FY07-09 proposal 200709900
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Section 1. Administrative
Proposal title | Gold Creek (Lakeview District) Bull Trout Habitat and Migration Protection |
Proposal ID | 200709900 |
Organization | Idaho Department of Environmental Quality |
Short description | Gold Creek is critically important bull trout spawning stream in the fragmented Pend Orielle Lake watershed. Migration and spawning habitat is threatened by a massive sediment source. The project would remove this threat and enhance water quality. |
Information transfer | Information on the implementation and success of the project will be available through the project closure report and project effectiveness reports developed by DEQ as data is developed. All reports are made available on-line. |
Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
Contacts
Contact | Organization | |
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Form submitter | ||
Geoffrey Harvey | Idaho Department of Environmental Quality | gharvey@deq.idaho.gov |
All assigned contacts | ||
Geoffrey Harvey | Idaho Depatment of Environmental Quality | geoff.harvey@deq.idao.gov |
Jim Nieman | U.S. Forest Service | jnieman@fs.fed.us |
Section 2. Locations
Province / subbasin: Intermountain / Pend Oreille
Latitude | Longitude | Waterbody | Description |
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47 55' 3"N | 116 25' 53"W | Gold Creek | Conjecture Waste Dump |
Section 3. Focal species
primary: Bull Troutsecondary: Cutthroat Trout
Section 4. Past accomplishments
Year | Accomplishments |
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Section 5. Relationships to other projects
Funding source | Related ID | Related title | Relationship |
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BPA | 200200900 | Lake Pend Orielle Predation | The proposed project is designed to protect bull trout recruitment through the protection of spawning habitat and migration, while the related project seeks to increase a major prey species (Kokanee) of bull trout in the lake and reduce a introduced competitive predator, lake trout. |
Section 6. Biological objectives
Biological objectives | Full description | Associated subbasin plan | Strategy |
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Protection of bull trout spawning habitat | Protection of bull trout migration route and spawning habitat of Gold Creek from a catastrophic sedimentation event by removal of the waste rock pile deposited in the channel and the floodplain of Gold Creek at the Conjecture Mine site. | Intermountain | Startegy d of PO Obj 1B1 Implement fish habitat protection, restoration and enhancement measures using a variety of means. |
Protection of bull trout spawning habitat | Protection of bull trout migration route and spawning habitat of Gold Creek from a catastrophic sedimentation event by removal of the waste rock pile deposited in the channel and the floodplain of Gold Creek at the Conjecture Mine site. | Intermountain | Strategy a of PO Obj 1C5 Follow the USFW Draft Bull Trout Recovery Plan (2002) until superceded by Final Plan and supplemented by state recovery plans to prioritize associated projects. |
Restore stream habitat | Restore channel and floodplain to a channel configuration (sinuosity of 1.1, residual pool volume of 4,658 ft3/mile and pool frequency of 1 per 40 feet) and eventual floodplain vegetation status (5.5 acres soil replacement and riparian shrub plantation) consistent with reference reaches of Gold Creek | Intermountain | Strategy c of PO Obj 1C1 Protect and increase the amount of available stream spawning and rearing habitat used by bull trout |
Section 7. Work elements (coming back to this)
Work element name | Work element title | Description | Start date | End date | Est budget |
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Realign, Connect, and/or Create Channel | Restore stream channal, habitat and functional floodplain. | Restore channel and floodplain to a channel configuration (sinuosity of 1.1, residual pool volume of 4,658 ft3/mile and pool frequency of 1 per 40 feet) and eventual floodplain vegetation status (5.5 acres soil replacement and riparian shrub plantation) consistent with reference reaches of Gold Creek. | 8/1/2007 | 10/15/2007 | $59,076 |
Biological objectives Restore stream habitat |
Metrics |
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Upland Erosion and Sedimentation Control | Remove the waste rock pile deposited in the channel and the floodplain of Gold Creek at the Conjecture site. | Remove the approximately 100,000 cubic yard waste rock deposit by excavation and haul to a site where it can be stabilzed in place out of the channel and floodplain. If necessary move metals contaminated material to the Lakeview Repository. | 7/1/2007 | 10/1/2007 | $540,750 |
Biological objectives Protection of bull trout spawning habitat |
Metrics * # of acres treated: Acreage rehabilitated |
Section 8. Budgets
Itemized estimated budget
Item | Note | FY07 | FY08 | FY09 |
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Other | Construction Contracts | $599,826 | $0 | $0 |
Totals | $599,826 | $0 | $0 |
Total estimated FY 2007-2009 budgets
Total itemized budget: | $599,826 |
Total work element budget: | $599,826 |
Cost sharing
Funding source/org | Item or service provided | FY 07 est value ($) | FY 08 est value ($) | FY 09 est value ($) | Cash or in-kind? | Status |
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Forest Service | Match funds | $500,000 | $0 | $0 | Cash | Confirmed |
Totals | $500,000 | $0 | $0 |
Section 9. Project future
FY 2010 estimated budget: $0 FY 2011 estimated budget: $0 |
Comments: Project completion expected FFY 08 (Construction season 2007) |
Future O&M costs:
Termination date: 12/31/07
Comments: Project construction is planned for construction season 2007 (July-Oct) and will be terminated by the end of the year. Monitoring of bull trout redds and channel habitat characteristics (project effectiveness monitoring) will continue by DEQ and the USFS/IDFG for several years.
