Okanogan Basin Monitoring and Evaluation Project (OBMEP) proposal 200302200

FY07-09 proposal 200302200

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Okanogan Basin Monitoring and Evaluation Project (OBMEP)
Proposal ID	200302200
Organization	Colville Confederated Tribes
Short description	Monitor and evaluate important biological, water quality, and physical habitat indicators for anadromous fish throughout the Okanogan River subbasin to establish a long-term status and trend data set and determine responses from habitat restoration effort
Information transfer	Information collected will be archived on a server at the Colville Tribes Fish and Wildlife office located in Omak, Washington, delivered in electronic form to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for storage on their monitoring and evaluation database. Additionally, we are currently completing the design and will shortly be implementing a web-based portal for information that can be accessed through the Colville Tribes web-site at http://www.colvilletribes.com. Quarterly updates related to implementation will be completed through Pisces and annual reports will be prepared and delivered to BPA, project cooperators, RTT, PNAMP, and CSMEP. Real-time water quality data funded through this project is available through the USGS (http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/uv?12445000) and Environment-Canada (http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/selectProvince.asp). Over the next three years, other opportunities to make data readily available will be pursued such as providing fish count data for inclusion in an online location (yet to be determined), inclusion of data and reports into Stream-Net, and NED databases. To facilitate these efforts this project will maintain data in compatible formats using basin wide approved nomenclature and meta-data guidance using tools such as the protocol builder software that has recently been developed to include common data elements from selected protocols that are being followed by this project. Data collection is accomplished using electronic data loggers whenever possible to make data entry cost effective and ensure compatibility with existing protocols and data requirements. Additional requests for information will be responded to on an individual basis by the project sponsor.
Proposal contact person or principal investigator

Contacts

Contact	Organization	Email
Form submitter
John Arterburn	Colville Tribes	john.arterburn@colvilletribes.com
All assigned contacts
Colette Adolph	Colville Tribes	colette.adolph@colvilletribes.com
John Arterburn	Colville Tribes	john.arterburn@colvilletribes.com
John Arterburn	Colville Tribes	john.arterburn@colvilletribes.com
John Arterburn	Colville Tribes	john.arterburn@colvilletribes.com
Joe Peone	Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation	joe.peone@colvilletribes.com

Section 2. Locations

Province / subbasin: Columbia Cascade / Okanogan

Latitude	Longitude	Waterbody	Description
		Aeneas Creek	Site# 363 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Antoine Creek	Site# 592 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Bonaparte Creek	Site# 475 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, Temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Chewiliken Creek	Site# 97 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Chiliwist Creek	Site# 377 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.4764	-119.5483	Ellis Creek	Site# 354 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.4617	-119.4124	Ellis Creek	Site# 492 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, Temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.4853	-119.7642	Farleigh Creek	Site# 565 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.0164	-119.4226	Haynes Creek	Site# 519 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.1106	-119.5002	Inkameep Creek	Site# 351 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, Temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Loup Loup Creek	Site# 357 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Loup Loup Creek	Site# 208 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Loup Loup Creek	Site# 5 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.4015	-119.7077	Marron Creek	Site# 450 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.3673	-119.5445	McLean Creek	Site# 310 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.3799	-119.5581	McLean Creek	Site# 374 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Ninemile Creek	Site# 551 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, temperature, water quality, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Ninemile Creek	Site# 455 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Ninemile Creek	Site# 587 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
48.5740	-119.7546	North Fork of Salmon Creek	Site# 182 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, temperature, water quality, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.1792	-119.5407	Okanogan River	Site# 371 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.1231	-119.5694	Okanogan River	Site# 503 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.2049	-119.5470	Okanogan River	Site# 415 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 389 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 325 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 124 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 435 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 549 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 313 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 401 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 74 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 465 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.1104	-119.5572	Okanogan River	Site# 467 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.1661	-119.5401	Okanogan River	Site# 323 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, Temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.2630	-119.5300	Okanogan River	Site# 383 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.4696	-119.5939	Okanogan River	Site# 406 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.0974	-119.5446	Okanogan River	Site# 575 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.3166	-119.5586	Okanogan River	Site# 346 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.2581	-119.5275	Okanogan River	Site# 319 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.1853	-119.5466	Okanogan River	Site# 339 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.2345	-119.5353	Okanogan River	Site# 426 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.1551	-119.5553	Okanogan River	Site# 435 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, Water quality, Temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.4581	-119.5963	Okanogan River	Site# 4543 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.3398	-119.5792	Okanogan River	Site# 474 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.4739	-119.5952	Okanogan River	Site# 562 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 62 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, Temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 464 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 416 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 448 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 340 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 404 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 336 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 384 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 528 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 142 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, Temperature, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 436 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, Temperature, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 411 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 347 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 324 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 427 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, Temperature, and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 344 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys
		Okanogan River	Site# 328 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys
		Okanogan River	Site# 320 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys
		Okanogan River	Site# 392 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys
		Okanogan River	Site# 459 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 432 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 577 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys
		Okanogan River	Site# 504 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys. surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 92 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 341 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 12 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 473 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 334 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 545 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 437 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 345 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 393 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 430 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 366 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 302 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 318 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.2181	-119.5526	Park Rill Creek	Site# 88 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.1720	-119.5990	Reed Creek	Site# 567 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys
49.1770	-119.6058	Reed Creek	Site# 403 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, Temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Salmon Creek	Site# 90 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Salmon Creek	Site# 424 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Salmon Creek	Site# 360 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Salmon Creek	Site# 440 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Salmon Creek	Site# 376 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.4548	-119.7330	Shatford Creek	Site# 590 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.4140	-119.8131	Shatford Creek	Site# 370 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.5085	-119.7814	Shingle Creek	Site# 541 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.4718	-119.6844	Shingle Creek	Site# 569 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.5069	-119.7460	Shingle Creek	Site# 333 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.4865	-119.7403	Shingle Creek	Site# 593 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys
49.3310	-119.5044	Shuttleworth Creek	Site# 582 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, Temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.3366	-119.5495	Shuttleworth Creek	Site# 162 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, Temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.3333	-119.5266	Shuttleworth Creek	Site# 538 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, Temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Similkameen River	Site# 356 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Similkameen River	Site# 211 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Similkameen River	Site# 28 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Similkameen River	Site# 379 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Similkameen River	Site# 352 of EMAP panel# 1, physical ,habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Siwash Creek	Site# 240 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, water quality, Temperature, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Siwash Creek	Site# 299 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, Temperature, and snorkel surveys.
		South Fork Salmon Creek	Site# 248 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, water quality, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Stapaloop Creek	Site# 329 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, water quality, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Swimptkin Creek	Site# 34 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, temperature, water quality, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.1118	-119.6177	Testalinden Creek	Site# 547 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
49.1186	-119.5942	Testalinden Creek	Site# 375 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Tonasket Creek	Site# 568 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, Temperature, and snorkel surveys.
		Tonasket Creek	Site# 128 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Trail Creek	Site# 21 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, temperature, water quality, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Tunk Creek	Site# 368 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, Water quality, Temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Tunk Creek	Site# 395 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.2543	-119.5113	Vaseux Creek	Site# 367 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.2462	-119.5224	Vaseux Creek	Site# 598 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Wanacut Creek	Site# 496 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, temperature, water quality, redd and snorkel surveys
48.7770	-119.4182	Whitestone Creek	Site# 55 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, temperature, water quality, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Bonaparte Creek	Site# 388 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.4799	-119.5862	Ellis Creek	Site# 470 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, and snorkel surveys.
49.0059	-119.4335	Haynes Creek	Site# 471 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.0771	-119.5006	Inkaneep Creek	Site# 535 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys. This site will also serve as a semi permanent counting or trapping location for adult summer steelhead.
		Johnson Creek	Site# 520 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys
		Loup Loup Creek	Site# 421 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Ninemile Creek	Site# 27 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat temperature, discharge, water quality, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys.
		Ninemile Creek	Site# 487 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, water quality, discharge,temperature, snorkel surveys, and redd surveys
		Okanogan River	Site# 64 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 25 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 159 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 309 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 84 of EMAP Annual panel, physical habitat, temperature, water quality, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 156 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature,discharge, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.2173	-119.5451	Okanogan River	Site# 490 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.4872	-119.6082	Okanogan River	Site# 493 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Okanogan River	Site# 453 of EMAP panel# 4, physical habitat, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys. This site also serves as the smolt trapping site for collecting out-migrant data for the Okanogan River.
		Omak Creek	Site# 361 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, temperature, water quality, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 48 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, temperature, water quality, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 437 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, temperature, water quality, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Omak Creek	Site# 353 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, temperature, discharge, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys. This is also an acclimation site.
		Omak Creek	Site# 373 of EMAP panel# 3, physical habitat, temperature, invertebrate sampling, and snorkel surveys. This sight also serves as a permanent weirs sight for enumeration of salmon and steelhead along with a broodstock collection facility.
		Salmon Creek	Site# 517 of EMAP panel# 5, physical habitat, temperature, water quality, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys. This sight could become a discharge monitoring point as well and maybe switched to the annual panel if regular flows are reestablished in the future.
		Salmon Creek	Site# 36 of EMAP panel# 1, physical habitat, temperature, discharge, water quality, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Salmon Creek	Site# 552 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, temperature, water quality, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Salmon Creek	Site# 316 of EMAP panel# 2, physical habitat, temperature, discharge, water quality, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.4783	-119.6115	Shingle Creek	Site# 317 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, and snorkel surveys.
49.3376	-119.5626	Shuttleworth Creek	Site# 522 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
		Similkameen River	Site# 46 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, invertebrate sampling, redd and snorkel surveys.
49.2518	-119.5135	Vaseux Creek	Site# 177 of EMAP annual panel, physical habitat, water quality, temperature, discharge, redd and snorkel surveys.

Section 3. Focal species

primary: Chinook Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall ESU
primary: Sockeye Okanogan River ESU
primary: Steelhead Upper Columbia River ESU
secondary: Chinook Upper Columbia River Spring ESU
secondary: Other Anadromous
secondary: Smallmouth Bass
secondary: Common Carp
secondary: Northern Pikeminnow
secondary: Rainbow Trout
secondary: Mountain Whitefish
secondary: Other Resident

Section 4. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishments
2005	Began implementation of anadromous M&E program throughout the Okanogan subbasin at 50 sites for physical habitat and water quality indicators. Developed biological monitoring protocols then conducted redd, snorkel surveys, and built needed infrastructure.
2004	Designed a basinwide M&E project for anadromous fish in the Okanogan River basin (randomly selected 150 sampling sites using EMAP-GTRS+ protocols), selected 38 indicators, wrote draft field protocols and applied these to 12 sites for testing.

Section 5. Relationships to other projects

Funding source	Related ID	Related title	Relationship
BPA	200400200	PNAMP Funding	The OBMEP project lead and consultants familiar with this project provide input and play an active leadership role in the PNAMP process for the development of future M&E guidance protocols related to salmon recovery within the Columbia River basin and across the Pacific Northwest..
BPA	200301700	Integrated Status/Effect Progr	The efforts of NOAA fisheries (specifically the efforts in the Wenatchee subbasin) and the OBMEP project have been closely integrated. This design ensures that both monitoring programs provide data that can be easily "rolled-up" with other data sets for evaluating the Upper Columbia ESU. Standardized protocols, methodologies, and field data collection efforts further ensure comparable results. This close collaboration will continue with data archiving, analysis, and field staff training for many years to come.
BPA	200303600	CBFWA Monitor/Eval Program	The OBMEP project lead and consultants familiar with this project provide input, data, and play an active leadership role in the CSMEP process while representing the Colville Tribes during the development of future M&E guidance protocols related to salmon recovery within the Columbia River basin..
BPA	200302300	Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery	Monitoring and Evaluation related to the proposed Chief Joseph Hatchery are being closely linked and integrated to ensure no duplication of efforts occurs and that monitoring associated with evaluating this hatchery are compatible with existing monitoring that is already underway in the Okanogan River basin. Synergies will emerge from these highly synchronized efforts.
BPA	198906201	Annual Work Plan CBFWA	The project lead and other OBMEP staff are occasionally requested to attend meetings, provide data, or present information related to the Anadromous Fish Advisory Committee. Involvement is typically limited to occasions when meeting topics include items that would relate to the OBMEP project, monitoring and evaluation efforts in the Columbia River basin, or Colville Tribal interests in the Okanogan River subbasin.
BPA	200000100	Anadromous Fish Habitat & Pass	The OBMEP project has been developed to assume responsibility for data collection needed within the Omak Creek Watershed to monitor project effectiveness over a number of years. Data being collected as part of the OBMEP project will be made available to project proponents for further analysis but this data will not cover necessary implementation monitoring. Close coordination between project sponsors and the OBMEP project is critical to successful completion of these shared tasks.
BPA	199604200	Restore Salmon Cr Anad Fish	The OBMEP project has several monitoring sites located within the Salmon Creek Watershed. The future of this project is uncertain and until a specific direction for this project is determined it will be hard to evaluate what the effectiveness monitoring needs will be or if they are compatible with the OBMEP design. We will continue talking with project proponents and integrate both programs so that no duplication of efforts occurs and all data necessary to evaluate project effectiveness are collected. OBMEP is not designed to cover implementation monitoring and this will be the sole responsibility of the project sponsor.
BPA	200306200	Eval Repro Success Kelt Steel	Efforts are coordinated as they relate to collecting enumeration data at the Omak Creek permanent weir site. Other efforts to evaluate DNA of Omak Creek summer steelhead and smolt trapping operations on Omak Creek could help provide information to the OBMEP project for comparison with other areas in the future. Upon request, data collected through OBMEP will be provided to project proponents to help in project evaluations.
BPA	200600100	McIntyre Dam Feasibility Study	This project is in the initial stages of development, but as this project progresses toward implementation OBMEP is uniquely positioned to help in the design, implementation, and analysis of effectiveness monitoring and evaluation. The original design of OBMEP specifically accounted for the inclusion of areas that would likely be made accessible to anadromous fish within 10 to 20 years. However, until the details of this project are known, the complete effectiveness monitoring needs for this project will remain unknown. Project implementation monitoring would not be included in these efforts.
PCSRF - Colville	CCT 05-2	Locally Adapted Broodstock Cas	This project provided the operational effort to operate the Omak Creek permanent weir facility. Adult fish enumeration is considered important to evaluating summer steelhead and spring chinook returning to Omak Creek. OBMEP utilizes these data and combines it with other data to evaluate the entire Okanogan River basin.
PCSRF - Colville	CCT 05-3	Operation and Maintenance of B	Releases from acclimation ponds will be incorporated with smolt monitoring information collected as part of the OBMEP project to assess smolt abundance leaving the Okanogan River basin.
PCSRF - Colville	CCT 05-4	Upper Columbia Basin Salmon Re	Monitoring within the Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Plan is tightly linked to the OBMEP program as the primary source for population scale analyses of status and trend, and to a lesser extent effectiveness monitoring and evaluation. Standardized data can easily be "rolled-up" to larger spatial scales such as the ESU and Columbia River Basin scales but is outside of the scope of this project.
Other: USGS	[no entry]	Surface water monitoring program	The USGS provides real-time dicharge monitoring at several sites along the Okanogan River main-stem and the Colville Tribes through the OBMEP project have expanded the capability of these locations to include real-time temperature monitoring. Continuation of this data stream is contingent upon continued funding of the OBMEP project.
Other: Environment Canada	[no entry]	Canadian surface water monitoring	Environment Canada installs, operates and maintains stream gauges throughout Canada under the direction of the Ministry. Discharge and water temperature are monitored at Shuttleworth, Vaseux, and Inkameep Creeks as a direct result of funding through the OBMEP project. However, stream gauges also provide this information at other locations through different funding sources and OBMEP uses these data to evaluate the entire Okanagan River basin.
Other: Washington State Department of Ecology	[no entry]	Surface water monitoring program	Several stream gauges that collect discharge and water temperature data and other water quality parameters are operated within the Okanogan River basin. These data are collected and combined with other data collect by the OBMEP project to evaluate the entire Okanogan River basin
Other: Department of Oceans and Fisheries, Canada	[no entry]	Juvenile sockeye abundance in Osoyoos Lake	Annual observation and hydro-acoustic surveys are conducted in Canada to determine annual smolt product in the Okanagan River basin. The OBMEP project uses these data and other data to determine the long-term status and trends of sockeye and other populations throughout the Okanagan River basin

Section 6. Biological objectives

Biological objectives	Full description	Associated subbasin plan	Strategy
Apply information to adaptive management	Gathering information is only beneficial if the knowledge gained is applied to future decisions. Therefore, this project will provide input through data requests, planning assessments, presentations, and other means to ensure that future processes benefit from the information collected under this project. We will also periodically update or create our own protocols, methodologies, and technologies as dictated by regional efforts and the results of our data evaluations.	Okanogan	Relates directly with number 9 in the linkages and logic path section and maintains consistency with the priority theme number 8.,
Collect analyze, and archive biological data	Biological data collection includes redd surveys, snorkel surveys, adult enumeration, smolt monitoring, macroinvertebrate collection and others. Data will be collected and analyzed for status and trend by transforming data into appropriate graphs to determine relevant biological thresholds and species specific timing. All data will be archived electronically at multiple locations in perpetuity.	Okanogan	Identified data gaps------for more information see the management plan of the Okanogan subbasin plan (NPCC 2004).
Collect analyze, and archive biological data	Biological data collection includes redd surveys, snorkel surveys, adult enumeration, smolt monitoring, macroinvertebrate collection and others. Data will be collected and analyzed for status and trend by transforming data into appropriate graphs to determine relevant biological thresholds and species specific timing. All data will be archived electronically at multiple locations in perpetuity.	Okanogan	1-1C, 1-1D,1-1A, (4-1A, 4-1B).........-----for more information see the management plan of the Okanogan subbasin plan (NPCC 2004).
Collect analyze, and archive physical habitat data	Physical habitat data collection includes cobble embeddedness, width-to-depth ratios, large woody debris counts, channel width, gradient, riparian structure and others that are known to have an impact on salmon and steelhead production. Data will be collected and analyzed for status and trend by transforming data into appropriate graphs to determine relevant biological thresholds and species specific timing. All data will be archived electronically at multiple locations in perpetuity.	Okanogan	Identified data gap-----for more information see the management plan of the Okanogan subbasin plan (NPCC 2004).
Collect analyze, and archive physical habitat data	Physical habitat data collection includes cobble embeddedness, width-to-depth ratios, large woody debris counts, channel width, gradient, riparian structure and others that are known to have an impact on salmon and steelhead production. Data will be collected and analyzed for status and trend by transforming data into appropriate graphs to determine relevant biological thresholds and species specific timing. All data will be archived electronically at multiple locations in perpetuity.	Okanogan	(4-1A, 4-1B,4-3D), (3-1A-3-1B), 1-2F.........-----for more information see the management plan of the Okanogan subbasin plan (NPCC 2004)
Collect analyze, and archive water quality data	Water quality data collection includes discharge and temperature, but also other indicators such as total dissolved gas, dissolved oxygen, heavy metals, aquatic nutrients and others that have potential impacts on salmon and steelhead. Data will be collected and analyzed for status and trend by transforming data into appropriate graphs to determine relevant biological thresholds and species specific timing. All data will be archived electronically at multiple locations in perpetuity.	Okanogan	Identified data gap-----for more information see the management plan of the Okanogan subbasin plan (NPCC 2004).
Collect analyze, and archive water quality data	Water quality data collection includes discharge and temperature, but also other indicators such as total dissolved gas, dissolved oxygen, heavy metals, aquatic nutrients and others that have potential impacts on salmon and steelhead. Data will be collected and analyzed for status and trend by transforming data into appropriate graphs to determine relevant biological thresholds and species specific timing. All data will be archived electronically at multiple locations in perpetuity.	Okanogan	1-1I, 5-1I, 9-1I,13-1C, 3-3C.....-----for more information see the management plan of the Okanogan subbasin plan (NPCC 2004).
Coordination and information dissemination	Coordination is a critical step in monitoring and evaluation efforts particularly in a watershed the size of the Columbia River. To maintain agency coordination and promote standardized data sets requires that practitioners follow similar experimental designs, field sampling methodologies, use common language, analytic techniques, and data architecture. The OBMEP project will maintain a leadership role in basin wide processes and disseminate information to local practitioners and the general public to provide a highly transparent project.	Okanogan	2-2B, 4-1C, Identified data gaps and Maintains consistency with the priority themes numbers 1 and 8.
Develop, operate, and maintain an archive database	Develop and maintain a database to capture all monitoring and evaluation related data, that conducts standard queries, and produces charts and graphs consistent with data collected in the subbasin. All data will be made accessible through the world-wide web after review for local and regional use at a variety of scales. These efforts are tightly aligned with Columbia basin-wide efforts such as; protocol builder, PNAMP, CSMEP, NED, stream-net, and NOAA fisheries efforts, yet, provides a local level of oversight and coordination.	Okanogan	Maintains consistency with the priority themes numbers 1 and 8.

Section 7. Work elements (coming back to this)

Work element name	Work element title	Description	Start date	End date	Est budget
Produce Status Report	Produce quarterly reports based on tasks identified within this scope of work	This is a required work element as part of being a BPA contractor.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$8,320
Biological objectives Apply information to adaptive management			Metrics
Produce Annual Report	Produce annual report based on tasks identified within this scope of work	This is a necessary part of any BPA project.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$17,879
Biological objectives Apply information to adaptive management			Metrics
Develop RM&E Methods and Designs	Create and modify procedure manuals	The OBMEP project has developed field method manuals for physical habitat, biological, and water quality sampling but these will need to be updated regularly. As regional guidance from groups like the NPCC, PNAMP, and CSMEP are developed or as technology and equipment change, protocols will need to be revised. Elements such as remote sensing data collection, data analysis, data architecture, nomenclature, data management, database operations will also require written procedures and methodologies to insure this project remains standardized with the region. These elements will be the primary focus of work over the 2007 to 2010 period.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$79,000
Biological objectives Apply information to adaptive management			Metrics
Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation	Environmental Compliance	Develop and submit permit applications for construction and operation of infrastructure needed to collect field data	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$15,000
Biological objectives Apply information to adaptive management			Metrics
Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Conduct snorkel surveys at all EMAP sites	Annual snorkel survey of 50 EMAP sites for juvenile anadromous fish to estimate densities. This information can then be used to determine the impact of habitat changes on fish production.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$91,341
Biological objectives Collect analyze, and archive biological data			Metrics Focal Area: Tributaries Primary R, M, and E Type: Action Effectiveness Research Secondary R, M, and E Type: Status and Trend Monitoring
Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Operate smolt traps on the Okanogan River	Enumerate sub-yearling and yearling summer/fall chinook smolts along with yearling sockeye, and outmigrating summer steelhead smolt. Collect data on juvenile summer steelhead to determine the possibility of per-smolt migrations to the Columbia River to avoid high summer water temperatures in the Main-stem Okanogan River.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$473,000
Biological objectives Collect analyze, and archive biological data			Metrics Focal Area: Tributaries Primary R, M, and E Type: Status and Trend Monitoring, Secondary R, M, and E Type: Uncertainties Research
Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Adult salmonid video enumeration	Operate and maintain up to 5 video counting facilities located at Zosel Dam and various tributaries. The Zosel Dam facility will operate year round and enumerate all anadromous fish species. Tributary sites will operate between March 1 to May 30 to assess summer steelhead returns. All fish will be counted that pass these points and information will be collected on species, origin, other marks, date, and time. This information will be entered into a database for rapid manipulation. Other information related to evaluation of the video system will also be collected to determine the most efficient and effective manner to operate these facilities.	3/1/2009	2/28/2010	$190,000
Biological objectives Collect analyze, and archive biological data			Metrics Focal Area: Tributaries Primary R, M, and E Type: Status and Trend Monitoring Secondary R, M, and E Type: Uncertainties Research
Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Data on steelhead redds for the Okanogan River & tributaries	Conduct census redd counts throughout the Okanogan subbasin on main-stem and accessible tributaries. Develop estimates for redd counts in inaccessible tributaries. Verify redd count estimates with weir and/or video counts where possible.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$111,000
Biological objectives Collect analyze, and archive biological data			Metrics Focal Area: Tributaries Primary R, M, and E Type: Status and Trend Monitoring Secondary R, M, and E Type: Action Effectiveness Research
Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Collect and process Benthic Macroinvertebrate samples	Collect 50 samples annually from EMAP sites in October using WDOE, EMAP, and British Columbia Ministry of the Environment protocols. Samples will be processed by Aquatic Biology Associates following standardized techniques used to process macroinvertebrates to level 3 for use in most IBI analyses.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$96,000
Biological objectives Collect analyze, and archive biological data			Metrics Focal Area: Tributaries Primary R, M, and E Type: Status and Trend Monitoring Secondary R, M, and E Type: Action Effectiveness Research
Install Fish Monitoring Equipment	Design, build, and install removable weirs, traps, and portable counting stations	Design and construct infrastructure needed to expand adult salmon and steelhead enumeration efforts throughout the Okanogan River subbasin.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$119,800
Biological objectives Collect analyze, and archive biological data			Metrics
Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Collection of physical habitat data at EMAP sampling sites	Collect physical habitat data on a suite of 38 different indicators of fish habitat, watershed health, channel morphology, land use, riparian structure, and human influence.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$252,000
Biological objectives Collect analyze, and archive physical habitat data			Metrics Focal Area: Tributaries Primary R, M, and E Type: Status and Trend Monitoring Secondary R, M, and E Type: Action Effectiveness Research
Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Address data gaps as needed	Data gaps exist for a number of physical habitat items such as irrigation diversion points, barriers, fish distributions, pumps, and other items. This information is needed to assess the needs in the subbasin and to make informed decisions. Data gaps are often exposed after data begins to be collected and it is important to fill these gaps before decisions are made. To avoid wasting time, money and other resources. OBMEP will address items that provide large improvements in knowledge at a low cost so that these answers can be provided to decision makers without delays that would result from finding funding to conduct this work.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$30,000
Biological objectives Collect analyze, and archive physical habitat data			Metrics Focal Area: Tributaries Primary R, M, and E Type: Uncertainties Research Secondary R, M, and E Type: Action Effectiveness Research
Install Flow Measuring Device	Have USGS or Environment Canada install 1 real-time stream gauging station per year	Several small streams within the Okanogan River basin currently do not have adequate monitoring for discharge or temperature. Using real-time gauging technology provides the most responsive look at environmental data and allows decisions makers and regulators a way to react when the conditions warrant a response. Modeling and predictions can occur and regulation based on monitoring results that allow greater management and control of resources and protection for salmon and steelhead.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$45,000
Biological objectives Collect analyze, and archive water quality data			Metrics * Is the measuring device portable or fixed?: Fixed
Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Okanogan Basin discharge, temp & water quality data at DOE & USGS gauging stations	Collect, verify, operate, and maintain real-time stream gauging stations for the collection of discharge and temperature data developed throughout the Okanogan subbasin. Surface water monitoring is conducted through cooperative agreements with USGS, WDOE, ONA, and Environment Canada.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$299,400
Biological objectives Collect analyze, and archive water quality data			Metrics Primary R, M, and E Type: Status and Trend Monitoring Secondary R, M, and E Type: Action Effectiveness Research Focal Area: Tributaries
Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Collect continuous water temperature data from 30 EMAP sites located throughout the Okanogan River basin	Collect continuous water temperature data at up to 30 sites located throughout the Okanogan River Basin.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$72,510
Biological objectives Collect analyze, and archive water quality data			Metrics Focal Area: Tributaries Primary R, M, and E Type: Status and Trend Monitoring Secondary R, M, and E Type: Action Effectiveness Research
Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Collect water quality grab samples from 30 EMAP sites located throughout the Okanogan River basin	Collect pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and conductivity and/or other water quality grab samples deemed important for monitoring and evaluation in the Columbia River basin. Data should be collected up to 3 times per month at up to 30 sites throughout the Okanogan subbasin.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$270,000
Biological objectives Collect analyze, and archive water quality data			Metrics Focal Area: Tributaries Primary R, M, and E Type: Status and Trend Monitoring Secondary R, M, and E Type: Action Effectiveness Research
Manage and Administer Projects	Manage Projects: produce invoices, accrual estimates, etc.	Administration of contracts, subcontracts, staff hiring, equipment purchases, etc... are all necessary logistical support items. Contract management is done in the most cost effective manner possible but has required an increasing share of time in recent years and this need is not anticipated to reduce in the foreseeable future.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$138,999
Biological objectives Coordination and information dissemination			Metrics
Coordination	Project coordination/public outreach	The design of this monitoring and evaluation project calls for coordination with several entities to ensure that our efforts are compatible with others throughout the Columbia River basin. The Okanogan River is also an international river and requires coordination with Canadian entities. Because of the random site selection used in this project we also have an on-going need to coordinate our efforts on private lands through public outreach. This project is also charged with coordinating monitoring and evaluation efforts within the basin to ensure that efforts are not duplicated; this is accomplished through coordination and information networking.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$135,000
Biological objectives Coordination and information dissemination			Metrics
Disseminate Raw/Summary Data and Results	Web-site development and maintenance, workshop/conference attendance, and publication	OBMEP has developed a preliminary web-site that will allow for information dissemination to a wide audience. The web page can also serve as a portal for information exchange between project cooperators. Content will need to be updated and posted frequently so that the site stays current. Professional conferences and journal publications will help inform other about the results and information generated by this projects.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$78,000
Biological objectives Coordination and information dissemination			Metrics
Create/Manage/Maintain Database	Complete, manage, and maintain database	Operate, maintain, and expand database as necessary to maintain compatibility with regional and system -wide efforts for standardized reporting and monitoring data archives.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$75,000
Biological objectives Develop, operate, and maintain an archive database			Metrics
Analyze/Interpret Data	Analyze collected and historical data on habitat, biological, and water quality parameters	Develop tools that sort, query, and partition data in a manner that provide clear concise results that can be communicated effectively to others. Develop graphic displays, tables, and models that illustrate status and trend for all indicators.	3/1/2007	2/28/2010	$96,000
Biological objectives Develop, operate, and maintain an archive database			Metrics Focal Area: Tributaries Primary R, M, and E Type: Status and Trend Monitoring Secondary R, M, and E Type: Uncertainties Research

