FY 2000 proposal 199501500

Section 1. Administrative

Project location

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Outyear objectives-based budget

Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

Task-based budget

Outyear objectives-based budget

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

Task-based budget

Outyear objectives-based budget

Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase

Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Task-based budget

Outyear objectives-based budget

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Total estimated budget

Cost sharing

Other budget explanation

Schedule Constraints: ESA listings, weather conditions, water year,

Reviews and recommendations

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

Comment:

Comments: This proposal lacks explicit support for almost all of the evaluation categories. Undoubtedly, mitigation for the blocked areas needs to be addressed. However, this proposal is lacking in detail necessary to determine scientific soundness. There is little detail on species that will benefit. The project objectives are unclear and do not match the description in the project abstract. No information is provided on what percent of the total work has been done and what is left to do, e.g., fencing, tree planting, etc. The proposal is for work in an apparently open system, but potential impacts of the work are not addressed or even stated. Non-native fish substitution raises substantial issues that the proposal does not adequately address, specifically whirling disease, competition, and alternatives. The proposed project is not consistent with the other projects proposed in the subbasin. Stocking probably should be limited salmonids that are native to the Owyhee River; if not, the Principal Investigators need to clearly and carefully justify their selection of non-native stock. The CBFWA evaluation is basically in agreement with the above noting that "There is no biological objectives listed. I urge that the native species receive top priority in this reservoir. What we stock should be compatible with the native redband." The ISRP concludes that the proposed project is of questionable value to fish and is not based on sound scientific principles.

Comment:

Comment:

Technical Criteria: yes

Programmatic Criteria: yes

Milestone Criteria: no-There is no biological objectives listed.

General Comments: I urge that the native species receive top priority in this reservoir. What we stock should be compatible with the native redband. Peer review of the program direction and cost analysis.

Comment:

The responses address some of the concerns, but fail to address the most fundamental. The response clarifies short-term tasks to be accomplished in developing and maintaining the reservoir. However, the long-term intent of the project is to establish a fishery, with the reservoir serving to host that fishery. The long-term goals of the project are not adequately described, nor are methods for their accomplishment and evaluation given. The response does not talk about fish or fish habitat, and gives no detailed discussion of goals and plans for use of native or non-native fish or for how these plans might be developed and judged. The response indicates that the proposers want to re-establish native fish, but does not go on to develop this plan and relate it to the overall proposal.

To facilitate an evaluation of the effects of Lake Billy Shaw on native fish and wildlife populations, monitoring should include protocols for the collection and analysis of data on fish and wildlife populations and on habitat quality and quantity.

Comment:

Comment:

Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website