FY 2000 proposal 20096
Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Ford Hatchery Improvement, Operation and Maintenance |
| Proposal ID | 20096 |
| Organization | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
| Name | Mike Lewis, Complex Manager |
| Mailing address | Spokane Hatchery, 2927 West Waikiki Road Spokane, WA 99208 |
| Phone / email | 5096255169 / |
| Manager authorizing this project | |
| Review cycle | FY 2000 |
| Province / Subbasin | Inter-Mountain / Columbia Upper |
| Short description | Improve water supply and hatchery building, operate and maintain Ford Hatchery to enhance the recreational and subsistence kokanee fishery in Lake Roosevelt and Banks Lake, and bolster put-and-take resident trout fishing lakes in Region 1 (Eastern WA). |
| Target species | Kokanee salmon, resident trout. |
Project location
| Latitude | Longitude | Description |
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Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
| Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
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Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
| Project ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| 9104600 |
Spokane Tribal Hatchery O & M (FWP Measure 10.8b.2) |
Operated in conjunction with Sherman Creek Hatchery; serves as the primary egg incubation and rearing facility for the Lake Roosevelt kokanee and rainbow trout program. Ford Hatchery production will augment this program. |
| 9104700 |
Sherman Creek Hatchery O & M (FWP Measure 10.8B.2) |
Operated in conjunction with Spokane Tribal Hatchery; serves as kokanee egg collection site and kokanee and rainbow trout fingerling/yearling rearing and acclimation facility. Ford Hatchery production will augment this project. |
| 9500900 |
Lake Roosevelt Rainbow Trout Net Pens (FWP Measure 10.8B.11 |
Net Pens rear 500,000 rainbow trout fingerlings raised at Spokane Tribal & Sherman Creek Hatcheries. Released into Lake Roosevelt after annual spring drawdown. |
| 5228100 |
Lake Roosevelt Kokanee Net Pens (FWP Measure 10.8B |
Net Pen rears 500,000 kokanee fingerling transferred from Spokane Tribal Hatchery for release into Lake Roosevelt after annual spring drawdown. Ford Hatchery production will augment this project. |
| 9001800 |
Habitat Improvement - Lake Roosevelt (FWP Measures 10.8B.9 and 10.8B.10) |
Habitat improvement in Lake Roosevelt tributaries for rainbow trout juvenile rearing and adult passage to increase natural production. |
| 9404300 |
Lake Roosevelt Monitoring/Data Collection Program (FWP Measure 10.8B.5 |
Monitors and evaluates hatchery stocking program harvest goals; effects of hatchery on Lake Roosevelt biota; collects fisheries and limnological data for reservoir modeling. Will evaluate Ford Hatchery stocking in Lake Roosevelt. |
| 950110 |
Grand Coulee Kokanee Enhancement Project (FWP Measure 10.8B.7 and 10.8B.8) |
Monitors fish entrainment through Grand Coulee Dam and evaluates natural reproduction of wild kokanee stocks in Lake Roosevelt. |
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Lake Roosevelt Hatcheries Coordination Team (FWP Measure 10.8B.2) |
Fishery managers from above projects meet quarterly for review projects and coordination/information sharing. |
| 9700400 |
Joint Stock Assessment (JSA) (FWP Measure 10.8B.26) |
Information exchange/blocked area coordination. Creel data collection at Banks Lake to evaluate Ford Hatchery kokanee stocking will improve data for JSA. |
Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 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 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
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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 2000 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 2000 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 2000 cost |
|---|
| Personnel |
Includes: 1 FTE (fish culturist), 3 PTE @ 2 months (fin clippers) and 1 FTE (creel clerk) |
$63,570 |
| Fringe |
WDFW Fringe rate @ 27.65% of salaries |
$17,545 |
| Supplies |
Includes fin clipper instruments and supplies for creel survey. |
$1,300 |
| Operating |
Includes food to rear kokanee and fish health monitoring |
$16,437 |
| Capital |
None budgeted in FY 2000. Will commence in FY 2001 |
$0 |
| NEPA |
Estimated by BPA (Patti Smith) via telephone conversation on 12-3-98 |
$100,000 |
| Construction |
Engineering/design to improve water supply, demolish old building and construct new shell. |
$82,808 |
| Travel |
Includes trips for outplanting kokanee, milage for creel clerk, and air flights for creel survey |
$15,334 |
| Indirect |
20% of budgeted items, less fish food and capital acquisition, and NEPA costs = 20% of $180,557. |
$36,111 |
| $333,105 |
Total estimated budget
| Total FY 2000 cost | $333,105 |
| Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds | $0 |
| Total FY 2000 budget request | $333,105 |
| FY 2000 forecast from 1999 | $0 |
| % change from forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
| Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
|---|
| WDFW Hatchery Division |
Portion of Ford Hatchery personnel, O&M costs, and fish stocking costs associated with stocking resident trout into eastern Washington put-and-take trout lakes. |
$117,608 |
unknown |
| Banks Lake Volunteer Net Pen Program |
Volunteer labor to set up net pens (5 people x 5 days x 8h/day x $10/h) = $2,000; check and feed fish daily for 8 mo. (240 days x 2h/day x $10/h) = $4,800 |
$6,800 |
unknown |
| WDFW Aquatic Lands Enhancement Fund |
Provide funds for feed to Banks Lake Volunteer Net Pen Program |
$9,600 |
unknown |
| WDFW Region 1 Fisheries Manager |
Evaluate Ford Hatchery stocking in inland trout management lakes by conducting routine field surveys and fish surveys. |
$28,000 |
unknown |
Other budget explanation
Schedule Constraints: Project requires NEPA permits. Hatchery already has water rights, is in compliance with SEPA concerning handling of fish waste from 93,000 lb. production.
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Recommendation:
Fund
Date:
Jun 15, 1999
Comment:
Recommendation:
Fund on the quality of the proposal, but it would be more consistent with regional goals to use native species such as local stocks of redband or cutthroat. As a set, the Roosevelt Lake hatchery proposals need to address and monitor potential impacts on native biota.
Comments:
This is a new proposal to renovate the building and water supply of a 50-year-old hatchery used to produce kokanee for stocking. This is a clearly written and thorough proposal. It is clear that Grand Coulee Dam has negatively impacted fish production and that under present conditions the prospects for natural production to supply a viable salmonid fishery in Lake Roosevelt and Banks Lake are not good. Supplementation, therefore, has been considered a viable means of mitigating the dam's impact. In order to have sufficient numbers of fish for the supplementation program, the water delivery system to the hatchery must be improved or the production transferred to another facility. The latter is probably not a viable option. A big strength of this proposal is the subsequent monitoring and evaluation of the performance of the fish that are to be released.
The proposal references the FWP and four other plans. Good relationships are described with 8 other projects related to Lake Roosevelt fisheries. There are specific objectives for facility improvement, production and a stocking plan. The operations of this hatchery would be coordinated with two other hatcheries for Lake Roosevelt (Sherman and Spokane Tribal) and thus an umbrella proposal seems desirable. Monitoring in Lake Roosevelt and Banks Lake would be coordinated with other funded studies (more details are given than probably needed). There is an exceptionally thorough and interesting background, with value for native species. The project might be a good candidate for multi-year funding. The proposal was long, with more detail than was needed (but that was interesting, anyway).
However, there is not any evidence in the proposal whether the operators will use this renovation to move the hatchery operations more toward current practices. The monitoring and evaluation proposed are focused on the fishery, not on the biological or ecological impacts of kokanee stocking. How is a put and take fishery "rehabilitation"? Statements are made about increasing production without any reference to the costs of increasing production. Why assume they are linear over different scales? The proposal would be strengthened by some comparative judgment of this hatchery compared to others with reference to cost per unit of production. The proposal could use some more interpretive discussion of supplementation versus rehabilitation, particularly in the context of the ecosystem.
The group recommended the project for funding pending determination of its consistency with the results of the Council's artificial fish propagation review.
Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
Aug 20, 1999
Comment:
Recommendation:
Date:
Aug 20, 1999
Comment:
Screening Criteria: yesTechnical Criteria: no- It does not pass Criteria 4, 9 (inclusion of the building was not well justified)
Programmatic Criteria: no- The project exceeds the NPPC measure.
Milestone Criteria: no-There is no milestones listed.
General Comments: The building replacement is not part of the NPPC measure.
Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
Mar 1, 2000
Comment:
[Decision made in 9-22-99 Council Meeting];