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Project Summary

Project 1992-061-06 - Albeni Falls Wildlife Mitigation-Coeur D'Alene Tribe
Project Number:
1992-061-06
Title:
Albeni Falls Wildlife Mitigation-Coeur D'Alene Tribe
Summary:
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game formed the Albeni Falls Interagency Work Group in 1985 for the purpose of determining wildlife impacts associated with the construction of the Albeni Falls hydroelectric project. Work Group members include the IDFG, the Kalispel Tribe, the Coeur D'Alene Tribe, the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Once the loss assessments were completed, the group worked collectively to protect, enhance and mitigate wildlife impacts in the Coeur d' Alene and Pend Oreille Subbasins. This contract provides for the enhancement, operations and maintenance, construction and implementation on mitigation properties managed by the Coeur d' Alene Tribe. In addition, this contract provides the funding for the Tribe to conduct planning and design activities for the potential acquisition of mitigation properties. Currently the Tribe owns and manages approximately 3,300 acres under the Albeni Falls Wildlife Mitigation Project.

Continuing activities encompass long-term operation and maintenance with targeted enhancement activities.. Stream restoration and flood plain enhancement is being conducted on the Benewah Creek mitigation acquisition as part of the Fisheries Program's enhancement project as well as wetland enhancement / creation on the Goose Haven lake mitigation acquisition.

The properties acquired to date by the Coeur d' Alene Tribe fall into two general categories. Those that are conservation type with limited enhancements necessary and those that have high potential habitat value but require active enhancement activities to realize their potential. In 2008, the objective is to re-establish functional hydrology and expand the wetland component to Goose Haven Lake was implemented successfully. Fiscal year 2009 will entail primarily operation and maintenance activities with the addition of another 605 acres of upland habitat.
Proposer:
None
Proponent Orgs:
Coeur D'Alene Tribe (Tribe)
Starting FY:
1993
Ending FY:
2033
Stage:
Implementation - Project Status Report
Area:
Province Subbasin %
Intermountain Pend Oreille 100.00%
Purpose:
Habitat
Emphasis:
Restoration/Protection
Focal Species:
Cutthroat Trout, Westslope
Trout, Bull
Trout, Interior Redband
Wildlife
Species Benefit:
Anadromous: 0.0%   Resident: 0.0%   Wildlife: 100.0%
Special:
None
BiOp Association:
None

Description: Page: Cover: Cover photo

Project(s): 1992-061-06

Document: P123088

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Description: Page: 5 Appendix A, Figure 1: Aerial photo of Elkhorn Flats WMU overlaid with spray locations.

Project(s): 1992-061-06

Document: P123088

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Description: Page: 6 Appendix A, Figure 2: Aerial photo of Hepton Lake WMU overlaid with spray locations.

Project(s): 1992-061-06

Document: P123088

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Description: Page: 7 Appendix A, Figure 3: Aerial photo of St. Joe River WMU overlaid with spray locations.

Project(s): 1992-061-06

Document: P123088

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Description: Page: 8 Appendix A, Figure 4: Aerial photo of Windy Bay WMU overlaid with spray locations.

Project(s): 1992-061-06

Document: P123088

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Description: Page: 9 Appendix A, Figure 5: Aerial photo of Cougar Creek WMU overlaid with spray locations.

Project(s): 1992-061-06

Document: P123088

Dimensions: 816 x 1056

Description: Page: 10 Appendix A, Figure 6: Aerial photo of Goose Haven WMU overlaid with spray locations.

Project(s): 1992-061-06

Document: P123088

Dimensions: 816 x 1056


Summary of Budgets

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To see more detailed project budget information, please visit the "Project Budget" page

Decided Budget Transfers  (FY2024 - FY2026)

Acct FY Acct Type Amount Fund Budget Decision Date
FY2024 Expense $470,180 From: General FY24 SOY Budget Upload 06/01/2023
FY2024 Expense $470,180 To: General Remove Coeur d'Alene Budget Decisions for FY24 prior to Accord 02/21/2024
FY2024 Expense $908,464 From: Fish Accord - Coeur d'Alene Fish Accord - Coeur d'Alene (2/22/2024) 02/22/2024
FY2025 Expense $1,045,289 From: Fish Accord - Coeur d'Alene Fish Accord - Coeur d'Alene (2/22/2024) 02/22/2024
FY2026 Expense $1,216,728 From: Fish Accord - Coeur d'Alene Fish Accord - Coeur d'Alene (2/22/2024) 02/22/2024

