FY 1999 proposal 199604000
Section 1. Administrative
Proposal title | Evaluate the Feasibility and Risks of Coho Reintroduction in Mid-Columbia |
Proposal ID | 199604000 |
Organization | Yakama Indian Nation (YIN) |
Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
Name | Lynn Hatcher |
Mailing address | P.O. Box 151 Toppenish, WA 98948 |
Phone / email | 5098656262 / lynn@yakama.com |
Manager authorizing this project | |
Review cycle | FY 1999 |
Province / Subbasin | Upper Mid-Columbia / Methow |
Short description | Determine the feasibility of re-establishing a naturally spawning coho population and a significant fall fishery for coho within the mid-Columbia, while keeping adverse ecological impacts within acceptable limits, |
Target species | |
Project location
Latitude | Longitude | Description |
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Project ID | Title | Description |
9603302 |
Yakima River Coho Restoration |
Similar goals/objectives/strategies |
9603401 |
Methow Valley Irrigation District Conversion Project |
Habitat restoration to improve instream flows in Methow basin. |
Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase
Task-based budget
Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 1999 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 1999 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 1999 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 1999 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 1999 cost |
Personnel |
Admin, Bio, Techs, Research |
$195,000 |
Fringe |
20.0% |
$39,000 |
Supplies |
|
$70,000 |
Operating |
Includes M & E costs |
$250,000 |
Capital |
Acclimation facility and M/E equipment, land, buildings |
$95,745 |
Tag |
10,000 |
$29,000 |
Travel |
Project oversight, M/E and fish propagation crews |
$50,000 |
Indirect |
23.5% FY 1997 rate |
$171,255 |
Subcontractor |
USFWS; Sea Springs Co. |
$470,000 |
| $1,370,000 |
Total estimated budget
Total FY 1999 cost | $1,370,000 |
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds | $0 |
Total FY 1999 budget request | $1,370,000 |
FY 1999 forecast from 1998 | $0 |
% change from forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
Other budget explanation
Schedule Constraints: NEPA determinations, significant impacts on other species by coho, inadequate funding, inability to get scientific measurements resulting in a change of experimental design , current environmental issues making restoration infeasible.
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Recommendation:
Date:
May 13, 1998
Comment:
Criteria 1: Technical Criteria - Yes: Is the competition/predation part of this study necessary and over such a long period of time (i.e. coho are native and co-evolved with other salmonids in these streams. Is not the same work in the Yakima adequate for understanding the interactions in the Methow and Wenatchee?)
Criteria 2: Objectives Criteria - Incomplete Use Abstract to refer to and describe this project. Summarize methods and excerpt from referenced document.
Criteria 3: Milestones Criteria - Yes
Criteria 4: Resources Criteria - Incomplete: Additional budget details would be useful. Staffing requirements, Travel 50k.
Recommendation:
Fund
Date:
May 13, 1998
Comment:
Reduction due to increased efficiencies
Recommendation:
Significant reservations
Date:
Jun 18, 1998
Comment:
The first objective listed is to return natural production of coho to the area, but the technical section indicates that this project’s goal is to establish a hatchery population. It appears to be an artificial production/supplementation project presented as a natural production project. The proposal does not describe why coho have declined, and if the reasons for decline have been corrected. The methods section is incomplete. Snorkeling at night is not sufficient for monitoring populations and little other monitoring is described. This project relates to proposal 9086, but does not give a relationship to the Fish and Wildlife Program. The ISRP has significant reservations about this proposal.
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: |
$2,288,859 |
$2,288,859 |
$2,288,859 |
Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website