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Contract 77111 REL 16: 2008-906-00 EXP CRYSTAL SPRINGS HATCHERY PLANNING
Project Number:
Title:
Crystal Springs Planning and Operations/Maintenance
BPA PM:
Stage:
Implementation
Area:
Province Subbasin %
Upper Snake Snake Upper 100.00%
Contract Number:
77111 REL 16
Contract Title:
2008-906-00 EXP CRYSTAL SPRINGS HATCHERY PLANNING
Contract Continuation:
Previous: Next:
77111 REL 4: 2008-906-00 EXP CRYSTAL SPRINGS PLANNING AND O&M
  • 77111 REL 26: 2008-906-00 EXP CRYSTAL SPRINGS PLANNING AND O&M
Contract Status:
Closed
Contract Description:
The Crystal Springs Hatchery Program was contracted in early 2010 to develop a conceptual plan for producing two species of fish, Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout and Snake River Chinook Salmon, to supplement Tribal fisheries both on and off the Reservation.  In 2012 the Tribes submitted a conceptual plan to re-develop a hatchery facility located near Pingree that BPA had purchased in 1997 to use as a Tribal project site for rearing Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout.  This conceptual plan was approved by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council in August of that year following an independent evaluation of the science behind the proposal.  The approval was based on a program that would produce hatchery fish for release in the Fort Hall Bottoms (Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout), the Yankee Fork Salmon River and Panther Creek (both watersheds would receive Spring/Summer Chinook salmon smolts).

The Tribes completed designs for all facilities over the next eighteen months and in September 2013 the Bonneville Power Administration, US Forest Service, and NOAA-Fisheries began the environmental review of that proposal.  The environmental review process included an evaluation of the program for effects to endangered species and impacts from federal actions connected to the program via the NEPA process.  On parallel tracks the Tribes engaged in required Endangered Species Act consultation with NOAA-Fisheries and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as an Environmental Impact Statement to obtain special use permits from the US Forest Service and approval to spend capital funds allocated by Bonneville Power Administration to construct the hatchery facilities.

The Draft EIS was completed and public comments were received in June 2017, as well as the final submittals of required materials for the ESA consultations with NOAA-Fisheries and the USFWS.  On a concurrent track, BPA and the Tribes developed draft construction and realty memorandum to describe roles and responsibilities for implementing the project described in the DEIS.  However, in August 2017 a significant issue was identified with the rearing and release of Sockeye Salmon smolts from the IDFG Springfield Hatchery, located approximately one mile north of the proposed Crystal Springs site.  The water chemistry difference between the Springfield Hatchery and release site at Redfish Lake Creek was so dramatic that smolts experienced acute mortality near 100% of the total release within 36 hours.  This issue forced BPA to ‘pause’ the environmental review while we performed a study on Chinook salmon smolts to see if the same issue would arise for that species.

Chinook juveniles for the experiment was obtained from the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery to rear approximately 100,000 Chinook salmon smolts at the Springfield Hatchery for release into the Yankee Fork in April 2019.  Based on the results of this study, where Chinook reared in analogous conditions to the proposed Crystal Springs site, the Tribes determined continuing with the previous plan of rearing Chinook at that location carried a significant risk for a new hatchery program.  The intent of this contract is to implement an alternative strategy for the Crystal Springs program that will meet the basic objective of building fisheries in the Salmon River basin and rear resident trout for the Fort Hall Reservation.  Further, this alternative approach will remain cognizant of budget constraints and meet the available capital described in this memorandum.  In summary, the proposed planning process described below would bifurcate production facilities based on species, making use of the BPA purchased Crystal Springs site to rear Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout only and evaluating an in-watershed hatchery facility in the Salmon River basin for Chinook salmon.  

Through a planning process that spanned almost nine years of research and studies, the Tribes’ technical staff has determined that a full hatchery program in the Yankee Fork, and likely the rearing of Chinook salmon at Crystal Springs may not result in the best possible hatchery program for the Tribes.  Based on the review of available data from these studies, technical staff recommends continuing small-scale studies in the Yankee Fork Salmon River under Project 2008-905-00 (SBT Supplementation), while focusing on Chinook hatchery production in Panther Creek or the East Fork Salmon River and at the Crystal Springs site for Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout.  From a capital perspective, this construction process would facilitate the immediate construction of a Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Hatchery at the existing site and provide adequate time to locate an in-watershed hatchery for Chinook salmon production in the Salmon River basin.  

Account Type(s):
Expense
Contract Start Date:
02/01/2019
Contract End Date:
01/31/2020
Current Contract Value:
$383,243
Expenditures:
$383,243

* Expenditures data includes accruals and are based on data through 31-Mar-2024.

BPA COR:
Env. Compliance Lead:
Contract Contractor:
Work Order Task(s):
Contract Type:
Release
Pricing Method:
Cost Reimbursement (CNF)
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Full Name Organization Write Permission Contact Role Email Work Phone
Chad Colter Shoshone-Bannock Tribes No Interested Party ccolter@sbtribes.com (208) 239-4553
Lawrence Crue Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Yes Contract Manager lcrue@sbtribes.com (208) 252-2493
Jacee Furniss Shoshone-Bannock Tribes No Interested Party jfurniss@sbtribes.com (208) 239-4551
Desmond Gelman Bonneville Power Administration No CO Assistant dxgelman@bpa.gov (503) 230-4960
Edward Gresh Bonneville Power Administration No Env. Compliance Lead esgresh@bpa.gov (503) 230-5756
Mary Haight Bonneville Power Administration Yes COR mthaight@bpa.gov (503) 230-3112
David Kaplowe Bonneville Power Administration Yes F&W Approver djkaplowe@bpa.gov (503) 230-5365
Elsha Leavitt Shoshone-Bannock Tribes No Interested Party eleavitt@sbtribes.com (208) 478-3795
Daniel Stone Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Yes Supervisor dstone@sbtribes.com (208) 239-4555
Shannell Ward Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Yes Administrative Contact shannell.ward@sbtribes.com (208) 478-3821
Pam Waterhouse Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Yes Administrative Contact pwaterhouse@sbtribes.com (208) 478-3819
Diana Yupe Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Yes Interested Party dyupe@sbtribes.com (208) 478-3790
Elham Zolmajd-Haghighi Bonneville Power Administration Yes Contracting Officer ezolmajd-haghighi@bpa.gov (503) 230-7414


Viewing of Work Statement Elements

Deliverable Title WSE Sort Letter, Number, Title Start End Concluded
Environmental Compliance Documents A: 165. Submit required Environmental Compliance documents 01/31/2020 06/30/2019
Collect & Validate Chinook smolt Physiology and Water Samples B: 157. Crystal Springs Chinook physiology study design 08/31/2019 06/30/2019
Completion of Realty processes. D: 172. Realty processes necessary to construct the hatchery 01/31/2020
Documentation J: 99. Aquaculturist Intern Program 12/31/2019 06/30/2019
Annual Report K: 132. Produce 2018 Annual Report 05/01/2019 06/30/2019
Effective implementation management and timely contract administration L: 119. Project/contract administration 01/31/2020 06/30/2019
Revised Master Plan and site selection options paper for Chinook Hatchery N: 174. Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Upper Salmon Hatchery Plan 01/31/2020
Revised Master Plan for a Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Hatchery O: 174. Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Hatchery Plan 01/31/2020 01/31/2020
Conceptual Crystal Springs Resident Hatchery Design and Cost Estimate P: 175. Develop Crystal Springs Resident Fish Conceptual Design 01/31/2020 01/24/2020
Combined Step 2 and 3 documents for the Council's Step Review Process Q: 196. Revised Step 2/3 Submittal for Resident Fish Hatchery 01/31/2020

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Primary Focal Species Work Statement Elements
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened)
  • 1 instance of WE 196 Council Step Process
  • 1 instance of WE 172 Conduct Pre-Acquisition Activities
  • 1 instance of WE 174 Produce Plan
  • 3 instances of WE 175 Produce Design
  • 1 instance of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
  • 1 instance of WE 171 Build, Modify, and/or Refurbish Artificial Production Facility
  • 1 instance of WE 100 Construction Management
Cutthroat Trout, Yellowstone (O. c. bouvieri)
  • 2 instances of WE 196 Council Step Process
  • 1 instance of WE 174 Produce Plan
  • 2 instances of WE 175 Produce Design
  • 1 instance of WE 171 Build, Modify, and/or Refurbish Artificial Production Facility

Sort WE ID WE Title NEPA NOAA USFWS NHPA Has Provisions Inadvertent Discovery Completed
A 165 Submit required Environmental Compliance documents 02/01/2019
B 157 Crystal Springs Chinook physiology study design 02/01/2019
C 196 Complete Step 2 and 3 Combined Review
D 172 Realty processes necessary to construct the hatchery 02/01/2019
E 175 Develop Crystal Springs Design and Specification Bid Set
F 175 Develop Panther Creek Satellite Facilities bid set
G 175 Develop Yankee Fork and Panther Creek Satellite Facilities bid set
H 100 Pre-construction Project Management 02/01/2019
I 171 Construct Crystal Springs Hatchery and associated satellite facilities
J 99 Aquaculturist Intern Program 02/01/2019
K 132 Produce 2018 Annual Report 02/01/2019
L 119 Project/contract administration 02/01/2019
M 185 Periodic Status Reports for BPA 02/01/2019
N 174 Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Upper Salmon Hatchery Plan
O 174 Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Hatchery Plan
P 175 Develop Crystal Springs Resident Fish Conceptual Design
Q 196 Revised Step 2/3 Submittal for Resident Fish Hatchery