Pending Budget Decision?  No


Actual Project Cost Share

Current Fiscal Year — 2025
Cost Share Partner Total Proposed Contribution Total Confirmed Contribution
There are no project cost share contributions to show.
Previous Fiscal Years
Fiscal Year Total Contributions % of Budget
2024 $1,461 (Draft) 0% (Draft)
2023 $1,470 0%
2022
2021 $10,040 2%
2020
2019 $7,590 2%
2018 $12,490 3%
2017 $5,000 1%
2016 $9,098 2%
2015 $18,500 4%
2014 $18,800 4%
2013 $15,000 3%
2012 $8,535 2%
2011 $7,668 2%
2010 $3,997 1%
2009 $4,000 1%
2008

Contracts

The table below contains contracts with the following statuses: Active, Closed, Complete, History, Issued.
* "Total Contracted Amount" column includes contracted amount from both capital and expense components of the contract.
Expense Contracts:
Number Contractor Name Title Status Total Contracted Amount Dates
BPA-007257 Bonneville Power Administration Albeni Falls Land Acquisition Active $642,666 10/1/2000 - 9/30/2001
BPA-011166 Bonneville Power Administration FY02 Land Acquisitions Active $0 10/1/2001 - 9/30/2002
35370 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WL COEUR D'ALENE TRIBE Closed $380,394 10/1/2007 - 9/30/2008
39936 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 199206106 CDAT ALBENI FALLS WL Closed $406,707 10/1/2008 - 9/30/2009
44788 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 199206106 EXP ALBENI FALLS WL COUER D'ALENE Closed $414,208 10/1/2009 - 9/30/2010
49932 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WL COUER D'ALENE Closed $417,821 10/1/2010 - 9/30/2011
54705 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WL COUER D'ALENE Closed $410,327 10/1/2011 - 9/30/2012
59160 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WL COEUR D'ALENE Closed $419,410 10/1/2012 - 9/30/2013
62870 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WL COEUR D'ALENE Closed $411,441 10/1/2013 - 9/30/2014
66783 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WL COUER D'ALENE Closed $420,875 10/1/2014 - 9/30/2015
70502 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WL COUER D'ALENE Closed $382,560 10/1/2015 - 9/30/2016
74152 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WLDLF MITIGATION/COUER D'ALENE Closed $432,805 10/1/2016 - 9/30/2017
76936 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WILDLIFE MITIGATION/COUER D'ALENE Closed $435,848 10/1/2017 - 9/30/2018
76828 REL 2 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WLDLF MITIGATION/COUER D'ALENE Closed $412,811 10/1/2018 - 9/30/2019
76828 REL 6 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WLDLF MITIGATION/COEUR D'ALENE Closed $404,620 10/1/2019 - 9/30/2020
76828 REL 12 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WLDLF MITIGATION/COUER D'ALENE Closed $388,274 10/1/2020 - 9/30/2021
76828 REL 18 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WLDLF MITIGATION/COUER D'ALENE Closed $424,351 10/1/2021 - 9/30/2022
76828 REL 24 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WLDLF MITIGATION/COUER D'ALENE Closed $545,578 10/1/2022 - 9/30/2023
84053 REL 6 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WLDLF MITIGATION/COUER D'ALENE Issued $826,150 10/1/2023 - 9/30/2024
84053 REL 12 SOW Coeur D'Alene Tribe 1992-061-06 EXP ALBENI FALLS WLDLF MITIGATION/COUER D'ALENE Issued $2,177,894 10/1/2024 - 9/30/2026



Annual Progress Reports
Expected (since FY2004):17
Completed:17
On time:16
Status Reports
Completed:68
On time:39
Avg Days Early:2

                Count of Contract Deliverables
Earliest Contract Subsequent Contracts Title Contractor Earliest Start Latest End Latest Status Accepted Reports Complete Green Yellow Red Total % Green and Complete Canceled
BPA-7257 Albeni Falls Land Acquisition Bonneville Power Administration 10/01/2000 09/30/2001 Active 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Project Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


The table content is updated frequently and thus contains more recent information than what was in the original proposal reviewed by ISRP and Council.

Review: 2017 Wildlife Category Review

Council Recommendation

Assessment Number: 1992-061-06-NPCC-20210312
Project: 1992-061-06 - Albeni Falls Wildlife Mitigation-Coeur D'Alene Tribe
Review: 2017 Wildlife Category Review
Approved Date: 10/13/2017
Recommendation: Implement
Comments: Recommendation: Sponsor to address ISRP qualification by developing an adaptive management framework and submit to ISRP for review by the end of 2018 (per programmatic issue recommendations in this Decision Document Part 1).

[Background: See https://www.nwcouncil.org/fish-and-wildlife/project-reviews-and-recommendations/2017-wildlife-project-review]
Review: 2017 Individual Review

Independent Scientific Review Panel Assessment

Assessment Number: 1992-061-06-ISRP-20201118
Project: 1992-061-06 - Albeni Falls Wildlife Mitigation-Coeur D'Alene Tribe
Review: 2017 Individual Review
Completed Date: 11/18/2020
Final Round ISRP Date: 6/28/2017
Final Round ISRP Rating: Meets Scientific Review Criteria (Qualified)
Final Round ISRP Comment:

The Coeur d’Alene Tribe acknowledges that site-specific management plans need quantifiable biological objectives with explicit timelines. They recognize that data obtained from the UWMEP monitoring program will not be adequate to assess quantifiable biological objectives for specific mitigation parcels and are aware that additional sampling data will be needed to inform adaptive management. The Tribe will use UWMEP data and supplemental sampling data to update site-specific management plans over the next three to five years.

Qualification #1 - Additional information needed in next Management Plan
The proponents indicate that they will establish quantifiable biological objectives and an adaptive management framework with the UWMEP project over the next year. The qualification is that the proponents provide this information for ISRP review within one year. This document can be a single product from the three tribes (Kalispel, Kootenai, Coeur d’Alene) implementing the Albeni Falls projects.
Documentation Links:
Review: Wildlife Category Review

Council Recommendation

Assessment Number: 1992-061-06-NPCC-20091217
Project: 1992-061-06 - Albeni Falls Wildlife Mitigation-Coeur D'Alene Tribe
Review: Wildlife Category Review
Approved Date: 5/31/2009
Recommendation: Fund
Comments: Programmatic issues #2-3, # 7, #10. Sponsors to address ISRP qualifications on Integrated Pest Management as part of contracting. See ISRP receommendations.
Conditions:
Council Condition #1 Programmatic Issue: Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP) - interaction between wildlife crediting and monitoring
Council Condition #2 Programmatic Issue: Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP) participation funding
Council Condition #3 Programmatic Issue: Management Plans - Multiple uses of wildlife conservation lands
Council Condition #4 Programmatic Issue: Regional Coordination funding

Independent Scientific Review Panel Assessment

Assessment Number: 1992-061-06-ISRP-20090618
Project: 1992-061-06 - Albeni Falls Wildlife Mitigation-Coeur D'Alene Tribe
Review: Wildlife Category Review
Completed Date: 5/19/2009
Final Round ISRP Date: None
Final Round ISRP Rating: Meets Scientific Review Criteria (Qualified)
Final Round ISRP Comment:
Qualifications: 1) Develop an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plan using current references, then implement and monitor that plan's effectiveness. This should be part of the contract, and the ISRP will examine the results in the next review process. 2.) M&E – Project-wide effectiveness monitoring should begin this year to be able to provide the results of previous O&M activities in the next review cycle.

Please keep in mind that the intent of the review is to be helpful by identifying ways in which the program can be strengthened scientifically. This project was split off from an earlier Albeni Falls Interagency Work Group project which has been monitoring since 2001. Reports were cited in the response with the address of a site to search for the cited document, but not the actual links. Next time direct links to these should be provided. The only annual report located was 2002 in which the Tribe noted monitoring was not funded, although other project participants at that time did report monitoring results or plans. This report also describes additional monitoring in the coming year (2003). No other annual reports were located, nor any management plans authored by the Tribe or Work Group. From this further research by reviewers it does appear that, to date, there has been no monitoring by the Tribe on wildlife lands, and thus there is no issue as to the fate of previously collected data. Implementation of the Unnasch et al. monitoring plan should begin this year such that analyzed results will be available for the next review.

Technically, pest and pesticide refer inclusively to insects and weeds. Integrated Pest Management is a well known weed management strategy, and although monitoring is part of the process, it is not itself a monitoring procedure. The sponsors should develop an integrated weed management plan using current references. The plan should include effectiveness monitoring. The most recent weed management reference cited is 1988. If more recent guidelines are being used, these should be cited.

This might be useful: http://weeds.ippc.orst.edu/pnw/weeds?01W_INTR01.dat.

The proposal and response give no indication of strategies to prevent establishment of new weeds, surveillance, mapping, tracking results, or progress in eliminating existing weeds and preventing new infestations from neighboring lands. Mechanical treatment, use of competing species, bio-controls, and targeted grazing may all be components of an integrated pest management strategy. Spraying weeds is only one component that will hopefully diminish over time. Participation in a CWMA is useful if activities are coordinated across ownerships such that management is implemented on a landscape scale.

Regarding relationships to other projects, why not name other Albeni Falls Interagency Work Group partners when funds are requested to coordinate with these groups? CWMA partners would also be appropriate in this section.
First Round ISRP Date: 3/26/2009
First Round ISRP Rating: Response Requested
First Round ISRP Comment:

Response is needed on what are the sponsors going to do with their old monitoring data as they transition to UWMEP plan? Also, the sponsors should provide more information on results and adaptive management implications of monitoring to date. 1. Technical justification, program significance and consistency, and project relationships: Much of this is boilerplate also used by other Albeni Falls projects. See comments on 199206105. The only notable difference is that these sponsors did not develop project relationships very substantially. 2. Project History and Results The history is useful. However, results are reported as actions (e.g., planted trees), rather than biological outcomes. For the earlier acquisitions, enhancement HUs are reported. Biological outcomes from effectiveness monitoring would be useful for evaluating project success on earliest acquisitions. The history section also includes some future plans, which are covered in more detail elsewhere and budget justifications that might be better in an appendix. 3. Objectives, work elements, and methods This section is well organized and detailed, basically same as 199206105, except that acreages are changed. Weed control methods are outdated and should be put into an IPM (integrated pest management) context and coordinated with county and neighbors. One detail unique to this proposal merits comment: some of the likely noxious species would be more effectively controlled with fall rather than spring spraying if spraying is necessary. 4. M&E Future monitoring is delegated to the UWMEP project and details provided are consistent with those in 199206105. However, there is little mention of any previous monitoring, for example in project history section. The only reference to any previous monitoring was a statement that tree survival was below the 80% standard. Are there other monitoring results and if yes, they should be included in response. Not a scientific issue, but this project seems heavily staffed compared to similar projects. That may be reasonable, but the justification is not apparent, even with budget justifications included in history section.

Documentation Links:
Review: FY07-09 Solicitation Review

Capital Assessment

Assessment Number: 1992-061-06-CAPITAL-20090618
Project Number: 1992-061-06
Review: FY07-09 Solicitation Review
Completed Date: 2/27/2007
Capital Rating: Does Not Qualify for Capital Funding
Capital Asset Category: None
Comment: None

Project Relationships: None

Name Role Organization
Virgil Watts III Project Manager Bonneville Power Administration
Rosemary Mazaika (Inactive) Interested Party Bonneville Power Administration
Jennifer Lord Interested Party Bonneville Power Administration
Jennifer Snyder (Inactive) Interested Party Bonneville Power Administration
Robert Shull Env. Compliance Lead Bonneville Power Administration
Gerald Green Technical Contact Coeur D'Alene Tribe
Eric Hendrickson Project Lead Coeur D'Alene Tribe
Cameron Heusser Supervisor Coeur D'Alene Tribe
David Kaplowe Interested Party Bonneville Power Administration