The objectives of this project are not amenable to scientific review. However, the ISRP provides the following suggestions for project and proposal improvement.

This non-science project provides administrative, management, and database support. This project is centered in the Klickitat River and is an analog of Project 1988120025, which does the same things as this project, but in the Yakima subbasin.

The proponent states that this project is designed to support policy development and administration. Furthermore, it is stated that this is a management and data project that supports staffing to conduct appropriate and necessary planning and administration of the supplementation, reintroduction of extirpated species, and harvest augmentation actions in the Klickitat Basin that are essential to fulfilling regional conservation goals and to meeting regional mitigation and treaty trust obligations. To improve future proposals and to organize annual reports, the ISRP suggests that the proponent develop SMART objectives to address these functions, complemented by a full suite of methods associated with each objective.

Q1: Clearly defined objectives and outcomes

An overarching goal for YKFP regarding fish production targets is provided, but a goal specific to this proposal was not explicitly stated. The goal statement for this proposal could be something like: Provide oversight, administrative services, policy guidance, coordination, data management, and planning that help to ensure that the YFKP projects in the Klickitat subbasin are as effective as possible.

The proponent refers the reader to pages 212-249 of the “Phase 2 Report” to find “quantitative SMART objectives,” but the objectives given in the referenced report are incomplete versions of SMART objectives, and they do not describe the objectives for the proposal at hand, which has to do with project management, planning, and policy, not fish production targets.

Examples of relevant SMART objectives for this project would be:

• Provide a data repository and data management services for the YFKP projects in the Klickitat Subbasin on an as-needed basis.

• Conduct a monthly forum to address technical and policy issues for the YFKP projects associated with the Klickitat Subbasin.

Q2: Methods

The methods for management, planning, and policy actions lack detail, and they are not tied to specific SMART objectives (see above). It is assumed that additional methods and specificity of methods will increase once appropriate SMART objectives have been developed.

Q3: Provisions for M&E

It would be helpful to present (1) a full list of publications, reports, and products (e.g., models, databases) that this project has supported as a measure of success and (2) a list of planned contributions for publications, reports, and products that are in the pipeline for the near future.

Q4: Results – benefits to fish and wildlife

It is reasonable to assume that fish and wildlife in the Klickitat watershed are benefiting from the oversight and data services that this project provides to a web of important YKFP projects. Specific examples of successful implementation and outcomes would be good to document.