FY 2002 Blue Mountain proposal 199800702

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
199800702 Narrative	Narrative
199800702, 199800703, and 199800704 Powerpoint Presentation	Powerpoint Presentation
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	Grande Ronde Supplementation: Lostine River O&M and M&E
Proposal ID	199800702
Organization	Nez Perce Tribe (NPT)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Becky Ashe/James Harbeck
Mailing address	P.O. Box 365 Lapwai, Idaho 83540
Phone / email	2088437320 / beckya@nezperce.org/jimh@nezperce.org
Manager authorizing this project	Jaime A. Pinkham
Review cycle	Blue Mountain
Province / Subbasin	Blue Mountain / Grande Ronde
Short description	Operate adult trapping and juvenile acclimation facilities and conduct monitoring and evaluaiton in the Lostine River to implement the Lostine component of the Grande Ronde Basin Endemic Spring Chinook Supplementation Program (GRESP).
Target species	Spring chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description
45.422	-117.2775	NPT Enterprise Field office
45.49	-117.43	Lostine River

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA
Hatchery RPA Action 174
Hatchery RPA Action 176
RM&E RPA Action 182
RM&E RPA Action 185
RM&E RPA Action 193

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description
NMFS/BPA	Action 177	NMFS	In 2002, BPA shall begin to implement and sustain NMFS-approved, safety-net projects.

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
1997	Preliminary planning, design and evironmental assessment (NEPA) documents completed for the adult trapping and juvenile acclimation/release facilities.
1997	Operation of adult trapping facility (July-September) resulted in the capture of 27 adult spring chinook. Seven of these were collected for broodstock which resulted in 12,000 smolts for release in 1999.
1997	Monitored and evaluated Lostine adult weir and trap.
1997	Collected baseline environmental data in the Lostine River.
1998	Completion of final design and the Environmental Assessment for the adult trapping and juvenile acclimation facilities.
1998	A comprehensive management plan was developed by the NPT and ODFW for the Lostine River which integrated conventional and captive broodstock production.
1998	ESA Section 10 Permit Application was developed for operation of the Lostine program and submitted through BIA to NMFS.
1998	Operation of adult trapping facility (July-September) resulted in the capture of 23 adult spring chinook. None were utilized for broodstock.
1998	Monitored and evaluated Lostine adult weir and trap.
1998	Conducted spawning ground surveys.
1998	Collected and analyzed baseline information on population abundance and life history characteristics of wild chinook and biological data on juvenile hatchery chinook.
1998	Collected and analyzed baseline information on environmental conditions in the Lostine River.
1998	PIT tagged 5,000 BY 1997 chinook parr at Lookingglass Hatchery.
1998	Prepared quarterly reports and presented results.
1999	Operation of juvenile acclimation facility. Acclimated 12,000 spring chinook smolts from March 1 to April 15. Fish were volitionally released beginning April 1.
1999	Operation of the adult trapping facility (July-September) resulted in the capture of 13 adult spring chinook. None were utilized for broodstock.
1999	Monitored and evaluated Lostine adult weir and trap.
1999	Conducted spawning ground surveys.
1999	Collected and analyzed baseline information on population abundance and life history characteristics of wild chinook and biological data on juvenile hatchery chinook.
1999	Collected and analyzed baseline information on environmental conditions in the Lostine River
1999	PIT tagged 8,000 BY 1998 (progeny of captive broodstock) chinook parr at Lookingglass Hatchery
1999	Monitored the volitional release of 12,000 BY 1997 chinook smolts from the juvenile acclimation facility.
1999	Monitored the emigration of hatchery and wild smolts at the Lostine River screw trap.
1999	Prepared quarterly reports and presented results.
2000	Participated in Annual Operating Plan development.
2000	Operation of juvenile acclimation facility. Acclimated 35,000 spring chinook smolts (the first progeny of the captive broodstock) from February 28 to April 18. Fish were volitionally released beginning April 1.
2000	Monitored the emigration of hatchery and wild smolts at the Lostine River screw trap.
2000	Operation of the adult trapping facility (July-September) resulted in the capture of 91 adult spring chinook. Thirty three were collected for broodstock resulting in 32,000 eggs.
2000	Conducted spawning ground surveys.
2000	Collected and analyzed baseline information on population abundance and life history characteristics of wild chinook
2000	Collected and analyzed baseline information on environmental conditions in the Lostine River
2000	Secured additional funding for an FS1001 PIT tag monitoring system at the acclimation facility.
2000	Prepared quarterly reports and presented results.
2001	Participated in Annual Operating Plan development.
2001	Operation of juvenile acclimation facility. Acclimated 133,000 spring chinook smolts (progeny of the captive broodstock) from February 28 to March 29.
2001	Monitored the emigration of hatchery and wild smolts at the Lostine River screw trap.

