UPA Project - Programmatic Habitat Complexity Projects in the Methow River Subbasin proposal 200726400

FY07-09 proposal 200726400

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	UPA Project - Programmatic Habitat Complexity Projects in the Methow River Subbasin
Proposal ID	200726400
Organization	Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation
Short description	These projects would eliminate dikes, open side channels, and enhance floodplain connectivity at various sites in the Methow subbasin. Identification and ranking to be based on MIHRP study. Submitted as budget placeholder at request of BPA (Chris Furey).
Information transfer	This is not a research project and does not include information transfer; however, the Bureau of Reclamation will be the repository for project Completion Reports for those Methow River subbasin projects for which it provides technical assistance.
Proposal contact person or principal investigator

Contacts

Contact	Organization	Email
Form submitter
Jo Snyder	Bureau of Reclamation	jsnyder@pn.usbr.gov
All assigned contacts
Drew Baird	Bureau of Reclamation	dbaird@do.usbr.gov
Linda Hermeston		llhermeston@bpa.gov
Chris Johnson	Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation	msrf@communitynet.org
Chris Johnson	Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation	msrf@communitynet.org
Greg Knott	Bureau of Reclamation	gknott@pn.usbr.gov

Section 2. Locations

Province / subbasin: Columbia Cascade / Methow

Latitude	Longitude	Waterbody	Description
48 23 55.02	120 2 38.48	Beaver Creek	Upper Beaver
48 32 06.81	120 19 22.61	Methow River	Fender Mill Phase 2 Project site (approximately RM 66.0)
48 22 7.20	120 11 13.9	Side Channel, Methow River	Chain of Lakes
48 22 6.06	120 18 59.95	Twisp River	Jennings
		Twisp, Chewuch and Methow Rivers	The programmatic activities apply to the entire Methow River subbasin.

Section 3. Focal species

primary: Chinook Upper Columbia River Spring ESU
primary: Steelhead Upper Columbia River ESU
secondary: Coho Unspecified Population
secondary: Westslope Cutthroat
secondary: Bull Trout
Additional: American Beaver, Lewis' Woodpecker, Willow Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow-breasted Chat

