FY 2003 Columbia Cascade proposal 29043
Contents
Section 1. General administrative information
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Section 4. Budgets for planning/design phase
Section 5. Budgets for construction/implementation phase
Section 6. Budgets for operations/maintenance phase
Section 7. Budgets for monitoring/evaluation phase
Section 8. Budget summary
Reviews and Recommendations
Additional documents
Title | Type |
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29043 Narrative | Narrative |
29043 Sponsor Response to the ISRP | Response |
29043 Powerpoint Presentation | Powerpoint Presentation |
Section 1. Administrative
Proposal title | SSHIAP - Columbia Cascade Province |
Proposal ID | 29043 |
Organization | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) |
Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
Name | David H. Johnson |
Mailing address | 600 Capitol Way N. Olympia, WA 98501-1091 |
Phone / email | 3609022603 / johnsdhj@dfw.wa.gov |
Manager authorizing this project | Timothy Quinn |
Review cycle | Columbia Cascade |
Province / Subbasin | Columbia Cascade / Columbia Upper Middle |
Short description | Project will provide routed & segmented hydrolayer, and collate and synthesize data on 19 aquatic habitat variables over an estimated 22,500 mi of streams in the subbasins of the Columbia Cascade Province. |
Target species | Salmonids |
Project location
Latitude | Longitude | Description |
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All subbasins within the Columbia Cascade Province in Washington | ||
48.08 | -120.13 | Columbia Cascade Province |
48.49 | -120.22 | Methow subbasin |
47.85 | -120.44 | Entiat subbasin |
47.7 | -120.77 | Wenatchee subbasin |
48.64 | -119.54 | Okanogan subbasin |
47.53 | -119.91 | Columbia Upper Middle subbasin |
48.2 | -120.57 | Lake Chelan subbasin |
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Sponsor-reported:
RPA |
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Hydro RPA Action 141 |
Habitat RPA Action 149 |
Habitat RPA Action 150 |
Habitat RPA Action 151 |
Habitat RPA Action 153 |
Habitat RPA Action 155 |
Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
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NMFS | Action 154 | NMFS | BPA shall work with the NWPPC to ensure development and updating of subbasin assessments and plans; match state and local funding for coordinated development of watershed assessments and plans; and help fund technical support for subbasin and watershed plan implementation from 2001 to 2006. Planning for priority subbasins should be completed by the 2003 check-in. The action agencies will work with other Federal agencies to ensure that subbasin and watershed assessments and plans are coordinated across non-Federal and Federal land ownerships and programs. |
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Year | Accomplishment |
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Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Project ID | Title | Description |
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StreamNet | SSHIAP fish distribution and fish passage barriers feed into StreamNet |
Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase
Task-based budget
Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2003 cost | Subcontractor |
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This project is operational in 29 watersheds in w. WA; no planning or design phase is needed at this time; see Implementation Phase. A BPA proposal for SSHIAP in the Col. Plateau & Blue Mtn Provinces are currently in process. | $0 | |||
The Col. Plateau Province was rated as a "High Priority" for funding by the ISRP. | $0 |
Outyear objectives-based budget
Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase
Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase
Task-based budget
Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2003 cost | Subcontractor |
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1. Provide a consistent, comprehensive, and scientifically-robust freshwater and riparian data system for salmonid-bearing areas (subbasins) in the Washington portion of Columbia Cascade Province. | a. Clean, route, and segment hydrolayer (6 subbasins); conduct QA/QC on key streams for GIS-based hydrosystem accuracy (1:24,000 scale). | 0.75 | $50,000 | |
b. With SSHIAP Partners and staff; collate and synthesize data on 19 habitat attributes; update/upgrade fish passage barrier and water diversion dataset; enter into SSHIAP system. | 1.0 | $280,000 | ||
c. Deliver web-accessible, hardcopy maps, hydrolayer, and summary products to users. | 1.0 | $60,000 |
Outyear objectives-based budget
Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase
Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase
Task-based budget
Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2003 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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1. Perform routine annual updates to SSHIAP data system: track repairs to fish passage barriers & screened diversions, & changes related to the habitat attributes in all salmonid-bearing watersheds in the Columbia Cascades Province. | 2003 | $50,000 | |
Perform further integration and upgrades to the EDT analyses after routine SSHIAP data upgrades have been completed. Deliver updated SSHIAP data and results (hardcopy & web) to key users & planners in the Columbia Cascade Province. | $0 |
Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase
FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 |
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$50,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 |
Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Task-based budget
Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2003 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Section 8. Estimated budget summary
Itemized budget
Item | Note | FY 2003 cost |
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Personnel | FTE: 5.5 | $276,500 |
Supplies | $20,000 | |
Travel | $15,000 | |
Indirect | $78,500 | |
$390,000 |
Total estimated budget
Total FY 2003 cost | $390,000 |
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds | $0 |
Total FY 2003 budget request | $390,000 |
FY 2003 forecast from 2002 | $0 |
% change from forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
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Yakama Nation | Habitat Inventories, | $100,000 | in-kind |
WA Conservation Commission | Habitat Inventories, fish distribution | $125,000 | in-kind |
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Fundable only if response is adequate
Mar 1, 2002
Comment:
A response is needed. The two page "Objectives, tasks and methods section" is too brief to allow review. Detailed methods should be given.The proposal is to extend the data collection and management system developed under SSHIAP for western Washington to include the Columbia Cascade Province. It would provide a central source for data available on 10,000 miles of streams, and present these data at a 1:24000 scale. Members of the review team have used the information on fish distribution from the SSHIAP and found it to be extremely helpful. Parts of the proposal are complete, clearly presented, and reference pertinent basic literature on the subject. The staff appears highly qualified for and experienced in the work involved.
The sponsor should incorporate elements of their response from the Blue Mountain Province. See http://www.cbfwa.org/files/province/blue/projects/27009.htm#reviews.
The proponents should discuss the quality of existing data and whether they are adequate to support the proposed work. Methods for providing meta-data for each of the data sources should be described.
There should be a monitoring and evaluation section in the 'Objectives, tasks and methods' section that is more than the usual QA/QC work in mapping projects. How are errors quantified and what are acceptable error rates for each of the data layers? For example, what is the error rate for "known fish distribution?" For habitat types? For Fish Passage Barriers? How will one know that a good job was done? Or, that the project was a success in quantitative terms? The CBFWA review remarks for the proposal 27009 in the Blue Mt. Province were "The reviewers question whether the 75-80% accuracy rate is acceptable and whether the work would be performed at the correct scale." The ISRP saw no discussion of accuracy rate in the objectives, tasks, and methods section.
The proposal would be stronger with a "ground-truth" component in the tasks, perhaps in cooperation with other WDFW departments to confirm the accuracy and precision of mapped components. Complete detail should be given concerning a double-blind sampling and evaluation procedures. The specific sample areas, methods, and sampling frequency and intensity (i.e., how many samples of what type where and when) would need to be specified.
To assist in formulating a sound basinwide monitoring program, the proponents are referred to the programmatic section of this report on Monitoring, the specific comments on Aquatic Monitoring and Evaluation, and the specific comments on Terrestrial Monitoring and Evaluation.
Comment:
NMFS has identified this project as a BiOp project.Comment:
Fundable. The vision for SSHIAP (Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Project is an information system that is accessible to many stakeholders and provides a starting place (hypotheses) for planning future data collection needs. They propose to also provide EDT input variables by reach in the SSHIAP database. Users will be able to query SSHIAP in a point or reach-specific manner. The cleaned and routed hydrolayer in SSHIAP can also act as a backbone upon which users may attach other information (beyond the SSHIAP attributes) that is unique to their own programs or needs. This is potentially a worthwhile and useful project.However, it should be realized that precise estimates of classification errors in SSHIAP products remain outside the practical scope of the SSHIAP project. Within the proposed budget, SSHIAP personnel propose to assemble an information system that others in the Columbia Cascade Province can store their data in. It remains for other projects and investigators to address assessment of error for fish distribution and other information. The ISRP acknowledges that this is a good information system with very competent and dedicated personnel and the project is fundable. However, the region should recognize the substantial problem acknowledged by the proponents in their response, namely, that SSHIAP is largely dependent on existing data, some or most of which has unknown accuracy and precision. The importance of ground truthing the data is fully recognized by the proponents, but the many spatial and temporal problems of a systematic effort of this kind in which one can have confidence is beyond the current capability and responsibility of SSHIAP. The substantial spatial and temporal problems that must be solved to arrive at data in which one can have confidence have been unequivocally demonstrated in, for example, development of the bull trout detection protocols by the U.S. Forest Service.
Comment:
Statement of Potential Biological Benefit to ESUIndirect benefit. Assemble analysis to support subbasin planning and direct restoration actions.
Comments
Both this and 29037 submitted by WDFW. Relationship/coordination between the two efforts needs to be better explained.
Already ESA Req? No
Biop? Yes
Comment:
Recommend deferral to Subbasin PlanningComment: