native aquatic and terrestrial species with emphasis on the recovery of ESA-listed and native species. | Kootenai | Provide adequate protections for unique habitats that may not be abundant but that play an important ecological role. |
| Guiding Principle | Promote and enhance local participation in, and contribution to, natural resource problem solving and subbasin wide conservation efforts. | Kootenai | Promote and enhance local participation in, and contribution to, natural resource problem solving and subbasin-wide conservation efforts. |
| Guiding Principle | Foster ecosystem protection, enhancement, and restoration that result in the stewardship of natural resources while recognizing all components of the ecosystem, including the human component. | Kootenai | Foster ecosystem protection, enhancement, and restoration that result in the stewardship of natural resources while recognizing all components of the ecosystem, including the human component. |
| Redband Trout Objective 3 | Provide information to the public about ecosystem concerns of illegal introductions of non-native fishes and discourage unauthorized fish introductions. | Kootenai | Implement an educational effort about the problems and consequences of unauthorized fish introductions. |
| Riparian Objective 1 | Cooperate and coordinate with weed spraying, biological control, and other management techniques in an effort to reduce noxious weeds in the Kootenai River mainstem. | Kootenai | Cooperate and coordinate with week spraying, biological control, and other management techniqes in an effort to reduce noxious weeds in the Kootenai River mainstem. |
| Subbasin Tributary Objective T2 | Coordinate efforts with natural resource managers and stakeholders to develop comprehensive riparian and wetland habitat protection, rehabiliation, and enhancement plan for the Kootenai River Valley. | Kootenai | Cooperate and coordinate efforts to protect, enhance, and rehabilitate riparian and wetland habitats in the Kootenai River Valley. |
| Subbasin Tributary Objective T4 | Cooperate and coordinate efforts to protect, enhance, and rehabilitate floodplain habitats in the Kootenai River tributaries. | Kootenai | Cooperate and coordinate efforts to protect, enhance, and rehabilitate floodplain habitats in the Kootenai River tributaries. |
| Subbasin Tributary Objective T5 | Develop a working relationship with private landowners to improve and enhance nursery streams' riparian and stream-bank habitat. | Kootenai | Develop a working relationship with private landowners to improve and enhance nursery streams' riparian and stream-bank habitat. |
| Westslope Cutthroat Trout Objective 3 | Provide information to the public about ecosystem concerns of illegal introductions of non-native fishes and discourage unauthorized fish introductions. | Kootenai | Implement an educational effort about the problems and consequences of unauthorized fish introductions. |
| Wetland Objective 1 | Cooperate and coordinate with weed spraying, biological control, and other management techniques in an effort to reduce noxious weeds in the Kootenai mainstem. | Kootenai | Cooperate and coordinate with weed spraying, biological control, and other management techniques in an effort to reduce noxious weeds in theh Kootenai mainstem. |
| Wetland Objective 2 | Cooperate and coordinate efforts to protect, rehabilitate, enhance and maintain grizzly spring range and low elevation habitats. | Kootenai | Cooperate and coordinate efforts to protect, rehabilitate, enhance and maintain grizzly spring range and low elevation habitats. |
Section 7. Work elements (coming back to this)
| Work element name | Work element title | Description | Start date | End date | Est budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coordination | Coordinating with Related Parties in the Kootenai River Watershed | Assist in bringing related parties and projects together to promote restoration and protection of natural resources in the Kootenai River watershed. | 6/1/2007 | 5/31/2009 | $90,000 |
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| Manage and Administer Projects | Kootenai River Watershed - Project Management and Administration | Administrative work in support of BPA's programmatic requirements. | 6/1/2007 | 5/31/2009 | $174,000 |
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| Outreach and Education | Kootenai River Watershed Outreach and Education | Promote restoration and protection of water resources of Kootenai River watershed through a cooperative, international educational effort. | 6/1/2007 | 5/31/2009 | $621,000 |
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Biological objectives |
Metrics * # of general public reached: Record number of individuals trained and informed * # of students reached: Record number of students trained and informed * # of teachers reached: Record number of teachers trained and informed |
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| Produce Inventory or Assessment | Kootenai River Watershed Resources Mapping | Assist with identifying and prioritizing restoration and education efforts in the Kootenai River watershed. | 6/1/2007 | 5/31/2009 | $15,000 |
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Section 8. Budgets
Itemized estimated budget
| Item | Note | FY07 | FY08 | FY09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel | [blank] | $200,000 | $200,000 | $200,000 |
| Supplies | [blank] | $25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| Overhead | [blank] | $45,000 | $45,000 | $45,000 |
| Travel | [blank] | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| Totals | $300,000 | $300,000 | $300,000 | |
Total estimated FY 2007-2009 budgets
| Total itemized budget: | $900,000 |
| Total work element budget: | $900,000 |
Cost sharing
| Funding source/org | Item or service provided | FY 07 est value ($) | FY 08 est value ($) | FY 09 est value ($) | Cash or in-kind? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
Section 9. Project future
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FY 2010 estimated budget: $500,000 FY 2011 estimated budget: $500,000 |
Comments: [Outyear comment field left blank] |
Future O&M costs: The KRN projects the establishment of at least one office with additional staff. Other increased costs include: inflation, additional travel costs due to the expanded program base and scope. The KRN plans to engage in additional habitat restoration work. We plan to increase our ability to develop more public/private partnerships in our educational and restoration work.
