FY 2000 proposal 199608600

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
199608600 Narrative	Narrative
199608600 Sponsor Response to the ISRP	Response

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Clearwater Subbasin Focus Watershed Program - ISCC
Proposal ID	199608600
Organization	Idaho Soil Conservation Commission (ISCC)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Janet Hohle, Program Co-Coordinator
Mailing address	220 East 5th Street, Rm 212 Moscow, ID 83843
Phone / email	2088820507 / jhohle@agri.state.id.us
Manager authorizing this project
Review cycle	FY 2000
Province / Subbasin	Mountain Snake / Clearwater
Short description	Coordinate multiple jurisdictions, agencies and private interests to protect, restore, and enhance anadromous and resident fish, and wildlife in the Clearwater River subbasin.
Target species	All fish and wildlife with emphasis on Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, O. mykiss, Salvelinus confluentus

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
1997	Completed inventory needs from existing data for Focus Program development FWP Section 7.7B.2
1998	Coordinated Little Canyon Creek project development
1998	Coordinated Nichols Canyon project development

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description
9706000	NPT Clearwater Focus Program	Co-coordination w/ ISCC program
9303501	Enhance Fish, Riparian and Wildlife Habitat w/i the Red River Watershed	Focus restoration in subbasin-Idaho SWCD
9901600	Protecting and Restoring Big Canyon Creek Watershed	Focus restoration in subbasin-NPT
9901700	Rehabilitate Lapwai Creek	Focus restoration in subbasin-NPT
9607702	Protecting and Restoring the Lolo Creek Watershed	Focus restoration in subbasin-NPT
9607703	Protecting and Restoring the Squaw and Papoose Creek Watersheds	Focus restoration in subbasin-NPT
9607704	Final Design for Fish Passage Improvements at Eldorado Falls	Focus restoration in subbasin-NPT
9607705	Restore McComas Meadows	Focus restoration in subbasin-NPT
9608600	Clearwater Subbasin Focus Watershed Program - ISCC
9901400	Restore Anadromous Fish Habitat in the Little Canyon Creek Subwatershed
9901500	Restore Anadromous Fish Habitat in the Nichols Canyon Subwatershed

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	Co-coordinator 1 FTE	$38,600
Fringe	@33%	$12,750
Supplies	Public meetings and workshops, publishing, I/E, postage	$15,000
Operating	Vehicle operation	$3,000
Capital	Monitoring Equipment	$6,000
Travel		$6,000
Indirect	@10%	$8,100
		$89,450

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2000 cost	$89,450
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2000 budget request	$89,450
FY 2000 forecast from 1999	$0
% change from forecast	0.0%

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind
ISCC	Vehicle	$3,600	unknown
NRCS	Phone, fax, furniture, office copying	$3,000	unknown

Other budget explanation

Schedule Constraints: Availability of technical specialists in subbasin for project planning and development; time needed for co-coordinator assistance with on-the-ground projects

Reviews and recommendations

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

REVIEW:
ISRP Preliminary Review (ISRP 99-2)

Recommendation:
Delay Funding

Date:
Jun 15, 1999

Comment:

Recommendation: Delay funding until they demonstrate relation to fish and wildlife and include a clear statement of overall objectives of this project, the relationship of project objectives to overall basin restoration objectives, as well as timelines, and a rationale (prioritization via a watershed assessment) indicating why specific elements are being undertaken, and in what order. A comprehensive review, via a visiting committee, of all habitat restoration projects within the Clearwater basin is needed.

Comments: This is a proposal for continued support of habitat restoration efforts in the western portion of the Clearwater basin. This project and 9706000 are closely related efforts to coordinate restoration of steelhead habitat in situations where multiple land ownership exists. Coordination projects can have positive results, but there is a danger of the work becoming fragmented and including activities not directly related to restoration goals. Success depends, in large part, on the willingness of leaders to "take the lead," in coordinating personnel. For that reason, such proposals should include an outline of the specific types of actions guiding efforts in each basin. As it stands, neither this proposal nor its companion offers a convincing argument that anything other than "coordination" is to result from the work. The project needs a focus on increased flows that more closely approximate natural seasonal hydrographs. Many problems with salmon streams can be resolved with restoration of adequate discharge.

Little information is provided in the proposal as to how the funds will be used – the methods section consists primarily of a "toolkit" of restoration approaches. Where, why, when are difficult to determine. Furthermore, the project history section is thin. No real results to date are listed

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:

REVIEW:
CBFWA: Subregional Team Comments

Recommendation:

Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:

All on-the-ground projects are a direct result of this coordination position. There is a repeated concern of redundancy by the WTWG reviewers. There are two coordinators due to the political, private ownership, state and federal public lands, and Nez Perce ceded territory, which requires co-coordination.

REVIEW:
CBFWA: Watershed Technical Group Comments

Recommendation:
Technically Sound? No

Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:

The proposal is better written this year than last year and provided more justification.

Coordination proposals should include a clearly developed performance plan (i.e. external and internal review of progress).

Biological objectives and milestones are not clear. Monitoring plan needs more detail.

Provides diversity in experience and training to the Clearwater watershed program.

This project has been funded for several years but has not demonstrated past accomplishments and has not met biological objectives.

REVIEW:
ISRP Final Review (ISRP 99-4)

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Oct 29, 1999

Comment:

Fund at base level to maintain operations until province review. The recommendation of ISRP, in its June 15 FY2000 report, was to delay funding, until what is now being termed a "province review" can be conducted. The panel was not persuaded by the response that this recommendation should be changed to a recommendation for full funding. This project, and its companion (9706000, to the Nez Perce Tribe) are designed to provide some of the oversight and coordination function to a group of watershed restoration projects. This function is badly needed, but has been weak to date, and the project is in need of careful review and recommendations of the type that can only be provided by a site review team. Furthermore, by the time of the province review, this project needs to demonstrate that there is a coordinated biological monitoring plan in place. The ISRP recognizes the urgency of the province review, and has recommended that the Clearwater basin be among the first to be scheduled. Note that ISRP is now recommending that the component restoration projects within the Clearwater basin on which work is already underway be funded in the interim (which is a change for most from a "delay funding" recommendation). See also project 9706000.

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Nov 8, 1999

Comment:

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation (NWPPC 2000-6)

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Mar 1, 2000

Comment:

[Decision made in 11-3-99 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:
$103,626	$103,626	$103,626

Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website