FY 2000 proposal 20522

Additional documents

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20522 Narrative Narrative

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal titleMulti-Year John Day Anadromous Fish Plan
Proposal ID20522
OrganizationColumbia Basin Fish & Wildlife Authority (CBFWA)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
NameTom Giese
Mailing address2501 SW First Ave., Suite 200 Portland, OR 97201
Phone / email5032290191 / tom@cbfwf.org
Manager authorizing this project
Review cycleFY 2000
Province / SubbasinColumbia Plateau / John Day
Short description
Target species
Project location
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Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

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Section 2. Past accomplishments

YearAccomplishment

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project IDTitleDescription
9045 Eliminate gravel push-up dams on lower N.Fork John Day River.
9901000 Mitigate Effects Of Runoff & Erosion On Salmonid Habitat In Pine Hollow
9144 Provide annual estimates of spring chinook spawner escapement, age structur
9139 Allow protection/restoration of normal ecosystem in Pine Creek watershed.
9012 Slow runoff during peak flow to improve habitat and improve spawning/rearin
9137 Increase in-season river flows.
9605300 Continuation of multi-year project: restore N.Fork John Day floodplain.
9303800 Protect/restore 60 mi. riparian habitat.
8402100 Long term protection, maintenance, restoration of private land habitat.
20522 MYP John Day Subbasin Anadromous Fish Plan
9703400 Measure surface fine sediment & overwinter sedimentation in spawning habita

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

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Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

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Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

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Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

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Section 8. Estimated budget summary

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ItemNoteFY 2000 cost
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Total FY 2000 cost$0
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds$0
Total FY 2000 budget request$0
FY 2000 forecast from 1999$0
% change from forecast0.0%
Cost sharing
OrganizationItem or service providedAmountCash or in-kind

Reviews and recommendations

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

Recommendation:
NA - Umbrella Proposal
Date:
Jun 15, 1999

Comment:

Recommendation: NA - Umbrella Proposal

Comments: Many of the criticisms of Project No. 20514 are appropriate here. Reviewers have numerous reservations concerning this umbrella proposal. Principal among them is its neglect in integrating projects one with the others. Scientists should be able to link cause and effect and determine which projects have succeeded, or are succeeding, in cost-effectively achieving biological objectives. Projects are scientifically evaluated for that purpose, and this proposal neglects to emphasize that type of framework. The presentation leads one to believe that the projects are only loosely associated. This umbrella proposal and the John Day River Umbrella submitted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife appear to be developed along agency lines rather that to integrate or explain interrelationships of proposals.

A comprehensive plan for monitoring of current and future use by anadromous and resident fish should be developed in cooperation with an expanded Oregon Department of Fish and Game Proposal No. 9801600. Most proposals for projects in the John Day Basin suffer from the lack of adequate baseline data and monitoring for effectiveness.

The proposal is unclear what proportion of the watershed these projects collectively address. In addition, reviewers noted that the proposal neglects to include a task directed at measuring and sampling egg deposition rates, hatching rates, and survival, health/morbidity and population size of juveniles. Each of these life stages needs to be measured/sampled in order to evaluate cause-and-effect and the success or failure of projects. Indirect measures may not necessarily be an acceptable proxy for actual growth and survival.

The proposal invites greater clarity and specifics in advancing such comments as: "Monitoring results indicate that the fences are 98 percent effective in excluding livestock."

Eliminating introduction of hatchery fish can reduce disease and competition and eliminate mixed breeding. Hence Objective No. 3 might better read, "Improve health and survival of all life historic stages and improve genetic integrity and diversity.


Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:


Recommendation:
Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:

Criteria all: Met? NA -