CRITFC StreamNet Project
BPA Project No.:  198810804
FY 2010 Work Statement
October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010

Participants:

Phil Roger, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Lenora Oftedahl, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
David Liberty, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Gabe Sheoships, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Nicole Tursich, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Bruce Schmidt, Project Manager, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission


Project Description

StreamNet (1988-104-00) is a cooperative, multi-agency data compilation and data management project authorized by the Northwest Power & Conservation Council’s Fish and Wildlife Program (FWP).    It is funded primarily by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) through the FWP as part of its program to protect, mitigate, and enhance fish and wildlife resources affected by the development and operation of hydroelectric facilities on the Columbia River and tributaries. The state agencies for Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service share responsibility for the StreamNet Regional Database and provide the source documents which are housed in the StreamNet Library.  The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission administers the StreamNet Library and helps to coordinate data from the Commission’s member tribes. The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) administers the overall StreamNet Project.

The StreamNet Library was a subsidiary of the PSMFC StreamNet Project (1988-104-00), and became an semi-independent project administered by the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission under the Columbia Basin Fish Accords.  In addition to working with PSMFC StreamNet, the StreamNet Library also works with the Tribal Data Network (2008-507-00), also administered by the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, to gather data and information sources from Columbia Basin tribes for inclusion in the PSMFC StreamNet Project databases.

Library Mission:
The StreamNet Library serves the scientific community of the Pacific Northwest and those researchers working in cooperation with the region's fish and wildlife recovery efforts who are not otherwise served by a specialized library. We also serve the General Public who are interested in the issues surrounding the Columbia Basin and salmon recovery efforts. The Library offers research assistance, interlibrary lending and borrowing, document delivery and other library services.

The Library provides access to technical information and research on the Columbia River basin fisheries. We also provide information on fisheries, ecosystems and other relevant subjects for states and provinces in the Pacific Northwest (Northern California through Alaska, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia). This information can be found in books, journals, computer files, technical reports, and other formats. The Library currently contains approximately 60,000 items and places particular emphasis on less commonly available "grey" literature, such as consultants' reports, state, local & tribal government documents and non-profit organizations' reports.

The Work Elements which define the CRITFC StreamNet Project functions are as follows:

1.WE 159 Transfer/Consolidate Regionally Standardized Data. The library acquires information resources from many different sources. StreamNet Project participants are required to submit resource documents from which they derive data for the StreamNet database. In addition, the CRITFC StreamNet Project continues to provide data sets to the Regional StreamNet database.

2.WE 160 Create/Manage/Maintain Database. The StreamNet Library maintains a database of all materials in the library.  The database also serves as a reference to the digital collections available via the World Wide Web (WWW). Additionally, library holdings are also recorded in an international database (OCLC) as well as regional databases for resource sharing purposes.

3.WE 161 Disseminate Raw/Summary Data and Results. The StreamNet Library provides information services to customers. Staff members search databases for keywords, compile subject bibliographies and assist customers with finding information in source documents. Library staff also spend time answering a wide variety of questions from various levels of knowledge from school children to high-level researchers looking for specific data points.

4.WE 189 Regional Coordination. The StreamNet Library coordinates with other libraries in the Portland Metropolitan area as well as throughout the Pacific Northwest to provide information and services to citizens throughout the Columbia River basin.

5.WE 99 Outreach and Education. The StreamNet Library provides educational materials at various local events to promote both the library as well as knowledge about the natural resources in the Columbia Basin. We have educational information and continues to maintain bibliographies of curriculums for Pacific salmon.

6.WE 119 Manage and Administer Projects. Management tasks include budget development, expenditure tracking, personnel supervision, and management of project activities to accomplish tasks in the statement of work.

7.WE 132 Produce (Annual) Progress Report. An annual report of library accomplishments will be prepared to describe how the library has provided customer service over the previous fiscal year.

8.WE 185 Periodic Status Report. The library will complete and submit abbreviated monthly and final status reports in the Pisces system.

Details of the actual tasks performed by the project are detailed in the Milestones under each Work Element.