FY 2000 proposal 198909801
Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Evaluate Salmon Supplementation in Idaho Rivers (ISS) |
| Proposal ID | 198909801 |
| Organization | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Idaho Fishery Resource Office (USFWS-IFRO) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
| Name | Jill M. Olson |
| Mailing address | P.O. Box 18 Ahsahka, ID 83520 |
| Phone / email | 2084767242 / Jill_Olson@fws.gov |
| Manager authorizing this project | |
| Review cycle | FY 2000 |
| Province / Subbasin | Mountain Snake / Salmon |
| Short description | Evaluate various supplementation strategies for maintaining and rebuilding spring/summer chinook salmon populations in Idaho. Develop recommendations for the use of supplementation to rebuild naturally spawning populations. |
| Target species | Spring / Summer Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) |
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
| Year | Accomplishment |
|---|
| 1991 |
Identified study areas, brood stocks, facilities to be used. |
| 1992 |
Begin supplementation and monitoring of treatment streams, and monitoring of control streams. |
| 1995 |
Annual Report for 1991-93 Pete King and Clear creeks. USFWS. |
| 1996 |
Small scale investigations into chinook salmon supplementation strategies and techniques: 1992-1994. Technical Reports.
Perry, C.A. and T.C. Bjornn. |
| 1997 |
First generation returns, a known brood stock for supplementation is established. |
| 1997 |
Initiated radio telemetry study to monitor adult movement and identify spawning locations of adults released above weir. |
| 1998 |
Five-year Report (1992-1997) in progress. |
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
| Project ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| 9005500 |
Steelhead Supplementation Studies |
Reciprocal transfer of
data/coordination |
| 8335000 |
Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery- O&M |
Reciprocal transfer of
data/coordination |
| 9405000 |
Salmon River Habitat Enhancement - O&M, M&E |
Reciprocal transfer of data/coordination |
| 9705700 |
Salmon River Production Program |
Reciprocal transfer of
data/coordination |
| 9703000 |
Monitor Listed Stock Adult Chinook Salmon Escapement |
Reciprocal transfer of
data/coordination |
| 9102800 |
Monitoring Smolt Migration of Wild Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon |
Reciprocal transfer of
data/coordination |
| 9604300 |
Johnson Creek Artificial Propagation Enhancement- O&M, M&E |
Reciprocal transfer of
data/coordination |
| 8909800 |
Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game Cooperator on ISS Study |
|
| 8909803 |
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Cooperator on ISS Study |
|
| 8909801 |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cooperator on ISS Study |
|
| 20545 |
Salmon Supplementation Studies in Idaho Rivers (ISS) |
|
| 8909802 |
Nez Perce Tribe Cooperator on ISS Study |
|
Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 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 2000 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 2000 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 2000 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 2000 cost |
|---|
| Personnel |
|
$49,654 |
| Fringe |
|
$13,200 |
| Supplies |
field gear (boots, waders, etc.), bait,
batteries, yagi antenna, radio tags(25) |
$8,500 |
| Operating |
trap repairs, vehicle rental, gas |
$8,400 |
| PIT tags |
2100 @ $2.90each |
$6,090 |
| Travel |
coordination meetings, training |
$3,000 |
| Indirect |
USFWS Overhead @34.2% |
$33,121 |
| Subcontractor |
backhoe(8hrs), trap operator (900hrs) |
$8,000 |
| $129,965 |
Total estimated budget
| Total FY 2000 cost | $129,965 |
| Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds | $0 |
| Total FY 2000 budget request | $129,965 |
| FY 2000 forecast from 1999 | $0 |
| % change from forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
| Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
|---|
Other budget explanation
Schedule Constraints: The continued decline of spring/summer chinook salmon returning to Idaho result in insufficient adult returns to provide target supplementation treatments.
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Recommendation:
Fund for one year
Date:
Jun 15, 1999
Comment:
Recommendation:
Fund for one year. Subsequent funding contingent on a programmatic review of the supplementation effort in the Snake River Basin similar to the Lower Snake Compensation Plan symposium of February 1998.
Comments:
This portion of Idaho Fish and Game's supplementation study is at Clear Creek and Pete King Creek on the Clearwater River. Tagged parr will be released in Pete King Creek either from Dworshak or Rapid River. Seven hundred juveniles from natural rearing will receive PIT tags. The choice of Dworshak or Rapid River stocks was not clear; are these two stocks being tested to determine which is "best" to supplement parr production in Pete King Creek? If so, are the two used in different years? How are results kept separate? If the trial is not to assess relative performance of parr stocking from the two brood sources, the purpose is not clear. Idaho Fish and Game concluded that summer counts of parr did not prove to be a useful technique. If that is the case here too, and evaluations have to be made based on smolt or adult counts, are numbers sufficient to provide useful statistical sensitivity?
Smolts from Kooskia (source of brood?) are stocked in Clear Creek where there is both an adult trapping facility and a screw trap to monitor downstream migrants. Presumably, the work is designed to be a smolt stocking treatment. Evaluation is based on 700 marked juveniles (700 each for hatchery fish and stream fish), but there is no analysis to show that with the low return rates experienced in the system that 700 juveniles will produce enough adults to complete the analysis.
Smolts are re-counted at Lower Granite Dam, adults are counted in Clear Creek, and redds are counted in both streams. The proposal is to obtain peak spawner counts, but given that such counts are notoriously unreliable, this measure of success should be re-assessed as an end-point for these research projects.
Recommendation:
Fund
Date:
Aug 20, 1999
Comment:
Recommendation:
Date:
Aug 20, 1999
Comment:
Criteria all: Met? Yes -
Recommendation:
Date:
Aug 20, 1999
Comment:
These projects provide a critical component for monitoring Spring and Summer chinook in Idaho, including supplemented and wild populations. These are ongoing critical projects and we recommend funding at the requested levels in order achieve management objectives in this region. See umbrella proposal #20545.
Recommendation:
Fund
Date:
Mar 1, 2000
Comment:
[Decision made in 9-22-99 Council Meeting]
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: |
| $125,590 |
$125,590 |
$125,590 |
Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website