FY 2002 Columbia Plateau proposal 25098

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
Entry Page to CD-ROM: Matrixes for Wildlife-Habitat Relationships in Oregon and Washington	Narrative Attachment
Table 1. A List 32 Wildlife-Habitat Types and the Number of Wildlife Species Associated with Each Type	Narrative Attachment
Table 2. A list of structural conditions and the number of wildlife species associated with each condition	Narrative Attachment
Cover Letter to BPA	Narrative Attachment
25098 Narrative	Narrative
25098 Powerpoint Presentation	Powerpoint Presentation

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Characterize and Assess Wildlife-Habitat Types and Structural Conditions for Subbasins within the Columbia Plateau Ecoprovince
Proposal ID	25098
Organization	Northwest Habitat Institute (NHI)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Chris Kiilsgaard
Mailing address	P.O. Box 855 Corvallis, Oregon 97339-0855
Phone / email	5417532199 / chris@nwhi.org
Manager authorizing this project	Thomas O'Neil
Review cycle	Columbia Plateau
Province / Subbasin	Columbia Plateau / Mainstem Columbia
Short description	Fine-scale wildlife habitat assessment for the Columbia Plateau Ecoprovince will provide critical baseline data for planning and monitoring efforts that is consistent with the NWPPC 's Subbasin Planning process.
Target species	All wildlife spcies that could potentially occur with the subbasin with a special emphasis for those species closely associated with riparian and wetland habitats and have a direct, or indirect relationship with resident and anadromous fish populations.

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description
		The proposal will create wildlife habitat maps, digital data bases, and wildlife distribution models for the 11 sub-basins that comprise the Columbia Plateau Ecoprovince.
45.92	-119.35	Columbia Plateau province

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
1998	Completed for USGS-Biological Resources Division: GAP Analysis Program a statewide map of Oregon Vegetation - Landscape Level Cover Types
1998	Completed for Oregon Fish and Wildlife a fine scale map (2 ac. miniimum mapping unit) of the Willamette Valley
1999	Completed for the Northwest Power Planning Council Wildlife-Habitat Type maps depicting Current and Historic Conditions of the Columbia River Basin
2000	Completed for Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife a statewide map of Washington's Wildlife-Habitat Types
2001	Co-developed and published a 768-page book and CD-ROM about Wildlife-Habitats Relationships in Oregon and Washington.

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description
2000742	Establishing Baseline Key Ecological Functions of Fish & Wildlife for Sub-Basin Planning	An ecoprovince fine-scale habitat map would depict with greater accuracy areas where key ecological functions are increasing or decreasing. Baseline key ecological functions are an important omponent of NWPPC's Subbasin Planning Process.
21005	Characterize and Assess Wildlife-Habitat Types and Stuctural Conditions for Sub-Basins within the Columbia Gorge Ecoprovince	This project is for refined mapping at a sub-basin level and when completed will give a fine scale ecoprovince map. This ecoprovince map can then be compared with the Columbia Plateau map when it is done and eventually can build into a basin perspective
21006	Characterize and Assess Wildlife-Habitat Types and Stuctural Conditions for Sub-Basins within the Inter Mountain Ecoprovince	This project is also for refined mapping at a sub-basin level and when completed will give a fine scale ecoprovince map. This ecoprovince map can be compared with the Columbia Plateau and eventually be a part of building a basin perspective.
24007	Characterize and Assess Wildlife-Habitat Types and Stuctural Conditions for Sub-Basins within the Mountain Columbia Ecoprovince	This project is also for refined mapping at a sub-basin level and when completed will give a fine scale ecoprovince map. This ecoprovince map can also be compared with the Columbia Plateau and build into a basin perspective.

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
1. Produce a fine-scale map assessing current wildlife habitat types and structural conditions within the Intermountain Sub-basin	a. Develop and classify spectral groups that would most closely represent wildlife-habitats type	2.5	$90,720
	b. Develop and classify spectral groups that would most closely represent structural conditions	2.5	$90,720
	c. Validate mapping classifications via field visits	2	$115,920
2. Produce a written sub-basin assessment relating wildlife to wildlife-habitat types and structural conditions depicted by the mapping.	a. Using the wildlife-habitat relationships data set (that is part of the NWPPC's Subbasin Planning Process), write an assessment of the wildlife resource based on the current conditions mapped.	.3	$22,265
	b. Develop metadata for each sub-basin's wildlife-habitat map	.1	$5,600
	c. Post data and findings at the web site	.1	$5,600

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1. Task A, B, and C we would envision that 40% of Task A & B would be completed in 2002; 40% in 2003; and 20% in 2004.	2002	2004	$469,437
2. The Tasks needed to completed this object require Objective 1 to be completed. As the subbasins are completed then Task C would be done. We would envision that 40% would be completed in 2002; 40% in 2003; and 20% in 2004.	2002	2004	$48,433

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

FY 2003	FY 2004
$340,704	$177,166

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: 3.33	$167,992
Fringe	30%	$65,568
Supplies		$9,800
Travel	60 days: $55/nights lodging, $30/day food, $0.31 mileage	$19,200
Indirect	26%	$68,265
		$330,825

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2002 cost	$330,825
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2002 budget request	$330,825
FY 2002 forecast from 2001	$0
% change from forecast	0.0%

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind
Northwest Habitat Institute	12 Landsat Thematic Mapper Scenes	$7,200	in-kind
Northwest Habitat Institute	Global Position Satellite tracking unit, 3- workstations, lap-top computer, software to develop and field verify satellite imagery classification, and GIS software	$26,500	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 2001-6)

Recommendation:
Fundable - no response required

Date:
Jun 15, 2001

Comment:

Fundable. The ISRP has reviewed versions of this proposal in each provincial review and the sponsors have adequately addressed the ISRP's concerns on validation and field-testing from those reviews.

We repeat our comments from previous reviews: The proposal makes a convincing case for the value of presenting complex habitat information in map form. The investigators have demonstrated the ability to produce high-quality maps at the Columbia Basin level. The project will develop Landsat maps of wildlife-habitat types for the Columbia Plateau Province at a finer level of resolution than is currently available. The maps will be made available to wildlife managers for the development of "coarse filter" conservation strategies. Subbasin summaries, while not directly calling for these maps, do demonstrate a need for mapping products.

The key issue for this project is support from the managers, and this proposal did not include letters of support.

REVIEW:
ISRP Final Review (ISRP 2001-8)

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Aug 10, 2001

Comment:

Fundable. The ISRP has reviewed versions of this proposal in each provincial review and the sponsors have adequately addressed the ISRP's concerns on validation and field-testing from those reviews.

The key issue for this project is support from the managers, and this proposal did not include letters of support.

REVIEW:
NMFS Review

Recommendation:

Date:
Oct 1, 2001

Comment:

Statement of Potential Biological Benefit to ESU
N/A

Comments

Already ESA Req? N/A

Biop? no

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Do Not Fund

Date:
Jan 3, 2002

Comment: