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Contract 94159: 2007-397-00 EXP JOHN DAY TRIB/PASS & FLOW
Project Number:
Title:
John Day Watershed Restoration
BPA PM:
Stage:
Implementation
Area:
Province Subbasin %
Columbia Plateau John Day 100.00%
Contract Number:
94159
Contract Title:
2007-397-00 EXP JOHN DAY TRIB/PASS & FLOW
Contract Continuation:
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91763: 2007-397-00 EXP JOHN DAY TRIB/PASS & FLOW
Contract Status:
Issued
Contract Description:
The John Day is the nation’s second longest free-flowing river in the contiguous United States and the longest containing entirely un-supplemented runs of anadromous fish. Located in eastern Oregon, the basin drains over 8,000 square miles, Oregon's fourth largest drainage basin, and incorporates portions of eleven counties. Originating in the Strawberry Mountains near Prairie City, the John Day River flows 284 miles in a northwesterly direction, entering the Columbia River approximately four miles upstream of the John Day dam. With wild runs of spring Chinook salmon and summer steelhead, westslope cutthroat, and redband and bull trout, the John Day system is truly a basin with national significance.

The John Day River basin is within the CTWS ceded lands and supporting restoration efforts such as this project is an important part of maintaining cultural foods and fish populations. The mission of the CTWS Branch of Natural Resources Fisheries Department is to provide fisheries populations at harvestable levels for tribal members using information gained from research, management, production, and habitat programs while exercising co-management authority across ceded lands and usual and accustomed stations. In 1997, the Tribes established an office in the basin to coordinate restoration projects, monitoring, planning and other watershed activities on private and public lands. Once established, the John Day Basin Office formed partnerships with local agencies and stakeholders to implement restoration actions.

The goal of this project is to address limiting factors by implementing restoration actions that protect and restore passage, flow, and habitat for anadromous fish and listed species in the John Day River Basin. This includes the use of the John Day Basin Watershed Restoration Strategy to assist the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (CTWS), John Day Watershed Restoration Program with the ability to focus on implementing suites of restoration actions that will more effectively address priority-limiting factors.

The CTWS John Day River Watershed Restoration Strategy (2014) prioritized geographic areas with the greatest restoration potential for focal fish species, these areas were identified based on a synthesis of analytical results from the Ecosystem Diagnostic and Treatment model, Qualitative Habitat Assessments, and Technical Team review. Watersheds are delineated with a Restoration Potential Benefit (RPB) score along the range of low potential (0) to high potential (9). Within the Strategy, the target and focused restoration actions were identified for each Subbasin to have the most impact in addressing limiting factors.

In addition to Tribal Strategy, CTWS worked as part of the John Day Basin Partnership to collaboratively analyze the most current biological and physical habitat data to prioritize sub-watersheds within the John Day Basin and rank restoration opportunities within those watersheds.  The Partnership's Prioritization utilized the Atlas Framework to determined tier I, II, and III priority areas and prioritized hundreds of restoration opportunities within these watersheds. The goals are to assist partners to implement projects that will address the highest priority limiting habitat factors to benefit the limiting life stages for focal species within the basin.

RPB, Atlas Tier and Atlas Opportunity Score, have been provided within relevant WE descriptions to help better understand project prioritization with the John Daye Basin. Definitions for each metric are defined as:

RPB Score - The Restoration Potential Benefit within a HUC5 watershed is ranked for bull trout, steelhead, and chinook salmon, on a scale of 0-3 and summed. RPB scores range from 0 (lowest) to 9 (highest).

Atlas Tier - Assigns a ranking to each sub-watershed using the cumulative scores for geomorphic potential, current condition, future condition, limiting life stage, and periodicity. Ranges from Tier I (highest priority) to Tier III (lowest priority).

Atlas Opportunity Score - Describes project opportunity for distinct reaches within a sub-watershed based on the priority of reach-specific restoration actions, actions' ability to address priority limiting habitat factors, natural process rating, and the actions' ability to lessen climate change impacts. Opportunity scores range from 0 (lowest) to 84 (highest).


Work implemented under this contract will cover restoration and conservation efforts associated with:

1      The John Day Basin Partnership – CTWS is one of 28 organizations signed onto a Memorandum of Understanding. The Partnership was awarded funding through OWEB’s Focused Investment Partnership (FIP) program in 2019 for 6 years of funding focused on native fish habitat. The Partnership uses the Atlas framework for prioritization of both native fish habitat and uplands restoration. CTWS works with the Partnership on projects covered under the FIP and located in priorities identified by the CTWS Watershed Restoration Strategy. The Atlas prioritization adds another level of focus and prioritization to the CTWS John Day River Watershed Restoration Strategy.
2      Structured Implementation and Monitoring (SIM) Framework - this is a joint effort between CTWS and ODFW to focus restoration and monitoring that will guide our efforts in the future. 2019 - 2022 covered the original implementation timeline in the Middle Fork Subbasin, but several projects will continue to be in-design for this contract.
3      The Upper John Day River is the intended focal watershed for the SIM framework during the 2023 – 2026 implementation window. CTWS is allocating increasing focus on identifying restoration opportunities in the Upper John Day with several projects in development and work intended to continue for several years.
4      The Resource Conservation and Partnership Project (RCPP) - CTWS was awarded an RCPP project for irrigation efficiency practices and conservation easements in the upper John Day and upper Middle Fork sub basins. This award spans 2018-2024 and will cover irrigation efficiency projects matched with BPA funding for irrigation diversion improvements and instream habitat projects.

Specific projects covered in this contract include:
1. NFJD – Fox Creek Reach 9 – Produce design.
2. NFJD – Fox Creek Reach 18 – Irrigation Project. Replace 3 unscreened diversions with 1 pump station and pivot. Related instream/riparian project completed in 2019.
3. MFJD – Caribou Creek Reconnection – Produce design.
4. MFJD – Oxbow Phase 6 and 7 – Produce design.
5. MFJD – Middle Fork Planting and Fencing. Work covers the collection of seed, propagation, and planting of native riparian plants, as well as protection from browse.
6. MFJD - Dunstan Preserve Floodplain Enhancement-Coyote to Balance Design.
7. MFJD - Holmes Diversion Replacement and Habitat Restoration Project-Produce Design
8. MFJD – Deep Creek and Granite Creek Culvert Design
9. MFJD-Phipps Meadow Habitat Enhancement Design
10. MFJD – DeWitt Homestead Roof Replacement and Interpretive Signage
11. UJD – Upper John Day and Jeff Davis Creek Restoration – Produce design.
12. UJD-Remove Fish Passage Barrier and Vegetation- Belshaw Creek Diversion Consolidation and Irrigation Efficiency
13. UJD – Mainstem Forrest Conservation Area Restoration Design
14. UJD –Remove Vegetation Battle Creek
15. UJD-Indian Creek Diversion Design
16. NFJD-Cottonwood Creek-Increase Aquatic Complexity and Floodplain Connectivity
17. Effectiveness Monitoring covers large scale projects implemented through the CTWS Program, such as Fox Creek, the Middle Fork, and the Upper John Day. The purpose is to monitor the overall effectiveness of achieving project objectives and relate those objectives back to the overarching goal of benefitting ESA listed steelhead and non-listed Chinook salmon.


Account Type(s):
Expense
Contract Start Date:
02/01/2024
Contract End Date:
01/31/2025
Current Contract Value:
$2,261,366
Expenditures:
$610,419

* Expenditures data includes accruals and are based on data through 30-Nov-2024.