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description
199801001	Grande Ronde Basin Captive Broodstock - ODFW funds O&M and M&E of rearing captive brood adults in freshwater for Grande Ronde program at Lookingglass and Bonneville hatcheries.	Progeny of captive broodstock are acclimated and released in Lostine River acclimation facility, returning adults collected at adult weir and monitoring and evaluation program evaluates success of supplementation activities in the Lostine River.
199801006	Captive Broodstock Artificial Propagation - NPT monitoring and evaluation of captive broodstock project.	Progeny of captive broodstock are acclimated and released in Lostine River acclimation facility, returning adults collected at adult weir and monitoring and evaluation program evaluates success of supplementation activities in the Lostine River.
199800703	Grande Ronde Supplementation - CTUIR - funds operation and maintenance and monitoring and evaluation of satellite faciliteis on the Upper Grande Ronde River and Catherine Creek for adult collection and juvenile acclimation and release.	Sister project to 199800702 - operated by the CTUIR in the Upper Grande Ronde River and Catherine Creek.
199803800	Preserve Listed Salmonid Stock Gametes - funds the collection, cryopreservation, and storage of male chinook and steelhead semen collected from Imnaha and Grande Ronde fish both on the spawning grounds and in the hatchery.	Project 199703800 collects semen from adult chinook in the Lostine River and stores it in the regional gene repository located at the University of Idaho.
198805301	Northeast Oregon Hatchery - NPT - funds planning for new hatchery facilities and modifications to Lookingglass Hatchery necessary to fully implement the conservation program developed by co-managers for Grande Ronde spring chinook.	Facilities proposed through project 198805301 will alleviate the burden at Lookingglass Hatchery allowing full production of the Grande Ronde stocks. Facilities on the Lostine River will act as satellites to the proposed facilities.
198805305	Northeast Oregon Hatcheries Planning and Implementation - funds ODFW participation in the facility planning process and operation of Lookingglass Hatchery for captive and conventional chinook salmon produced in the Grande Ronde program.	Facilities proposed will alleviate the burden at Lookingglass Hatchery allowing full production of the Grande Ronde stocks. Facilities on the Lostine River act as satellites to Lookingglass Hatchery.
199606700	Manchester Captive Broodstock - funds rearing of captive brood adults in saltwater for the Grande Ronde program.	Progeny of captive broodstock are acclimated and released in Lostine River acclimation facility, returning adults collected at adult weir and monitoring and evaluation program evaluates success of supplementation activities in the Lostine River.
198712700	Grande Ronde Smolt Monitoring by non federal entities - funded to monitor smolt migration timing.	Depends on project 198712700 for smolt emigration information on the Grande Ronde
199202604	Life History of Spring Chinook Salmon and Steelhead - ODFW - funded to establish baseline history information and M&E of Grande Ronde spring chinook salmon and steelhead.	Depends on project 199202604 for smolt trapping assistance on the Lostine River.
198909600	Genetic Monitoring and Evaluation of Snake River Salmon and Steelhead - funds the collecion, analysis, and establishes a database of genetic data from salmon and steelhead stocks in the Snake River.	Juvenile hatchery and natural salmon produced as a result of the Lostine Supplementation project provide information for this database.
199402700	Grande Ronde Model Watershed Habitat Projects (GRMWP	Provides restoration and protection for habitat used by Lostine River spring chinook
199702500	Wallowa County/NPT Salmon Habitat Recovery Plan (NPT)	Provides restoration and protection for habitat used by Lostine River spring chinook
199403900	Wallowa Basin Project Planner (NPT)	Provides restoration and protection for habitat used by Lostine River spring chinook
	Lower Snake River Compensation Plan	Depends on LSRCP for parr-to-smolt rearing at Lookingglass Hatchery

