Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Klickitat Basin Key Habitat Acquisition |
| Proposal ID | 23026 |
| Organization | Yakama Nation (YN) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
| Name | Mel Sampson |
| Mailing address | PO Box 151 Toppenish |
| Phone / email | 5098656262 / mel@yakama.com |
| Manager authorizing this project | Mel Sampson |
| Review cycle | FY 2001 Action Plan |
| Province / Subbasin | Columbia Gorge / Klickitat |
| Short description | Purchase high prioity lands for preservation of refugia habitat. Protection of stream channel and riparian habitats and associated uplands which influence immediate riparin function and channel prosesses. |
| Target species | ESA "threatened" summer and winter steelhead and spring chinook. |
Project location
| Latitude | Longitude | Description |
|---|
| 45.7826 |
-121.2072 |
Logging Camp Creek (Canyon) |
| 45.73 |
-121.17 |
Dillacort Canyon |
| 45.6914 |
-121.2934 |
Klickitat River |
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
| Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
|---|
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
| Project ID | Title | Description |
|---|
Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2001 cost | Subcontractor |
|---|
Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
|---|
Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase
Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2001 cost | Subcontractor |
|---|
| Objective 1. Purchase Logging Camp Creek land |
a. Finalize purchase price and purchase 380 acres. |
4 |
$900,000 |
|
| Objective 2. Purchase Dillacort Creek and mainstem Klickitat River land |
a. Finalize purchase price and purchase 579 acres |
4 |
$333,175 |
|
| Objective 3. Fund 1 FTE for project administration |
a. Yakama Nation employee to collaborate with Columbia Land Trust and other to coordinate immediate purchases |
2 |
$8,428 |
|
|
b. Yakama Nation employee to collaborate with other Yakama Nation staff and land management agencies to prioritize areas for purchase and solicit landowner support. |
9 |
$37,926 |
|
|
c. Develop funding options with BPA to hold unspent balance as line-item or within trust |
1 |
$4,214 |
|
| Objective 4. Maintain project balance for future purchases |
Purchase additional lands based on prioritized approach. |
36 |
$1,716,257 |
|
Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
|---|
Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase
Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2001 cost | Subcontractor |
|---|
Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
|---|
Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase
Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2001 cost | Subcontractor |
|---|
Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
|---|
Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Section 8. Estimated budget summary
Itemized budget
| Item | Note | FY 2001 cost |
|---|
| Personnel |
FTE: 1.0 |
$33,288 |
| Fringe |
@ 20% |
$6,658 |
| Supplies |
1000 |
$1,000 |
| Travel |
none |
$0 |
| Indirect |
@ 23,5% |
$9,622 |
| Capital |
Combined total of both high priority land and future acquisitions |
$2,949,432 |
| NEPA |
0 |
$0 |
| PIT tags |
# of tags: 0 |
$0 |
| Other |
0 |
$0 |
| $3,000,000 |
Total estimated budget
| Total FY 2001 cost | $3,000,000 |
| Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds | $0 |
| Total FY 2001 budget request | $3,000,000 |
| FY 2001 forecast from 2000 | $0 |
| % change from forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
| Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
|---|
| Land Owner |
Seller agrees to donate lands within Logging Camp Creek sale as part of sale |
$135,000 |
in-kind |
| Yakama Nation |
Monitoring and Evaluation of fisheries resources benefit, through existing habitat and fisheries resource monitoring |
$1,200 |
in-kind |
| Land Owner |
Seller agrees to donate 200 acres of land as part of the Dillacort Creek sale |
$78,800 |
in-kind |
| Columbia Land Trust |
Administrative support. Past and future staff time developing purchase agreements with seller. |
$1,500 |
in-kind |
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Recommendation:
Not Fundable?
Date:
Jun 21, 2001
Comment:
Not fundable? A revised proposal was not submitted for this solicitation, although the proposers provided a response to the ISRP's concerns in the High Priority review. The resubmitted High Priority B ranked proposal is loosely linked to the Action Plan criteria, because fish from the Klickitat subbasin pass Bonneville Dam. However, the proposal does not offer immediate passage improvement, flow increases or diversion screening. As with the other acquisition project this offers long-term benefits to the target populations affected by the power system emergency. Addition and legal protection of water for instream use are not described in the proposal.
Comments from the High Priority review are:
Objectives 1 - 3A appear to meet the High Priority criteria and critical areas appear to be targeted, however 3b, 3c and 4 do not meet the criteria and appear to be primarily developing infrastructure for the future. A major part of the project is "prioritization" of future purchases. There is little indication that the purchases are time sensitive.
The proposers responded to the ISRP comment and described the time sensitive nature of the Logging Camp Creek property.
Recommendation:
Do not fund
Date:
Aug 3, 2001
Comment:
This proposal does not tightly meet the Action Plan Criteria as it is primarily a land acquisition proposal and does not offer immediate passage improvement, flow increases, or diversion screening. However, it is scientifically justified and would benefit fish and wildlife. The response was convincing that this is a one-time cost associated with the purchase of the Logging Camp Creek property. The owner is intent on selling the property as soon as possible and in that sense the purchase is time sensitive. The proposal appropriately eliminated the request for funds to support infrastructure and future acquisitions. This proposal was initially submitted in the High Priority solicitation where the ISRP found it fundable and ranked it in the B-list. Although the Columbia Gorge Province project selection process is complete, the ISRP would have found this project to be fundable under that provincial review.
Recommendation:
Fund
Date:
Aug 14, 2001
Comment:
In Bonneville's letter of July 12, Robert Austin informed the Council that Bonneville
determined that land acquisition proposals do not fit the Action Plan solicitation and should be
reviewed in the appropriate provincial review. With that position taken, the Council did not
review these proposals further. The Council did review a similar proposal; 23084, Acquisition of
Lower Desolation Creek, John Day Basin. The Council recommended the proposal for funding.
The distinction found by the Council is that the proposal carries water quantity benefits that were
sought by the Action Plan solicitation.
