FY 2000 proposal 199700300

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
199700300 Narrative	Narrative
199700300 Sponsor Response to the ISRP	Response

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Box Canyon Watershed Project
Proposal ID	199700300
Organization	Kalispel Tribe of Indians (KNRD)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Scott Hall
Mailing address	P.O. Box 39 Usk, WA 99180
Phone / email	5094451147 / shall@knrd.com
Manager authorizing this project
Review cycle	FY 2000
Province / Subbasin	Inter-Mountain / Pend Oreille
Short description	Utilizing a cost-share approach with public and private resource managers, BCWMP prioritizes and implements protection and enhancement of upland areas in a target watershed.
Target species	By restoring and preserving native habitat, the project aims to benefit all native species present, and may encourage re-establishment of native species not currently present

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
1997	Coordinated with Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), Pend Oreille County, Pend Oreille County Conservation District (POCD), and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to develop cost share projects.
1998	Completed the Cee Cee Ah Creek waterfall road closure and erosion project on DNR land. Implementation included reseeding eroded areas, replanting eroded and un-vegetated areas, water barring, hydrological alteration, and re-sloping landings. .
1998	Completed the Papoose Road Habitat Project as a cost share project with the USFS in 1998. Project reduces sediment and improves fish habitat in major tributary to Cee Cee Ah Cr.
1998	Completed the Skookum Creek riparian habitat enhancement project through the Pend Oreille Watershed Coordinating Committee in consultation with POCD, USFWS, and NRCS. Named "Wildlife Farm of 1998" for Washington state.

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description
9500100	Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish	Complementary
9700400	Resident Fish Stock Status Above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams	Complementary
9106000	Pend Oreille Wetlands Wildlife Mitigation Project	Wildlife habitat improvement on adjacent land
9106001	Pend Oreille Wetlands II	Wildlife habitat improvemtn on adjacent land

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2000 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 2000 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 2000 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 2000 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 2000 cost
Personnel	1 FTE biologist and .25 FTE technican	$36,500
Fringe	33%	$12,045
Supplies		$5,000
Operating		$1,000
Travel		$3,500
Indirect	19.8% of total less capital and contracts	$9,211
Other	Office Space	$3,000
		$70,256

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2000 cost	$70,256
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2000 budget request	$70,256
FY 2000 forecast from 1999	$0
% change from forecast	0.0%

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind
US Forest Service	Salary match/project support	$20,000	unknown
Pend Oreille Conservation District	Salary match	$3,000	unknown
USDA NRCS	Technical support	$2,000	unknown
Washington DNR	Salary match/project support	$10,000	unknown
Stimpson Lumber Co.	Salary match/project support	$2,000	unknown
Kalispel Tribe	Vehicle	$2,000	unknown
Trout Unlimited, Inc.	Volunteer time	$2,000	unknown

Other budget explanation

Schedule Constraints: It is impossible to identify all constraints and problems that may occur. We will make every attempt to progress and stay on schedule.

Reviews and recommendations

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

REVIEW:
ISRP Preliminary Review (ISRP 99-2)

Recommendation:
Fund for one year (medium priority)

Date:
Jun 15, 1999

Comment:

Recommendation: Fund for one year (medium priority). Subsequent funding contingent on a better description of the watershed plan and monitoring methods.

Comments: This project is basically a re-evaluation of conditions in the upper watershed of Cee Cee Ah Creek in terms of presently degraded fish habitat, identification of land management activities most significantly contributing to this degradation, and implementation of remedial actions to improve the habitat for westslope cutthroat trout and bull trout. This project appears to be taking a watershed approach to rehabilitating native salmonid habitat, which is desirable.

The assessment approach seems reasonable, but the enhancement and monitoring approaches are vague. The former mainly reflects the fact that specific actions cannot be proposed until after the assessment. The latter, however, can be stated more precisely at this point, so this is a flaw of the proposal. Another problem is the long-term viability of the salmonid populations in this isolated headwater area. At this point the team recommends funding the watershed assessment portion, but would hold off on funding rehabilitation projects and monitoring until these are more concretely stated.

The proposal is well written. It references the FWP measure and both the tribal management plan and the CBFWA Resident Fish Caucus Multi-Year plan. It lists four related projects. The work is oriented toward habitat restoration in the upper watershed to compliment work in the downstream waters. Accomplishments in 1997-98 have been good, and the project received an award in 1998. There are good objectives and tasks. The plan is to cover one tributary watershed to Box Canyon Reservoir at a time, starting with Cee Cee Ah Creek. There is excellent cost sharing (half again) plus other cooperating organizations. One wonders if this might have been a USDA Forest Service project instead of BPA, because so much of the land is already FS. There is a good abstract. The background gives good information on the relationship of this project to the broader Kalispel Resident Fish Project. There is a good, structured approach to the proposed work. Methods are a bit vague, though. Facilities seem fine. This is a great project for a small amount of money.

As the ISRP commented in its FY99 review (page 67), the description of methods and monitoring continues to lack needed detail, but the project takes a broad perspective and is well connected to other efforts in the watershed.

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Do Not Fund

Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:

REVIEW:
CBFWA: Resident Fish Review Comments

Recommendation:

Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:

Screening Criteria: NA

Technical Criteria: NA

Programmatic Criteria: NA

Milestone Criteria: NA

REVIEW:
CBFWA: Watershed Technical Group Comments

Recommendation:
Technically Sound? No

Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:

Inadequate proposal that provides little detail about past accomplishments or new implementation.

Is there a watershed assessment or overall plan? This is the third year of operation but the proposal does not describe where the project is heading.

Provide a specific monitoring and evaluation plan.

REVIEW:
ISRP Addendum Review (ISRP 99-3)

Recommendation:
Sponsor Funding Request Withdrawn

Date:
Oct 8, 1999

Comment:

Rank Comments: This well-written proposal references the FWP measure and both the tribal management plan and the CBFWA Resident Fish Caucus Multi-Year plan. The work is oriented toward habitat restoration in the upper watershed to compliment work in the downstream waters.

REVIEW:
ISRP Review (ISRP 99-3)

Recommendation:
withdrawn

Date:
Oct 8, 1999

Comment:

This well-written proposal references the FWP measure and both the tribal management plan and the CBFWA Resident Fish Caucus Multi-Year plan. The work is oriented toward habitat restoration in the upper watershed to compliment work in the downstream waters.

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation (NWPPC 2000-6)

Recommendation:
withdrawn

Date:
Mar 1, 2000

Comment:

sponsor withdrew project