FY 2002 Columbia Plateau proposal 25011
Contents
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 |
|---|---|
| Resume of Brian N. Kasper | Narrative Attachment |
| Resume of Matthew S. Boyd | Narrative Attachment |
| 25011 Narrative | Narrative |
| 25011 Sponsor Response to the ISRP | Response |
| 25011 Powerpoint Presentation | Powerpoint Presentation |
| Columbia Plateau: John Day Subbasin Map with BPA Fish & Wildlife Projects | Subbasin Map |
| Columbia Plateau: John Day Subbasin Map with BPA Fish & Wildlife Projects | Subbasin Map |
Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Assess Riparian Condition Through Spectrometric Imaging Of Riparian Vegetation |
| Proposal ID | 25011 |
| Organization | Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (OR DEQ) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
| Name | Brian Kasper |
| Mailing address | 811 SW Sixth Avenue Portland, OR 97204 |
| Phone / email | 5032295074 / kasper.brian@deq.state.or.us |
| Manager authorizing this project | Dick Pedersen, 503-229-6345 |
| Review cycle | Columbia Plateau |
| Province / Subbasin | Columbia Plateau / Mainstem Columbia |
| Short description | Remote multispectral imaging will be used to document riparian vegetation for all Columbia Plateau Province lands within Oregon. DEQ will use the data to establish TMDLs to improve water quality for fish and aquatic life, including ESA-listed species. |
| Target species | All aquatic species, with particular emphasis on salmonids and other cold water fish |
Project location
| Latitude | Longitude | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 44.78 | -119.59 | John Day subbasin |
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Sponsor-reported:
| RPA |
|---|
Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
| Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| NMFS | Action 155 | NMFS | BPA, working with BOR, the Corps, EPA, and USGS, shall develop a program to 1) identify mainstem habitat sampling reaches, survey conditions, describe cause-and- effect relationships, and identify research needs; 2) develop improvement plans for all mainstem reaches; and 3) initiate improvements in three mainstem reaches. Results shall be reported annually. |
Section 2. Past accomplishments
| Year | Accomplishment |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Tualatin River Sub-basin TMDL (submitted to EPA) |
| 2001 | Umatilla River Sub-basin TMDL (submitted to EPA) |
| 2000 | Tillamook River Sub-basin TMDL (draft in public review period) |
| 1999 | Upper Grande Ronde River Sub-basin TMDL (approved by EPA) |
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
| Project ID | Title | Description |
|---|
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expand riparian vegetation assessment to smaller order streams. | 2003 | 2004 | $100,000 |
| Expand riparian vegetation assessment to smaller order streams. | 2004 | 2005 | $85,000 |
Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase
| FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
|---|---|
| $100,000 | $85,000 |
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 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Develop high resolution riparian vegetation data. | a. Obtain most recent multispectral imagery. b. Digitize stream thalwags and banks at 1:5000 scale. c. Digitize/derive riparian vegetation polygon layer. d. Collect ground-level riparian vegetation data. | 0.8 | $140,000 | |
| e. Assign appropriate species composition, stand height, and stand density to polygon layer. f. Convert riparian vegetation layer to Grid format. | $0 | |||
| 2. Sample developed data to assess riparian conditions. | a. Use TTools within ArcView to sample riparian vegetation. b. Graph and statistically analyze riparian vegetation data to assess current conditions. | 0.2 | $35,000 | |
| 3. Meet Clean Water Act, Section 303(d) obligations. | a. Complete TMDLs per Oregon's schedule. | $0 |
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 | $87,192 | |
| Supplies | Multispectral imagery Software Ground-level data | $87,808 |
| $175,000 | ||
Total estimated budget
| Total FY 2002 cost | $175,000 |
| Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds | $0 |
| Total FY 2002 budget request | $175,000 |
| FY 2002 forecast from 2001 | $0 |
| % change from forecast | 0.0% |
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.
Recommendation:
Fundable only if response is adequate
Fundable only if response is adequate
Date:
Jun 15, 2001
Jun 15, 2001
Comment:
Fundable if adequate responses are given to ISRP concerns. Establishment of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) is planned for all subbasins. The necessity of using multispectral imaging to establish scientifically defensible TMDLs is unclear. More details should be provided concerning how the data will be used in the model that relates riparian conditions to water quality and to anadromous fish. Other questions that should be addressed in a response are: Why is the proposed scale the most appropriate for establishing TMDLs? What information transfer is planned? What is the sensitivity of TMDLs to the margin of error expected with multispectral imaging compared to the actual vegetative data? What are the implications of this uncertainty in TMDLs for anadromous fish?
Comment:
CBFWA supports applying this project in the John Day subbasin as High Priority and as a Recommended Action in the other subbasins. Once the technique has been proven, a presentation should be made to CBFWA to demonstrate it's application. It is important that the project sponsors coordinate with others that are applying these types of analysis techniques (i.e.. LCREP). Also, all assessment information generated from this project needs to be provided to Streamnet and other data repositories for regional use.Comment:
Fundable. This project will use remote multispectral imaging to collect data on riparian vegetative attributes. The data will be used to establish TMDLs for all Columbia Plateau Province lands within Oregon.The response addressed most concerns of the ISRP. Additional details in the response would have been useful in justifying this project. Some examples where details are missing follow:
- "Multispectral imaging has proven to be the most effective method of assessing current riparian conditions." Where is the proof of this statement documented?
- "The data will either be made available for download via the internet, or distributed on CD." How will the internet availability be advertised and what is the procedure for requesting a CD?
- "...the level of uncertainty has proven to be relatively small in past efforts. In addition, the stream temperature models are calibrated to instream measurements, further validating the riparian classification data." Relatively small compared to what? What are the results of the previous validation? Has the adequacy of the validation been evaluated and summarized? If so, where?
- "It is believed that such robust water quality modeling ... attain adequate protection of aquatic species.'" Where is the evidence that this belief is justified?
Comment:
Statement of Potential Biological Benefit to ESUIndirect effect since the project is high resolution digitizing of existing riparian vegetation and stream morphometrics at 1:5000.
Comments
Mainstem project aggregates existing data and generates sample estimates based on that data.
Already ESA Req? no
Biop? yes
Comment:
This proposal does not provide for cost-share. It would use a different method to collect some of the same riparian data in the same subbasins as another ODEQ proposal (#25010), as an EPA-funded ODEQ project in the John Day, as an ODFW proposal (#25088), and as ongoing BPA-funded M&E projects, yet none of these efforts are mentioned in the proposal. This proposal applies to all Oregon streams in the Columbia Plateau, but the proposal is very unclear about which streams and how much of the stream systems will be covered. The proposal also justifies its work largely for developing TMDLs, but TMDLs have already been completed for two of the four subbasins within the geographic scope of this proposal (the Walla Walla in 2001 and the Umatilla in 2000). This proposal is presently justified only for the John Day subbasin, where it could be tested (e.g., for data quality or cost efficiency) against on-the-ground M&E projects that will be conducted there. Although the ISRP says “Fundable,” BPA believes it is a low priority and, if funded, we would recommend limiting its application to the John Day Basin and require close cooperation with other projects. The proposal is inadequate and should not be funded as is.Comment:
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