FY 2002 Mountain Snake proposal 199102800

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
199102800 Narrative	Narrative
199102800 Sponsor Response to the ISRP	Response
199102800 Powerpoint Presentation	Powerpoint Presentation
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	Monitoring smolt migrations of wild Snake River sp/sum chinook salmon
Proposal ID	199102800
Organization	National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Stephen Achord/Gene Matthews
Mailing address	2725 Montlake Blvd. East Seattle, Wa. 98112-2097
Phone / email	5095477518 / Steve.Achord@noaa.gov
Manager authorizing this project	Dr. John G. Williams
Review cycle	Mountain Snake
Province / Subbasin	Mountain Snake / Salmon
Short description	Collect time series information to examine migrational characteristics of wild ESA-listed Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon stocks. PIT tag wild chinook salmon parr annually; and subsequently monitor as parr/smolts at stream traps and river dams.
Target species	Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description
44.4074	-115.3706	Bear Valley Creek-between river km 9 and 16, Valley County, Idaho
44.4085	-115.3819	Elk Creek-between river km 0 and 10, Valley County, Idaho
44.549	-115.3395	Sulphur Creek-between river km 4 and 7, Valley County, Idaho
44.421	-115.192	Marsh Creek-between river km 10 and 14, Custer County, Idaho
44.476	-115.185	Cape Horn Creek-between river km 0 and 6, Custer County, Idaho
44.227	-114.973	Valley Creek-between river km 1 and 18, Custer County, Idaho
44.8291	-114.5028	Camas Creek-between river km 20 and 23, Lemhi County, Idaho
44.58	-114.83	Loon Creek-between river km 33 and 36, Custer County, Idaho
44.1525	-114.297	Herd Creek-between river km 0 and 5, Custer County, Idaho
44.182	-114.281	East Fork Salmon River-between river km 13 and 32, Custer County, Idaho
45.1052	-115.3265	Big Creek (upper)-between river km 54 and 58, Valley County, Idaho
44.6351	-115.699	South Fork Salmon River-between river km 112 and 122, Valley County, Idaho
45.1021	-114.8506	Big Creek (lower)-between river km 9 and 13, Valley County, Idaho
45.1023	-114.8571	Rush Creek-between river km 0 and 2, Valley County, Idaho
45.381	-115.1799	West Fork Chamberlain Creek-between river km 1 and 3, Idaho County, Idaho
45.3731	-115.182	Chamberlain Creek-between river km 25 and 27, Idaho County, Idaho
45.2072	-115.806	Secesh River-between river km 25 and 30, Idaho County, Idaho
45.2711	-115.9067	Lake Creek-between river km 1 and 3, Idaho County, Idaho

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA
Habitat RPA Action 149
Habitat RPA Action 150
Habitat RPA Action 151
RM&E RPA Action 183

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description
NMFS/BPA	Action 199	NMFS	The Action Agencies shall implement the specific research/monitoring actions outlined in Appendix H.
NMFS/BPA	Action 199	NMFS	The Action Agencies shall implement the specific research/monitoring actions outlined in Appendix H.
NMFS	Action 190	NMFS	The Action Agencies shall continue to fund studies that monitor survival, growth, and other early life history attributes of Snake River wild juvenile fall chinook.
NMFS/BPA	Action 180	NMFS	The Action Agencies and NMFS shall work within regional prioritization and congressional appropriation processes to establish and provide the level of FCRPS funding to develop and implement a basinwide hierarchical monitoring program. This program shall be developed collaboratively with appropriate regional agencies and shall determine population and environmental status (including assessment of performance measures and standards) and allow ground-truthing of regional databases. A draft program including protocols for specific data to be collected, frequency of samples, and sampling sites shall be developed by September 2001. Implementation should begin no later than the spring of 2002 and will be fully implemented no later than 2003.

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
1992	From 1992 to 2000, annually documented migrational timings of individual and combined populations of wild Snake River
	sp/sum. chinook salmon smolts at dams. In each year, migrational timings of these wild fish populations at traps and dams
	were used for real-time management of the hydropower system operations and water budget usage.
1993	From 1993 to 1996, worked with the Pacific Northwest National Laboraties to establish water quality environmental
	monitoring in several streams where wild chinook salmon parr are PIT tagged for this project.
1996	Took over all environmental monitoring in natal rearing areas of several streams where wild parr are tagged.
1997	Established a database of environmental data from streams on the Internet.
1998	Started examining relationships between movements of wild chinook salmon parr/smolts out of natal rearing areas
	(through stream traps) to several water quality parameters measured concomitantly by the environmental monitors.
1998	Started using detection probabilities at Lower Granite Dam for migration timing and survival estimates for each stock from
	parr-to-smolt.
2000	Retrospectively, calculated annual parr-to-smolt survival estimates to Lower Granite Dam since 1993.

