FY 2002 Columbia Plateau proposal 25048

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
25048 Narrative	Narrative

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Accelerate the Application of Riparian Buffers in the Upper Deschutes Subbasin
Proposal ID	25048
Organization	Wy'East Resource Conservation and Development Area (Wy'East RC&D)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Merlin Berg
Mailing address	2325 River Road, Suite 3 The Dalles OR 97058
Phone / email	5412966178 / merlin.berg@or.usda.gov
Manager authorizing this project	Jeff Rola, Wy'East RC&D President
Review cycle	Columbia Plateau
Province / Subbasin	Columbia Plateau / Deschutes
Short description	A project to apply riparian buffers to remove sediment and nutrients, stabilize stream banks, improve fish habitat, provide food sources, nesting cover and shelter for fish and wildlife in riparian ecosystem habitat in the Upper Deschutes Basin.
Target species	Deschutes river steelhead & chinook, resident redband and coastal cutthroat trout, bull trout, winter steelhead mid-Columbia coho & chinook, wildlife.

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description
43.62	-122	Between the following four points:
43.62	-119.9	Between the following four points:
44.83	-120.43	Between the following four points:
44.83	-121.83	Between the following four points:
44.1	-120.5

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA
Action 153

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description
NMFS	Action 153	NMFS	BPA shall, working with agricultural incentive programs such as the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, negotiate and fund long-term protection for 100 miles of riparian buffers per year in accordance with criteria BPA and NMFS will develop by June 1, 2001.

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
2001	Accelerate the Application of Integrated Fruit Management to Reduce the Risk of Pesticide Pollution in Fifteenmile Sub-basin Orchards, project just beginning.

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description
	BiOp: Columbia River Salmon Recovery Strategy, Action 153	This project will use USDA Conservation Reserve Programs to leverage BPA funds.

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 cost
1. Plan and implement riparian ecosystem restoration in the upper Deschutes subbasin (Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson Counties).	a. Riparian Restoration Planning	3	$44,391
	a.1 - Priority Setting. Coordinate with stakeholder organizations to establish priorities where riparian ecosystem restoration is most critical.		$0
	a.2 - Obtain Producer Commitment Meet with interested landowners on site to assess eligibility of stream reach for program. Anadromous fish streams are eligible.		$0
	a.3 - Develop CRP/CREP plan. Resource inventory and environmental checklist are completed early in the nine step planning process.		$0

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1. Plan and implement riparian ecosystem restoration in the upper Deschutes subbasin (Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson Counties).	2003	2004	$86,780

Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

FY 2003	FY 2004
$42,788	$43,992

Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 cost	Subcontractor
1. Plan and implement riparian ecosystem restoration in the upper Deschutes subbasin (Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson Counties).		3	$14,797

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
Objective 1. Plan and implement riparian ecosystem restoration… ; Task b Riparian Restoration Plan Implementation	2003	2004	$28,927

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

FY 2003	FY 2004
$14,263	$14,664

Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 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 2002 cost	Subcontractor
Objective 1. Plan and implement riparian ecosystem restoration in the upper Deschutes subbasin (Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson Counties).	Task c. Monitoring &Evaluation	3	$14,797

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
Objective 1. Plan and implement riparian ecosystem restoration…; Task c. Monitoring &Evaluation	2003	2004	$28,927

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

FY 2003	FY 2004
$14,263	$14,664

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2002 cost
Personnel	FTE: 1.25	$38,045
Fringe	Insurance, payroll, retirement, others	$11,414
Supplies	Field,general office, postage, publications, presentation, reproduction, printing, Internet service	$1,000
Travel	Vehicle; lease 400 /mo & operateing costs @ 15,000 mi/yr @ .32/mi Meetings, workshops, training	$12,600
Indirect		$0
Capital	Computer; laptop, software Camera	$4,200
NEPA	Programatic NEPA completed	$0
Subcontractor		$0
Other	Project management @ 10% of project cost	$6,726
		$73,985

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2002 cost	$73,985
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2002 budget request	$73,985
FY 2002 forecast from 2001	$0
% change from forecast	0.0%

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind
NRCS	phone, copy, office space; 3 years	$10,800	in-kind
NRCS,	Coordinator, 312 hr, 3 years	$9,547	in-kind
USDA - Farm Service Agency & participating agriculture producers	Farm program rental, incentives and cost share to install practices (see explanation)	$3,000,000	in-kind
Oregon Climate Trust & Deschutes Resource Conservancy	Additional incentives to secure permanent landowner commitments to riparian restoration - grant applied to Oregon Climate Trust, pending	$2,000,000	in-kind

Other budget explanation

USDA Farm Service Agency contract with agriculture proders to enroll eligible land into the CRP program. This project will LEVERAGE $3,000,000 in land rental, incentives and conservation practices cost share to restore riparian ecosystems, assuming CRP funds are available depending on congressional action. In some cases the agriculture producer contributes up to 25% cost-share to install conservation practices. The State of Oregon contributes 25% of the costs for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). Climate Trust and Deschutes Resource Conservancy funding contingent upon grant award.

Reviews and recommendations

This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.

REVIEW:
ISRP Preliminary Review (ISRP 2001-6)

Recommendation:
Fundable - no response required

Date:
Jun 15, 2001

Comment:

Fundable. See comments above for this set of SWCD proposals. The cost effectiveness of this and similar projects for accelerating habitat restoration activities is impressive.

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Recommended Action

Date:
Aug 3, 2001

Comment:

Activities associated with this proposal would be performed in an area of Trout Creek that is not being addressed by ODFW and Jefferson County. Although there is insufficient detail to determine whether the M&E activities are adequate, reviewers suggest that there is intent to perform M&E activities.

REVIEW:
ISRP Final Review (ISRP 2001-8)

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Aug 10, 2001

Comment:

Fundable. See comments below for this set of SWCD proposals. The cost effectiveness of this and similar projects for accelerating habitat restoration activities is impressive.
See detailed ISRP Comments on CRP, CREP, Buffer, and No-till Proposals

REVIEW:
NMFS Review

Recommendation:

Date:
Oct 1, 2001

Comment:

Statement of Potential Biological Benefit to ESU
Project will implement riparian buffer program using cost share provided by USDA, State of Oregon, and private landowners

Comments
Project will implement RPA 153 only if permanent or long term easement. Support if permanent easement, or at least > 15 years. Easement should be consistent with Oregon CREP. This project needs to be implemented consistent with limiting factors & problem locations identified in subbasin summaries & and eventually subbasin planning to ensure fisheries benefits to target species.

Already ESA Req? no

Biop? yes

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Rank D

Date:
Oct 16, 2001

Comment:

It is not clear if this project plans to use the same USDA funds as project no. 25014. If so, these funds would be better applied in Wasco County, in the lower Deschutes, in the habitat of anadromous fish. BPA does not intend to fund habitat work that occurs in that part of the Deschutes River Basin that lies above the Pelton-Round Butte dams complex.

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Do Not Fund

Date:
Jan 3, 2002

Comment: