FY 2002 Blue Mountain proposal 199701501

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
199701501 Narrative	Narrative
199701501 Response to the ISRP	Response
199701501 Powerpoint Presentation	Powerpoint Presentation
Blue Mountain: Imnaha Subbasin Map with BPA Fish & Wildlife Projects	Subbasin Map
Blue Mountain: Imnaha Subbasin Map with BPA Fish & Wildlife Projects	Subbasin Map

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Imnaha Smolt Survival and Smolt to Adult Return Rate Quantification
Proposal ID	199701501
Organization	Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resources Management (NPT)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Peter Cleary
Mailing address	612 SW 2nd Street Enterprise, OR. 97828
Phone / email	5414264266 / peterc@nezperce.org
Manager authorizing this project	Jaime Pinkham
Review cycle	Blue Mountain
Province / Subbasin	Blue Mountain / Imnaha
Short description	Quantify juvenile emigrant abundance, determine smolt survival from the Imnaha River to Lower Granite and McNary dams,quantify smolt-to-adult return rate (SAR) of wild/natural chinook salmon at Lower Granite Dam and back to the Imnaha River
Target species	spring/summer chinook and steelhead (natural and hatchery)

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description
45.77	-116.74	The trap is located south of Imnaha, Oregon at the Cow Creek Bridge.

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA
RM&E RPA Action 184
RM&E RPA Action 185
RM&E RPA Action 189
RM&E RPA Action 193

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description
NMFS/BPA	Action 199	NMFS	The Action Agencies shall implement the specific research/monitoring actions outlined in Appendix H.
NMFS/BPA	Action 199	NMFS	The Action Agencies shall implement the specific research/monitoring actions outlined in Appendix H.
NMFS	Action 184	NMFS	The Action Agencies and NMFS shall work within regional prioritization and congressional appropriation processes to establish and provide the appropriate level of FCRPS funding for a hatchery research, monitoring, and evaluation program consisting of studies to determine whether hatchery reforms reduce the risk of extinction for Columbia River basin salmonids and whether conservation hatcheries contribute to recovery.
NMFS	Action 185	NMFS	The Action Agencies shall continue to fund and expand, as appropriate, fish marking and recapturing programs aimed at defining juvenile migrant survival for both transported and nontransported migrants and adult returns for both groups. These studies shall also compare the SARs of transported and nontransported fish to calculate the differential delayed mortality (D), if any, of transported fish.
NMFS	Action 189	NMFS	The Action Agencies and NMFS shall work within the annual planning and congressional appropriation processes to establish and provide the appropriate level of FCRPS funding for studies to investigate the causes of discrepancies in adult return rates for juvenile salmonids that have different passage histories through the hydrosystem.
NMFS/BPA	Action 180	NMFS	The Action Agencies and NMFS shall work within regional prioritization and congressional appropriation processes to establish and provide the level of FCRPS funding to develop and implement a basinwide hierarchical monitoring program. This program shall be developed collaboratively with appropriate regional agencies and shall determine population and environmental status (including assessment of performance measures and standards) and allow ground-truthing of regional databases. A draft program including protocols for specific data to be collected, frequency of samples, and sampling sites shall be developed by September 2001. Implementation should begin no later than the spring of 2002 and will be fully implemented no later than 2003.

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
1994	Operated the trap from March 1 to June 15, 1994 and reported 92 days of emigration data to the Fish Passage Center.
1994	PIT tagged 956 natural chinook salmon, 661 hatchery chinook salmon, 1,432 natural steelhead, and 2,029 hatchery steelhead.
1994	Estimated post-release survival of hatchery chinook smolts in the Imnaha River was 100% from acclimation facility to rkm 7. 95% of the hatchery chinook smolts emigrated from the Imnaha River within four days of release.
1994	Estimated survival of spring emigrating PIT tagged Imnaha River natural chinook smolts to LGR was 76.2%, and to LMO was 54%. Estimated survival of spring emigrating PIT tagged Imnaha River hatchery chinook to LGR was 67.1% and to LMO was 43.2%.
1994	Arrival timing of Imnaha River natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead smolts (range, median and 90%) determined at LGR, LGO, LMO and MCN for water budget/dam operations. 90% of wild chinook smolts had passed LGR before water spill had starte
1994	BPA annual report, contract DE-FC79-88FC38906-4 December 1995 775, all tasks completed
1995	Operated the trap from February 6 to June 20, 1995 and reported 62 days of emigration data to the Fish Passage Center.
1995	PIT tagged 421 natural chinook salmon, 747 hatchery chinook salmon, 227 natural steelhead, and 1,296 hatchery steelhead.
1995	Estimated post-release survival of hatchery chinook smolts in the Imnaha River was 92.6% from acclimation facility to rkm 7.
1995	Arrival timing of PIT tagged Imnaha River natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead (range, median and 90%) determined at LGR, LGO, LMO and MCN for water budget and spill requests and dam operations).
1995	Estimated survival of spring emigrating PIT tagged Imnaha River natural chinook smolts to LGR was 90.9%, and to LMO was 81.4%. Estimated survival of PIT tagged Imnaha River hatchery chinook to LGR was 72.1%.
1995	Estimated survival of PIT tagged Imnaha River natural steelhead smolts to LGR was 83.7%. Estimated survival for PIT tagged Imnaha River hatchery steelhead smolts was 77.5% to LGR and 61.5% to LMO.
1995	BPA annual report, contract DE-FC79-88FC38906-5 January 1997 544, all tasks completed
1996	Operated the trap from February 23 to June 24, 1996 and reported 79 days of emigration data to the Fish Passage Center.
1996	PIT tagged 1,311 natural chinook salmon, 6,98 hatchery chinook salmon, 1,504 natural steelhead, and 1,346 hatchery steelhead.
1996	Estimated post-release survival of hatchery chinook smolts in the Imnaha River was 95% from acclimation facility to rkm 7. 94% of the hatchery chinook smolts emigrated from the Imnaha River within six days of release.
1996	Arrival timing of PIT tagged Imnaha River natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead (range, median and 90%) determined at LGR, LGO, LMO and MCN for water budget and spill requests and dam operations.
1996	Estimated survival of spring emigrating PIT tagged Imnaha River natural chinook smolts to LGR was 81.2%, and to LMO was 63.4%. Estimated survival of PIT tagged Imnaha River hatchery chinook smolts to LGR was 71.4%, and to LMO was 41.6%.
1996	Estimated survival of spring emigrating PIT tagged Imnaha River wild steelhead smolts to LGR was 86.5% and to LMO was 75%. Estimated survival of PIT tagged Imnaha River hatchery steelhead smolts was 64.6% to LGR and 47.9% to LMO.
1996	BPA annual report, contract DE-FC79-88FC38906-13 January 1998 632, all tasks completed
1997	Operated the trap from March 9 to June 27, 1997 and reported 70 days of emigration data to the Fish Passage Center.
1997	PIT tagged 238 natural chinook salmon, 1,000 hatchery chinook salmon, 782 natural steelhead, and 6,117 hatchery steelhead.
1997	Estimated post-release survival of hatchery chinook smolts in the Imnaha River was 89.2% from acclimation facility to rkm 7. 90% of the hatchery chinook smolts emigrated from the Imnaha River within 7 days of release.
1997	Arrival timing of PIT tagged Imnaha River natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead (range, median and 90%) determined at LGR, LGO, LMO and MCN for water budget and spill requests and dam operations).
1997	Estimated survival of spring emigrating PIT tagged Imnaha River natural chinook, hatchery chinook, wild steelhead and hatchery steelheadsmolts to LGR was 89.5%, 80.4%, 90.1% and 81.4%, respectively.
1998	Operated the trap from February 26 to June 16, 1998 and reported 112 days of emigration data to the Fish Passage Center.
1998	PIT tagged 3,956 natural chinook salmon, 2,000 hatchery chinook salmon, 3,106 natural steelhead, and 3,859 hatchery steelhead.
1998	Estimated post-release survival of hatchery chinook smolts in the Imnaha River was 88.4% from acclimation facility to rkm 7.
1998	Arrival timing of PIT tagged Imnaha River natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead (range, median and 90%) determined at LGR, LGO, LMO and MCN for water budget and spill requests and dam operations.
1998	Estimated survival of spring emigrating PIT tagged Imnaha River natural chinook smolts to LGR was 85.2%, and to LMO was 74.9%. Estimated survival of PIT tagged Imnaha River hatchery chinook smolts to LGR was 72.1%
1998	Estimated survival of PIT tagged Imnaha River wild steelhead smoltsto LGR was 86% and to LMO was 68.1%. Estimated survival of PIT tagged Imnaha River hatchery steelhead smolts to LGR was 82.9% and to LMO was 63.5%.
1998	BPA annual report for 1997, contract DE-FC79-88BP3808, November 1998, all tasks completed
1999	Operated the trap from March 1 to June 25, 1999 and reported 115 days of emigration data to the Fish Passage Center.
1999	PIT tagged 5,306 natural chinook salmon, 1,450 hatchery chinook salmon, 2,431 natural steelhead, and 6,339 hatchery steelhead.
1999	Estimated the post-release survival of a volitional release of hatchery chinook smolts, from the Imnaha River acclimation facility to rkm 7, as 93.7%. 90% of the hatchery chinook smolts emigrated from the Imnaha River within 36 days of release.
1999	Arrival timing of PIT tagged Imnaha River natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead (range, median and 90%) determined at LGR, LGO, LMO and MCN for water budget and spill requests and dam operations).
1999	Estimated survival of spring emigrating PIT tagged Imnaha River natural chinook smolts to LGR was 88.5% and to LMO was 78.1%. Estimated survival of PIT tagged Imnaha River hatchery chinook smolts was 71.8% to LGR and 61% to LMO.
1999	Estimated survival of PIT tagged Imnaha River wild steelhead smolts to LGR was 87.3% and was 74.9% to LMO. Estimated survival of PIT tagged Imnaha River hatchery steelhead smolts to LGR was 85.2% and to LMO was 73.6%.
2000	Operated the trap from February 25 to June 13, 2000 and reported 95 days of emigration data to the Fish Passage Center.
2000	PIT tagged 4,360 natural chinook salmon, 2,817 hatchery chinook salmon, 4,736 natural steelhead, and 5,846 hatchery steelhead.
2000	Arrival timing of PIT tagged Imnaha River natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead (range, median and 90%) determined at LGR, LGO, LMO and MCN for water budget and spill requests and dam operations.
2000	Estimated survival of spring emigrating PIT tagged Imnaha River natural chinook smolts to LGR was 84.8%, and to LMO was 73.2%. Estimated survival from the trap to LGR: hatchery chinook - 74.4%, natural steelhead - 84.4%, & hatchery steelhead - 85.8%.
2000	BPA annual report for 1998, contract 97AM30423, October 2000, all tasks completed
2001	Operated the emigration trap from February 22 to June 21, 2001 and reported 136 days of emigration data to the Fish Passage Center.
2001	PIT tagged 9,954 natural chinook salmon, 2,997 hatchery chinook salmon, 3,571 natural steelhead, and 3,297 hatchery steelhead.
2001	SAR of 1996 brood year spring PIT tagged natural chinook estimated to be 1.49% (thru 7/16/2001) from the Imnaha River to Lower Granite Dam. Some additional three ocean returns possible in 2001, and a remote chance of four ocean returning adults in 2002.
2001	SAR of 1996 brood year fall PIT tagged natural chinook estimated to be 1.86% (thru 7/16/2001) from the Imnaha River to Lower Granite Dam. Some additional three ocean returns possible in 2001, and a remote chance of four ocean returning adults in 2002.
2001	SAR of incomplete 1997 brood year adult returns of spring PIT tagged natural chinook is 1.28% (thru 7/16/2001). SAR of incomplete 1997 brood year adult returns of fall PIT tagged chinook is 0.85%.
2001	Final draft for 1999 completed for BPA annual report, contract 97AM30423

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description
199102800	Monitoring Smolt Migrations of wild Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon	provide release-recapture data for evaluating spring/summer chinook salmon
199202604	Investigate Early Life History of Spring Chinook Salmonand Summer Steelhead in the Grande Ronde River Basin	provide release-recapture data for evaluating spring/summer chinook salmon
	Adult Steelhead Status Monitoring - Imnaha Sub Basin	new project - Sharing of adult escapement data, logistical support for field activities in the Imnaha Canyon.
	South Fork Salmon River SAR	new project - Sharing of technologies for interrogating and emumerating returning adult salmonids
2484	Johnson Creek Artificial Propagation Enhancement Monitoring and Evaluation	new project - Sharing of technologies for interrogating and emumerating returning adult salmonids
2654	Salmonid Gamete Preservation	Sharing of adult escapement data, logistical support for field activities in the Imnaha Canyon.
2644	Lower Snake River Adult Escapement Monitoring	Sharing of adult escapement data, logistical support for field activities in the Imnaha Canyon.
	Nez Perce Tribe Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Hatchery Evaluations	(formerly funded by the USFWS) - Cost-shared operation of trapping and tagging operations, technical and adminstrative support
20552	Smolt Monitoring Program Umbrella	Daily collection of smolt data for use in the Smolt Monitoring Program
198712700	Smolt Monitoring by Non-Federal Entities	Sharing of emigration data from the Grande Rhonde, Salmon, and Snake Rivers, and mainstem dams through the Fish Passage Center.
198909800	Idaho Salmon Supplementation Studies	Sharing and comparing emigraton data ( arrival time, travel time, survival)
198909801	Evaluate Salmon Supplementation in Idaho Rivers	Sharing and comparing emigraton data ( arrival time, travel time, survival)
198909802	Evaluate Salmon Supplementation in Idaho Rivers	Sharing and comparing emigraton data ( arrival time, travel time, survival)
198909803	Idaho Salmon Supplementation Studies	Sharing and comparing emigraton data ( arrival time, travel time, survival)
8712702	Comparative Survival Rate Study	Assist the program by providing PIT tagged natural chinook salmon for the study.
198335000	Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery Program	Sharing and comparing emigraton data from tributaries of the Clearwater and Imnaha Rivers (arrival time, travel time, survival) through techinical work groups
1774	Northeast Oregon Hatchery Program	Functions as a component of the monitoring and evaluation program

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 cost
6. Develop a permanent emigrant trap or facility at rkm 7 for year-round sampling of Imnaha River emigrants.	a. Estimate the cost of repairs (including labor) due to environmental conditions from 1992 to present.	1	$1,167
	b. Consult the landowner and the Forest Service to define the acceptable limits of a permanent trap or facility at rkm 7.	1	$1,167
	c. Initiate a pre-design of the permanent trap or facility at rkm 7.	1	$58,350
	d. NEPA consultation	1.5	$149,377
	e. Prepare a report with the construction cost analysis for full time operation of an emigrant trapping facility (temporary or permanent) and summary of tasks 6a to 6d for submission to BPA.	1	$0

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
6. Develop a permanent emigrant trap or facility at rkm 7 for year-round sampling of Imnaha River emigrants.	2003	2003	$50,000

Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

FY 2003
$50,000

Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 cost	Subcontractor
5. Determine the smolt-to-adult return (SAR) of Imnaha River natural chinook salmon at Lower Granite Dam and at Imnaha River rkm 7	e. Research and develop PIT tag technologies to enumerate the number of natural and hatchery chinook salmon returning to the Imnaha River.	7	$15,171

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
5. Determine the smolt-to-adult return (SAR) of Imnaha River natural chinook salmon at Lower Granite Dam and at Imnaha rkm 7.	2003	2009	$16,000
6. Develop a permanent emigrant trap or facility at rkm 7 for year-round sampling of Imnaha River emigrants (task f).	2003	2004	$1,250,000

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006
$1,004,000	$254,000	$4,000	$4,000

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
1. Determine juvenile emigrant abundance and emigration timing of chinook salmon and steelhead smolts from the Imnaha River on an annual basis.	a. Operate the permanent emigrant trap at rkm 7 after completion of fabrication/construction (fall of 2003), with continuous operation until June 30, 2004, and annual operation from July 1 to June 30 thereafter.	ongoing	$86,358
	b. Sub sample the daily catch from each trap for length and weight, and calculate condition factors.	ongoing	$1,167
	c. Conduct daily trap efficiencies using natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead.	ongoing	$1,167
	d. Sample trap efficiency recaptures for length and weight, and calculate condition factors.	ongoing	$1,167
	e. Record all mortalities that occur and categorize the cause of mortalities.	ongoing	$1,167
	f. Calculate juvenile abundance estimates for chinook salmon and steelhead populations.	ongoing	$7,002
	g. Plot the arrival timing of the population passing each trap on a weekly basis for each migration year.	ongoing	$1,167
	h. Obtain discharge information from the USGS Imnaha stream gauge.	ongoing	$1,167
	i. Plot annual mean discharge and temperature data with estimated population of chinook salmon and steelhead passing rkm 7.	ongoing	$1,167
	j. Collect and age scales from juvenile natural chinook salmon and steelhead to determine juvenile abundance by age class.	ongoing	$1,167
2. Determine the emigration timing of previously PIT tagged natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead smolts through interrogations at the lower Imnaha River trap.	a. Obtain release time, location, tag identification, and tagging information for groups of previously PIT tagged natural chinook salmon and steelhead released into the Imnaha sub basin from PTAGIS.	ongoing	$1,167
	b. Interrogate all fish collected at the trap at rkm 7 for the presence of PIT tags.	ongoing	$4,668
	c. Report all interrogations/recaptures to PTAGIS within 48 hours.	ongoing	$1,167
	d. Estimate the arrival timing of previously PIT tagged natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead at rkm 7.	ongoing	$7,002
	e. Plot the frequency of interrogated/recaptured PIT tags at rkm 7on a weekly basis for each migration year and compare the curve to the arrival frequency of non-tagged chinook salmon and steelhead.	ongoing	$7,002
	f. Esitmate the survival of previously PIT tagged fish from release to rkm 7	ongoing	$4,668
3.Provide smolt-monitoring information to the Fish Passage Center	a. Sub sample natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead for descaling.	ongoing	$1,167
	b. Annually coordinate trapping and sampling protocol with the Fish Passage Center, LSRCP and NEOH M&E project leaders for sampling.	ongoing	$4,668
	c. Visually, check every fish sampled for external marks (eg. visual implant tags, freeze brands).	ongoing	$4,668
	d. Scan chinook salmon and steelhead for coded wire tags if no external clip is applied to hatchery chinook salmon or steelhead.	ongoing	$4,668
	e. Disseminate data to online databases (FPC, and PTAGIS) 2 to 7 days per week.	ongoing	$14,004
	f. Coordinate data entry, validation, and file sharing procedures with the Fish Passage Center.	ongoing	$1,167
	g. Assist NPT Computer Services Department with upgrading field communications to facilitate validating and reporting data 7 days per week.	1	$1,167
4. Determine the arrival timing, travel time, and survival of PIT tagged natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead released in the Imnaha River subbasin to Lower Granite, Little Goose, Lower Monumental, and McNary Dams.	a. PIT tag 5,600 natural chinook salmon annually from September 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003 at rkm 7 (2,000 PIT tags to be supplied directly by the LSRCP program).	ongoing	$8,869
	b. PIT tag 14,400 natural chinook salmon from January 1, 2004 to June 30, 2004 at rkm 7 in a ten to 11 week period (12,000 PIT tags to be supplied directly by the LSRCP program).	ongoing	$6,068
	c. PIT tag 2,400 hatchery chinook salmon at rkm 7. The weekly tagging protocol will be structured from two to eight weeks to match the release strategy (eg. forced, direct, or volitional) after the AOP meeting (February 2002) (All PIT tags to be suppli	ongoing	$1,167
	d. PIT tag 300 natural steelhead per week for a 7 week period during the spring, from March 15 to June 5 for the FPC, plus an additional 500 per week for six weeks for the LSRCP program for a total annual goal of 5,100 PIT tagged natural steelhead (3,00	ongoing	$5,135
	e. PIT tag 640 hatchery steehead per week for the FPC for a five week period or as determined by the release dates and strategies agreed upon by the AOP process, plus an additional 400 per week for five weeks for the LSRCP program for a total annua	ongoing	$7,936
	f. Edit, validate, and upload all tagging files to PTAGIS within 48 hours.	ongoing	$2,334
	g. Query PTAGIS annually on September 1 for downstream recaptures and interrogations of Imnaha River emigrants.	ongoing	$2,334
	h. Estimate the arrival of 10%, 50% and 90% of Imnaha River natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead at Lower Granite, Little Goose, Lower Monumental, and McNary dams.	ongoing	$2,334
	i. Estimate the median travel time per weekly release group of natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead at Lower Granite Dam.	ongoing	$2,334
	j. Estimate the survival of weekly release groups of natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead from release to Lower Granite, Little Goose, Lower Monumental, and McNary dams.	ongoing	$3,501
	k. Test the general assumptions of survival model by running Burnham TEST 2 and TEST 3 for each weekly survival estimate to Lower Granite, Little Goose, Lower Monumental, and McNary dams.	ongoing	$2,801
	l. Calculate the weekly and season-wide survival of natural chinook salmon from rkm 7.	ongoing	$2,334
7. Disseminate Data.	a. Provide NPT managers with monthly summaries of trapping results and activities.	ongoing	$1,167
	b. Provide quarterly reports detailing the development and progress of a permanent trap or facility at Thorn Creek.	ongoing	$1,167
	c. Validate all data reported the FPC and prepare a document certifying the accuracy of the data.	ongoing	$934
	d. Prepare an annual report summerizing juvenile emigrant trapping and PIT tagging activities by December 15, 2003.	ongoing	$28,008
	f. Coordinate reporting results with similar programs within the NPT.	ongoing	$2,334
	g. Participate in NPT’s technical work group for early life history studies and juvenile survival.	ongoing	$467
	h. Attend technical workshops pertaining to research on juvenile salmonids.	ongoing	$467

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1. Determine juvenile emigrant abundance and emigration timing of chinook salmon and steelhead smolts from the Imnaha River on an annual basis..	2003	2006	$529,062
2. Determine the emigration timing of previously PIT tagged natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead smolts through interrogations at the lower Imnaha River trap.	2003	2006	$150,889
3. Provide smolt-monitoring information to the Fish Passage Center.	2003	2006	$146,111
4. Determine the arrival timing, travel time, and survival of PIT tagged natural and hatchery chinook salmon and steelhead released in the Imnaha River subbasin to Lower Granite, Little Goose, Lower Monumental, and McNary Dams.	2003	2006	$234,543
5. Determine the smolt-to-adult return (SAR) of Imnaha River natural chinook salmon at Lower Granite Dam and at Imnaha River rkm 7.	2003	2009	$9,375
7. Disseminate Data.	2003	2009	$160,181

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006
$254,590	$304,866	$323,158	$347,547

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2002 cost
Personnel	FTE: Four FTEs exclusively assigned to the project plus an additional 8 months of administrative salaries	$136,801
Fringe	Overall average of 26.8%, includes tax exempt employees	$36,696
Supplies	includes field supplies and field per diem	$59,815
Travel	includes air fare, per diem, vehicles and milage	$29,075
Indirect	@ 24.9%	$62,595
Capital	pole barn (storage), trailer (housing), and new PIT tag antenaes & trancievers (adult detections)	$52,900
NEPA	A portion of task 6.d contracted out	$30,000
PIT tags	# of tags: 11,300 @ $2.40 each	$27,120
Subcontractor	Cost-shared portion of task 6.c, statistician, engineering design	$30,000
Other	Training	$1,800
		$466,802

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2002 cost	$466,802
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2002 budget request	$466,802
FY 2002 forecast from 2001	$236,862
% change from forecast	97.1%

Reason for change in estimated budget

The program’s scope of research has expanded in response to the 2000 FCRPS Biological Opinion (NMFS 2000). The program proposes a year-round trapping operation to monitor juvenile emigrant abundance, smolt survival from the Imnaha River to Snake River dams, and to quantify smolt-to-adult return rates (SAR) of wild/natural chinook salmon adults at Lower Granite Dam and the Imnaha River. Additional personnel will be necessary to conduct field actvities and rotate field and office duties. Additional personnel will require additional trailer space, propane, per diem, vehicles, and mileage costs. These logistical requirements have been addressed in this proposal. NPT management now requires that at least two persons be stationed at remote locations at all times for employee safety. Safety was also a factor in the proposals request for wireless communications.

Reason for change in scope

The 2000 FCRPS Biological Opinion’s Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Plan, section 9.5.6, calls for population status monitoring. It recommends monitoring the population growth rate. In response to the opinion we propose quantifying smolt-to-adult return rate (SAR) for natural chinook salmon at Lower Granite Dam and the Imnaha River as a short-term measure of stock performance. We consider the SAR measure as the logical step toward effective population status monitoring. We propose expanding our juvenile emigrant trapping operations eight months to quantify the abundance of Imnaha River juvenile emigrants and to representatively sample and PIT tag emigrating fish in the Imnaha River.

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind
United States Forest Service	Storage (pole barn)	$10,000	cash
FPC (SMP)	Software and programing	$0	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 only if response is adequate

Date:
Sep 28, 2001

Comment:

A response is needed. This project proposes to estimate survival and arrival times to Lower Snake River dams from near the mouth of the Imnaha. It includes year-round monitoring of fish, with associated construction of a permanent emigrant trap. The project includes a large increase in scope and budget (almost doubled). This is an excellent proposal with strong historical perspective, some data presentation, good rationale explained in section 9c, and timely data management, reporting and availability (both published and integration with FPC).

A response to the following questions is required:

The investigators propose to PIT tag 20,000 natural chinook smolts (5600 fall migrants and 14,400 spring migrants). This number of smolts is much greater than previous numbers that have been PIT tagged in this study. What is the likelihood that the greater number of smolts can actually be tagged? What are the consequences for estimating SAR's if the number is not met?
The proposal purports to test the assumption that anadromous fish production is limited by out-of-basin factors (pages 2 and 10). It is not clear how the research design and data collection proposed by the investigators will test this assumption. Limiting factors in freshwater would need to be assessed and egg-migrant survival would need to be measured. The investigators do not propose any early life history work, nor do they propose to use data on egg-smolt survival that already may have been collected to test the assumption.
Section 8 statement "We consider the SAR measure as the logical step toward effective population status monitoring." By itself a SAR estimate is not an adequate measure of stock performance. SAR is only an explanatory variable in an assessment and needs to be coupled with information on the number of spawners (stock size) and growth rate of the population. However, a time series of SARs could be very informative of the productivity of a stock and its current risk level
Clarify the comments on page 2, Section 9. How could SAR measures "reduce uncertainties regarding fish per redd and prespawning mortality rates by comparing observations of fish during spawning ground surveys with the expected number of adult returns from SAR estimates." This would seem to be very course measure of uncertain value. For example, could you differentiate differences in distribution of spawners from prespawning mortality?
Section 9f, Objective 1 is highly dependent upon the estimates of trap efficiency. There is not discussion of methods for this or presentation of past results. How consistent are your estimates of trap efficiency, and how are they incorporated into the estimates of precision about the smolt population size?
Section 9f, Objective 4 requires that Section 10 of the ESA Permit 1134 be modified. Who will be responsible for this and when?
Section 9f, Objective 5, Assumption A3: Why is it an assumption, and if it is what does "excellent" mean in this context? Shouldn't this detection rate be estimated?
Section 9f, Objective 5, Methods describes how the 20,000 PIT target was estimated. This value was based on past CWT studies and is likely to be conservative given that PIT tag detection is likely higher. A future objective then may also be to refine the numbers of PIT tags required in order to reduce the handling stresses on these fish.

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
High Priority

Date:
Nov 30, 2001

Comment:

This project addresses RPA 184, 185 and 189.

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

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Dec 21, 2001

Comment:

Fundable. The response to ISRP questions was adequate. This project proposes to estimate survival and arrival times to Lower Snake River dams from near the mouth of the Imnaha. It includes year-round monitoring of fish, with associated construction of a permanent emigrant trap. The project includes a large increase in scope and budget (almost doubled). This is an excellent proposal with strong historical perspective, some data presentation, good rationale explained in section 9c, and timely data management, reporting and availability (both published and integration with FPC).

The authors responded to each of the ISRP's questions but the ISRP has a few comments for future consideration. The ISRP continues to be uncertain about the likelihood of tagging 20,000 chinook smolts but the response identifies that the impact of not achieving this goal would likely be reduced precision. Further, the tagging goal was set based on a very low average SAR (0.15%) and may be inflated by that value. However, the ISRP agrees with the author's suggestion to solicit statistical advice on the number of smolts to tag in order to minimize impacts on the fish and to provide realistic program objectives. Secondly, the response provided values for trap efficiency but not methods. These methods must be more carefully described and data provided given the importance of this parameter to the program's methods. Given the time between provincial reviews, it would be advisable for the authors' to document these methods, summarize the data, and seek peer review of these methods.

REVIEW:
NMFS Review

Recommendation:

Date:
Feb 1, 2002

Comment:

Statement of Potential Biological Benefit to ESU
Benefits are indirect. Part of an ongoing M&E program for natural and hatchery production in the Imnaha River. Necessary work to assess smolt and adult populations, and overall population productivity (SAR).

Comments
A good proposal that generates necessary data to assess the overall population behavior of an entire river basin. Weakest in the potential application of the data in that the data collected integrates over the entire juvenile life phase and entire basin. Will be difficult to detect specific effects of actions. However, the data collected are required for a basin wide assessment of population status, trend and productivity.

Already ESA Req? No

Biop? Yes

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
A Conditional

Date:
Feb 11, 2002

Comment:

Recommend funding of ongoing objectives only at this time. New proposed objectives should be reviewed and recommended after regional RM&E plan is completed and the need for these objectives can be properly assessed.

BPA RPA RPM:
184, 185, 189

NMFS RPA/USFWS RPM:
184, 185, 189

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Apr 19, 2002

Comment:

Council recommendation:

The ongoing project will quantify the juvenile emigrant abundance and determine smolt survival of Chinook from the Imnaha to Lower Granite and McNary dams. The Nez Perce recommended prioritizing the new work associated with this ongoing monitoring project, planning and constructing a permanent emigrant trap on the Imnaha for year-round sampling of Chinook emigrants. NMFS noted the benefits were indirect, but called the project a "good proposal that generates necessary data to assess the overall population behavior in the basin." Bonneville supported funding the ongoing project at its current level and assessing new objects following the development of a regional RM&E plan.

Although the project presents a compelling case for the new work proposed to develop a permanent monitoring facility on the Imnaha, the Council believes the proposal is a bit premature at this time. The Nez Perce are currently developing a Monitoring and Evaluation Master Plan as part of the Northeast Oregon Hatchery Master Plan. The Council feels the submission of that M&E Master Plan would constitute the proper time to address the monitoring and evaluation needs of projects that have a close association with NEOH. The Council recommendation to hold this project at its current scope and review it following the completion and submission of the NEOH step reviews (Grande Ronde Issue 2) is generally consistent with Bonneville's comments.

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Decision

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Jun 13, 2002

Comment:

Fund ongoing objectives only at this time. New proposed objectives should be reviewed and recommended after regional RM&E plan is completed and the need for these objectives can be properly assessed.

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Sep 20, 2003

Comment:

Accruals are probably a little low, not bad. FY05 reflects 3.4%.

REVIEW:
Project Sponsor Request for FY04-05

Recommendation:

Date:
Sep 20, 2003

Comment:

Obligated 2003 funding does not include BPAs direct contribution of $10,350 for PIT Tags. Obligated funds for 2003 total $241,570.

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:
$263,246	$263,246	$263,246

Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website