FY07-09 proposal 198903500
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Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Umatilla Hatchery Operation and Maintenance and Fish Liberations |
| Proposal ID | 198903500 |
| Organization | Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) |
| Short description | This proposal funds operation and maintenance of Umatilla Hatchery and fish transfers from the Umatilla, Cascade, Oxbow, Bonneville, and Little White hatcheries to acclimation facilities on the Umatilla River. |
| Information transfer | Monthly and annual reports are used to record fish production and hatchery operations. Fish release numbers are maintained in ODFW Hatchery Management Information System (HMIS). |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
Contacts
| Contact | Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| Form submitter | ||
| Scott Patterson | ODFW | Scott.D.Patterson@state.or.us |
| All assigned contacts | ||
| Scott Patterson | ODFW | Scott.D.Patterson@state.or.us |
Section 2. Locations
Province / subbasin: Columbia Plateau / Umatilla
| Latitude | Longitude | Waterbody | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45.54.45 | 119.33.00 | Umatilla River | Umatilla Hatchery is located on the southern bank of the Columbia River near the small town of Irrigon, Oregon. |
Section 3. Focal species
primary: Chinook Mid-Columbia River Spring ESUprimary: Chinook Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall ESU
primary: Steelhead Middle Columbia River ESU
secondary: Coho Unspecified Population
Section 4. Past accomplishments
| Year | Accomplishments |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Rear 603k subyearling fall Chinook, 586k spring Chinook, 156k summer steelhead, and transfered 480k yearling fall chinook from Bonneville, 210k spring Chinook from Little White, 1.5 million Coho from Cascade & Oxbow to acclimation sites on Umatilla River |
| 2004 | Rear 608k subyearling fall Chinook, 494k spring Chinook, 130k summer steelhead, and transfered 477k yearling fall chinook from Bonneville, 375k spring Chinook from Little White, 1.55 million Coho from Cascade & Oxbow to acclimation sites on Umatilla River |
| 2003 | Rear 625k subyearling fall Chinook, 584k spring Chinook, 127k summer steelhead, and transfered 509k yearling fall chinook from Bonneville, 205k spring Chinook from Little White, 1.54 million Coho from Cascade & Oxbow to acclimation sites on Umatilla River |
| 2002 | Rear 620k subyearling fall Chinook, 493k spring Chinook, 160k summer steelhead, and transfered 521k yearling fall chinook from Bonneville, 374k spring Chinook from Little White, 1.62 million Coho from Cascade & Oxbow to acclimation sites on Umatilla River |
| 2001 | Rear 648k subyearling fall Chinook, 460k spring Chinook, 140k summer steelhead, and transfered 471k yearling fall chinook from Bonneville, 346k spring Chinook from Little White, 1.473 million Coho from Cascade & Oxbow to acclimation sites on Umatilla R. |
| 2000 | Rear 3.02M subyearling fall Chinook, 357k smolt spring Chinook, and 154K smolt summer steelhead |
| 1999 | Rear 1.84M subyearling fall Chinook, 253k smolt spring Chinook, and 9.8k subyearling and 121 smolt summer steelhead |
| 1998 | Rear 2.78M subyearling fall Chinook, 383k smolt spring Chinook, and 138k smolt summer steelhead |
| 1997 | Rear 2.83M subyearling and 260k smolt fall Chinook, 227k smolt spring Chinook, and 140k summer steelhead |
| 1996 | Rear 2.97M subyearling and 144k smolt fall Chinook, 381k smolt spring Chinook, and 149k smolt summer steelhead |
| 1995 | Rear 2.47M subyearling fall Chinook, 277k smolt spring Chinook, and 148k smolt summer steelhead |
| 1994 | Rear 2.85M subyearling fall Chinook, 840k subyearling and 594k smolt spring Chinook, and and 156k smolt summer steelhead |
| 1993 | Rear 2.66M subyearling fall Chinook, 1.13 subyearling and 208k smolt spring Chinook, and 159k smolt summer steelhead |
| 1992 | Rear 2.68M subyearling fall Chinook, 267k fry and 1.06 subyearling spring Chinook, and 204k smolt summer steelhead |
| 1991 | First year of operation |
Section 5. Relationships to other projects
| Funding source | Related ID | Related title | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPA | 198343500 | Umatilla Hatchery O&M - CTUIR | The purpose of this project is to acclimate juvenile salmon and steelhead to the Umatilla River prior to release, as well as, collect, hold and spawn broodstock and provide eggs to the Umatilla Hatchery and other hatcheries from subbasin fish production. |
| BPA | 198902401 | Eval Um Juvenile Sal Out Migra | The purpose of this project is to determine migration patterns, migrant abundance, and survival of hatchery and natural juvenile salmonids in the Umatilla basin using PIT tag and radio telemetry technology and investigate effects of environmental variables on fish migration. The results provide recommendations for hatchery release timing, or alternative strategies that improve downstream survival of fish released in Umatilla River Subbasin. |
| BPA | 199000500 | Umatilla Hatchery - M&E | The purpose of this project is two fold to the Umatilla Hatchery. First, to evaluate juvenile rearing, marking, tagging, survival, stock life history, fish health, mass marking, straying, sport fishing and catch contribution for salmon and steelhead reared in oxygen supplemented and standard raceways at Umatilla Hatchery including: · Determine if rearing subyearling fall chinook and spring chinook in Michigan style raceways can reduce water use and cost. · Determine production effectiveness of yearling fall chinook verses subyearling releases in the Umatilla River Subbasin. · Determine straying of Umatilla fall chinook into the Snake River ESU. · Determine effectiveness of spring chinook over winter acclimation and spring release strategies. · Determine performance of summer steelhead produced from Umatilla Hatchery. · Determine the success of recreational fisheries in the Umatilla basin. · Assess catch distribution and escapement of hatchery salmonids released in the Umatilla basin. · Determine progeny to parent ratios for hatchery and natural populations. Fish Health objectives are included in the hatchery M&E project. There is a ongoing discussions to re-allocate fish health funds from M&E project into the Umatilla Hatchery O&M project. · Monitor each species monthly for fish pathogens at Umatilla Hatchery. · Pre-transfer examinations from Umatilla Hatchery to acclimation sites in the Umatilla River Basin. · Respond to in increased loss examinations when unusual loss or behavior occurs at Umatilla Hatchery, acclimation sites or various Umatilla River loss events (i.e., screw trap mortality, lower river natural mortalities). · Pre-liberation fish health examinations at the acclimation sites. · Broodstock fish health monitoring including 100% screening for bacterial kidney disease (BKD) using ELISA techniques. · Recommend guidelines for prophylactic disease control. · Coordination veterinary prescriptions to implement drugs used under the Investigational New Animal Drug (INAD) process. · Coordination fish health recommendation in the Umatilla Hatchery and Basin Annual Operation Plan. · Obtaining fish health information and preparing recommendations concerning the import or transfer of adult fish, juveniles from other facilities and eggs to the Umatilla Basin. · Maintain disease history for Umatilla fish culture programs · Report fish health information to BPA Umatilla Hatchery Monitoring and Evaluation staff. |
| BPA | 199000501 | Umatilla Basin Nat Prod M&E | This project is to monitors and evaluates natural spawning, rearing, migration, survival, life histories, age and growth characteristics, and genetic characteristics of adult salmon and steelhead and their natural progeny in the Umatilla basin, as well as, the interaction with the hatchery product and the impacts of artificial production to naturally produced fish. |
| BPA | 198802200 | Umatilla Fish Passage Ops | In the 1980's, CTUIR and ODFW began implementing the Umatilla Fisheries Restoration Plan. An integral part of that effort was to address inadequate flow and migration conditions by constructing fish passage facilities, initiating a trap and haul program, and implementing the Umatilla Basin Project flow enhancement effort. The Fish Passage Operations Project objective is to increase adult and juvenile migrant survival in the Umatilla Basin. The project provides survival benefits for both hatchery and natural production by operating and maintaining ladders, bypasses, screen sites, trap facilities, and hauling equipment and coordinating these operations with flow enhancement measures and diversion activities. The project also provides valuable support to other projects by refining fish passage criteria, collecting return and migration data, and collecting and transporting broodstock |
