FY 2002 Innovative proposal 34014
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 |
|---|---|
| 34014 Narrative | Narrative |
Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Assessing Potential Biological and Toxicological Effects of Parental Transfer of Environmental Contaminants to White Sturgeon in the Columbia River |
| Proposal ID | 34014 |
| Organization | Oregon State University (OSU) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
| Name | Molly A.H. Webb |
| Mailing address | Dept. Fish and Wildlife, 104 Nash Hall, Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331 |
| Phone / email | 5417372463 / webbm@onid.orst.edu |
| Manager authorizing this project | Molly A.H. Webb |
| Review cycle | FY 2002 Innovative |
| Province / Subbasin | Systemwide / Systemwide |
| Short description | Examine the potential effects of environmental contaminants on white sturgeon reproduction. Explore the possibility of developing a tool by which to monitor the contaminant load passed onto white sturgeon progeny. |
| Target species | White Surgeon |
Project location
| Latitude | Longitude | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 45.672 | -121.8837 | Below Bonneville Dam; unimpounded section of the Columbia River |
| 45.6275 | -121.1075 | Bonneville Reservoir, Columbia River |
| 45.9318 | -119.2877 | McNary Reservoir, Columbia River |
| 45.9537 | -118.9777 | Lake Roosevelt |
| 49.1 | -117.7 | Waneta Area, confluence of the Columbia and Pend d'Oreille Rivers |
| 48.6848 | -116.3092 | Rock Creek, Kootenai River |
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Sponsor-reported:
| RPA |
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Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
| Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
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Section 2. Past accomplishments
| Year | Accomplishment |
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Section 3. Relationships to other projects
| Project ID | Title | Description |
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Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2002 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Determine PCB concentrations in adult white sturgeon females in the Columbia River Basin | a. Collect paired gonad and blood from adult white sturgeon females from 6 sites in the Columbia River Basin | 4 | $48,978 | |
| b. Analyze biological samples collected in Task 1a | 3 | $90,277 | Yes | |
| c. Determine if the PCB load in adult white sturgeon females is correlated with reproductive development and differs among sites in the Columbia River Basin | 0.5 | $4,640 | ||
| 2. Determine if the PCB load in female white sturgeon gametes may be assessed non-lethally | a. Determine if a correlation exists between PCB concentrations in blood and ovarian tissue in white sturgeon females | 0.5 | $4,640 | |
| 3. Determine if parental transfer of PCBs to offspring occurs in white sturgeon in the Columbia River Basin | a. Determine PCB load in eggs, milt, and fertilized eggs from wild white sturgeon | 3 | $12,107 | |
| 4. Determine if the parentally-transferred PCB load in white sturgeon offspring reduces fitness | a. Examine cleavage patterns, embryo survival, time to and rate of hatch, hatch success, mortality associated with initiation to feeding, and body deformities in the full-sibs from Task 3 | 4 | $38,358 |
Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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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 |
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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 |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Section 8. Estimated budget summary
Itemized budget
| Item | Note | FY 2002 cost |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel | FTE: 1.36 | $63,857 |
| Fringe | $29,828 | |
| Supplies | assays (RIA, EIA), histology, chemicals, shipping costs, communications, bleeding supplies, jars | $3,500 |
| Travel | $500 | |
| Indirect | 41.5% | $40,540 |
| NEPA | $0 | |
| Subcontractor | Deke Gundersen at Pacific University for contaminant analysis | $50,400 |
| Indirect cost of first $25,000 of subcontract (41.5%) | $10,375 | |
| $199,000 | ||
Total estimated budget
| Total FY 2002 cost | $199,000 |
| Total FY 2002 budget request | $199,000 |
Cost sharing
| Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Deparment of Fish and Wildlife | boat and personnel to collect samples from adults below Bonneville Dam, in Bonneville Reservoir, and in McNary Reservoir | $21,300 | in-kind |
| Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife | boat and personnel to collect samples from adults in Bonneville Reservoir | $11,500 | in-kind |
| Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission | personnel and supplies to collect samples from adults in McNary Reservoir | $12,500 | in-kind |
| Spokane Tribe | boat, personnel, and supplies to collect samples from adults in Lake Roosevelt | $11,000 | in-kind |
| B.C. Ministry of Environment | boat, personnel, and supplies to collect samples from adults in the Waneta Area | $17,000 | in-kind |
| Kootenai Tribe | boat, personnel, and supplies to collect samples from adults in the Kootenai River | $17,500 | in-kind |
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Comment:
Marginally innovative and not high priority. The proposal was carefully prepared and describes a project to assess whether PCBs occur in white sturgeon gonads and blood, to examine whether levels in these tissues are correlated so as to provide a non-lethal sampling tool, and to assess whether offspring of contaminated adults experience low growth, survival, or deformity. Methods described here appear to have been used elsewhere, with success. However, only one portion of this seemed innovative: objective 2, to assess possible non-lethal sampling of female gametes for PCBs. That objective was a relatively minor feature of the proposal.The proposal may lead to some understanding of recruitment failure, but it offers little in the way of remediation, thus is mainly academic. Effort in reduction of contaminants is required. The proposal did not clearly discuss the results of considerable efforts underway on this topic in the last decade (i.e. WSCRPRG).
Comment:
Comment:
Comments
Sturgeon project - not reviewed.
Already ESA Required?
No
Biop?
No
Comment:
Statement of Potential Biological Benefit to ESUComments
Sturgeon Project - Not reviewed
Already ESA Req? No
Biop? No