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design 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 Planning and Design phase

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
1. Project Coordination	a. Attend TOT and LSRCP AOP meetings to coordinate production planning (adult collection, spawning, incubation, rearing, acclimation and release of progeny) for conventional and captive broodstock.	ongoing	$6,000
	b. Provide assistance with care of Lostine River adults, spawning, incubation and rearing of progeny at Lookingglass Hatchery or other facilities (Oxbow, Irrigon, Bonneville).	ongoing	$8,000
	c. Provide appropriate ESA Section 10 permit modifications, reports, notices for continued implementation of GRESP.	ongoing	$5,000
	d. Coordinate with private landowners for operation and maintenance of trapping and acclimation facilities.	ongoing	$1,000
	e. Coordinate with cultural resource, construction, and engineer consultants for operation and maintenance of trapping and acclimation facilities.	ongoing	$2,500
	f. Coordinate with other co-managers regarding relevant management issues, through U.S. v. Oregon Production Advisory Committee and Technical Advisory Committee forums.	ongoing	$2,500
	g. Facilitate the use of collected data with co-managers.	ongoing	$2,500
	h. Develop proposals, work statements and budgets for operation of the Lostine facilities.	ongoing	$3,000
	i. Provide information for provincial scientific review of project.	ongoing	$3,000
2. Operate and maintain a juvenile acclimation and release facility on the Lostine River.	a. Set up/assemble and test facility in February prior to bringing fish on station.	ongoing	$7,000
	b. Provide pumps, generators, fuel supply, maintenance and emergency service for water supply to acclimation facility.	ongoing	$56,400	Yes
	c. Coordinate fish delivery, fish health inspections, and release with co-managers.	ongoing	$3,750
	d. Staff facility 24 hours a days to perform necessary fish culture activities (i.e., feeding, cleaning, monitoring flows, temperatures, DO) and provide final rearing regime and acclimation for up to 250,000 smolts.	ongoing	$15,050
	e. Provide NATURES type rearing by providing adaptations to rearing containers (e.g., trees for structure, natural foods, shading).	ongoing	$2,500
	f. Facilitate and assist with necessary fish health, genetic, tagging sampling activities.	ongoing	$3,750
	g. Provide volitional release opportunity followed by forced release on appropriate dates.	ongoing	$2,500
	h. Disassemble facilities and equipment following release of fish, on or about April 15.	ongoing	$8,750
	h. Provide security and maintenance of living quarters, facility and equipment.	ongoing	$8,182
	i. Perform maintenance of facility property as required by agreement with landowner (e.g., fence repairs, irrigation of trees, knoxious weed control).	ongoing	$6,000
	j. Update facility operations and routine maintenance journal.	ongoing	$2,500
3. Operate and maintain portable weir/trap facilities on the Lostine River to collect spring chinook adults.	a. Set up auxillary trapping facility structure to fish during high flows - April through June.	ongoing	$10,550
	b. Set up main trapping facility as soon as flows allow to fish during lower flows - July through September.	ongoing	$15,050
	c. Staff facility 24 hours a day providing routine trap checks. Collect spring chinook adults for a broodstock source and assessment of adult escapement. Pass fish not selected for broodstock above the weir.	ongoing	$53,038
	d. Sample adults at least daily, collect mark, length, sex, spawning maturation information, and biological samples from adults trapped and opercle punch all adults released upstream of weir. Provide data to monitoring and evaluation project.	ongoing	$6,250
	e. Deliver necessary injections to those adults selected for broodstock.	ongoing	$3,750
	f. Transport adults selected for broodstock to Lookingglass Hatchery or other holding facility. Provide transportation of adults back to the Lostine River if necessary.	ongoing	$18,000
	g. Provide transportation of adults from weir to spawning grounds (around dewatered sections) should extreme low flow conditions exist in the Lostine River.	ongoing	$6,800
	h. Collect biological data on incidentally caught species (bull trout and steelhead) and provide data to monitoring and evaluation project.	ongoing	$2,500
	i. Disassemble facilities and equipment on or about October 1.	ongoing	$6,750
	j. Provide security and maintenance of living quarters, facilities and equipment.	ongoing	$24,750
	k. Perform maintenance of facility property as required by agreement with landowner (e.g., fence repairs, irrigation of trees, knoxious weed control).	ongoing	$6,000
	m. Update facility operations manual and routine maintenance journal.	ongoing	$2,500
4. Transfer of technology	a. Prepare and provide quarterly reports summarizing activities accomplished during the quarter.	ongoing	$7,500
	b. Compile, analyze, and present results in coordination with the monitoring and evaluation project in an annual report.	ongoing	$20,000
	c. Present reports on project activities and findings at Annual BPA/CBFWA Project Review and other forums.	ongoing	$7,500

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1. Project Coordination	2003	2006	$301,200
2. Operate and maintain a juvenile acclimation and release facility on the Lostine River.	2003	2006	$376,500
3. Operate and maintain portable weir/trap facilities on the Lostine River to collect spring chinook adults.	2003	2006	$677,700
4. Transfer of technology	2003	2006	$150,600

Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase

FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006
$361,000	$371,000	$382,000	$392,000

Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 cost	Subcontractor
1. Coordinate the Lostine River Monitoring and Evaluation Project with state and federal management agencies in the Grande Ronde Basin.	a. Coordinate all aspects of the Grande Ronde Basin chinook captive broodstock project planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation with ODFW, NMFS and CTUIR.	ongoing	$5,000
	b. Attend TOT and AOP meetings to represent the interest of and to provide information for the Nez Perce Tribe.	ongoing	$6,000
	c. Assist in obtaining appropriate permits requiring biological evaluation of the effects of monitoring and evaluation.	ongoing	$4,000
	d. Facilitate the use of collected data with co-managers.	ongoing	$5,000
2. Monitor and evaluate juvenile hatchery production and performance.	a. Contract for the VIE marking of the conventional F1 smolts.	ongoing	$20,000	Yes
	b. Assist ODFW in PIT tagging a subsample of parr at LFH and determine marking efficiencies/retention prior to release.	ongoing	$25,000
	c. Sub sample hatchery juveniles for biological characteristics prior to release.	ongoing	$5,735
	d. Monitor the volitional release of the captive and conventional F1 smolts at the acclimation facility.	ongoing	$5,000
	e. Assist ODFW with the operation of the Lostine screw trap to monitor the migration of the hatchery smolts and compare with wild smolt emigration performance.	ongoing	$10,000
	f. Estimate arrival timing, detection rate and survival of released F1 generation smolts to Lower Granite, Little Goose, Lower Monumental and McNary Dams Survival and compare with wild smolt emigration performance.	ongoing	$5,000
3. Collect baseline information on environmental conditions in the Lostine River.	a. Monitor a constant recording thermograph to collect water temperature information near the adult trapping facility and smolt acclimation and release facility. Evaluate according to adult and juvenile movement.	ongoing	$5,000
	b. Monitor staff gauge to determine water flows near the adult trapping facility and smolt acclimation and release facility. Evaluate according to adult and juvenile movement.	ongoing	$4,000
	c. Collect on-line stream discharge information. Evaluate according to adult and juvenile movement.	ongoing	$6,000
4. Collect and analyze information on abundance, genetic and life history characteristics of the Lostine River wild spring chinook salmon population and compare with that of the returning hatchery fish.	a. Utilize information collected from operation of the adult fish weir and trapping structure on the Lostine River. Assist with weir installation and/or removal, operation and collection of information from adult salmon as needed.	ongoing	$12,000
	b. Calculate SARs for adult escapement to Lower Grannite Dam and to the Lostine River.	ongoing	$7,000
	c. Coordinate and gather information collected on abundance and timing of the adult salmon spawner migration into the Lostine River.	ongoing	$15,000
	d. Collect mark, length, sex, and spawning maturation information from adults trapped and opercle punch all adults released upstream of the weir.	ongoing	$15,000
	e. Determine the abundance, age-at-maturity, mean length-at-age, sex ratio and timing of wild adult salmon and compare with the hatchery contribution to the chinook run in the Lostine River.	ongoing	$15,000
	f. Collect genetic samples from adults collected and passed at the weir, from carcasses and juvenile production in the hatchery.	ongoing	$8,000
	g. Contract for the genetic analysis of collected tissues.	ongoing	$12,000	Yes
	h. Assist ODFW with annual chinook salmon spawning ground surveys to collect adult size, age composition, stray rates and female egg retention from carcasses sampled in the Lostine River and compare adult wild and captive progeny.	ongoing	$18,000
	i. Determine hatchery to wild fish ratios based on marked and unmarked carcass recoveries.	ongoing	$5,000
	j. Calculate the fish per redd ratio above the weir.	ongoing	$6,000
	k. Determine total escapement above the weir based on number of adults released above the weir and mark to unmarked ratios.	ongoing	$6,000
5. Monitor and evaluate the operation of adult collection (weir and trap) for adverse impacts to resident and/or anadromous fish populations in the Lostine River.	a. Monitor upstream and downstream of the weir at regular intervals by stream side surveys to determine the presence and species composition of fish on both sides of the weir. Special attention will be given to monitoring spring chinook	ongoing	$10,000
	b. Determine the number of chinook redds and fish in the stream reach below the weir and compare with historical records.	ongoing	$6,000
6. Technology Transfer	a. Prepare and provide BPA quarterly reports summarizing activities accomplished during the quarter.	ongoing	$10,747
	b. Compile, analyze and present results in annual reports summarizing activities associated with supplementation and compare to similar work proceeding in the Columbia River Basin. Provide reports electronically via BPA.	ongoing	$12,000
	c. Present reports on project activities and findings at Annual BPA/CBFWA Project Review and other forums (i.e., AFS, NAFWS, LSRCP Annual Review).	ongoing	$5,000

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1. Coordinate the Lostine River Monitoring and Evaluation Project with state and federal management agencies in the Grande Ronde Basin.	2003	2006	$65,920
2. Monitor and evaluate juvenile hatchery production and performance.	2003	2006	$304,807
3. Collect baseline information on environmental conditions in the Lostine River.	2003	2006	$64,638
4. Collect and analyze information on abundance, genetic and life history characteristics of the Lostine River wild spring chinook salmon population and compare with that of the returning hatchery fish. .	2003	2006	$513,300
5. Monitor and evaluate the operation of adult collection (weir and trap) for adverse impacts to resident and/or anadromous fish populations in the Lostine River.	2003	2006	$68,946
6. Technology Transfer	2003	2006	$119,565

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006
$276,536	$284,833	$293,378	$302,179

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2002 cost
Personnel	FTE: 3 FTE M&E, 3.2 O&M	$234,876
Fringe		$94,338
Supplies		$63,740
Travel		$32,572
Indirect	20.9%	$85,226
PIT tags	# of tags: 8000	$18,000
Subcontractor	pump rental, genetic and VIE tagging contracts	$80,550
		$609,302

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2002 cost	$609,302
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2002 budget request	$609,302
FY 2002 forecast from 2001	$570,549
% change from forecast	6.8%

Reason for change in estimated budget

The operation and maintenace budget is $9,180 less than the amount forecast for 2002 due to cost savings in operations. The costs of the monitoring and evaluation component increased due to an increase in the magnitude of tasks. Monitoring more adult and juvenile chinook and evaluating the increasing amount of data requires additional staff. The budget increase represents a change from a seasonal fisheries technician to a full time technician and increase in the amount of VIE tagging necessary to distinguish groups. Funds for supplies were reduced to accommodate the additional salary.