Final deliverables: Project Closure Report documenting material moved, stabilization and as builts of stabilized sites and stream channel-floodplain restored. Effectiveness monitoring data and reports willbe available as developed upon request.
Section 10. Narrative and other documents
Reviews and recommendations
FY07 budget | FY08 budget | FY09 budget | Total budget | Type | Category | Recommendation |
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NPCC FINAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Oct 23, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
$0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | Expense | ProvinceExpense | Do Not Fund |
NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
$0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ProvinceExpense |
ISRP PRELIMINARY REVIEW (Jun 2, 2006)
Recommendation: Response requested
NPCC comments: The sponsors propose to restore as bull and westslope cutthroat trout habitat a section of stream that has long been buried in a pipe beneath mine tailings. The proposal is clear and to the point in its problem review and analysis. It establishes adequate rationale and significance to regional programs, and it explains relationships to other projects. The project would remove the waste rock that covers the former channel and flood plain, and then establish channel and floodplain configurations that should function as habitat for bull trout. The methods are adequately described. It is clear that the focal species would benefit from the project as long as chemical contamination does not interfere. In addition many non-focal species would likely benefit. A response is needed to clarify two items. First, will this project lure fish and wildlife, especially birds, into a toxic environment? The second item is M&E. The proposal describes the general types of physical and biological monitoring and evaluation that are planned. However, it does not explain in sufficient detail how the field measurements would be made or how the resulting data will be analyzed and interpreted. Please elaborate and include discussion of likely statistical designs. Reviewers are concerned that chemical contamination by leachates from the mine tailings may be a major consideration in this stream -- not only from materials of the stream’s present overburden, but also from mine wastes that may persist elsewhere in the area. Therefore (if proposal authors are in concurrence with reviewers), the M&E for this project needs to include statistical monitoring of water quality, of the levels of lead, mercury and other metals such as zinc in fish tissues, and of capabilities of the fish to breed in this chemical environment. In particular, liver and kidney concentrations of such pollutants should be analyzed. In addition to concerns for fish and wildlife, this issue needs to be monitored to protect the human population from mercury and lead contamination.
ISRP FINAL REVIEW (Aug 31, 2006)
Recommendation: Response requested
NPCC comments: The sponsors propose to restore as bull and westslope cutthroat trout habitat a section of stream that has long been buried in a pipe beneath mine tailings. The proposal is clear and to the point in its problem review and analysis. It establishes adequate rationale and significance to regional programs, and it explains relationships to other projects. The project would remove the waste rock that covers the former channel and flood plain, and then establish channel and floodplain configurations that should function as habitat for bull trout. The methods are adequately described. It is clear that the focal species would benefit from the project as long as chemical contamination does not interfere. In addition many non-focal species would likely benefit. A response is needed to clarify two items. First, will this project lure fish and wildlife, especially birds, into a toxic environment? The second item is M&E. The proposal describes the general types of physical and biological monitoring and evaluation that are planned. However, it does not explain in sufficient detail how the field measurements would be made or how the resulting data will be analyzed and interpreted. Please elaborate and include discussion of likely statistical designs. Reviewers are concerned that chemical contamination by leachates from the mine tailings may be a major consideration in this stream -- not only from materials of the stream’s present overburden, but also from mine wastes that may persist elsewhere in the area. Therefore (if proposal authors are in concurrence with reviewers), the M&E for this project needs to include statistical monitoring of water quality, of the levels of lead, mercury and other metals such as zinc in fish tissues, and of capabilities of the fish to breed in this chemical environment. In particular, liver and kidney concentrations of such pollutants should be analyzed. In addition to concerns for fish and wildlife, this issue needs to be monitored to protect the human population from mercury and lead contamination.