March 8, 2005 2005
Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project Monitoring and Evaluation
Statement of Work and Budget FY2005
BPA Project Number:  1995-063-25
Contract Number:  _______________

Project Leader
Howard Schaller
US Fish and Wildlie Service
Columbia River Fisheries Program Office
1211 SE Cardinal Court Suite 100
Vancouver, WA  98683
(360) 604-2500   Fax (360) 604-2505
howard_schaller@r1.fws.gov

Technical Coordinator
Skip Walch/Jesse Rivera
US Fish and Wildlife Service
1211 SE Cardinal Court Suite 100
Vancouver, WA 98683
(360) 604-2500  Fax (360) 604-2505
skip_walch@r1.fws.gov   jesse_rivera@r1.fws.gov

Administrative Contact
Robert Haverkate
US Fish and Wildlife Service
1211 SE Cardinal Court  Suite 100
Vancouver, WA  98683
(360) 604-2500  Fax (360) 604-2505
bob_haverkate@r1.fws.gov



Please Enter any Contract Background information here.

This contract is in support of the YKFP Monitoring and Evaluation Project, project number 1995-063-25.

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will assist the Yakama Nation (YN) by marking URB Fall Chinook and Coho at the Eagle Creek National Fish Hatchery and the Yakima Prosser Hatchery for the Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Program (YKFP). This work is in support of the Coho and Fall Chinook Feasibility Restoration and Supplementation Program.  The Bonneville Power Administration is providing funding for this project.

This contract will allow USFWS to mark all coho produced from fish returning to the Yakima River and its tributaries, including the Naches River.  The marking will occur according to the tentative schedule outlined below (April through July 2005).

The USFWS (through this contract) will provide all materials for marking the fish including the marking trailer, anesthetic, contracted fish markers, and qualified trailer operators. In addition US Fish and Wildlife Service staff will provide direct supervision and operation of the fish marking trailers and actual marking will be done by subcontract.  All personnel, travel, supplies and services costs are broken out by marking location and attached.

NEPA environmental review will be coordinated, as needed, with BPA's NEPA staff.  Generally, NEPA is coordinated through a related project, YKFP Management, Data, and Habitat, 1988-102-25.  A specific NEPA CX has been processed to cover these fish marking activities.


Summary of marking activities:

  Marking Location           Species                         Mark/Mark date            Size        Mark Dates           Rel site/date            Brood Year

Ykaima Prosser               URB Fall Chinook 365,000 LV & RV4/05        300/lbs    April 5-11, 2005     Yakima Basin 05/06-05  BY 2004

Yakima Prosser                Coho 500,000                     LV 6/05                     100/lbs  June 8 - 26, 2005    Yakima Basin 5-06        BY 2004

Eagal Creek NFH             Coho 500,000                    Ad 7/05                      75/lbs    July 7 - 21, 2005    Yakima & Naches R 5-06BY 2004