FY 2000 proposal 20112

Additional documents

TitleType
20112 Narrative Narrative
20112 Sponsor Response to the ISRP Response

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal titleSecuring Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Wenaha WMA Additions
Proposal ID20112
OrganizationOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
NameSusan P. Barnes
Mailing address2501 SW First Ave, P.O. Box 59 Portland, OR 97217
Phone / email5038725260 / susan.p.barnes@state.or.us
Manager authorizing this project
Review cycleFY 2000
Province / SubbasinBlue Mountain / Grande Ronde
Short descriptionProtect and restore grassland, bench, and shrub-steppe habitat values through land acquisition or easement and implementation of enhancement activities.
Target speciesBald eagle, California valley quail, mallard, western meadowlark, mink, Canada goose, spotted sandpiper, yellow warbler, downy woodpecker, California quail, Chinook salmon, bull trout.
Project location
LatitudeLongitudeDescription
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agencyAction #BiOp AgencyDescription

Section 2. Past accomplishments

YearAccomplishment
1993 Created a list of potential wildlife mitigation projects throughout Oregon
1997 Compiled more comprehensive prioritized list of mitigation sites; identified Wenaha WMA area as priority area
1998 FY99 proposal for $100,000 to acquire or ease lands adjacent to the Wenaha WMA area was approved and recommended
1998 Began landowner negotiations for land acquisition and/or conservation easement at Wenaha WMA
1998 Developed partnerships with BLM, Clearwater Land Exchange, Trust for Public Lands, and The Nature Conservancy to help facilitate project objectives

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project IDTitleDescription
9705900 Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon Umbrella project; explains intent for mitigation planning, coordination, and implementation by Oregon wildlife managers within Oregon. Identifies priority projects with specific budgets that will help meet mitigation objectives.
ODFW Grande Ronde Subbasin Umbrella Proposal Umbrella project; explains management intent for anadromous and resident fish and wildlife in the Grande Ronde River Subbasin.
9565 Assessing Oregon Trust Agreement Using GAP Anaylsis A mitigation planning tool used to analyze and rank potential mitigation projects within the basin.
9284 Oregon Trust Agreement Planning Project A mitigation planning tool that includes methods for assembling a trust agreement and a list of potential mitigation projects.
9206800 Implementation of Willamette Basin Mitigation Program - Wildlife A mitigation proprosal focusing on land acquisition/easement, enhancement, and management of lands in the Willamette Basin. Similar in function as Coalition's umbrella project.
Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Ruthton Point (Mitchell Point)
Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Logan Valley
9140 Acquisition of Pine Creek Ranch
20140 Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Additions
Juniper Canyon and Columbia Gorge Wildlife Mitigation Project
20113 Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, South Fork Crooked River
Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Trout Creek Canyon
20134 Acquire Oxbow Ranch - Middle Fork John Day
Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Multnomah Channel
Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, E.E. Wilson WMA Additions
Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, McKenzie River Islands
20114 Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Ladd Marsh WMA Additions
20116 Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Horn Butte
9705900 Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon
20115 Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Irrigon WMA Additions

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget
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Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

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Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

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Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

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Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget
ItemNoteFY 2000 cost
Personnel for 0.25 FTE $11,598
Fringe @38% $4,407
Supplies fence, weed control, sign, and other materials $5,000
Operating included in personnel line item $0
Capital acquisition or conservation easement of additional land $100,000
NEPA for acquired or eased property $5,000
Travel $3,000
Indirect @35.5% $10,297
Other M&E costs included incorporated into personnel costs line item $0
Subcontractor Wallow Co. Weed Control (O&M) $3,000
$142,302
Total estimated budget
Total FY 2000 cost$142,302
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds$0
Total FY 2000 budget request$142,302
FY 2000 forecast from 1999$0
% change from forecast0.0%
Cost sharing
OrganizationItem or service providedAmountCash or in-kind
Others undetermined at this time Opportunities will be investigated during restoration plan development $0 unknown
Other budget explanation

Schedule Constraints: Difficult landowner negotiation efforts and inadequate or untimely fund acquisition could delay project implementation. Severe weather conditions could delay field activities.


Reviews and recommendations

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

Recommendation:
Fund for one year
Date:
Jun 15, 1999

Comment:

Recommendation: Fund for one year. Subsequent funding contingent on submission of a detailed and justified management plan. The acquisition portion of the proposal is fundable, but the management plan for operation and maintenance plan is inadequate.

Comments: This is a well-written proposal that puts the proposed activities in a larger perspective. It coordinates well with other activities and it invokes a systematic approach that includes using evaluation information to improve practice. The work should have broad benefits and appears to be cost-effective, using strategic acquisitions to enlarge an existing WMA. Funds requested in this project would be used to purchase title or conservation easement on land that has previously been identified by GAP analysis techniques as of high-priority for protection and enhancement of wildlife habitat. The proposal includes acquisition of additional land that is adjacent to an existing WMA and will add riverine habitat to it. The value of the acquisition is justified. Remaining funds will be used to develop and implement assessment, restoration, operations and maintenance, and monitoring and evaluation plans, however these plans are not yet well developed or clearly justified. The monitoring plan is particularly vague. What will be monitored and why? What will be the direct wildlife measures?

Proposals for management and monitoring of wildlife mitigation land should be amenable to multiyear funding, but this would require a clear set of biological objectives (with justification), a specific plan for meeting them, and a description of a monitoring and evaluation plan that would allow assessing how well the plan was meeting objectives and whether particular management activities were successful, cost productive, or otherwise justified.


Recommendation:
Fund
Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:


Recommendation:
Technically Sound? Yes
Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:

Low number of HU for acres and cost.

Concern about whether the land values are realistic.

Restoration budget will not cover the potential restoration activities.

Proposal exceeds the page limit.


Recommendation:
Fundable
Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:


Recommendation:
Fundable if funds available
Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:


Recommendation:
Fund
Date:
Mar 1, 2000

Comment:

(h) wildlife mitigation: four projects (20112, 20114, 20115, 20116) (Oregon Wildlife Coalition)

Issue: The ISRP recommended that several new wildlife habitat acquisition and mitigation projects be funded for Fiscal Year 2000. Bonneville raised the issue in its comments submitted during the public comment period that funding these projects raises crediting issues, and would seek to postpone these projects (and others in the future) until crediting issues are resolved.

Council Recommendation: The Council recommends that Bonneville fund all wildlife projects recommended by CBFWA in Fiscal Year 1998, Fiscal Year 1999, and Fiscal Year 2000 that have been approved by the Council and recommended to Bonneville. This includes projects 20112, 20114, 20115, and 20116 referenced in Bonneville's August 13, 1999 comments. Pending resolution of the crediting issues, the managers and Bonneville should assign the HU's achieved by their projects on an interim basis to the hydroprojects where credits are believed to be available: NE Oregon (NPT), Logan Valley (BPT), Ladd Marsh (ODFW), Denny Jones (BPT), Wenaha (ODFW), and FY 99 and FY 00 Yakama Riparian acquisitions (YIN) to the Lower Snake; and Irrigon (ODFW), Pine Creek (CTWSRO), Horn Butte (ODFW), Trout Creek (ODFW), and S. Fork Crooked River (ODFW) to John Day, The Dalles, Bonneville, and the Willamette projects.


Recommendation:
Fund
Date:
Mar 1, 2000

Comment:

[Decision made in 9-22-99 Council Meeting];