FY07-09 proposal 200719800
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Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Next Steps in Subbasin Planning: Umatilla Pilot Project |
| Proposal ID | 200719800 |
| Organization | Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation |
| Short description | The purpose of this project is to nurture regionally standardized modeling of managed salmonid stocks using a pilot study of Umatilla Summer Steelhead, and will include collaborative sub-contracts with Columbia Basin Agencies and Authorities. |
| Information transfer | The results from this work will be summarized in quarterly, annual, and peer reviewed publications, and will be shared among the technical community via internet postings of text and mathematical models. Information will be transfered directly among Columbia Basin Agencies and Authorities via four workshops, monthly conference calls starting in the second quarter of the project, and direct communication among the collaborators. |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
Contacts
| Contact | Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| Form submitter | ||
| Jesse Schwartz | Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | JesseSchwartz@ctuir.com |
| All assigned contacts | ||
| Julie Burke | Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reserva | julieburke@ctuir.com |
| Gary James | Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | garyjames@ctuir.com |
| Jesse Schwartz | Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | JesseSchwartz@ctuir.com |
Section 2. Locations
Province / subbasin: Columbia Plateau / Walla Walla
| Latitude | Longitude | Waterbody | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umatilla | Pilot project in Umatilla Subbasin, with results applicable systemwide. |
Section 3. Focal species
primary: All Anadromous Fishsecondary: All Resident Fish
Section 4. Past accomplishments
| Year | Accomplishments |
|---|
Section 5. Relationships to other projects
| Funding source | Related ID | Related title | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPA | 200207500 | Technical Recovery Team (TRT) | Develops assessments and action plans for NOAA salmon recovery planning |
| BPA | 198201300 | Coded-Wire Tag Recovery | Recoverys and summarizes coded wire tag information |
| BPA | 198335003 | Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery M&E | Evaluates hatchery and makes use of production models |
| BPA | 198343500 | Umatilla Hatchery O&M - CTUIR | Operates and maintains focal hatchery program |
| BPA | 198343600 | Umatilla Passage O&M | Maintains passage for focal stock |
| BPA | 198710001 | Umatilla Anad Fish Hab - CTUIR | Restore habitat of focal stock |
| BPA | 198710002 | Umatilla Anad. Fish Hab - ODFW | Restores habitat of focal stock |
| BPA | 198903500 | Umatilla Hatchery O&M - ODFW | Supports hatchery of focal stock |
| BPA | 199008001 | Pit Tag Purchases | Supports PIT tag and outmigrant monitoring of focal stock |
| BPA | 199403300 | Fish Passage Center | Assembles and analyzes adult and smolt dam passage information for focal stock |
| BPA | 199506001 | Iskuulpa Watershed Project | Restores habitat of focal stock |
| BPA | 199600500 | ISAB | Advises fish and wildlife program on scientific progress, including modeling and simulation |
| BPA | 200104800 | Ecosystem Diagnosis Model | Established Ecosystem Diagnosis and Treatment modeling effort |
| BPA | 198910800 | Modeling & Eval Supp/Crisp | Established CRISP modeling effort |
| BPA | 199800100 | Path/ESA Bio Assessment Hes | Established PATH hypothesis testing effort |
| BPA | 200205100 | Sub Basin Planning | Supported population, review, and requests for revisions from EDT and QHA models |
| BPA | 200400200 | PNAMP Funding | Supports collaborative monitoring partnership and the development of information node "NED" |
| BPA | 200303600 | CBFWA Monitor/Eval Program | Supports collaborative monitoring and evaluation |
Section 6. Biological objectives
| Biological objectives | Full description | Associated subbasin plan | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code Model | Integrate co-manager input, and code model for review and evaluation | Walla Walla | Test the EDT working hypotheses |
| Coordinate and facilitate model scoping process | Host workshops to coordinate model scoping process for Umatilla summer steelhead | Umatilla | Test the EDT working hypotheses |
| Test and Evaluate Model | Test and evaluate the Umatilla summer steelhead life-cycel model | Walla Walla | Coordinate with regional programs, and integrate regional information and processes into the Walla Walla assessment efforts. |
Section 7. Work elements (coming back to this)
| Work element name | Work element title | Description | Start date | End date | Est budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coordination | Coordinate model coding | CTUIR will coordinate the coding of the Umatilla summer steelhead model revisions, and integration of Agency and Authority input | 1/1/2008 | 12/31/2008 | $420,675 |
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Biological objectives Code Model |
Metrics |
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| Coordination | Coordinate Workshops | CTUIR will sponsor four modeling workshops, and solicit the input and recommendations of comanagers to a Umatilla summer steelhead life-cycle model | 1/1/2007 | 12/31/2007 | $382,432 |
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Biological objectives Coordinate and facilitate model scoping process |
Metrics |
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| Coordination | Test and Evaluate Model | CTUIR will coordinate model testing and evaluation using parameter perturbation, sensitivity analysis, and evaluation of the outputs. | 1/1/2009 | 12/31/2009 | $462,742 |
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Biological objectives Test and Evaluate Model |
Metrics |
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Section 8. Budgets
Itemized estimated budget
| Item | Note | FY07 | FY08 | FY09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel | [blank] | $59,875 | $65,862 | $72,448 |
| Fringe Benefits | [blank] | $16,166 | $17,783 | $19,561 |
| Supplies | [blank] | $15,500 | $17,050 | $18,755 |
| Travel | [blank] | $10,928 | $12,021 | $13,223 |
| Overhead | [blank] | $39,963 | $43,959 | $48,355 |
| Other | Sub-contracts to the Agencies, Authorities, and programmers | $240,000 | $264,000 | $290,400 |
| Totals | $382,432 | $420,675 | $462,742 | |
Total estimated FY 2007-2009 budgets
| Total itemized budget: | $1,265,849 |
| Total work element budget: | $1,265,849 |
Cost sharing
| Funding source/org | Item or service provided | FY 07 est value ($) | 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: $0 FY 2011 estimated budget: $0 |
Comments: |
Future O&M costs:
Termination date: 12-31-2009
Comments: This project is a pilot modeling study sponsored by CTUIR. The long-term goal of the exercise is to nurture a structure and process for sustainable collaborative modeling. At the completion of the funding cycle the project would be terminated, and sponsorship for similar activities would be either 1) codified within a Basin-wide collaboration, or 2) rotated to a collaborating Agency or Authority.
Final deliverables: Update to Umatilla summer steelhead EDT Collaborative framework for updating EDT and preparing for next subbasin planning exercise Collaborative framework for a sustainable modeling collaboration Annual reports Peer-reviewed paper describing integrated collaborative modeling products
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 | Basinwide | Do Not Fund |
| NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
| $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | Basinwide | ||
ISRP PRELIMINARY REVIEW (Jun 2, 2006)
Recommendation: Not fundable
NPCC comments: The project is ambitious and does address what some would consider a critical need within the basin. A key selling point for the proposed work is that the model framework would be broadly used within basin. The sponsors, however, did not provide evidence of clear and direct support for the proposed work from agencies and tribes. The basin’s experience with PATH and the large-scale investment of agencies and tribes in their own models may not be conducive to their participation in the proposed work. The proposal does a poor job of identifying the difficulties in accomplishing the proposed work. Many, perhaps most, of the models that could become modules in the proposed integrative model have not been rigorously field validated, and many have not been subject to critical scientific review. These kinds of problems will impact the applicability of the proposed modeling endeavor as a decision-support tool. Furthermore the ISAB, in a review of Columbia River Basin models, recognized the shortcomings as well as the strengths of all the major models and recommended the use, not of a single grand model, but of multiple models to support decisions.
ISRP FINAL REVIEW (Aug 31, 2006)
Recommendation: Not fundable
NPCC comments: The project is ambitious and does address what some would consider a critical need within the basin. A key selling point for the proposed work is that the model framework would be broadly used within basin. The sponsors, however, did not provide evidence of clear and direct support for the proposed work from agencies and tribes. The basin’s experience with PATH and the large-scale investment of agencies and tribes in their own models may not be conducive to their participation in the proposed work. The proposal does a poor job of identifying the difficulties in accomplishing the proposed work. Many, perhaps most, of the models that could become modules in the proposed integrative model have not been rigorously field validated, and many have not been subject to critical scientific review. These kinds of problems will impact the applicability of the proposed modeling endeavor as a decision-support tool. Furthermore the ISAB, in a review of Columbia River Basin models, recognized the shortcomings as well as the strengths of all the major models and recommended the use, not of a single grand model, but of multiple models to support decisions.