Section 4. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishments

Section 5. Relationships to other projects

Funding source	Related ID	Related title	Relationship
Other: Misc		Hancock Springs Habitat Improvements Projects	This site is about 0.5 mile downstream from the Fender Mill project site near the confluence of Hancock Springs, a spring fed tributary of the Methow River. Several projects in Hancock Creek have improved juvenile salmonid rearing habitat. In 2005, the Yakama Nation implemented a project to improve instream habitat in Hancock Creek. This project involved fencing a portion of the creek to exclude cattle, revegetating the stream bank, and installing log structures to increase habitat complexity. In 2003, through a BPA-funded grant, the Yakama Nation replaced a barrier culvert to allow juvenile steelhead and spring Chinook access to the Hancock Springs wetland complex in an effort to provide rearing habitat and to increase overwintering survival. In 2000, the Natural Resource Conservation Service and Okanogan County fenced a section of Hancock Creek to exclude cattle and revegetated the stream bank to reduce sedimentation, reduce bank erosion, and provide stream shading. The Fender Mill Phase 2 project will complement these projects by reconnecting the floodplain upstream from Hancock Creek, which will provide additional rearing and overwintering habitat for juvenile steelhead, spring Chinook salmon, and bull trout.
Other: WDFW		Rockview Irrigation Diversion	In 2001, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife decommissioned the Rockview irrigation diversion (at the upstream end of the Fender Mill project site) and transferred the water right from surface water to groundwater wells to increase instream flows in the mainstem Methow River. The Fender Mill project will also increase instream flows by reconnecting old floodplain channels, which provide storage capacity for excess flows and recharge of shallow groundwater in dry seasons (see NPCC 2004, page 184).
Other: BPA		Methow River Fish Screens	In 2001, through a BPA-funded grant, the Yakama Nation and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife upgraded existing fish screens and installed new fish screens on Methow River irrigation diversions to prevent entrapment of juvenile fish.
Other: BPA		Goat Creek Habitat Improvements	A BPA-funded a habitat improvement project on Goat Creek, a major tributary of the upper Methow River about 4 miles upstream from the Fender Mill Phase 2 project site. In 2001, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service created meander bends in the lower 1.5 miles of Goat Creek to restore floodplain function, restore natural stream morphology, and improve the migration corridor for spring Chinook salmon, steelhead, and bull trout. From 1998 to 2001, the Yakama Nation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service enhanced and rehabilitated instream habitat conditions in Goat Creek by installing rock weirs to decrease stream velocity and to provide resting and rearing habitat for spring Chinook salmon, steelhead and bull trout. By restoring natural floodplain processes, the Fender Mill project will also aid in decreasing stream velocities and will provide access to additional spawning and rearing habitat for juvenile and adult salmonids in the upper Methow River subbasin.
Other: Washington State		Little Boulder Creek Culvery Replacement	Little Boulder Creek is a right bank tributary of the Methow River about 4 miles upstream from the Fender Mill Phase 2 project site. Steelhead are known to spawn in Little Boulder Creek. In 2005, the State replaced the culvert under Highway 20 to allow better fish passage from the Methow River into Little Boulder Creek. The Fender Mill Phase 2 project will provide additional rearing habitat for juvenile steelhead.
Other: Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation		The Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation	The MSRF purchased land on the right (south) bank of the lower Twisp River, at river mile 1.9, to provide riparian protections to the area. MSRF granted a deed restriction to IAC to remove development rights from these properties. The MSRF diversion and a side channel and pond complex are on this land. For the past 3 years, the MSRF has been working to provide year-round surface water flow into and through the isolated side channel and pond complex and to restore habitat. The goals are to provide rearing areas, improved acclimation ponds, increased flood plain width for bank storage, over-wintering refugia, new winter-rearing habitat, fish resting areas, increased flood plain wetland and riparian habitat, and improved potential for groundwater recharge 2 miles downstream from the proposed Chain of Lakes project area. The Chain of Lakes project will further the efforts of this project to improve off-channel habitat and enhance floodplain connectivity in the lower 15 miles of Twisp River. Andonaegui (2000, page 130) recommends restoring access to the floodplain and reconnecting side channels in the lower 15 miles of the Twisp River.
Other: Salmon Recovery Funding Board	00-1677	Methow Conservancy Conservation Easements near Fender Mill	Beginning in 2001, the Methow Conservancy received funding from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board (project ID# 00-1677) to acquire conservation easements in areas that were prioritized as pristine habitat for fish and wildlife. The Methow Conservancy has protected more than 4,800 acres and 12.8 miles of critical riparian shoreline habitat along the Methow River and its tributaries. The Methow River in the vicinity of the Fender Mill area has been a primary target for acquisition of riparian conservation easements. In this reach of the Methow River, the Methow Conservancy has acquired conservation easements on 13 properties covering 522 acres and 30,555 feet of riverfront. The easements are designed for Methow River riparian and aquatic habitat protection through riparian zone buffers, agricultural land protection, land protection from threat of commercial development, and wildlife habitat protection.
Other: Salmon Recovery Funding Board	00-1677	Methow Conservancy Conservation Easements near Chain of Lakes	Beginning in 2001, the Methow Conservancy received funding from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board (project ID# 00-1677) to acquire conservation easements in areas that were prioritized as pristine habitat for fish and wildlife. The Methow Conservancy has protected more than 4,800 acres and 12.8 miles of critical riparian shoreline habitat along the Methow River and its tributaries. In the Twisp River watershed, the Conservancy has acquired easements on 10 properties covering 342 acres and 7,160 feet of riverfront. The focus of the Twisp River watershed easements is Twisp River riparian and aquatic habitat protection through riparian zone buffers, shrub-steppe habitat protection, wildlife habitat protection, and agricultural land protection. Habitat restoration projects such as the Chain of Lakes project are more likely to be successful over time in conjunction with added protections that conservation easements provide.
Other: Reclamation		Methow Valley Irrigation District West Diversion Projects	In 2004, Reclamation replaced the old fish screen at the MVID West Diversion at RM 5 with a new regulation-compliant fish screen to protect fish from being trapped in the irrigation canal. The MVID West Irrigation Canal currently diverts 17 cfs from the Twisp River; 6 cfs is returned to the river via the wasteway. Under this proposal, the 6 cfs flow would be available for use for fishery enhancement for side channel, off-channel, and floodplain connectivity.
BPA	200500500	Hottell Intake Gate	The Hottell irrigation diversion is in a reach of the Twisp River that provides spawning and rearing habitat for spring Chinook and summer steelhead. The unregulated intake canal allowed spring flows to overtop the fish screen. In 2005, Reclamation installed a headgate structure and constructed a rock-lined wasteway channel to help regulate stream velocity at the screen and to prevent fish from becoming entrapped in the irrigation ditch. Forest Service and Washington Department of Ecology employees have observed large numbers of stranded juvenile steelhead in the ditch before the installation of the headgate. The Chain of Lakes project provides increased amounts of rearing habitat for juvenile fish in Twisp River.
Other: Forest Service		Twisp River Tributary Culvert Replacements	Between 2001 and 2005, the Forest Service replaced culverts that were upstream barriers to fish migration in North Creek, Scatter Creek, War Creek, Eagle Creek, and Little Bridge Creek. The proposed project will enhance habitat for fish production and migration throughout the Twisp River watershed.
Other: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation		Libby-Hansler Well Conversion	In the past, the Libby-Hansler Irrigation Diversion diverted about 1.5 to 2.0 cfs from the Twisp River at the top of the Jennings project site. In 2005, Methow SAlmn Recovery Foundation recieved funding from NFWF under the Community Salmon Fund to assist landowners in converting from the surface water source to ground water wells. Reclamation provided technical assistance to the five landowners serviced by the Libby-Hansler diversion to convert the irrigation water from surface water to groundwater wells. This conversion provided fish benefits by eliminating technical problems with the old fish screen and eliminating the need for instream work to maintain the diversion’s effectiveness.
Other: Forest Service		Twisp River Tributary Culvert Replacements	Between 2001 and 2005, the Forest Service replaced culverts that were upstream barriers to fish migration in North Creek, Scatter Creek, War Creek, Eagle Creek, and Little Bridge Creek. The proposed project will enhance habitat for fish production and migration throughout the Twisp River watershed.
Other: Forest Service		Aspen Ditch Replacement	In 2005, the Forest Service and Reclamation replaced the Aspen Meadows Ditch diversion, located at RM 3 in Little Bridge Creek. Little Bridge Creek is a major tributary of the Twisp River located about a mile below the proposed Jennings project. The diversion was a deteriorating weir that was a barrier to juvenile fish at all flows and a barrier to all fish at low flows. Steelhead and bull trout occur in this reach. Reclamation designed and installed a roughened channel weir to allow fish passage and to maintain irrigation flows. The Forest Service completed the permitting and providing funding for project implementation.
Other: Forest Service		Respect the River Program	The Forest Service’s annual and ongoing “Respect the River Program” is designed to reduce recreation impacts on riparian areas inhabited by Chinook salmon, steelhead, and bull trout. The Forest Service has implemented riparian restoration under this program in the Twisp River, Beaver Creek, Upper Methow River, and Chewuch River. At the Jennings project area, the Forest Service obliterated a riparian road, constructed fence, and revegetated 1 acre of riparian area to reduce compaction and erosion of the streambank and to protect habitat for listed salmonids. Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation partnered with USFS to expand the Respect the River program to sites on the Twisp and Chewuch Rivers in 2005.
Other: WDFW		Lower Beaver Creek Irrigation Diversion Reconstructions	Reclamation implemented this project in conjunction with the Marracci/Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Diversion Renovation and Ditch Piping Project to increase suitable spawning and rearing habitat for steelhead, spring Chinook salmon, and bull trout. The Fort-Thurlow, Upper Stokes, Lower Stokes, and the Transfer Ditch irrigation diversions are in the Beaver Creek drainage of the Methow River subbasin. In the fall of 2003, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife identified five irrigation diversions on Lower Beaver Creek that were passage barriers to fish. These barriers were effectively blocking 90 percent of the available habitat in Beaver Creek. At low flows, the Upper and Lower Stokes and the Transfer Ditch were three of these barriers, while the Fort Thurlow diversion was a barrier at all flows. During the fall of 2003 and 2004, Reclamation replaced reinforced push-up dams at each of these sites with a series of rock weirs in order to reduce drop heights to facilitate fish passage and to provide improved water delivery for irrigation purposes. The proposed project enhances habitat upstream of the removed fish passage barriers.
Other: WDFW		Marracci Diversion, Screen and Piping	The Marracci Irrigation Diversion is located at the proposed Upper Beaver Creek habitat restoration site near RM 6. The Marracci/Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Diversion structure was a low-flow barrier to bull trout, steelhead, and spring Chinook salmon. In 2005, the temporary diversion structure was replaced with a permanent structure incorporating engineered fish passage. The existing fish screen was replaced, and irrigation ditch piped.
Other: Forest Service		Beaver Creek Tributaries Culvert Replacements	The Forest Service replaced three culverts on the South Fork Beaver Creek that were barriers to upstream fish migration in 2003. Fish barrier culverts at the mouth of the Middle Fork Beaver Creek and main stem Beaver Creek will be replaced in 2006. The proposed Upper Beaver Creek project will enhance habitat for fish production and migration throughout the Beaver Creek watershed.
Other: Forest Service		Beaver Creek Beaver Pond Restoration	The Forest Service has been fencing abandoned beaver ponds and reintroducing beavers in the Beaver Creek watershed since 1992. This has resulted in over 100 acres of restored wetlands and ponds that provide natural water storage and high quality fish and wildlife habitat in the Beaver Creek watershed.

Section 6. Biological objectives

Biological objectives	Full description	Associated subbasin plan	Strategy
Accomplish Objectives	This objective includes those activities that support the administrative tasks associated with the project. These tasks help ensure the biological objectives are accomplished without adversely affecting other river geomorphological processes in the river.	Methow
Increase and Improve Riparian Habitat	The loss of riparian habitat and floodplain connectivity severely diminishes large wood recruitment to the river. Large wood in the channel provides cover for fish, slows water velocities, creates pool and off-channel fish habitat, provides nutrients for invertebrate populations, and gathers spawning gravels. Intact riparian areas provide stream shading to the river, which decreases summer maximum temperatures.<p> Key features of activities at the various project sites include planting vegetation, increasing the water availability to the existing riparian growth in side channels and beaver pond areas to improve riparian habitat, and using rootwads and engineered log jams to increase future large wood recruitment. <p>The methods to achieve the above objective are to breach dikes (at the Jennings site), split flows into side channels (at the Fender Mill, Jennings, and Upper Beaver Creek sites), address armored banks and rip-rap (at the Fender Mill, Jennings, and Upper Beaver Creek sites), and add natural river materials such as logs and boulders to increase roughness and habitat complexity (at all the sites). The programmatic activities at other sites will use similar methods.<p>	Methow	Restore and reconnect wetlands, floodplains, side channels and other off-channel habitat; add large woody debris and place in-channel engineered log jams.
Increase Rearing Habitat	A primary objective of this project is to provide rearing habitat and high flow refugia for summer steelhead, spring Chinook salmon, and bull trout. All three species are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The proposed project is designed to primarily provide beneficial habitat for juvenile fish of these focal fish species. The project may also benefit Coho salmon, a focal species that the Yakama Nation is reintroduced into the Methow River subbasin.<p> Key features of activities at the various project sites include the creation and reconnection of lower gradient side channels and beaver ponds that connect the stream to the floodplain and provide smaller velocity channels that are shaded and protect steelhead redds and juveniles to provide optimum rearing habitat for all the focal fish species. This will also enhance the habitat complexity in the main stem reaches. The goal of all of these projects is to reintroduce and use natural stream processes to ultimately restore fish habitat. <p>The methods to achieve the objective of increasing rearing habitat for juvenile steelhead, spring Chinook salmon, and bull trout include, for example, breaching the manmade dikes at the Jennings site, rerouting flows into side channels at the Jennings and Upper Beaver Creek sites, addressing rip-rap bank armoring at the Fender Mill, Jennings, and Upper Beaver Creek sites, and reconnecting ponds at the Chain of Lakes and Jennings sites. The programmatic activities at other sites will use similar methods.<p>	Methow	Increase habitat diversity (riparian function, LWD, etc.) to increase survival of listed species at various life stages.
Increase Spawning Habitat	A secondary objective of the project is to increase spawning habitat for steelhead and spring Chinook salmon. Throughout much of the lower 15 miles of the Twisp River (the location of the Chain of Lakes and Jennings projects), the active channel can be characterized as an incised, armored, boulder-dominated, meandering river. The incised, high-energy main channel is transporting spawning gravels downstream. Forest Service biologists observed very little spawning habitat for spring Chinook salmon or steelhead during a November 2005, 1.3-mile habitat survey in the Chain of Lakes area of the Twisp River. At the Jennings Project area in Twisp River, Pacific Watershed Institute (2003) found that steelhead and spring Chinook salmon spawning habitat was impaired and isolated. At the Fender Mill Project site on the Methow River very little spawning habitat exists due to the lack of large woody debris and due to rip-rap along the banks, which has forced the channel to the right side of the floodplain. The Upper Beaver Creek site has poor spawning habitat for steelhead and spring Chinook salmon due to rip-rap that lines both banks. The rip-rap has confined and straightened the stream channel. <p>Key features of activities at the various project sites include diverting some of the flow into side channels to reduce water velocities, allowing the accumulation of spawning gravel in the side channels. This may also provide or enhance spawning habitat in the main stem reaches. <p>The method to achieve the objective of increased spawning habitat is to split the main stem flows into side channels, such as at the Jennings and Upper Beaver Creek sites. The programmatic activities at other sites will use similar methods.<p>	Methow	Increase survival fish in the egg incubation and fry colonization life stages by reducing bed scour to appropriate proper functioning conditions and increase the accumulation of spawning gravels in the project area.
Reduce Brook Trout Populations	Eastern brook trout are an introduced species that is present throughout the subbasin. Introduced brook trout threaten bull trout through hybridization, competition, and possibly predation. Brook trout spawn and rear in wetlands close to the Fender Mill Phase 2 Project Area. Brook trout are known to spawn in lower Twisp River and in Upper Beaver Creek. Reestablishing access for native fish to previously disconnected off-channel habitat should increase competition with brook trout by providing additional rearing and potential spawning habitat for native species. Brook trout may not retain dominance where native fish have access to habitat.<p>The method to achieve the objective is to reconnect beaver ponds to the main stem to introduce competition to the brook trout (such as at the Fender Mill and Upper Beaver Creek sites). The programmatic activities at other sites will use the same method.	Methow	Reduce unacceptable predation on salmonids by exotic and native piscivores.