Termination date: ongoing
Comments: The Focus Watershed Coordinators Program is a continuing program precipitated by on-going networking and partnership building.
Final deliverables: The Watershed Coordination program will deliver a variety of water conservation educational resources (print, digital, multi-media), expanded program base and program scope, expanded services delivered to a larger area and an increased number of habitat restoration projects.
Section 10. Narrative and other documents
Reviews and recommendations
| FY07 budget | FY08 budget | FY09 budget | Total budget | Type | Category | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPCC FINAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Oct 23, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
| $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | Expense | ProvinceExpense | Do Not Fund |
| NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
| $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ProvinceExpense | ||
ISRP PRELIMINARY REVIEW (Jun 2, 2006)
Recommendation: Admin (see comments)
NPCC comments: In spite of designation as a new project, this is clearly a follow-on/expansion of previous projects offering environmental education and outreach for the Libby Dam project - 199500400. There is no cost-sharing, yet such a collaborative project should be able to generate cost sharing and/or grant support in addition to BPA, leveraging BPA investments, increasing buy-in and reflecting growing value and relevance to partner organizations. Coordination functions look reasonable, but the other projects don't mention this group. There is not much science to review in this project. Benefits to species are indirect and have not been measured. The proposed objectives are not very concrete. This is an operational or social approach rather than a technical or scientific one; however, there is substantial research documenting the long-term effectiveness of such approaches to improving natural resource management, especially in cases of mixed ownership and jurisdiction. This program seems to bring together more interests and activities in the subbasin than any other proposals from the subbasin even hinted existed. An extensive list of accomplishments supports their credibility. Monitoring and evaluation consists of names, dates, and numbers of participants in activities. Would an overall program effectiveness evaluation be advisable? The proposal is to hire existing staff at higher FTE levels and do more of same activities. What larger goals would be possible if this were funded and how might the accomplishments resulting from this increased level of support be documented? As an outreach program, almost all they do is information transfer. Data in the scientific sense are not generated, but program ideas, successes and such might be shared at conferences or in semi-technical publications.
ISRP FINAL REVIEW (Aug 31, 2006)
Recommendation: Admin (see comments)
NPCC comments: In spite of designation as a new project, this is clearly a follow-on/expansion of previous projects offering environmental education and outreach for the Libby Dam project - 199500400. There is no cost-sharing, yet such a collaborative project should be able to generate cost sharing and/or grant support in addition to BPA, leveraging BPA investments, increasing buy-in and reflecting growing value and relevance to partner organizations. Coordination functions look reasonable, but the other projects don't mention this group. There is not much science to review in this project. Benefits to species are indirect and have not been measured. The proposed objectives are not very concrete. This is an operational or social approach rather than a technical or scientific one; however, there is substantial research documenting the long-term effectiveness of such approaches to improving natural resource management, especially in cases of mixed ownership and jurisdiction. This program seems to bring together more interests and activities in the subbasin than any other proposals from the subbasin even hinted existed. An extensive list of accomplishments supports their credibility. Monitoring and evaluation consists of names, dates, and numbers of participants in activities. Would an overall program effectiveness evaluation be advisable? The proposal is to hire existing staff at higher FTE levels and do more of same activities. What larger goals would be possible if this were funded and how might the accomplishments resulting from this increased level of support be documented? As an outreach program, almost all they do is information transfer. Data in the scientific sense are not generated, but program ideas, successes and such might be shared at conferences or in semi-technical publications.