Section 6. Biological objectives
| Biological objectives | Full description | Associated subbasin plan | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Propagation | Maintaining artificial propagation, at its current level, is a priority of the Umatilla/Willow Subbasin Planning Team. The Subbasin Team's recommendation to the Northwest Power and Conversation Council (memo September 27, 2005) was to continue production at its current level. | Umatilla | Artificial Propagation for Steelhead, spring and fall Chinook, and Coho. |
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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| Maintain Hatchery | To Maintain Umatilla Hatchery | Maintenance and repairs of wells, pumps, alarms, chillers, misc equipment, and hatchery grounds | 10/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $385,220 |
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| Produce Hatchery Fish | Produced Fall Chinook | Receive eyed eggs from Priest Rapids and produce approximately 600,00 sub-yearling fall Chinook for tansfer, acclimation, and/or direct stream release in the Umatilla River annually between 2007 and 2009. Produce and transfer approximatley 560,000 eyed eggs to Bonneville Hatchery annually between 2007 and 2009. | 10/1/2006 | 9/30/2009 | $123,533 |
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| Produce Hatchery Fish | Produced Spring Chinook | Produce approximately 600,000 spring Chinook smolts for release annually in 2007 through 2009. Produce and transfer 221,000 eyed eggs for Little White NF Hatchery annually between 2007 and 2009. | 10/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $1,476,890 |
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| Produce Hatchery Fish | Produced Steelhead | Produce hatchery steelehad for transfer, acclimation, and release in the Umatilla River. Target 150k for release in 2007, 2008, 2009 | 10/1/2006 | 9/30/2009 | $436,823 |
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| Trap/Collect/Hold/Transport Fish - Hatchery | Fish Transfers from Umatilla, Bonneville, Little White, Cascade, and Oxbow hatcheries. | In additon to transfer of 150k steelehad, 600k spring Chinook, and 600k subyearlign fall Chinook from Umatilla Hatchery annually (2007-09), this contract funds the transfers of 480,000 yearling fall Chinook from Bonneville, 210k spring Chinook from Little White, and 1.5 million Coho from Cascade and Oxbow to multiple CTUIR operated acclimation sites on the Umatilla River, annually (2007-09). | 10/1/2006 | 9/30/2009 | $184,723 |
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| Manage and Administer Projects | Manage and Administer Projects | Prepare Statement of Work (SOW) for three contract periods beginning with FY07 and concluding with FY09. SOW will include work elements and milestones, budgets. Additional work will include annual budget accural and invoicing estimates and metric reporting. Pisces Status Reporting is also included. | 10/1/2006 | 9/30/2009 | $191,883 |
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| Produce Plan | Annual Operation Plan (AOP)-2007, 2008, and 2009 | To integrate Tribal, State, and BPA artificial production activities in the Umatilla subbasin, three Annual Operating Plans (AOP) will be developed to determine production numbers, acclimation and fish transfer schedules. Planning typically starts in June and concludes in August. | 10/1/2006 | 9/30/2009 | $86,777 |
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| Produce Annual Report | Annual Report | Compose three annual reports for contract periods FY07, FY08, and FY09. | 10/1/2006 | 9/30/2009 | $33,330 |
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| Produce Status Report | Status Reporting | Generate monthly activity reports and distribute to COTR and co-managers between 10/1/2007 and 9/30/2009 | 10/1/2006 | 9/30/2009 | $25,007 |
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Section 8. Budgets
Itemized estimated budget
| Item | Note | FY07 | FY08 | FY09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel | 1.5 FTE were eliminated during the last 3 three year review period due to flat line allocations | $287,833 | $296,735 | $305,912 |
| Fringe Benefits | Insurance, retirement, etc. | $166,389 | $171,535 | $176,840 |
| Supplies | Communications, utilities, fisheries chemicals, Vechile mileage, maintenance, contract services, and fish feed | $252,262 | $260,064 | $268,107 |
| Travel | Travel to NW Fish Culture Conference, Fish Health, other fish workshops | $1,030 | $1,062 | $1,095 |
| Overhead | Current rate = 30.15% | $188,000 | $193,814 | $199,808 |
| Other | Major equipment repairs: Rainey wells, pumps, chillers, alarms, etc. | $56,150 | $57,900 | $59,650 |
| Totals | $951,664 | $981,110 | $1,011,412 | |
Total estimated FY 2007-2009 budgets
| Total itemized budget: | $2,944,186 |
| Total work element budget: | $2,944,186 |
Cost sharing
| Funding source/org | Item or service provided | FY 07 est value ($) | FY 08 est value ($) | FY 09 est value ($) | Cash or in-kind? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Power Company | PS-3 month Tech 1 | $17,000 | $17,000 | $17,000 | Cash | Under Review |
| Licenses dollar sales | PS-NRS3 and SS | $100,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Cash | Confirmed |
| Licenses dollar sales | PS-Tech 3 and Tech 2, Equipment (semi-tractor) | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Cash | Confirmed |
| LSRCP | PS-Tech 3, (2) Eq. Op. 2, and equipment, 1 semi-tractor, (2) 5000 gallon tankers | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | In-Kind | Confirmed |
| Totals | $157,000 | $157,000 | $157,000 | |||
Section 9. Project future
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FY 2010 estimated budget: $10,426,920 FY 2011 estimated budget: $10,426,920 |
Comments: Fish Health objectives are included in the hatchery M&E project (1990-005-00); however, there is an ongoing discussions to re-allocate fish health funds from the M&E project into the Umatilla Hatchery O&M project. |
Future O&M costs: Long-term Operations and Maintenance cost include cleaning the rainey wells, replacing well pumps, chillers. Hatchery power and water alarms need upgrading, and exploring and implementing reuse water technology may reduce the need to for off site rearing (Little White spring Chinook production). Addition capital needs inlcude a shop and hatchery residence.
Termination date: NA
Comments:
Final deliverables:
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] | ||||||
| $941,664 | $941,664 | $941,664 | $2,824,992 | Expense | ProvinceExpense | Fund |
| NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
| $941,664 | $941,664 | $941,664 | $0 | ProvinceExpense | ||
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Comments: See decision memo comment |
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ISRP PRELIMINARY REVIEW (Jun 2, 2006)
Recommendation: Fundable (Qualified)
NPCC comments: The ISRP concludes that the Umatilla Program is too large and complex for a brief annual review and should receive an intensive overall review of all program elements and the progress that has been made in attaining project objectives (also see comments on Project 199000500). In general, the Program seems to be well organized but is not reaching its overall adult fish production goals. Release numbers are presented in a table but few data (text only) on adult returns and harvest are provided. Adult return goals have not been met for any of the species, a result of low smolt-to-adult survival. Some adaptive management is indicated in the spring chinook program (reductions). There is insufficient communication of program results and impacts, even if there is a separate M&E project.
ISRP FINAL REVIEW (Aug 31, 2006)
Recommendation: Fundable (Qualified)
NPCC comments: The ISRP concludes that the Umatilla Program is too large and complex for a brief annual review and should receive an intensive overall review of all program elements and the progress that has been made in attaining project objectives (also see ISRP comments on Project 199000500 and on the “Umatilla Initiative” under proposal 198343600). In general, the Program seems to be well organized but is not reaching its overall adult fish production goals. Release numbers are presented in a table but few data (text only) on adult returns and harvest are provided. Adult return goals have not been met for any of the species, a result of low smolt-to-adult survival. Some adaptive management is indicated in the spring chinook program (reductions). There is insufficient communication of program results and impacts, even if there is a separate M&E project.