FY 2001 Ongoing proposal 199705300

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

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Toppenish-Simcoe Instream Flow Restoration and Assessment
Proposal ID	199705300
Organization	Yakama Nation Fisheries Management Program (YN)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Kale Gullett
Mailing address	Toppenish, WA 98948
Phone / email	5098656262 / gullett@yakama.com
Manager authorizing this project	Lynn Hatcher
Review cycle	FY 2001 Ongoing
Province / Subbasin	Columbia Plateau / Yakima
Short description	Identify extent of anadromous populations, identify land status, characterize habitat and discharge; model irrigation use; restore instream flows by land lease or purchase and/or water substitution; modify irrigation diversions to mimic natural runoff.
Target species

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
1998	Project initiation (Feb, 1998), began weekly collection of discharge data in Project watercourses, baseline steelhead spawning and rearing information gathered, began Project GIS.
1999	First complete year of discharge information gathered, began Project water budget model, began Draft Management Plan, augmented steelhead spawning and rearing information, updated Project GIS with flow and fish data, land status and cropping data.
2000	Deployed screw trap, completed 2nd year of discharge and aquatic data, improved water budget model, began modeling water use in Project Area, secured lease option on 232 acres of riparian land w/ water, updated Project GIS and Management Plan.

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost
1. Adaptively update Project Management Plan.	1a. Update Project water model with most recent discharge data.	1 (yearly activity)	$8,800
	1b. Update Project GIS with any new land status, delivery and drainage feature, orthophotos, district maps and non-YN coverages.	1 (yearly activity)	$20,595
	1c. Calibrate water budget model with newest data.	1 (yearly activity)	$8,800
	1d. Integrate most recent redd survey, smolt trap and fish census information to portray steelhead utilization and outmigrant timing in Project Area.	1 (yearly activity)	$8,800
	1e. Incorporate groundwater data from piezometers in alluvial aquifer reach of Toppenish Creek to provide further data for land acquisition decision support system.	1 (yearly activity)	$10,200
	1f. Update land acquisition decision support system and target lands list with output of Tasks 1a-e above.	1 (yearly activity)	$30,990

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

FY 2005	FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2002
$5,000	$15,000	$10,000	$35,000

Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost	Subcontractor
1. Implement Management Plan and Adaptive updates as they transpire.	1a. Approach Yakama Tribal Council for approval of Project Plan by Tribal Council Resolution, management support and help in disseminating Project scope and objectives to affected landowners.	0.5	$2,870
	1b. Restore instream flow to dewatered Project streams by system modifications, water substitution, and land purchase or lease.	Unknown. Will continue task until all available water is returned to Project streams.	$11,495

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

FY 2005	FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2002
$5,000	$5,000	$5,000	$10,000

Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost
1. Work with YN Wildlife Program and BIA Realty to acquire leases or purchase lands.	1a. Prepare written justification for leases or purchase, assist other YN and BIA personnel with lease/purchase agreements.	As Required	$5,200
	1b. Present any required background information to appropriate Council and colleagues.	As Required	$2,500
	1c. Maintain and enforce lease requirements.	Duration of leases (10 years)	$50,000
	1d. On lands purchased with Project funds, decommission withdrawal structures and work with other YN programs to inaugurate any restoration measures needed to return land to native state.	As required	$2,500
2. Restrict diversion timing, where possible, to periods when discharge is not limiting to aquatic ecosystem health.	2a. Monitor discharge in and around project watercourses affected by Objective 2 to enforce Project goals.	Duration of leases (10 years)	$10,595
	2b. Identify willing landowners to decrease or cease late spring-summer diversions to benefit fish and aquatic life (can hopefully be used in conjunction with Objective 3).	As Required	$5,000
3. Substitute out-of-stream withdrawals with alternate sources.	3a. Work with BIA, YN and private landowners to develop plans for water substitution.	As Required	$8,000
	3b. Identify funding sources when monies are needed to develop substitute water sources.	As Required	$7,500
	3c. Enforce water substitution scenarios and monitor compliance.	Duration of leases (10 years)	$6,330

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase

FY 2005	FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2002
$50,000	$50,000	$50,000	$80,000

Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost
1. Monitor Project Area water budget.	1a. Measure watercourse discharge and temperature over time and space at key locations specified by O&M Objectives 1-3.	10 (as long as funding continues)	$10,164
	1b. Monitor Toppenish Creek alluvial aquifer by maintaining collection and analysis of piezometric groundwater surface data.	10 (as long as funding continues)	$2,500
2. Maintain database of channel and riparian condition.	Task 2a. Assess channel morphology and condition as necessary pursuant to streamflow restoration efforts. PFC index sites will be re-evaluated every 2 years to establish trends over time.	10 (as long as funding continues)	$1,200
3. Monitor aquatic ecosystem health and surface/groundwater species assemblages.	3a. Continue operation of 5-foot screwtrap to describe steelhead smolt outmigration timing, age structure and relative number of outmigrants per year.	10 (as long as funding continues)	$7,800
	3b. Monitor numbers of returning steelhead adults by yearly spawning ground surveys and adult counts at Prosser and Roza monitoring windows.	10 (as long as funding continues)	$10,164
	3c. Monitor Toppenish Creek alluvial fan hyporheic macroinvertebrate community by continued pumping of groundwater/macroinvertebrate wells and collection/identification/enumeration of organisms.	10 (as long as funding continues)	$5,500

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

FY 2005	FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2002
$20,000	$35,000	$25,000	$35,000

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2001 cost
Personnel	FTE: 1.19	$49,507
Fringe	17.6% for exempt FTE's, 20% for non-exempt	$9,330
Supplies	Office supplies, field supplies, repairs, field and office equipment	$3,400
Travel	Travel, per diem, and tuition for presentations, workshops and meetings (lumped for all personnel)	$750
Indirect	23.5% on all items in budget	$16,780
NEPA	BPA Supplemental Analysis underway	$0
Other	Insurance, utilities, building depreciation, vehicle rental and mileage.	$8,418
Personnel	FTE: 0.225	$8,315
Fringe	17.6% for exempt FTE's, 20% for non-exempt	$1,627
Supplies	Office supplies	$200
Travel	Travel, per diem, and tuition for presentations, workshops and meetings (lumped for all personnel)	$750
Indirect	23.5% on all items in budget	$2,733
NEPA	BPA Supplemental Analysis underway	$0
Other	Utilities, building depreciation	$740
Personnel	FTE: 0.54	$21,802
Fringe	17.6% for exempt FTE's, 20% for non-exempt	$4,057
Supplies	Office supplies, field supplies, repairs, field and office equipment	$1,700
Travel	Travel, per diem, and tuition for presentations, workshops and meetings (lumped for all personnel)	$750
Indirect	23.5% on all items in budget	$18,576
Capital	Land Rental (1000 acres @ $50/acre)	$50,000
NEPA	BPA Supplemental Analysis underway	$0
Other	Utilities, building depreciation	$740
Personnel	FTE: 0.55	$22,366
Fringe	17.6% for exempt FTE's, 20% for non-exempt	$4,169
Supplies	Office supplies, field supplies, repairs, field and office equipment	$2,200
Travel	Travel, per diem, and tuition for presentations, workshops and meetings (lumped for all personnel)	$750
Indirect	23.5% on all items in budget	$7,103
NEPA	BPA Supplemental Analysis underway	$0
Other	Utilities, building depreciation	$740
		$237,503

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2001 cost	$237,503
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2001 budget request	$237,503
FY 2001 forecast from 2000	$200,000
% change from forecast	18.8%

Reason for change in estimated budget

The projection made for FY2001 during the FY2000 application process counted on receipt of land leasing/purchase funds during the FY2000 award period. However, the $52,000 land acquisition item was cut from our FY 2000 request. Having survived for two years on FY97 funds, we were able to modify our FY99 budget to pay for leasing 232 acres formerly irrigated with creek water at the end of CY1999. We have yet to receive any funding for land acquisition, an essential component of the Project. The 18.8% increase from the FY2000 forecast reflects the need to move the acquisition process along after earlier denials of this component.

Reason for change in scope

No significant changes in scope have occurred since the inauguration of the Project.

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind

Reviews and recommendations

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

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Ongoing Funding: yes; New Funding: no

Date:
Jul 14, 2000

Comment:

The projection made for FY2001 during the FY 2000 application process counted on receipt of land leasing/purchase funds during the FY 2000 award period; however, the $52,000 land acquisition item was cut from the FY 2000 request. Having survived for two years on FY97 funds, they were able to modify their FY99 budget to pay for leasing 232 acres formerly irrigated with creek water at the end of CY1999. They have yet to receive any funding for land acquisition, an essential component of the Project. The 18.8% increase from the FY 2000 forecast reflects the need to move the acquisition process along after earlier denials of this component. In FY 2000, the WA SRT determined that the purchase of land was premature until the assessment was complete. They supported the assessment but questioned the follow up required until results are known. It appears that a plan is now complete and this project should move forward.

No significant changes in the scope of work have occurred since the inauguration of the Project.

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Sep 13, 2000

Comment: