FY07-09 proposal 200726100
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Section 1. Administrative
Proposal title | Habitat effectiveness survey of existing, historical, and potential beaver habitat in the Upper Columbia Basin, Methow Subbasin |
Proposal ID | 200726100 |
Organization | Pacific Biodiversity Institute |
Short description | The first phase of this project is a survey of existing and historical beaver habitat accompanied by an evaluation of existing habitat effectiveness models. |
Information transfer | A database and GIS information will be compiled and prepared for dissemination. A final report will be prepared and published. The final report, database and GIS information will be and distributed both on CD-ROM and on our web site. |
Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
Contacts
Contact | Organization | |
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Form submitter | ||
George Wooten | Methow Valley Citizens Council | gwooten@okanogan1.com |
All assigned contacts | ||
Peter Morrison | Pacific Biodiversity Institute | peter@pacificbio.org |
Section 2. Locations
Province / subbasin: Columbia Cascade / Methow
Latitude | Longitude | Waterbody | Description |
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Methow Watershed |
Section 3. Focal species
primary: Steelhead Upper Columbia River ESUsecondary: Chinook Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall ESU
secondary: Bull Trout
secondary: All Wildlife
Additional: American beaver
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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Section 6. Biological objectives
Biological objectives | Full description | Associated subbasin plan | Strategy |
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Data Gaps | assess current versus historical beaver abundance | Methow | [Strategy left blank] |
Natural Factors Limiting Fish Production | improve overall spawning and rearing habitat | Methow | increase the number of beaver |
Recommendation | improve beaver populations in the subwatershed | Methow | assessment of the loss of beaver activity in the Chewuch subwatershed in general, Eightmile Creek in particular, to determine the extent of loss of maintenance of channel function, and water and sediment storage |
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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Submit/Acquire Data | Assess current versus historical beaver abundance and distribution | Assess current versus historical beaver abundance and distribution | 3/1/2007 | 11/30/2007 | $79,240 |
Biological objectives Data Gaps |
Metrics |
Section 8. Budgets
Itemized estimated budget
Item | Note | FY07 | FY08 | FY09 |
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Personnel | [blank] | $79,240 | $0 | $0 |
Totals | $79,240 | $0 | $0 |
Total estimated FY 2007-2009 budgets
Total itemized budget: | $79,240 |
Total work element budget: | $79,240 |
Cost sharing
Funding source/org | Item or service provided | FY 07 est value ($) | FY 08 est value ($) | FY 09 est value ($) | Cash or in-kind? | Status |
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Forest Service | beaver transplant facility | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | In-Kind | Under Development |
WDFW | beaver transplant facility | $0 | $10,000 | $5,000 | In-Kind | Under Development |
Totals | $5,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 |
Section 9. Project future
FY 2010 estimated budget: $0 FY 2011 estimated budget: $0 |
Comments: |
Future O&M costs:
Termination date:
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Final deliverables:
Section 10. Narrative and other documents
Revised Proposal 200726100 - Habitat effectiveness survey of existing, historical, and potential beaver habitat in the Upper Columbia Basin, Methow Subbasin | Jul 2006 |
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 | Basinwide | ||
NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
$0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ProvinceExpense | ||
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: This proposal presents an alternative to ‘heavy-handed on site management activities’, by re-introducing beaver back into river systems. The ISRP applauds the authors for their inclusion of historic information including an attempt to reintroduce the species back into the system in the 1930s. The earlier reintroduction attempt failed, but the authors believe the re-introductions were not placed at logical locations. The authors want to begin with the existing habitat effectiveness model, but use specific data collected from the study area to refine beaver habitat characteristics in the model. The ISRP agrees that this is a worthwhile concept but seek a response that provides more detail on the specific types of habitat and stream data (and the metrics) that will be collected and how the data will be specifically analyzed in phase 1 and phase 2. The ISRP assumes use and non-use sites will be the backbone of the overall analyses, but need more details in a response.
ISRP FINAL REVIEW (Aug 31, 2006)
Recommendation: Fundable
NPCC comments: This project is a potential step in beaver reintroduction as a management technique for improving anadromous fish habitat. Specifics about inputs for the beaver model were presented as requested (including a data sheet) and a considerable amount of recent literature cited. The fact that they would be utilizing information from other ongoing beaver studies in the region is a plus for the project. However, some of the details are not clear about how habitat suitability for beaver will be analyzed or how factors limiting successful colonization by beaver will be determined; i.e., sites now unused by beavers include both suitable and unsuitable sites, and how will these two categories be separated? We remain uncertain if the approach/model will be adequate (but there a few guarantees anywhere) but think it should be given a try. The approach is creative and not heavy-handed!