Section 8. Budgets

Itemized estimated budget

Item	Note	FY07	FY08	FY09
Personnel	Biologist II - JArterburn (1.0 FTE)	$50,586	$53,123	$55,786
Personnel	Biologist I - KKistler (1.0 FTE)	$41,621	$43,701	$45,885
Personnel	Biologist I -MRayton (1.0 FTE)	$39,645	$41,621	$43,701
Personnel	Fish Tech II - TErb (1.0 FTE)	$24,336	$25,563	$26,832
Personnel	Fish Tech II - SSam (0.75-FTE)	$18,252	$18,252	$19,172
Personnel	Fish Tech I - Vacant (1.75-FTE)	$40,549	$42,588	$43,835
Personnel	Fish Tech I - Vacant (1.5-FTE)	$33,104	$33,930	$35,630
Personnel	Staff Asst - LSeymour (1.0-FTE)	$34,258	$35,963	$37,752
Fringe Benefits	Approxiamtely 23% of salaries	$65,328	$66,389	$67,450
Overhead	Indirect Costs based on current rate of 37.73%	$106,531	$111,206	$116,432
Travel	Travel and training based on past expenditures	$6,500	$6,825	$7,166
Capital Equipment	Boats trailers, motors, sampling equipment, computers, etc...	$20,000	$20,000	$20,000
Other	Subcontract with project cooperators (USGS, ONA, KWA, and LGL)	$300,000	$310,000	$320,000
Supplies	This includes a wide array of measuring and sampling eqiupment and supplies needed to collect data	$90,000	$88,737	$85,000
Totals		$870,710	$897,898	$924,641

Total estimated FY 2007-2009 budgets

Total itemized budget:	$2,693,249
Total work element budget:	$2,693,249

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
Chelan County PUD	Spawning ground surveys for summer/fall chinook	$40,000	$42,000	$44,100	In-Kind	Under Review
DFO/Environment Canada	Canadian summer Chinook studies	$40,000	$40,000	$40,000	In-Kind	Confirmed
Douglas County PUD/DFO	Sockeye salmon smolt production estimates	$67,000	$67,000	$67,000	In-Kind	Confirmed
Ministry of Land, Water, and Air Protection	Water quality data collected at Oliver site on the Okanagan River	$24,421	$26,863	$29,549	In-Kind	Confirmed
Okanagan Nation Alliance	Sockeye redd surveys on the Okanogan River	$8,000	$8,400	$8,820	In-Kind	Confirmed
USGS and other cooperators	Discharge monitoring on the Okanogan River	$34,462	$37,908	$41,699	In-Kind	Confirmed
Washington Department of Ecology	Water quality data	$83,382	$91,720	$100,892	In-Kind	Confirmed
Totals		$297,265	$313,891	$332,060

Section 9. Project future

FY 2010 estimated budget: $970,873
FY 2011 estimated budget: $970,873

Comments: Based upon a 5% increase per year to cover cost of living and inflation

Future O&M costs: This project is designed to be funded for a minimum of 20 years to develop the long-term data sets needed to accomplish status and trend monitoring and to begin answer questions related to program effectiveness within the Okanogan River basin. Twenty year would be completed 2/28/2025.

Termination date: 2/28/2025
Comments: Termination could be considered at by the above date but it is likely that this project would produce such vital information that termination would not take place instead the project might be adjusted or modified to meet current needs.

Final deliverables: The deliverables of this project are a long-term data set and information by which the successes or failures of funding salmon recovery projects in the Okanogan Basin can be assessed.

Section 10. Narrative and other documents

Reviews and recommendations

FY07 budget	FY08 budget	FY09 budget	Total budget	Type	Category	Recommendation
NPCC FINAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Oct 23, 2006) [full Council recs]
$391,333	$391,333	$391,333	$1,173,999	Expense	ProvinceExpense	Fund
NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs]
$362,667	$362,667	$362,667	$0		ProvinceExpense

ISRP PRELIMINARY REVIEW (Jun 2, 2006)

Recommendation: Fundable

NPCC comments: This continues to be a fine example of a monitoring project, which the ISRP supports wholeheartedly. There is a good description of the ongoing program, experimental design protocols, etc. The project was begun in 2004 with EMAP site selection, development of protocols, etc. There is a nice report of what was done, faulted only by not giving a summary of results. The proposal clearly places the work in the regional monitoring framework. This program is an important part of implementing the subbasin plan. There are excellent details on other related projects in the area. This project is providing M&E for a number of related BPA projects. The M&E objectives are clearly explained and methods are clearly outlined and stated, with references to the standard protocols. One technical caution: The proposal claims, "The health of a stream can be determined from the species of macroinvertebrates present." It goes on to say that "Benthic macroinvertebrate samples will be collected annually from each of the EMAP sites." Consideration needs to be given to the time of year when those samples might be taken. Life cycles of many aquatic invertebrates remove them from the stream environment seasonally, and/or render them difficult to sample at other times. There is no discussion of this point and its effects on the sampling protocol. Only a brief narrative is given on facilities. Personnel are excellent. There are specific information transfer work elements (coordination, outreach). The proposal emphasizes this aspect as a major part of its effort. This project is a critical link to evaluate the management efforts in the Okanogan basin. Benefits are expected to accrue in time as information gathered accumulates and is interpreted and acted upon. The thorough monitoring system will undoubtedly benefit the focal species in the long run, depending on actions taken to correct any problems.

ISRP FINAL REVIEW (Aug 31, 2006)

Recommendation: Fundable