BPA CO:
BPA COR:
Env. Compliance Lead:
Work Order Task(s):
Contract Type:
Coop
Pricing Method:
Cost Reimbursement (CNF)
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Full Name Organization Write Permission Contact Role Email Work Phone
Chad Baumler Bonneville Power Administration Yes Interested Party CEBaumler@bpa.gov (630) 461-5871
Jay Chong Bonneville Power Administration Yes Contracting Officer jxchong@bpa.gov (503) 230-4007
Zach Cunningham Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs No Interested Party zachary.cunningham@ctwsbnr.org (541) 777-2830
Israel Duran Bonneville Power Administration Yes Interested Party induran@bpa.gov (503) 230-3967
El Freda Gentry Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs No Administrative Contact elfreda.gentry@wstribes.org (541) 553-3375
Brad Houslet Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs No Interested Party brad.houslet@ctwsbnr.org (541) 553-2039
Lyman Jim Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs No Supervisor lyman.jim@ctwsbnr.org (541) 553-3587
Stefan Kelly Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Yes Contract Manager stefan.kelly@ctwsbnr.org (541) 575-1866
Jessica Power Bonneville Power Administration No CO Assistant jdpower@bpa.gov (503) 230-4023
Elizabeth Ruszczyk Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs No Contract Manager liz.ruszczyk@ctwsbnr.org (541) 777-2842
Angelina SiJohn Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Yes Administrative Contact angelina.sijohn@wstribes.org (541) 553-3219
John Vlastelicia Bonneville Power Administration Yes Env. Compliance Lead JMVlastelicia@bpa.gov (503) 230-5986
Allan Whiting Bonneville Power Administration Yes COR AHWhiting@bpa.gov (503) 230-3786
Jesse Wilson Bonneville Power Administration Yes F&W Approver jcwilson@bpa.gov (503) 230-4506


