FY 2001 High Priority proposal 200103500

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
23001 Narrative	Narrative
Mountain Snake: Salmon Subbasin Map with BPA Fish & Wildlife Projects	Subbasin Map
Mountain Snake: Salmon Subbasin Map with BPA Fish & Wildlife Projects	Subbasin Map

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Protect Bear Valley Wild Salmon, Steelhead, Bull Trout Spawning and Rearing Habitat
Proposal ID	200103500
Organization	Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and Idaho Department of Fish and Game (SBT/IDFG)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Scott Grunder
Mailing address	Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 600 S. Walnut, P.O Box 25 Boise, ID 83707
Phone / email	2083342599 / sgrunder@idfg.state.id.us
Manager authorizing this project	Tracey Trent, Natural Resources Policy Bur., IDFG
Review cycle	FY 2001 High Priority
Province / Subbasin	Mountain Snake / Salmon
Short description	Protect critical spawning, rearing and migratory habitats for wild chinook salmon, steelhead trout, bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout in the Bear Valley Basin by permanently closing the Bear Valley and Deer Creek allotments to livestock grazing.
Target species	Chinook Salmon, Steelhead, Bull Trout

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description
44.8	-113.83	Bear Valley Creek
44.396	-115.6153	Deer Creek

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description
NMFS	Action 150	NMFS	In subbasins with listed salmon and steelhead, BPA shall fund protection of currently productive non-Federal habitat, especially if at risk of being degraded, in accordance with criteria and priorities BPA and NMFS will develop by June 1, 2001.

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment

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 2001 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 2001 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 2001 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 2001 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

FY 2002	FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2005
$76,000	$76,000	$76,000	$76,000

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2001 cost
Personnel	FTE: .08	$5,000
Capital		$300,000
Subcontractor		$15,000
		$320,000

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2001 cost	$320,000
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2001 budget request	$320,000
FY 2001 forecast from 2000	$0
% change from forecast	0.0%

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind
USFS	Monitoring	$20,000	in-kind
IDFG	Monitoring	$3,000	in-kind
SBT	Monitoring	$40,000	in-kind
USFS, IDFG, SBT	Contributed Time	$13,000	in-kind

Reviews and recommendations

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

REVIEW:
ISRP Review

Recommendation:
A

Date:
Feb 1, 2001

Comment:

This is an excellent project, excellently presented, that meets the Council's criteria. This is one of the best proposals out of the set. This type of work is highly important. It holds potential for major benefits to threatened and endangered species by permanent elimination of grazing on the associated lands.

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
HP "A" -BiOp

Date:
Feb 1, 2001

Comment:

REVIEW:
NMFS Review

Recommendation:
Rank 2

Date:
Feb 26, 2001

Comment:

23001 - Bear Valley grazing removal and 23015 - Salmon River Breaks grazing removal. These two areas, and the Elk Creek grazing removal area that occurred last year should be paired with areas without grazing removal and used as replicates in a Tier 3 study. Although there is monitoring associated with these proposals, there are no control areas against which to judge the effects of grazing removal. Because there are a number of other potential experimental studies in this area (e.g. addressing nutrient limitation), this study will have to be designed carefully to achieve clean results.

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Mar 26, 2001

Comment:

REVIEW:
NMFS RPA Review

Recommendation:
RPA 150

Date:
Apr 20, 2001

Comment:

This collaborative effort permanently protects 73,000 acres from approximately 972 cow/calf pairs and will improve riparian and upland habitat, including productive meadow complexes. Bear Valley Creek supports headwater spawning and rearing of wild chinook salmon, steelhead trout, and bull trout. Closing other allotments in the area has been beneficial to riparian habitat. The benefits of this project should be tangible, if not immediate. The project should be incorporated into an overarching M&E strategy in order to determine whether a biological response has occurred after it has been implemented.

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Decision

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
May 8, 2001

Comment: