FY07-09 proposal 200721900
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Section 1. Administrative
Proposal title | Clackamas Watershed Prioritized Fish Passage Barrier Removal |
Proposal ID | 200721900 |
Organization | Clackamas River Basin Council |
Short description | Coordinate the repair of the number two prioritized fish passage barriers in the Lower Clackamas watershed in Clear Creek in order to re-establish full access to sixteen miles of habitat and increase production of coho salmon and winter steelhead. |
Information transfer | This is not a data based project. However, to facilitate public awareness, information on this project will be incorporated on the Clackamas River Basin Council's website. The project is close to the Portland Metropolitan area, and can be used as a demonstration site to highlight habitat restoration. Currently, four sites within the Clear Creek subwatershed are used to host demostration project workshops, tours and school field trips that highlight restoration partnerships. This proposed project would integrate with the overall Clear Creek Restoration and Protection effort and be part of the civic involvement and public awareness campaign in this subwatershed. |
Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
Contacts
Contact | Organization | |
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Form submitter | ||
Jo Anne Dolan | Clackamas River Basin Council | jo@clackamasriver.org |
All assigned contacts | ||
Michael Carlson | Clackamas River Basin Council | crbc@clackamasriver.org |
Jo Anne Dolan | Clackamas River Basin Council | jo@clackamasriver.org |
Section 2. Locations
Province / subbasin: Lower Columbia / Willamette
Latitude | Longitude | Waterbody | Description |
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45.2696749508 | -122.3802990193 | Middle Clear Creek, Clackamas Subbasin of the Willamette |
Section 3. Focal species
primary: Coho Lower Columbia River ESUsecondary: Steelhead Lower Columbia River ESU
Section 4. Past accomplishments
Year | Accomplishments |
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Section 5. Relationships to other projects
Funding source | Related ID | Related title | Relationship |
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OWEB - State | 204-384 | Clear Cr Habitat Enhancement | Clear Creek is a key focus area for anadramous habitat enhancement for the CRBC and its partners. Large wood placement, riparian planting and side-channel complexity development is occuring at RM 3.8 and 5.5 downstream. Enhancement is also occuring on adjoining downstream and upstream sites.This project is a partnership with the Clackamas River Basin Council, OWEB, METRO, ODFW, PGE, and Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation. |
Section 6. Biological objectives
Biological objectives | Full description | Associated subbasin plan | Strategy |
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Maintain Lower Columbia Coho and winter steelhead | According to the Willamette Subbasin plan, the Clackamas is one of the last bastions of listed lower Columbia River coho salmon. The Clackamas lower river tributaries have considerable potential to add habitat and refugia for all anadromous fish populations in the Basin. These habitat factors that are lacking in the heavily urbanized lower Willamette River. Obstructions (culverts) are key limiting factors in the Clear Creek tributary. Addressing key fish passage barriers in these tributaries will provide access to refugia,spawning and rearing habitat for Lower Columbia River ESU Coho and Winter steelhead. It is important to provide unrestricted access to this higher quality habitat that has lower temperatures,better riparian buffers, better spawning habitat, and better rearing habitat -some of which we have recently enhanced. | Willamette | Maintain Lower Columbia Coho ESU and Lower Columbia winter steelhead ESU by restoring full access to sixteen miles of high quality anadramous habitat by removing a high priority fish passage barrier. |
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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Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Fish Passage Barrier Removal | Coordinate with contractors and partners to produce and submit necessary EA documentation | 7/1/2007 | 6/30/2008 | $9,000 |
Biological objectives |
Metrics |
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Plant Vegetation | Plant trees and shrubs in riparian area bordering construction site | revegetate construction area | 12/1/2008 | 3/15/2009 | $2,500 |
Biological objectives |
Metrics * # of riparian miles treated: .001 |
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Coordination | Fish Passage Barrier Removal Planning | Coordinate with ODFW, landowner and technical consultants to plan and implement removal of barrier. | 2/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $2,000 |
Biological objectives |
Metrics |
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Manage and Administer Projects | Fish Passage Barrier Removal | Project Management and administrative work. Supervise, contract with contractors to complete work related to the project. | 2/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $143,560 |
Biological objectives |
Metrics |
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Produce Design and/or Specifications | Fish Passage Barrier Removal | Coordinate with contractors to produce site plan and engineering design for project | 7/1/2007 | 6/30/2008 | $49,000 |
Biological objectives |
Metrics |
Section 8. Budgets
Itemized estimated budget
Item | Note | FY07 | FY08 | FY09 |
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Personnel | Project Coordinator | $6,000 | $5,000 | $4,000 |
Supplies | Bridge Construction Materials | $0 | $84,000 | $0 |
Other | Contractor biological technical consult, permitting, engineering, labor, installation/design of bridge | $12,000 | $72,000 | $10,000 |
Travel | mileage | $250 | $250 | $250 |
Supplies | revegetation supplies | $0 | $0 | $500 |
Personnel | Riparian Re-vegetation Crew | $0 | $0 | $2,000 |
Overhead | 5% | $3,270 | $3,270 | $3,270 |
Totals | $21,520 | $164,520 | $20,020 |
Total estimated FY 2007-2009 budgets
Total itemized budget: | $206,060 |
Total work element budget: | $206,060 |
Cost sharing
Funding source/org | Item or service provided | FY 07 est value ($) | FY 08 est value ($) | FY 09 est value ($) | Cash or in-kind? | Status |
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landowner | earth moving, materials transport | $500 | $4,000 | $500 | In-Kind | Under Development |
ODFW | Biological techinical review and monitoring | $7,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | In-Kind | Confirmed |
OWEB | office support | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | In-Kind | Under Development |
Totals | $8,500 | $12,000 | $8,500 |
Section 9. Project future
FY 2010 estimated budget: $0 FY 2011 estimated budget: $0 |
Comments: |
Future O&M costs:
Termination date:
Comments:
Final deliverables: The second highest priority fish passage barrier identified in Clear Creek in the Clackamas Watershed is removed.
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] | ||||||
$21,520 | $100,520 | $20,020 | $142,060 | Expense | ProvinceExpense | Fund |
NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
$21,520 | $100,520 | $20,020 | $0 | ProvinceExpense | ||
Comments: Sponsors should take the ISRP comments into account |
ISRP PRELIMINARY REVIEW (Jun 2, 2006)
Recommendation: Fundable (Qualified)
NPCC comments: This proposal is set in an area important to the recently listed Lower Columbia River (LCR) Coho ESU as well as to the LCR steelhead ESU and the LCR Chinook ESU. The proposal describes an opportunity to work with a willing landowner to fix a passage barrier on Clear Creek, a priority restoration target in the Willamette Subbasin Plan, the Clackamas River Basin Action Plan, and to general measures of the Fish and Wildlife Program, which will allow access to 16 miles of high quality habitat once removed. According to the Willamette Subbasin plan, the Clackamas is one of the last bastions of listed lower Columbia River coho salmon. The Clackamas lower river tributaries have considerable potential to add habitat and refugia for all anadromous fish populations in the Basin. These are habitat factors that are lacking in the heavily urbanized lower Willamette River. Obstructions (culverts) are key limiting factors in the Clear Creek tributary. Addressing key fish passage barriers in these tributaries will provide access to refugia, spawning and rearing habitat for Lower Columbia River ESU Coho and Winter steelhead. It is important to provide unrestricted access to this higher quality habitat that has lower temperatures, better riparian buffers, better spawning habitat, and better rearing habitat. The proposal has been exceptionally well done for a simple passage barrier removal project. Three objectives are measurable and specific; although not further explained in this section, they are consistent with discussions in an earlier section. Methods to develop a passage restoration plan are brief but adequate. Full marks are given for specifying a clear-span bridge; however, a more detailed explanation of the methods for replacing the ford with a bridge, and for monitoring would improve the proposal. The monitoring and evaluation is the weakest part of the proposal but Objective 3 and associated Task 3a indicate that post project monitoring for project evaluation will be done (snorkeling surveys). The proposal is put into the context of other Clear Creek projects being conducted through collaborations of Clackamas River Basin Council, ODFW, OWEB, OWHF, METRO, PGE and landowners. A number of habitat improvement projects are being undertaken. Information transfer is well described and a variety of avenues (Clackamas River Basin Council website, school tours, workshops, etc.) will be employed to publicize this project. Benefits from this project should persist for a long time for the focal species, coho and winter steelhead. Other species will likely receive long-term benefits from reconnected habitat.
ISRP FINAL REVIEW (Aug 31, 2006)
Recommendation: Fundable (Qualified)
NPCC comments: This proposal is set in an area important to the recently listed Lower Columbia River (LCR) Coho ESU as well as to the LCR steelhead ESU and the LCR Chinook ESU. The proposal describes an opportunity to work with a willing landowner to fix a passage barrier on Clear Creek, a priority restoration target in the Willamette Subbasin Plan, the Clackamas River Basin Action Plan, and to general measures of the Fish and Wildlife Program, which will allow access to 16 miles of high quality habitat once removed. According to the Willamette Subbasin plan, the Clackamas is one of the last bastions of listed lower Columbia River coho salmon. The Clackamas lower river tributaries have considerable potential to add habitat and refugia for all anadromous fish populations in the Basin. These are habitat factors that are lacking in the heavily urbanized lower Willamette River. Obstructions (culverts) are key limiting factors in the Clear Creek tributary. Addressing key fish passage barriers in these tributaries will provide access to refugia, spawning and rearing habitat for Lower Columbia River ESU Coho and Winter steelhead. It is important to provide unrestricted access to this higher quality habitat that has lower temperatures, better riparian buffers, better spawning habitat, and better rearing habitat. The proposal has been exceptionally well done for a simple passage barrier removal project. Three objectives are measurable and specific; although not further explained in this section, they are consistent with discussions in an earlier section. Methods to develop a passage restoration plan are brief but adequate. Full marks are given for specifying a clear-span bridge; however, a more detailed explanation of the methods for replacing the ford with a bridge, and for monitoring would improve the proposal. The monitoring and evaluation is the weakest part of the proposal but Objective 3 and associated Task 3a indicate that post project monitoring for project evaluation will be done (snorkeling surveys). The proposal is put into the context of other Clear Creek projects being conducted through collaborations of Clackamas River Basin Council, ODFW, OWEB, OWHF, METRO, PGE and landowners. A number of habitat improvement projects are being undertaken. Information transfer is well described and a variety of avenues (Clackamas River Basin Council website, school tours, workshops, etc.) will be employed to publicize this project. Benefits from this project should persist for a long time for the focal species, coho and winter steelhead. Other species will likely receive long-term benefits from reconnected habitat.