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| Province | Subbasin | % |
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| Blue Mountain | Grande Ronde | 25.00% |
| Mountain Snake | Clearwater | 25.00% |
| Salmon | 25.00% | |
| Upper Snake | Snake Upper | 25.00% |
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Description: Page: 1 Cover: Cover photo Project(s): 1997-038-00 Document: P123229 Dimensions: 1076 x 716 Description: Page: 9 Figure 1: Map showing locations in the Snake River basin where gametes from male Chinook salmon were collected from 1992 - 2008. Project(s): 1997-038-00 Document: P123229 Dimensions: 957 x 712 Description: Page: 10 Figure 2: Map showing locations in the Snake River basin where gametes from male steelhead were collected from 1992 - 2008. Project(s): 1997-038-00 Document: P123229 Dimensions: 957 x 712 |
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| Number | Contractor Name | Title | Status | Total Contracted Amount | Dates |
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333 REL 32
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997-38 LISTED STOCK CHINOOK SALMON GAMETE PRESERVATION | History | $64,943 | 1/1/2000 - 12/31/2000 |
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3047 REL 1
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997-038-00 LISTED STOCK CHINOOK SALMON GRANTS PRESERVATION | Closed | $19,461 | 1/1/2001 - 12/31/2001 |
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4000
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997-038-00 LISTED STOCK CHINOOK SALMON GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $1,436,118 | 3/19/2001 - 12/31/2005 |
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25758
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997 038 00 LISTED STOCK SALMONID GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $302,580 | 1/1/2006 - 12/31/2006 |
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30755
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997 038 00 LISTED STOCK SALMONID GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $224,134 | 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2007 |
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36102
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997-038-00 EXP LISTED STOCK GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $220,715 | 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008 |
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39677
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 199703800 EXP LISTED STOCK GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $58,286 | 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2009 |
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44923
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 199703800 EXP LISTED STOCK GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $62,677 | 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010 |
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50162
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997-038-00 EXP LISTED STOCK GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $64,458 | 1/1/2011 - 12/31/2011 |
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55114
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997-038-00 EXP LISTED STOCK GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $36,544 | 1/1/2012 - 12/31/2012 |
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60157
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997-038-00 EXP LISTED STOCK GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $41,264 | 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2013 |
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63234
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997-038-00 EXP LISTED STOCK GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $34,175 | 1/1/2014 - 12/31/2014 |
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67391
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997-038-00 EXP LISTED STOCK GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $41,262 | 1/1/2015 - 12/31/2015 |
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71336
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997-038-00 EXP SALMONID GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $42,197 | 1/1/2016 - 12/31/2016 |
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74274
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997-038-00 EXP SALMONID GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $42,197 | 1/1/2017 - 12/31/2017 |
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74017 REL 3
SOW
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Nez Perce Tribe | 1997-038-00 EXP SALMONID GAMETE PRESERVATION | Closed | $41,803 | 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2018 |
| Annual Progress Reports | |
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| Expected (since FY2004): | 14 |
| Completed: | 13 |
| On time: | 13 |
| Status Reports | |
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| Completed: | 54 |