Section 7. Work elements (coming back to this)

Work element name	Work element title	Description	Start date	End date	Est budget
Manage and Administer Projects	Project Management and Administration (MSRF)	MSRF’s work to manage ground efforts or to manage subcontractors, administrative work in support of Bonneville Power Administration’s programmatic requirements such as metric reporting, financial reporting, development of Statements of Work. MSRF’s full-time Project Manager will provide outreach, project coordination, solicitation and management of grants, compliance documentation, construction bid and administration, construction oversight, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation throughout the grant period.	10/1/2006	9/30/2010	$165,000
Biological objectives Accomplish Objectives			Metrics
Produce Status Report	Progress and Status Reports (MSRF)	Prepare and submit annual reports; non-annual reports required or produced for a contract such as as-built drawings and completion reports detailing the deliverables for each work element in the project; and either monthly or quarterly, the status of milestones and deliverables in each contract.	10/1/2006	9/30/2009	$30,000
Biological objectives Accomplish Objectives			Metrics
Realign, Connect, and/or Create Channel	Remove Dikes to Enhance the Floodplain at Fender Mill, Phase 2	Remove dikes to reconnect the river with an abandoned channel, reconnect the river with the floodplain, and restore floodplain functionality. This also includes permitting activities, pre-project and post-project habitat and fish monitoring, revegetation, and an adaptive management plan.	10/1/2006	9/30/2009	$350,000
Biological objectives Increase Rearing Habitat Reduce Brook Trout Populations			Metrics * # of stream miles treated, including off-channels, after realignment: miles (0.5)
Realign, Connect, and/or Create Channel	Reconnect Side Channel Ponds at the Chain of Lakes	Create side channels, reconnect a series of five ponds, deepen some side channel and pond areas, and enhance fish passage and habitat by installing install fish passage and control structures, large woody debris, and riparian and upland plants. This also includes permitting activities, pre-project and post-project habitat and fish monitoring, revegetation, and an adaptive management plan.	10/1/2006	9/30/2007	$250,000
Biological objectives Increase and Improve Riparian Habitat Increase Rearing Habitat Increase Spawning Habitat			Metrics * # of stream miles treated, including off-channels, after realignment: miles (1.23)
Realign, Connect, and/or Create Channel	Reconnect Beaver Ponds at Jennings	Remove dikes and create a channel to connect a series of beaver ponds with the main stem river. In conjunction with bank protection removal, this will reconnect the floodplain, encourage greater riparian development, increase the habitat comlexity, and change hydraulic conditions that may eventually cause channel realignment. This also includes permitting activities, pre-project and post-project habitat and fish monitoring, revegetation, and an adaptive management plan.	10/1/2006	9/30/2008	$340,000
Biological objectives Increase and Improve Riparian Habitat Increase Rearing Habitat Increase Spawning Habitat			Metrics * # of stream miles treated, including off-channels, after realignment: miles (1.33)
Realign, Connect, and/or Create Channel	Realign Channel at Upper Beaver Creek	Connect the upstream end of a straightened and rip-rapped section of creek to its historical stream channel and reroute some or all flows into the historically dry channel to improve floddplain connectivity and encourage the deposition of sediment. This also includes permitting activities, pre-project and post-project habitat and fish monitoring, revegetation, and an adaptive management plan.	10/1/2006	9/30/2009	$360,000
Biological objectives Increase and Improve Riparian Habitat Increase Rearing Habitat Increase Spawning Habitat Reduce Brook Trout Populations			Metrics * # of stream miles treated, including off-channels, after realignment: miles 0.38
Realign, Connect, and/or Create Channel	Programmatic Reconnection of Side Channels	Programmatic efforts to create side channels. To meet Action Agencies' UPA metric of 10 miles by 2010 this element assumes 0.92 miles/project at an average total cost including revegetation, monitoring, and adaptive management of $300,000/project. (This does not include engineering costs, which Reclamation will assume.) This is equivalent to three "programmatic" projects yet to be identified. This element also includes permitting activities, pre-project and post-project habitat and fish monitoring, revegetation, and an adaptive management plan. Programatic projects will be implemented in the Twisp, Methow, and Chewuch drainages.	10/1/2006	9/30/2009	$500,000
Biological objectives Increase and Improve Riparian Habitat Increase Rearing Habitat Increase Spawning Habitat			Metrics * # of stream miles treated, including off-channels, after realignment: 2.7 miles

Section 8. Budgets

Itemized estimated budget

Item	Note	FY07	FY08	FY09
Personnel	Project Manager (MSRF)	$28,000	$42,000	$48,000
Personnel	Contract Administration (MSRF)	$18,000	$22,000	$32,000
Overhead	Office Expenditures and Supplies (MSRF)	$1,500	$1,500	$2,000
Other	Fender Mill Phase 2 Floodplain Restoration	$50,000	$100,000	$200,000
Other	Chain of Lakes Pond Reconnection	$135,000	$105,000	$10,000
Other	Jennings Oxbow Reconnection	$50,000	$100,000	$190,000
Other	Upper Beaver Creek Channel Realignment	$200,000	$150,000	$10,000
Other	3 Programmatic Complexity Projects	$10,000	$100,000	$390,000
Totals		$492,500	$620,500	$882,000

Total estimated FY 2007-2009 budgets

Total itemized budget:	$1,995,000
Total work element budget:	$1,995,000

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
Douglas County PUD Tributary Habitat Fund	matching grants	$50,000	$150,000	$200,000	Cash	Under Development
Washington State SRFB	matching grants	$50,000	$150,000	$200,000	Cash	Under Development
Totals		$100,000	$300,000	$400,000

Section 9. Project future

FY 2010 estimated budget: $100,000
FY 2011 estimated budget: $100,000

Comments: Post-construction monitoring and adaptive management for 5 projects

Future O&M costs: There will be no O&M costs associated with these projects. However, actions may be taken as part of the Adaptive Management Plan depending on the responses of dynamic systems to the projects

Termination date: 12/31/10
Comments: Projects will be considered terminated after 3 years monitoring assuming that projects undergo at leaast one significant high flow event during this time.

Final deliverables: Completed sustainable functioning projects that have been monitored for effectiveness and adaptively managed as a result of the monitoring. MSRF wil provide final reporting to BPA at the close of this project to document objectives achieved.

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]
$333,000	$333,000	$334,000	$1,000,000	Expense	ProvinceExpense	Fund
NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs]
$333,000	$333,000	$334,000	$0		ProvinceExpense
Comments: ISRP fundable qualified. Sponsors should consider the ISRP comments during contracting.

ISRP PRELIMINARY REVIEW (Jun 2, 2006)

Recommendation: Fundable (Qualified)

NPCC comments: The ISRP is not requesting a response, but the proposal would be improved by addressing the following comments: Overall, this is a well-written proposal. The ISRP’s recommendation is qualified because the actual sites to receive restoration action are not currently selected, provisions for long-term monitoring and evaluation are not well described, and cost sharing is under development. The work elements refer to "permitting activities, pre-project and post-project habitat and fish monitoring, revegetation, and an adaptive management plan" but no details on methods are provided. The proposal would have been improved by more specific timelines and information on how benefits to fish and wildlife will be measured. The narrative would have been improved by providing data on similar restoration projects that have resulted in significant benefits to focal species that persisted over the long-term, as well as a discussion of potential adverse effects and proposed precautions for non-focal species. The proponents need to re-examine their approach to reducing brook trout before opening up new habitat that brook trout will likely use. The proposal’s major premise is that if native salmonids are reintroduced they will out-compete brook trout. The current literature shows that brook trout out-compete other salmonids including Chinook salmon and bull trout. The proponents are experienced and well qualified, but their FTEs are not included in the narrative. Private contractors (to be determined) will be hired to complete much of the proposed work. Even though this is not a research project, the proposal would be improved by plans for public dissemination of the results beyond progress and project completion reports in Bureau of Reclamation and BPA files.

ISRP FINAL REVIEW (Aug 31, 2006)

Recommendation: Fundable (Qualified)