Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Assess Surface-Water Flow And Feasibility of Enhancing White Sturgeon Spawning Substrate Habitat, Kootenai R., Idaho |
| Proposal ID | 23017 |
| Organization | Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (KTOI) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
| Name | Gary Barton |
| Mailing address | 1201 Pacific Avenue Tacom, WA 98402 |
| Phone / email | 2534283600 / gbarton@usgs.gov |
| Manager authorizing this project | Sue Ireland |
| Review cycle | FY 2001 High Priority |
| Province / Subbasin | Mountain Columbia / Kootenai |
| Short description | Construct real-time surface-water flow model to evaluate the impact of Kootenay Lake levels and pre-Libby Dam and Libby Dam era flows on white sturgeon spawning patterns and construct sediment-transport models to assess feasibility of habitat enhancement |
| Target species | Kootenai River white stugeon (ESA) population and other native fish |
Project location
| Latitude | Longitude | Description |
|---|
| 48.235 |
-120.332 |
Libby Dam |
|
|
Kootenay Lake |
| 48.9999 |
-116.5027 |
Kootenai 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 |
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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 |
|---|
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
| FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 |
|---|
| $9,250 | $9,300 | $9,400 |
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 |
|
$145,000 |
| Fringe |
|
$33,500 |
| Supplies |
Survey grade sounding transducers and GPS system |
$46,500 |
| Travel |
|
$14,000 |
| Indirect |
|
$197,000 |
| Subcontractor |
USGS Research scientists |
$99,000 |
| $535,000 |
Total estimated budget
| Total FY 2001 cost | $535,000 |
| Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds | $0 |
| Total FY 2001 budget request | $535,000 |
| FY 2001 forecast from 2000 | $0 |
| % change from forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
| Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
|---|
| U.S. Geological Survey |
|
$284,000 |
cash |
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Recommendation:
N/A
Date:
Feb 1, 2001
Comment:
This resident fish proposal does not address imminent risks to ESA stocks by offering direct on-the-ground benefits with one-time funding. The proposal focuses on modeling and assessment. This proposal is being reviewed as part of the Mountain Columbia review, which is an appropriate venue for review and potential funding.
Recommendation:
HP "A" -BiOp
Date:
Feb 1, 2001
Comment:
Recommendation:
Date:
Feb 15, 2001
Comment:
ISRP Comment: This resident fish proposal does not address imminent risks to ESA stocks by offering direct on-the-ground benefits with one-time funding. The proposal focuses on modeling and assessment. This proposal is being reviewed as part of the Mountain Columbia review, which is an appropriate venue for review and potential funding.
Response: The USFWS review rated this as a High Priority project that addressed Reasonable and Prudent Alternative 3i and 3j for white sturgeon in the December 20, 2000 USFWS Biological Opinion.
This project does address an imminent risk to an important ESA stock. The imminent threat directly addressed by this proposal is to the ESA listed Kootenai River white sturgeon population, in the form of a persistent lack of natural recruitment on decadal scales; this endangered population has provided only 2 strong year classes during the past 40 years: 1961 and 1974 (USFWS 1994, Duke et al. 1999; USFWS 1999).
The goal of the proposed project is to enhance native Kootenai River white sturgeon spawning habitat in order to assist with recovery of the population. The objectives and products of Phase I of this proposed high priority project will provide the appropriate and valid scientific information to the white sturgeon recovery team's adaptive management decision process for determining whether or not to implement substrate enhancement measures in the spawning reach. The objectives and products of Phase II deal with implementation as well as monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of in-stream spawning habitat structures.
NWPPC support for funding this project will begin the long-overdue process of rehabilitating dysfunctional post-development habitat in the Kootenai River and its historic floodplain.
References
Duke, S., P. Anders, G. Ennis, R. Hallock, J. Hammond, S. Ireland, J. Laufle, L. Lockard, B. Marotz, V. Paragamian., and R. Westerhof. 1999. Recovery Plan for Kootenai River white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus). Journal of Applied Ichthyology (15):157-163.
USFWS (U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service). 1994. Determination of endangered status for the Kootenai River white sturgeon population. Federal Register 59(171) 45989.
USFWS (U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service). 1999. Recovery Plan for the White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus): Kootenai River Population. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon.