This contract covers efforts by the Idaho Office of Species Conservation (OSC) to implement the first year of Yankee Fork Pond Series 3 (PS3) Side Channel activity.  The contract covers administration, construction management, environmental compliance, outreach, and habitat improvement activity in PS3.  

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ (Tribes) have been working on the Yankee Fork Salmon River since 1984 under BPA Project # 83-359, Salmon River Habitat Enhancement.  The Tribes work on the Yankee Fork continued in 2005 under BPA Project #2002-059-00, Yankee Fork Salmon River Dredge Tailings Restoration.

In May of 2008 the Tribes submitted the Yankee Fork Floodplain Restoration Implementation Plan for 2008 - 2018 to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Council).  This plan was reviewed by the ISRP and comments were provided in Review Memorandum ISRP 2008-11 (2) with a Does Not Meet Scientific Criteria recommendation.  The Council also recommended that Project #2002-059-00 be subject to the Three-Step Review Process.

The 2008 Columbia Basin Fish Accord Agreement with the Tribes (Accord) included the Yankee Fork Floodplain Restoration Project # 2002-059-00 in Attachment A and the Project Narratives Appendix B.  In addition, the 2009 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program recognized the Accord commitments for BPA to fund multi-year implementation plans.  The Council also agreed to work with BPA to estimate budgets and secure adequate funding for multi-year implementation plans.

On February 14, 2012, the Tribes submitted a response to the ISRP 2008-11 Memorandum and requested review of a revised proposal and supporting appendices for the Tribes Project # 2002-059-00. The revised proposal included two habitat improvement activities in Pond Series 2 and Pond Series 3.  These two activities were identified in the Accord multi-year implementation plan.   The February 2012 submittal was reviewed by the ISRP and comments were provided in Review Memorandum ISRP 2012-5 with a Meets Scientific Review Criteria (Qualified) recommendation.

The current proposal in response to ISRP 2012-5 Memorandum is for habitat improvement activity in Pond Series 3 identified in the Accord multi-year implementation plan.  This contract will accomplish the first portion of the project to be funded through the Accord.  Future habitat improvement activities are being developed into a programmatic multi-year implementation plan.  A separate programmatic proposal with supporting documentation will be prepared and submitted to the Council for ISRP review.

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