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description
8909800	Idaho Supplementation Studies-IDFG	Reciprocal transfer of data/coordination
8909802	Idaho Supplementation Studies-Nez Perce Tribe	Reciprocal transfer of data/coordination
8909803	Idaho Supplementation Studies-Sho-Ban Tribe	Reciprocal transfer of data/coordination/do some fish tagging
900550	Steelhead Supplementation Studies-IDFG	Reciprocol transfer of data/coordination/do some fish tagging
9202604	Life History of Sp. Chinook and Steelhead-ODFW	Reciprocal transfer of data/coordination/do some fish tagging
9207103	Environmental Monitoring in Snake River Basin	Developed environmental monitoring for 199102800
8909600	Genetic M&E Program for Salmon & Steelhead	Coordination/do some fish collection for this project
800100	Smolt Monitoring Program-FPC	Program uses 199102800 fish
9904100	Util. of nutrients by juv. chinook and steelhead	Coordination/do some fish collection for this project
830319	Development of PIT-tagging systems	Flat-plate detection and new tag developments
9107300	Idaho Nat. Prod. Monitoring and Evaluation	Reciprocal transfer of data/coordination

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. Assess the migrational characteristics of wild Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon smolts at Lower Granite Dam.	a. Mark with PIT tags wild chinook salmon parr in selected streams above Lower Granite Dam.	ongoing	$200,800
1.	b. In spring and summer, intercept and automatically decode previously PIT-tagged smolts at Lower Granite Dam	ongoing	$29,700
2. Determine migration timing and estimated survival differences between and within years for individual and combined wild stocks at Lower Granite Dam.	a. Analyze all collected data and provide quarterly and annual reports. Present information annually at professional meetings.	ongoing	$26,900
3. Determine relationships between environmental factors where wild parr reside and subsequent movements of parr/smolts through downstream traps and dams.	a. Perform maintenance on environmental monitors and upload environmental data every four months.	ongoing	$44,200
3.	b. Acquire data on wild juvenile chinook salmon movements out of natal rearing areas through stream traps that are located next to environmental monitors.	ongoing	$21,500
4. Determine the influence of seasonal climatic conditions and environmental factors within streams on wild chinook salmon parr/smolt movements out of natal rearing areas and to Lower Granite Dam.	a. Analyze all collected data and provide quarterly and annual reports. Present information annually at professional meetings.	ongoing	$26,900

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1. Assess the migrational characteristics of wild Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon smolts at Lower Granite Dam.	2003	2006	$922,000
2. Determine migration timing and estimated survival differences between and within years for individual and combined wild stocks at Lower Granite Dam.	2003	2006	$107,600
3. Determine relationships between environmental factors where wild parr reside and subsequent movements of parr/smolts through downstream traps and dams.	2003	2006	$262,800
4. Determine the influence of seasonal climatic conditions and environmental factors within streams on wild chinook salmon parr/smolt movements out of natal rearing areas and to Lower Granite Dam.	2003	2006	$107,600

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006
$350,000	$350,000	$350,000	$350,000

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: 1.58	$109,600
Fringe		$24,800
Supplies		$24,200
Travel		$30,300
Indirect		$68,900
PIT tags	# of tags: 16,000	$36,000
Subcontractor		$56,200
		$350,000

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2002 cost	$350,000
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2002 budget request	$350,000
FY 2002 forecast from 2001	$350,000
% 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.

REVIEW:
ISRP Preliminary Review (ISRP 2001-9)

Recommendation:
Fundable only if response is adequate

Date:
Sep 28, 2001

Comment:

A response is needed. The proponents should ensure the ISRP of cooperation with project 199107300"Idaho Natural Production Monitoring and Evaluation" for lack of overlap in application of PIT-TAGs to wild anadromous fish and sharing of information on downstream detections and adult returns.

This is a good proposal to continue a smolt monitoring project that provides invaluable data basic to making management decisions affecting the stocks involved. The study provides valuable basic data for making management decisions affecting the stocks involved. There appears to be good cooperation between this project and other projects in the Snake Basin for use of the monitoring data collected. The ISRP appreciates the response to suggestions made in the FY00 review and the publication of project results.

The presenter indicated that the project recorded two to three times higher parr-to-smolt survivals when parr densities in the streams were lower. This finding, if replicated in time and space, has major implications for management of hatchery supplementation outplanting and monitoring of adult escapement. This component of the project should be given high priority.

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
High Priority

Date:
Nov 30, 2001

Comment:

Reviewers question the duration of projects of this type and its duplicative nature. In addition, the reviewers question how much this type of work should be continued. These concerns have also been expressed, in the past, by the Fish Passage Center. This project addresses RPA 190.

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

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Dec 21, 2001

Comment:

Fundable. All concerns and suggestions were adequately addressed in the response. We appreciate the care in responding to our initial review and assurance of co-operation between the referenced projects. We apologize for some misunderstanding on our part in the initial review. This is a good smolt-monitoring project that provides invaluable basic data for management decisions affecting the stocks involved.

The presenter indicated that the project recorded two to three times higher parr-to-smolt survival when parr densities in the streams were lower. This finding, if replicated in time and space, has major implications for management of hatchery supplementation outplanting and monitoring of adult escapement. This component of the project should be given high priority.

REVIEW:
NMFS Review

Recommendation:

Date:
Feb 1, 2002

Comment:

Statement of Potential Biological Benefit to ESU
Benefits are indirect. The proposed work targets a monitoring program for anadromous salmonids in the SR basin. This is an extension of current work, and is highly beneficial to recovery planning in the region.

Comments
Important ongoing monitoring program using existing infrastructure (PIT tag detectors w/in hydrosystem) to assess wild populations.

Already ESA Req? No

Biop? Yes

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
A

Date:
Feb 11, 2002

Comment:

Recommend but note that RPA 190 as currently written applies to Snake River wild juvenile fall Chinook only.

BPA RPA RPM:
--

NMFS RPA/USFWS RPM:
190

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Apr 19, 2002

Comment:

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Decision

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Jun 13, 2002

Comment:

Fund

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Sep 20, 2003

Comment:

Check with sponsor - not present at meeting

REVIEW:
Project Sponsor Request for FY04-05

Recommendation:

Date:
Sep 20, 2003

Comment:

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:
$350,000	$350,000	$350,000

Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website