Reason for change in scope

The scope of the project has not changed.

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or 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 - no response required

Date:
Sep 28, 2001

Comment:

Fundable, without response. This NPT proposal coupled with the matching CTUIR proposal (#199800703) provides the core activities for the GRESCP. The Nez Perce Tribe is responsible for implementation, co-ordination, and facilitation of the Lostine River component of the GRESCP. Tasks included in the proposal include projection co-ordination with the co-managers (ODFW, CTUIR, USFWS), operation and maintenance of the Lostine River acclimation site, operation and maintenance of the adult weir and trapping site, extensive M&E programs, and reporting. The proposal is well written providing good background and relationships to other projects, annual summaries of work since 1997 including past costs, and detailed goals and objectives. Minor comments on the report include that adult population sizes for 1999 and 2000 return years were not included in the result section (section 9e), and that more detailed information on the mark-recapture estimates of population sizes in the river should be provided (Objective 6, sampling surveys, etc.). While the work seems well organized, reference to published reports or records of this work would have strengthened the technical presentation. For future proposals, the authors should report results of the genetic sampling and analyses. The proposal notes this task and contract for analyses but does not provide any insight into results to-date.

The proposal seems to have responded to many of the comments in the past ISRP review. For example, while the objectives continue to simply state tasks that might address biological goals, the goals of the program are stated in the beginning of section 9f. One continued limitation is the limited collection of habitat data (temperature and discharge information) at trap sites. During the tour, concerns were expressed about habitat quality in the lower Lostine River, but the proposal does not include any consideration of this as a limiting factor in smolt survival etc.

Overall, the ISRP wished to acknowledge a well-prepared proposal with a strong M&E component. We look forward to reviewing results and publication of this work.

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
High Priority

Date:
Nov 30, 2001

Comment:

This project is considered BASE by NMFS.

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

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Dec 21, 2001

Comment:

Overall, the ISRP acknowledge a well-prepared proposal with a strong M&E component. We look forward to reviewing results and publication of this work.

REVIEW:
NMFS Review

Recommendation:

Date:
Feb 1, 2002

Comment:

Statement of Potential Biological Benefit to ESU
Reduce short-term extinction or extirpation risks for the Lostine River spring chinook.

Comments
Continuing program. Opportunity should be taken to assess monitoring aspects and their relationship to FCRPS Biop. Should benefit from RPA 176.

Already ESA Req? No

Biop? No

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
A

Date:
Feb 11, 2002

Comment:

Recommend

BPA RPA RPM:
--

NMFS RPA/USFWS RPM:
Base

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Apr 19, 2002

Comment:

Council Recommendation:

Project 199800702 operates adult trapping and juvenile acclimation facilities and conducts monitoring and evaluation in the Lostine River to implement the Lostine component of the Grande Ronde Basin Endemic Spring Chinook Supplementation Program (GRESP). The Nez Perce requested additional funds above the base of FY01 approval plus 3.4% to enhance the monitoring and evaluation component by collecting and analyzing additional juvenile performance data (through marking and tagging), gathering additional adult data (through weir counts and spawning ground surveys) and performing additional analysis of on increased natural production of 2001 brood year fish. Those additional funding needs were forecast for the out-years.

Both NMFS and Bonneville consider the project part of the BASE for Biological Opinion implementation. The Council supports the request for additional funds and recommends increasing the Fiscal Year 2002 budget by $50,108 over the base budget.

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Decision

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Jun 13, 2002

Comment:

Fund

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Sep 20, 2003

Comment:

FY05 represents a 3.4% increase.

REVIEW:
Project Sponsor Request for FY04-05

Recommendation:

Date:
Sep 20, 2003

Comment:

Base funding level for 2001 O&M was incorrectly captured during '02 planning and the error was carried forward misstating the project expense by $50,779. Sponsor corrected recording error and BPA funded a corrected amount.

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:
$581,215	$581,215	$581,215

Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website