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Project Summary

Project 2002-025-01 - Yakima Tributary Access and Habitat Program (YTAHP)
Project Number:
2002-025-01
Title:
Yakima Tributary Access and Habitat Program (YTAHP)
Summary:
The Yakima Tributary Access and Habitat Program (YTAHP) works on Yakima River tributaries to re-establish fish passage, screen diversions, increase in-stream flow and enhance riparian and in-stream habitat. Section 2.1.2 of the Yakima Subbasin Plan Supplement (Nov.26,2004. pg.8) speaks to limiting factors in the Yakima Subbasin and attributes the declines of aquatic species to “low flows; obstruction to fish migration and entrainment; diminished habitat quantity, quality and diversity; high temperatures; altered sediment transport; and degraded channel stability”. (Yakima Sub-basin map page 14)
Proposer:
None
Proponent Orgs:
Washington Resource Conservation and Development (Non-Profit)
Starting FY:
2003
Ending FY:
2011
Stage:
Area:
Province Subbasin %
Columbia Plateau Yakima 100.00%
Purpose:
Habitat
Emphasis:
Restoration/Protection
Focal Species:
Chinook - Mid-Columbia River Spring ESU
Steelhead - Middle Columbia River DPS
Trout, Bull
Species Benefit:
Anadromous: 100.0%   Resident: 0.0%   Wildlife: 0.0%
Tags:
None
Special:
None
BiOp Association:
None

Description: Page: 20 Attachment 1 - Photo A: Garretson Diversion - Before

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Description: Page: 20 Attachment 1 - Photo B: Garretson Diversion - After

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Description: Page: 21 Attachment 1 - Photo C: Lesh Diversion - Before

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Description: Page: 21 Attachment 1 - Photo D: Lesh Diversion - After

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Description: Page: 22 Attachment 1 - Photo E: Snow Mountain Ranch Diversion - Before

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Description: Page: 22 Attachment 1 - Photo F: Snow Mountain Ranch Diversion - After

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Description: Page: 23 Attachment 1 - Photo G: Snow Mountain Ranch - Pump Screen

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Description: Page: 23 Attachment 1 - Photo H: Snow Mountain Ranch – Pump and power installation

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Description: Page: 24 Attachment 1 - Photo I: Wilson Creek (Eaton) Habitat - Before

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Description: Page: 24 Attachment 1 - Photo J: Wilson Creek (Eaton) Habitat - After

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Description: Page: 25 Attachment 1 - Photo K: Shaw/Knox Before

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Description: Page: 25 Attachment 1 - Photo L: Shaw/Knox After

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Description: Page: 26 Attachment 2: Sample GIS map of Lower Wilson Creek YTAHP projects, 2004.

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Summary of Budgets

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No Decided Budget Transfers

Pending Budget Decision?  No


Actual Project Cost Share

Current Fiscal Year — 2025
Cost Share Partner Total Proposed Contribution Total Confirmed Contribution
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Previous Fiscal Years
Fiscal Year Total Contributions % of Budget
2007

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.
Capital Contracts:
Number Contractor Name Title Status Total Contracted Amount Dates
11926 SOW Washington Resource Conservation and Development 2002-025-01 YAKIMA TRIBUTARY ACCESS & HABITAT PROGRAM PHASE 2 History $1,869,361 10/1/2002 - 9/30/2005
BPA-011260 Bonneville Power Administration FY05 Land Acquisition Active $500,000 10/1/2004 - 9/30/2005
24722 SOW Washington Resource Conservation and Development 2002-025-01 CAP YAKIMA TRIBUTARY ACCESS AND HABITAT 2 History $869,920 10/1/2005 - 9/30/2006
30496 SOW Washington Resource Conservation and Development 200202501 CAP YAKIMA TRIBUTARY ACCESS AND HABITAT 2 History $399,798 10/1/2006 - 3/31/2007
30355 SOW Yakama Confederated Tribes ARCHAEOLOGY MONITORING - UPPER LUST FISH PASSAGE AT COWICHE CREEK History $872 12/1/2006 - 12/15/2006
Expense Contracts:
Number Contractor Name Title Status Total Contracted Amount Dates
422 REL 32 SOW MWH Global, Inc. 2002-025-01 YAKIMA TRIBUTARY ACCESS & HABITAT PHASE II History $413,084 10/1/2002 - 3/31/2003
24722 SOW Washington Resource Conservation and Development 2002-025-01 CAP YAKIMA TRIBUTARY ACCESS AND HABITAT 2 History $869,920 10/1/2005 - 9/30/2006
30495 SOW Washington Resource Conservation and Development 2002-025-01 EXP YAKIMA TRIBUTARY ACCESS AND HABITAT PROJECT History $57,943 10/1/2006 - 3/31/2007



Annual Progress Reports
Expected (since FY2004):2
Completed:2
On time:2
Status Reports
Completed:9
On time:7
Avg Days Early:1

                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
11926 24722, 30496 200202501 CAP YAKIMA TRIBUTARY ACCESS AND HABITAT 2 Washington Resource Conservation and Development 10/01/2002 03/31/2007 History 7 56 1 0 21 78 73.08% 8
BPA-11260 FY05 Land Acquisition Bonneville Power Administration 10/01/2004 09/30/2005 Active 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30495 2002-025-01 EXP YAKIMA TRIBUTARY ACCESS AND HABITAT PROJECT Washington Resource Conservation and Development 10/01/2006 03/31/2007 History 2 4 0 0 0 4 100.00% 0
Project Totals 9 60 1 0 21 82 74.39% 8


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: FY07-09 Solicitation Review

Council Recommendation

Assessment Number: 2002-025-01-NPCC-20090924
Project: 2002-025-01 - Yakima Tributary Access and Habitat Program (YTAHP)
Review: FY07-09 Solicitation Review
Approved Date: 10/23/2006
Recommendation: Fund
Comments: ISRP fundable (qualified): Programmatic Issue: habitat m&e. See decision memo discussion. On BPA's list of possible capital project. Request restoration of expense funds through the within-year request process to implement projects.

Independent Scientific Review Panel Assessment

Assessment Number: 2002-025-01-ISRP-20060831
Project: 2002-025-01 - Yakima Tributary Access and Habitat Program (YTAHP)
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:
This project is in its early years and has the potential to produce some valuable information to guide further projects. The sponsors provided a good summary of passage work. However, there was no effort made in the proposal to translate the structural changes being made in these tributaries into biological changes and the project proposal did not contain an adequate description of benefits to fish populations. The response was very thin in terms of realized or potential benefits to fish. The sponsors are referred to Marmorek et al (2004) (see below) for specific information and methods to assess effectiveness of screening in the Yakima River basin. Reporting of past results was diffused throughout the narrative.

The sponsors concurred with the ISRP that M&E is needed and a newly created Monitoring Plan (submitted to BPA last year) was included in the response. In the response they state that in the near future empirical data will be available to show actual benefits to steelhead and other fish species. However, the commitment to monitoring for benefits to fish still appears tentative. Statements in the response such as, "As long as project sites provide a fish friendly environment, habitat improvements are maintained, and the structures are functioning as intended and meeting the needs of water users/landowners/operators, projects will be considered successful." Another statement, "It is generally assumed that removal of fish passage barriers and correctly designed fish passage structures leads to reestablished access for salmonids" indicates that the sponsors need to be encouraged to include biologically oriented monitoring in addition to engineering indicators of success. One part of the monitoring plan will focus on selected tributaries, which harks to an index stream approach rather than the highly regarded probabilistic approach. Guidance may be required to make sure the proponents use appropriate monitoring methods. Perhaps there is scope to use the Yakima Tributary Access and Habitat Program as a demonstration project to develop and use realistic and cost-effective monitoring protocols that could be used elsewhere in the Columbia River Basin.

This Fundable recommendation is Qualified to indicate that a better monitoring protocol should be developed so project staff can report on fish results. In developing the monitoring design they should consider a probabilistic design, rather than an index stream approach. The ISRP will look for better reporting in the next review. This monitoring can be done through another agency/entity, but the sponsors should describe those efforts and report the results.

Reference: Marmorek et al 2004. A Multiple Watershed Approach to Assessing the Effects of Habitat Restoration Actions on Anadromous and Resident Fish Populations. 420 p. (efw.bpa.gov/publications/H00012481-1.pdf).
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Legal Assessment (In-Lieu)

Assessment Number: 2002-025-01-INLIEU-20090521
Project Number: 2002-025-01
Review: FY07-09 Solicitation Review
Completed Date: 10/6/2006
In Lieu Rating: Problems May Exist
Cost Share Rating: 2 - May be reasonable
Comment: Multiple tributary fish passage related activities; other entities may be authorized required; recommend confirming that screening criteria or other mechanism in place to ensure specific projects are not funded by BPA when another entity already required to perform.

Capital Assessment

Assessment Number: 2002-025-01-CAPITAL-20090618
Project Number: 2002-025-01
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: This project Merged To 2007-398-00 effective on 7/2/2007
Relationship Description: Move all work and budgets from projects 2002-025-01, 2003-001-00 and 2007-020-00 into project 2007-398-00.


Name Role Organization
Edgar Harrell (Inactive) Project Lead Washington Resource Conservation and Development
Dave Myra (Inactive) Supervisor Washington Resource Conservation and Development
Jay Marcotte (Inactive) Project Manager Bonneville Power Administration