| On time: | 37 |
| Avg Days Late: | 0 |
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| Earliest Contract | Subsequent Contracts | Title | Contractor | Earliest Start | Latest End | Latest Status | Accepted Reports | Complete | Green | Yellow | Red | Total | % Green and Complete | Canceled |
| 4000 | 25758, 30755, 36102, 39677, 44923, 50162, 55114, 60157, 63234, 67391, 71336, 74274, 74017 REL 3 | 1997-038-00 EXP SALMONID GAMETE PRESERVATION | Nez Perce Tribe | 03/19/2001 | 12/31/2018 | Closed | 54 | 118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 100.00% | 0 |
| Project Totals | 54 | 118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 100.00% | 0 | ||||||
| Assessment Number: | 1997-038-00-NPCC-20110125 |
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| Project: | 1997-038-00 - Listed Stock Chinook Salmon Gamete Preservation |
| Review: | RME / AP Category Review |
| Proposal: | RMECAT-1997-038-00 |
| Proposal State: | Pending BPA Response |
| Approved Date: | 6/10/2011 |
| Recommendation: | Fund (In Part) |
| Comments: |
Implement gamete preservation objective (Obj 1), through FY 2016. The project sponsor proposed two work objectives for this project -- to maintain secure storage facilities for cryopreserved gametes and to assist hatcheries with the use of cryopreserved gametes for broodstock management or population recovery. The ISRP concluded that the project met scientific criteria, albeit with technical qualifications that would need to be addressed before implementation, especially with regard to the second objective. The Council decided to recommend only the first objective for implementation. As the ISRP noted, the “most support is to keep the samples frozen in good shape in two local universities and now to also include the federal cryopreservation facility in Colorado.” The technical concerns raided by the ISRP about the proposal to use the gametes added to the Council’s inclination that implementing the second objective was too low a priority for Program funds at this time. |
| Conditions: | |
| Council Condition #1 Implement gamete preservation objective (Obj 1) only, through FY 2016. |
| Assessment Number: | 1997-038-00-ISRP-20101015 |
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| Project: | 1997-038-00 - Listed Stock Chinook Salmon Gamete Preservation |
| Review: | RME / AP Category Review |
| Proposal Number: | RMECAT-1997-038-00 |
| Completed Date: | 12/17/2010 |
| Final Round ISRP Date: | 12/17/2010 |
| Final Round ISRP Rating: | Meets Scientific Review Criteria (Qualified) |
| Final Round ISRP Comment: | |
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Qualification 1: Because saving salmon sperm for 50 years has not been done before, and because individual variation among researchers and storage facilities may affect long-term survival rates of preserved sperm, this project needs to develop a formal protocol to periodically and regularly test the sperm viability. Although testing every five years should be sufficient, because more than five years have already elapsed since collection of many of these samples, this plan should be developed and presented in the next proposal.
Qualification 2: The program also needs to initiate development of a plan with co-managers soon on when and how the region would use these preserved gametes. Such a plan should include innovative approaches to conserving/maximizing usage of these valuable and historical sperm samples (rather than using up an entire sperm sample in one production event). For example, if cryopreserved sperm cells represent a life-history legacy, to conserve those genes, sperm may need to be amplified before being used to produce smolts. Eggs could be fertilized with a subsample of the preserved milt, some of the resulting smolts released, and precocious parr and smolts could be used to collect additional sperm for storage, as well as to produce a cohort of smolts for release. |
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| First Round ISRP Date: | 10/18/2010 |
| First Round ISRP Rating: | Response Requested |
| First Round ISRP Comment: | |
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This is a proposal for a modest amount of money ($50,000) to maintain the sperm cell collection from Snake River Chinook and steelhead. The project is generally sound and justified. That said, the ISRP requests information on testing the viability of the cryopreserved gametes and a discussion of a plan to employ the gametes if needed. Would they use the sperm to produce smolts that would be released for ocean migration? The Forks Hatchery relative reproductive success work (and possibly Hood River as well) demonstrate a very high variance in production of adult progeny from hatchery fish. Most do not return any progeny. While captive rearing raises serious issues, it may actually be better to maintain smolts produced with cryopreserved milt until they are precocious parr or jacks and then use them to fertilize eggs to be released for anadromous migration. In such a scheme there is an amplification generation (and the possibility of replacing the used sperm with that of direct progeny). Using doubled-haploid technology it might be possible to maintain the original germplasm without recombination with a contributing female genome. |
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| Assessment Number: | 1997-038-00-BIOP-20101105 |
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| Project Number: | 1997-038-00 |
| Review: | RME / AP Category Review |
| Proposal Number: | RMECAT-1997-038-00 |
| Completed Date: | None |
| 2008 FCRPS BiOp Workgroup Rating: | Supports 2008 FCRPS BiOp |
| Comments: |
BiOp Workgroup Comments: No BiOp Workgroup comments The BiOp RM&E Workgroups made the following determinations regarding the proposal's ability or need to support BiOp Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RME) RPAs. If you have questions regarding these RPA association conclusions, please contact your BPA COTR and they will help clarify, or they will arrange further discussion with the appropriate RM&E Workgroup Leads. BiOp RPA associations for the proposed work are: ( ) All Questionable RPA Associations ( ) and All Deleted RPA Associations ( 62.5 64.2) |
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| Assessment Number: | 1997-038-00-NPCC-20090924 |
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| Project: | 1997-038-00 - Listed Stock Chinook Salmon Gamete Preservation |
| Review: | FY07-09 Solicitation Review |
| Approved Date: | 10/23/2006 |
| Recommendation: | Fund |
| Comments: | Reduce the work elements to what the Council concluded were the priority elements at this time (maintain current inventory, no new collection). |
| Assessment Number: | 1997-038-00-ISRP-20060831 |
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| Project: | 1997-038-00 - Listed Stock Chinook Salmon Gamete Preservation |
| Review: | FY07-09 Solicitation Review |
| Completed Date: | 8/31/2006 |
| Final Round ISRP Date: | None |
| Final Round ISRP Rating: | Meets Scientific Review Criteria (Qualified) |
| Final Round ISRP Comment: | |
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Previous comments from the Provincial/Systemwide Review still apply. To repeat, "It is time for a thoughtful analysis of what the Fish and Wildlife Program wants to accomplish in gene conservation, whether or not cryopreservation continues to be a useful tool, and whether an ever-increasing commitment to this program is consistent with that goal." The project applies to a number of subbasins and to ESA planning in the Columbia River Basin, and should benefit focal species. The program could turn out to be critically important if ecosystem dysfunction issues can be addressed and "old" genes are wanted to expand the diversity in the extant population.
The proposal was clearly written and provided a strong technical and scientific background. There was evidence of excellent collaboration between the project and agencies, tribes, and universities. The project history is well described. Proponents and cooperators publish in the peer-reviewed literature and report at regional and national conferences. The narrow, task-oriented objective that was provided should have been superceded by an overarching objective dealing with preserving genetic diversity in ESA-listed fishes. Reviewers would have appreciated more evidence that project personnel are able to keep up with all emerging technologies. Another important issue, not apparently addressed in the proposal, is when is active collection of sperm completed, and thus when is it appropriate for the proposal to shift into a lower budget maintenance mode. Also, if future monitoring indicates a significant reduction in sperm viability then there would be a need to rotate or update earlier collections. This should be addressed at some point in time. |
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| Assessment Number: | 1997-038-00-INLIEU-20090521 |
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| Project Number: | 1997-038-00 |
| Review: | FY07-09 Solicitation Review |
| Completed Date: | 10/6/2006 |
| In Lieu Rating: | Problems May Exist |
| Cost Share Rating: | 3 - Does not appear reasonable |
| Comment: | Cryogenic gene bank for listed SR species; other entities authorized/required to fund (eg fishery managers, other hydro project owners); query whether cost-share sufficient. |
| Assessment Number: | 1997-038-00-CAPITAL-20090618 |
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| Project Number: | 1997-038-00 |
| Review: | FY07-09 Solicitation Review |
| Completed Date: | 2/27/2007 |
| Capital Rating: | Does Not Qualify for Capital Funding |
| Capital Asset Category: | None |
| Comment: | None |
| Name | Role | Organization |
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| William Young | Project Lead | Nez Perce Tribe |
| Jay Hesse | Supervisor | Nez Perce Tribe |
| Dorothy Welch | Supervisor | Bonneville Power Administration |
| Deborah Docherty (Inactive) | Project Manager | Bonneville Power Administration |
