FY 2000 proposal 199401807
Contents
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 |
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199401807 Narrative | Narrative |
199401807 Sponsor Response to the ISRP | Response |
Section 1. Administrative
Proposal title | Continue with Implementation of Pataha Creek Model Watershed Projects |
Proposal ID | 199401807 |
Organization | Pomeroy Conservation District (PCD) |
Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
Name | Duane G. Bartels |
Mailing address | P.O. Box 468 Pomeroy, WA 99347 |
Phone / email | 5098431998 / duanebar@pomeroy-wa.com |
Manager authorizing this project | |
Review cycle | FY 2000 |
Province / Subbasin | Columbia Plateau / Tucannon |
Short description | Reduce the sedimentation from the Pataha Creek Watershed into the critical spawning and rearing area of the fall chinook salmon in the lower Tucannon River. Improve habitat for spawning and rearing steelhead in upper portion of Pataha Creek |
Target species | Fall Chinook Salmon, Steelhead |
Project location
Latitude | Longitude | Description |
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Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Sponsor-reported:
RPA |
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Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
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Section 2. Past accomplishments
Year | Accomplishment |
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1994 | Initiated Collaboration with Citizens and Agency Representatives on salmon issue in Pataha Creek Watershed |
1995 | Pataha Creek Riparian Fencing Demonstration Project |
1995 | Continue plan research and development |
1996 | Fish Aquarium for Pomeroy Grade School |
1996 | Continue plan research and development |
1996 | Began cost-share program by installing upland and riparian practices for bank stability and erosion reduction |
1996 | Involved local schools in tree planting, invertabrate education |
1997 | Continued plan research and development |
1997 | ISCO samplers and temperature monitoring devices deployed in lower and upper Pataha Creek |
1997 | Continued installation of upland and riparian practices for bank stability and erosion reduction using cost share incentive program. |
1998 | Draft of Pataha Creek Model Watershed Plan printed. |
1998 | Database being built from ISCO sampling with testing for total suspended solids. Temperature monitoring ongoing. |
1998 | Continued installation of upland and riparian practices for bank stability and erosion reduction using cost share incentive program. |
1998 | FY 99 installation of practices to date |
1998 | Contracted with WSU for additional monitoring of water quality, invertabrates and upland conservation practices. |
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Project ID | Title | Description |
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9401806 | Restore habitat for Fall and Spring Chinook, Steelhead, and Bull Trout | Pataha Creek is largest tributary into the Tucannon River and affects lower 12 miles. |
9008 | Lower Snake River Comp Plan | Sedimentation study of artifical redds in Tucannon River |
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 |
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Personnel | .8 FTE Watershed Technical Lead .5 FTE Admin. Assistant | $34,622 |
Fringe | Insurance, Soc. Sec., medicare | $11,693 |
Supplies | Office supplies, monitoring supplies, mailings | $3,980 |
Operating | Maintenance of existing demonstration projects and monitoring sites | $1,300 |
Travel | Travel to, registration for meetings, seminars, conferences. | $3,900 |
Other | Tree planting and other practices | $2,500 |
Subcontractor | No-till and two pass seeding | $81,000 |
Subcontractor | Terrace, Grassed WW, sediment basins, other practices | $15,000 |
Subcontractor | Riparian Fencing, buffer strips | $20,000 |
Subcontractor | Off-site watering | $10,000 |
Subcontractor | Water quality, soil erosion monitoring | $29,000 |
$212,995 |
Total estimated budget
Total FY 2000 cost | $212,995 |
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds | $0 |
Total FY 2000 budget request | $212,995 |
FY 2000 forecast from 1999 | $0 |
% change from forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
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Bonneville Power | Cash Match | $213,000 | unknown |
Wash. St HB 2496 | Cash Match for restoration on Alpowa and other county creeks | $125,000 | unknown |
Conservation Commission | Cash Match for implementation projects, Basic Funding | $50,000 | unknown |
WSU | SARE Grant to study upland erosion | $40,000 | unknown |
NRCS | Office space, utilities, phone and vehicle use | $25,000 | unknown |
Landowners | Cash match of Cost Share Practices Implemented | $45,000 | unknown |
Other budget explanation
Schedule Constraints: There should be no schedule constraints. This is a continuation proposal that will aid in the implementation of conservation and enhancement practices to reduce sedimentation into the spawning/rearing area of the lower Tucannon River.
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Comment:
Recommendation: Fund for one year. Subsequent funding contingent on comprehensive review of restoration programs within the basin, and demonstration of biological benefits.Comments: This project is very similar to Proposals 9401805 and 9401806. The geographic focus is slightly different. This project has been ongoing since 1996or before, and is projected to continue indefinitely. It is very difficult to review projects such as this on an annual basis, particularly when little or no information is given about project objectives and milestones. Proper oversight is not possible, nor is it likely to be, unless the project has a) a clear end date, and b) a set of project milestones pertinent to individual years, against which progress can be measured. The information presented is insufficient to determine whether project objectives are being achieved. Furthermore, the proposal talks about such goals as tons of soil "saved". Is this really a Program goal, that is somehow related to the hydropower system? It sounds much more appropriate to NRCS programs, one would at least hope for some cost sharing.
Comment:
Comment:
Reduce Objective 5-monitoring, + implementation. Low priority objectives were reduced or eliminated. General reduction in the scope of the project.Technically Sound? No
Aug 20, 1999
Comment:
The Pataha watershed is severely abused (e.g., riparian feedlots, agriculture up to the stream bank, vertical unstable banks up to 15' high).Work in the Pataha Creek is intended to enhance fall chinook spawning habitat in the Lower Tucannon River, but that stretch of the river has other limiting factors that need to be addressed first.
What is the biological return on the investment in terms of mitigation achieved?
Comment:
[Decision made in 9-22-99 Council Meeting]NW Power and Conservation Council's FY 2006 Project Funding Review
expense
May 2005
FY05 NPCC start of year: | FY06 NPCC staff preliminary: | FY06 NPCC July draft start of year: |
$80,000 | $80,000 | $80,000 |
Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website