Viewing of Work Statement Elements

Deliverable Title WSE Sort Letter, Number, Title Start End Concluded
Effective implementation management and timely contract administration B: 119. Manage Administer Projects 01/31/2025
Completed Environmental Compliance Documentation C: 165. Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation 01/31/2025
Coordinate John Day Watershed Activities E: 191. CTWS Watershed Coordination in the John Day Basin 01/31/2025
Develop or update (out-year) prioritized Habitat Project list: Upload to CBFish F: 114. Identify and Select Projects in the John Day Basin 01/31/2025
Produce and upload design sets and documentation. G: 175. NFJD - Fox Creek Reach 9 - Habitat Designs (Carried forward from prior contract) 01/31/2025
Install Irrigation Infrastructure H: 208. NFJD - Fox Creek Reach 18 - Irrigation System Installation 01/01/2025
Complete Designs I: 175. MFJD - Caribou Creek Reconnection - Produce Restoration Design (Carried forward from prior contract) 01/31/2025
Oxbow Ruby to Beaver Designs Produced J: 175. MFJD - Oxbow Phase 6 (Ruby to Beaver) Designs (Carried forward from prior contract) 01/31/2025
Produce 30% Designs for Oxbow Phase 7 K: 175. MFJD - Oxbow Phase 7 (Coyote Bluffs) Designs (Carried forward from prior contract) 01/31/2025
Riparian plantings for the Middle Fork John Day River L: 198. MFJD - Middle Fork John Day Plant Propagation/Planting 01/31/2025
Produce 30% Designs M: 175. MFJD- Dunstan Preserve Floodplain Enhancement - Coyote to Balance Design 01/31/2025
Produce Holmes Diverson Replacement and Habitat Project designs N: 175. MFJD-Holmes Diversion Replacement and Habitat Restoration Project 01/31/2025
Complete Granite Creek Culvert Design. O: 175. MFJD- Granite Creek Culvert Design (carried forward from previous contract) 01/31/2025
Complete Deep Creek Culvert Design P: 175. MFJD- Deep Creek Culvert Design (carried forward from prior contract) 01/31/2025
Complete 60% to 80% Designs Q: 175. MFJD- Phipps Meadow Habitat Enhancement Project 01/31/2025
Completed Roof Replacement R: 201. MFJD- DeWitt Homestead Roof Replacement 01/31/2025
Complete Signage Development S: 188. MFJD-Produce Signage 01/31/2025
Design Review T: 175. UJD-Belshaw Creek Diversion Consolidation and Irrigation Efficiency Project Designs 08/30/2024
Produce and Upload 15% Designs and Documentation for the Mainstem Forrest Conservation Area X: 175. UJD-Mainstem Forrest Conservation Area Instream Habitat Project (carried forward from previous contract) 01/31/2025
Complete Juniper Removal Y: 199. LJD- Battle Creek Juniper Removal 01/31/2025
Previously Implemented Projects Maintained Z: 198. Riparian Plant Maintenance and Adaptive Management 01/31/2025
Produce accessible, error-checked datasets AA: 157. John Day Basin USGS Gauging Station Operations and Maintenance 01/31/2025
Address Adaptive Management Opportunities AB: 186. Adaptive Management 01/31/2025
Produce accessible, error-checked datasets AC: 157. Fox Creek Effectiveness Monitoring 01/31/2025
Produce accessible, error-checked datasets AD: 157. Upper and Middle Fork John Day Effectiveness Monitoring 01/31/2025
Deliverable: An accessible, error-checked data set with metadata AE: 162. Analysis and Interpretation of Field Data Collected From Fisheries and Non-Fisheries Surveys 01/31/2025
Complete all Data Entry and Management AF: 160. Project and Fisheries Data Management 01/31/2025
Completed Annual Report AG: 132. Submit Progress Report for the period February 2023 to January 2024 06/30/2024
Complete Restoration Implementation AH: 29. NFJD - Upper Cottonwood Creek Restoration 08/31/2024
Complete Hydrologic Assessment AI: 115. LJD - Thirtymile Hydrologic Assessment 01/31/2025
Complete Sixmile Restoration Implementation AJ: 29. MFJD - Sixmile Creek Restoration 08/31/2024
Produce Final Designs AK: 175. UJD - Indian Creek Diversion (Carryover from previous contract) 01/31/2025
Complete Restoration Implementation AL: 180. NFJD - Upper Cottonwood Restoration 01/31/2025
Habitat and Passage Structures Monitored AM: 157. Implementation Effectiveness Monitoring 01/31/2025
Complete 15% Designs and Submit for HIP IV Review AN: 175. MFJD - Bates Pond Reconnection 01/31/2025
Perform Feasibility and Prioritization Assessments on Conservation Properties Tributaries AO: 175. MFJD - Conservation Properties Tributaries Low-Tech Design 01/31/2025

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Viewing of Environmental Metrics Customize

Primary Focal Species Work Statement Elements
Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) - All Populations
  • 1 instance of WE 114 Identify and Select Projects
  • 1 instance of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Mid-Columbia River Spring ESU
  • 2 instances of WE 199 Remove Vegetation
  • 2 instances of WE 198 Maintain Vegetation
  • 1 instance of WE 186 Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage/Structure
  • 1 instance of WE 85 Remove/Breach Fish Passage Barrier
  • 13 instances of WE 175 Produce Design
  • 3 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
  • 1 instance of WE 162 Analyze/Interpret Data
Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - All Populations
  • 1 instance of WE 114 Identify and Select Projects
Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
  • 2 instances of WE 199 Remove Vegetation
  • 2 instances of WE 198 Maintain Vegetation
  • 1 instance of WE 186 Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage/Structure
  • 2 instances of WE 29 Increase Aquatic and/or Floodplain Complexity
  • 1 instance of WE 180 Enhance Floodplain/Remove, Modify, Breach Dike
  • 1 instance of WE 85 Remove/Breach Fish Passage Barrier
  • 1 instance of WE 115 Produce Inventory or Assessment
  • 15 instances of WE 175 Produce Design
  • 4 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
  • 1 instance of WE 162 Analyze/Interpret Data
  • 1 instance of WE 208 Irrigation Infrastructure Construction or Replacement
Lamprey, Pacific (Entosphenus tridentata)
  • 2 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
Freshwater Mussels
  • 1 instance of WE 175 Produce Design
  • 1 instance of WE 208 Irrigation Infrastructure Construction or Replacement
Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened)
  • 1 instance of WE 198 Maintain Vegetation
  • 1 instance of WE 114 Identify and Select Projects
  • 7 instances of WE 175 Produce Design
Trout, Rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
  • 1 instance of WE 208 Irrigation Infrastructure Construction or Replacement

Sort WE ID WE Title NEPA NOAA USFWS NHPA Has Provisions Inadvertent Discovery Completed
A 185 Periodic Status Reports for BPA
B 119 Manage Administer Projects
C 165 Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation 02/01/2024
D 99 John Day Basin Office Education and Outreach
E 191 CTWS Watershed Coordination in the John Day Basin
F 114 Identify and Select Projects in the John Day Basin
G 175 NFJD - Fox Creek Reach 9 - Habitat Designs (Carried forward from prior contract) 01/31/2025
H 208 NFJD - Fox Creek Reach 18 - Irrigation System Installation
I 175 MFJD - Caribou Creek Reconnection - Produce Restoration Design (Carried forward from prior contract) 02/01/2024
J 175 MFJD - Oxbow Phase 6 (Ruby to Beaver) Designs (Carried forward from prior contract) 01/31/2025
K 175 MFJD - Oxbow Phase 7 (Coyote Bluffs) Designs (Carried forward from prior contract) 01/31/2025
L 198 MFJD - Middle Fork John Day Plant Propagation/Planting
M 175 MFJD- Dunstan Preserve Floodplain Enhancement - Coyote to Balance Design 01/31/2025
N 175 MFJD-Holmes Diversion Replacement and Habitat Restoration Project 01/31/2025
O 175 MFJD- Granite Creek Culvert Design (carried forward from previous contract) 01/31/2025
P 175 MFJD- Deep Creek Culvert Design (carried forward from prior contract) 01/31/2025
Q 175 MFJD- Phipps Meadow Habitat Enhancement Project 01/31/2025
R 201 MFJD- DeWitt Homestead Roof Replacement 07/18/2024
S 188 MFJD-Produce Signage 02/01/2024
T 175 UJD-Belshaw Creek Diversion Consolidation and Irrigation Efficiency Project Designs 02/01/2024
U 175 UJD - Upper John Day and Jeff Davis Restoration Design (carried forward from previous contract) 02/01/2024
V 199 UJD - Upper John Day Juniper Treatment- Belshaw Creek Phase I 05/30/2024
W 85 UJD-Belshaw Creek Diversion Consolidation and Irrigation Efficiency Project- Phase I
X 175 UJD-Mainstem Forrest Conservation Area Instream Habitat Project (carried forward from previous contract) 01/31/2025
Y 199 LJD- Battle Creek Juniper Removal
Z 198 Riparian Plant Maintenance and Adaptive Management
AA 157 John Day Basin USGS Gauging Station Operations and Maintenance
AB 186 Adaptive Management 02/01/2024
AC 157 Fox Creek Effectiveness Monitoring
AD 157 Upper and Middle Fork John Day Effectiveness Monitoring
AE 162 Analysis and Interpretation of Field Data Collected From Fisheries and Non-Fisheries Surveys
AF 160 Project and Fisheries Data Management
AG 132 Submit Progress Report for the period February 2023 to January 2024
AH 29 NFJD - Upper Cottonwood Creek Restoration
AI 115 LJD - Thirtymile Hydrologic Assessment 01/31/2025
AJ 29 MFJD - Sixmile Creek Restoration 07/15/2024
AK 175 UJD - Indian Creek Diversion (Carryover from previous contract) 01/31/2025
AL 180 NFJD - Upper Cottonwood Restoration
AM 157 Implementation Effectiveness Monitoring
AN 175 MFJD - Bates Pond Reconnection 07/19/2024
AO 175 MFJD - Conservation Properties Tributaries Low-Tech Design 07/19/2024