Okanogan Livestock and Water proposal 200714500

FY07-09 proposal 200714500

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Okanogan Livestock and Water
Proposal ID	200714500
Organization	Okanogan Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Short description	Provide a cost share program to assist producers in developing offsite water for livestock and provide assistanc fencing riparian areas. Allowing producers to respond to and prevent complaints
Information transfer	electronically
Proposal contact person or principal investigator

Contacts

Contact	Organization	Email
Form submitter
Bob Anderson	okanogan Conservation District	boba@okanogancd.org
All assigned contacts
Bob Anderson	okanogan Conservation District	boba@okanogancd.org

Section 2. Locations

Province / subbasin: /

Latitude	Longitude	Waterbody	Description
48:51:01	119:24:53	methow and Okanogan and tribs	county wide program withemphisis on salmon bearing streams
		Methow, okanogan and tribs	county wide program, with emphisis onSalmon bearing Streams

Section 3. Focal species

primary: Chinook Upper Columbia River Spring ESU
primary: Chinook Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall ESU
primary: Steelhead Upper Columbia River ESU
secondary: River Lamprey
secondary: Sockeye Okanogan River ESU
secondary: Cutthroat Trout
secondary: Bull Trout

Section 4. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishments

Section 5. Relationships to other projects

Funding source	Related ID	Related title	Relationship
Other: Washington Conservation Commissiom	04-19-IM-01	Vance	This grant involved fencing, berm creation with settling pond and planting native species along water way to prevent livestock damage to water quality and the riparian area.
Other: Washington Conservation Commissiom	03-19-IM-01	Oberg	This project involved capturing springs that were saturating a feed lot and piping it away from the facility to keep the water clean, it also involved the ditching of the facility to keep run off from entering the lot along with the construction of a mitigation wetland.
Other: US Fish and Wildlife	134100J002	Konrad	This project provided fencing of 3/4 of a mile of Methow river frontage for cattle exclusion, also replanted the area with native species and developed a well and solar off site water and troughs for watering.
Other: US Fish and Wildlife	134100J002	Lehman	This project relocated working stock corrals that were in the Methow river back 300 feet from the river and developed off site water for the enclosures along with a fence along the river and rehab plantings.

Section 6. Biological objectives

Biological objectives	Full description	Associated subbasin plan	Strategy
Increase recruitment of LWD	Fencing of riparian areas will increase future LWD, allong with planting in the fenced area	Methow	Reduce impacts on stream corridor through improved land use practices, such as increased riparian buffer widths, decreased livestock grazing and improved irrigation efficiencies.
Reduce Redd Damage	Reduce redd damage through reducing cattle access to streams.	None	Install and maintain fencing or fish friendly crossings to prevent livestock access to riparian areas and streams.
Reduce Sedimentaion	sedimentation would be reduced by reducing bank disturbance through hoove shear and increased bank stablization.	Methow	Implement habitat stewardship projects with private landowners

Section 7. Work elements (coming back to this)

Work element name	Work element title	Description	Start date	End date	Est budget
Develop Alternative Water Source	develope offsite water sources	develope offsite water sources for livestock, including wells, pumps, troughs, and pipelines.	4/1/2007	12/30/2009	$57,900
Biological objectives			Metrics
Install Fence	Install Fence	Install livestock exclusion fence and or hardened water gaps on selected sites	4/1/2007	12/30/2009	$25,000
Biological objectives			Metrics * # of miles of fence: 1mile
Plant Vegetation	plant native species	plant native species inside of fence to increase LWD recrutement and provide for Bank stabilization	4/1/2007	12/30/2009	$7,500
Biological objectives			Metrics
Identify and Select Projects	Identify and select projects	The Identification and selection of the projects will consist of several outreach meetings and calling for applications, site visits and rankingthe proposals	1/1/2007	1/1/2009	$45,000
Biological objectives			Metrics
Manage and Administer Projects	project administration	staff time to manage the program and administer the projects	4/1/2007	12/30/2009	$17,460
Biological objectives			Metrics

Section 8. Budgets

Itemized estimated budget

Item	Note	FY07	FY08	FY09
Personnel	[blank]	$13,400	$10,050	$6,700
Fringe Benefits	[blank]	$6,400	$4,950	$3,300
Travel	[blank]	$3,500	$1,500	$1,500
Capital Equipment	new computer, current one is outdated	$3,000	$500	$500
Other	office rent	$1,700	$1,700	$1,700
Supplies	this is cost of wells, pumps, wire, posts ect.	$30,000	$30,000	$15,000
Overhead	@ 12%	$5,820	$5,820	$5,820
Totals		$63,820	$54,520	$34,520

Total estimated FY 2007-2009 budgets

Total itemized budget:	$152,860
Total work element budget:	$152,860

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
Totals		$0	$0	$0

Section 9. Project future

FY 2010 estimated budget: $0
FY 2011 estimated budget: $0

Comments:

Future O&M costs:

Termination date:
Comments:

Final deliverables:

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]
$0	$0	$0	$0	Expense	ProvinceExpense	Fund Pending Available Funds
NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs]
$0	$0	$0	$0		ProvinceExpense

ISRP PRELIMINARY REVIEW (Jun 2, 2006)

Recommendation: Fundable (Qualified)

NPCC comments: The ISRP finds this proposal sufficiently justified to not require a response, although clarifications and adjustments might be required in the final selection process. The problem is adequately defined, although the proposal would have been improved by some review of the literature on the results of similar projects. While this is listed as a new proposal, the proponents have had experience with similar projects in the past. There are related projects funded by other agencies. Objectives are rather general, with a process described to select specific objectives after prioritization. Methods are described only briefly, and additional information might need to be provided on how sites will be ranked for selection. Mention of the installation of artificial logjams (narrative, p. 2 and p. 4) raised some concerns in the absence of full description. The proposal would have been improved by inclusion of a plan to monitor and evaluate their results. Section 7 of the Administrative Summary indicates "No Metrics” for several work elements. While this may be accurate in terms of Biological Objectives, setting likely targets in terms of miles of fence or quantities of water in the new sources to be developed should be possible. These will have some indirect biological effects on fish and wildlife. The proposal refers to documents that justify the measures to be undertaken, but the citations make no mention of the expected benefits to fish and wildlife. These benefits are implied if not specified in the documents cited. It would be worthwhile for the proponents to make that connection explicitly. The Administrative Summary lists "river lamprey" as a secondary species likely to be affected. We believe the proponents meant to say Pacific lamprey. Although river lamprey may also be present, the species of most interest to tribal members is probably the Pacific lamprey, since it is (normally) the more abundant of the two. The Administrative Summary mentions that data will be stored electronically. Further explanation in the narrative would have been useful. There should be some regional accounting of miles of fence, cfs of water added, etc. in the Fish and Wildlife Program.

ISRP FINAL REVIEW (Aug 31, 2006)

Recommendation: Fundable (Qualified)