FY 2002 Blue Mountain proposal 200207300

Section 1. General administrative information
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Section 4. Budgets for planning/design phase
Section 5. Budgets for construction/implementation phase
Section 6. Budgets for operations/maintenance phase
Section 7. Budgets for monitoring/evaluation phase
Section 8. Budget summary

Reviews and Recommendations

Additional documents

Title	Type
27022 Narrative	Narrative
27022 Sponsor Response to ISRP	Response
Blue Mountain: Grande Ronde Subbasin Map with BPA Fish & Wildlife Projects	Subbasin Map
Blue Mountain: Grande Ronde Subbasin Map with BPA Fish & Wildlife Projects	Subbasin Map

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Wallowa County Culvert Inventory
Proposal ID	200207300
Organization	Nez Perce Tribal Fisheries/Watershed Program (NPT)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Jack J.S. Yearout
Mailing address	P.O. Box 365 Lapwai, ID 83540
Phone / email	2088437144 / jacky@nezperce.org
Manager authorizing this project	Ira Jones
Review cycle	Blue Mountain
Province / Subbasin	Blue Mountain / Grande Ronde
Short description	Prioritize on county, state, federal, and private land, culverts that either need maintenance or replacement to meet resource needs.
Target species	Spring Chinook Salmon, Steelhead, Bull Trout

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description
45.5	-117.25	Located throughout Wallowa County in Grande Ronde and Imnaha sub-basins.

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA
Habitat RPA Action 149
Habitat RPA Action 150

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description
NMFS	Action 154	NMFS	BPA shall work with the NWPPC to ensure development and updating of subbasin assessments and plans; match state and local funding for coordinated development of watershed assessments and plans; and help fund technical support for subbasin and watershed plan implementation from 2001 to 2006. Planning for priority subbasins should be completed by the 2003 check-in. The action agencies will work with other Federal agencies to ensure that subbasin and watershed assessments and plans are coordinated across non-Federal and Federal land ownerships and programs.

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
	New Project

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description
199202601	Grande Ronde Model Watershed Program	Calls for passage improvements
199403900	Watershed Restoration Planner	Passage improvements have been and will continue to be an empasis.
199702500	County/Tribe Plan Implementation	Calls for passage improvements
198805301	Northeast Oregon Hatchery Project	Need good passage to spawning and rearing areas for production fish
199604400	Captive Brood Project	Need good passage to spawning and rearing areas for production fish.
19970600	Nez Perce Tribal Focus Watershed Program	This project implements the goals and objectives of this program.

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 cost
1. Administration of Crews.	a. Hire Project Leader.	3FY	$1,408
	b. Hire technician positions.	3FY	$2,408
	c. Perform Culvert Survey training.	3FY	$3,888
	d. Purchase/organize supplies.	3FY	$16,918
2. Identify Culverts for survey.	a. Get maps and forms together.	3FY	$2,560
	b. G.P.S. culvert location.	3FY	$2,785
3. Survey 400 culverts.	a. Collect data per U.S.F.S. Region 6 protocols.	3FY	$98,527
	b. Enter data into data sheets per U.S.F.S. Region 6 protocols.	3FY	$6,570
	c. Perform quality control on surveys/forms.	3FY	$4,040
4. Data entry.	a. Data entered into regional database.	3FY	$7,574
	b. Organize and label photos and forms.	3FY	$8,755
5. Prioritize culverts.	a. Evaluate fish passage of culverts per U.S.F.S. Region 6 protocols.	3FY	$8,560
6. Breakdown of project information and peer review.	a. Complete quarterly and end of the year reports.	3FY	$4,040
	b. Project presentations to the public and project peers.	3FY	$2,570

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1. Administration of Crews	2003	2004	$52,999
2. Identify Culverts for survey.	2003	2004	$11,505
3. Survey 400 culverts/year (1200 total).	2003	2004	$245,711
4. Data entry	2003	2004	$35,147
5. Prioritize culverts.	2003	2004	$18,425
6. Breakdown of project information and peer review.	2003	2004	$14,229

Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

FY 2003	FY 2004
$184,398	$193,618

Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase

Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2002 cost
Personnel	FTE: Project Leader PTE: 4 Technicians	$82,944
Fringe	20% Exempt, 30% Non-Exempt	$24,883
Supplies		$15,543
Travel		$9,860
Indirect	20.9% of direct costs	$27,845
Other	GSA Vehicles/ Training	$9,528
		$170,603

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2002 cost	$170,603
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2002 budget request	$170,603
FY 2002 forecast from 2001	$0
% change from forecast	0.0%

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind
Wallowa Whitman National Forest	Culvert Surveys	$20,000	in-kind
Wallowa Whitman National Forest	Culvert Survey Training using U.S.F.S. Region 6 protocol	$2,000	in-kind
Wallowa Whitman National Forest	G.I.S.	$5,000	in-kind
Columbia River Inter Tribal Fish Commission	Imnaha surveys	$20,000	in-kind
Wallowa County	G.I.S.	$5,000	in-kind

Reviews and recommendations

This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.

REVIEW:
ISRP Preliminary Review (ISRP 2001-9)

Recommendation:
Fundable - response requested

Date:
Sep 28, 2001

Comment:

Fundable. A response to the ISRP is not necessary, but if funded ISRP concerns should be addressed in the contracting process. This is a proposal to identify and prioritize culverts that restrict fish passage or fragment habitat. In addition, some culverts carry a risk of increased sedimentation due to washing of road fill into streams. An inventory of tributary barriers is clearly important to regional programs.

Objectives and tasks are sparse in the proposal, although some attempt is made to describe the methods used. The estimates of numbers of culverts to be surveyed aren't consistent with numbers given for the field period or the time taken for each survey. The statement is made that it takes an average of 2 hours to survey a culvert, and that during one field season (June to October) two crews can survey 400 culverts working 40 hour weeks. At 2 hours per culvert, this is only a 10-week, rather than 16-week season. What accounts for the time difference? Is it training and data entry?

Under Objective 6 ("breakdown of project information and peer review"), what kind of peer review will be performed? The project should contain a better protocol for providing the inventory to fish managers and the public. It should develop an information transfer activity that is more proactive than doing presentations "upon request".

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
High Priority

Date:
Nov 30, 2001

Comment:

This effort may be best addressed during the subbasin assessment effort. The proponent should verify with ODFW and ODOT whether 1998 inventories are available for Wallow County. Any cost savings achieved by using existing inventories should be applied to implementing corrective actions. This project addresses RPA 154.

REVIEW:
ISRP Final Review (ISRP 2001-12A)

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Dec 21, 2001

Comment:

REVIEW:
NMFS Review

Recommendation:

Date:
Feb 1, 2002

Comment:

Statement of Potential Biological Benefit to ESU
Benefits are indirect. Biological benefits might accrue from subsequent actions taken to correct problems identified in this effort. The project would identify and prioritize culverts that restrict fish passage or fragment habitat.

Comments
Project is to prioritize on county, state, Federal, and private land, culverts that either need maintenance or replacement to meet fish passage needs.

Already ESA Req? No

Biop? Yes

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
C

Date:
Feb 11, 2002

Comment:

Do not recommend. This project should wait until Subbasin Planning is completed and is reviewed under BPA's policy for funding habitat projects on federal lands.

BPA RPA RPM:
--

NMFS RPA/USFWS RPM:
154

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Apr 19, 2002

Comment:

Council Recommendation:

Project 27022 sponsors would conduct culvert surveys on federal, state and private lands to prioritize culverts that would need repair or replacement to address fish passage in the Grande Ronde. Bonneville commented that the project should await subbasin planning and that it implicated Bonneville's funding policy on federal lands.

The Council believes the project provides useful information in the development of subbasin assessments by inventorying passage problems in the subbasin. If dealing with passage impediments is one of the strategies that will be included in a subbasin plan, and it is fair to believe that it will be, this work will prove valuable for both assessment and implementation sections of the plan

The Council further believes holding the project in abeyance prior to the adoption of a federal lands funding policy is not compelling as discussed in the programmatic issues above.

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Decision

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Jul 11, 2002

Comment:

Bonneville will work with the project sponsor to review all culverts proposed for inventory to determine if they are under any legal mandate for inventory, assessment and providing passage prior to project implementation.

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Sep 20, 2003

Comment:

Delayed implementation. Project would realign.

REVIEW:
Project Sponsor Request for FY04-05

Recommendation:

Date:
Sep 20, 2003

Comment:

REVIEW:
NW Power and Conservation Council's FY 2006 Project Funding Review

Funding category:
expense

Date:
May 2005

FY05 NPCC start of year:	FY06 NPCC staff preliminary:	FY06 NPCC July draft start of year:
$176,404	$176,404	$176,404

Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website