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Project Summary

Project 2009-012-00 - Willamette Bi-Op Habitat Restoration
Project Number:
2009-012-00
Title:
Willamette Bi-Op Habitat Restoration
Summary:
Through this project, we will develop a habitat restoration program that will assist in implementing RPAs 7.1.2 and 7.1.3 in the Willamette Biological Opinion issued by NOAA Fisheries on July 11th, 2008.
Proposer:
Proponent Orgs:
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (Govt - State)
Starting FY:
2010
Ending FY:
2025
BPA PM:
Stage:
Implementation - Project Status Report
Area:
Province Subbasin %
Lower Columbia Willamette 100.00%
Purpose:
Habitat
Emphasis:
Restoration/Protection
Focal Species:
Bass, Largemouth
Bass, Smallmouth
Carp, Common
Catfish
Chinook - All Populations
Chinook - Lower Columbia River ESU
Chinook - Upper Willamette River ESU
Chub, Oregon
Chum - Columbia River ESU
Coho - Lower Columbia River ESU
Coho - Unspecified Population
Crappie, Black
Crappie, White
Cutthroat Trout, Coastal - All Anadromous Populations
Cutthroat Trout, Coastal - Resident Populations
Cutthroat Trout, Coastal - Southwest Washington/Columbia River ESU
Cutthroat Trout, Coastal - Upper Willamette River ESU
Freshwater Mussels
Lamprey, Pacific
Lamprey, River
Lamprey, Western Brook
Other Resident
Perch, Yellow
Pikeminnow, Northern
Steelhead - All Populations
Steelhead - Lower Columbia River DPS
Steelhead - Upper Willamette River DPS
Sturgeon, White - All Populations except Kootenai R. DPS
Trout, Bull
Trout, Rainbow
Walleye
Whitefish, Mountain
Wildlife
Species Benefit:
Anadromous: 80.0%   Resident: 20.0%   Wildlife: 0.0%
Special:
None
BiOp Association:
None

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Summary of Budgets

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Decided Budget Transfers  (FY2024 - FY2026)

Acct FY Acct Type Amount Fund Budget Decision Date
FY2024 Expense $800,000 From: General SOY Upload July 07/10/2023
FY2025 Expense $800,000 From: General FY25 SOY 05/31/2024

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 (Draft)
2023 $2,102,691 72%
2022 $1,585,516 66%
2021 $1,495,313 65%
2020 $1,229,927 61%
2019 $1,078,205 57%

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
BPA-007402 Bonneville Power Administration FY13 Land Acquisition Active $600,000 10/1/2012 - 9/30/2013
Expense Contracts:
Number Contractor Name Title Status Total Contracted Amount Dates
CR-369729 SOW 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP HABITAT RESTORATION Pending $0
CR-370583 SOW 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP HABITAT RESTORATION Pending $0
BPA-005731 Bonneville Power Administration Berggren CMA Acquisition (aka Big Island addition) Active $779,252 10/1/2009 - 9/30/2010
46935 SOW McKenzie River Trust 200901200 EXP GREEN ISLAND RESTORATION Closed $82,928 3/22/2010 - 3/21/2011
BPA-006779 Bonneville Power Administration FY12 Land Acquisition Active $0 10/1/2011 - 9/30/2012
55190 SOW Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BIOP HABTIAT PROJECT ADMIN Closed $84,206 11/1/2011 - 1/31/2013
55152 SOW McKenzie River Trust 2009-012-00 EXP C.A.R.P. RESTORATION PLANNING Closed $95,000 11/1/2011 - 9/30/2012
55189 SOW Greenbelt Land Trust 2009-012-00 EXP HARKENS AND HORSESHOE LAKES RESTORATION PLANNING Closed $91,886 11/1/2011 - 12/31/2012
58331 SOW Greenbelt Land Trust 2009-012-00 EXP LITTLE WILLAMETTE RESTORATION Closed $75,000 8/1/2012 - 7/31/2013
60313 SOW Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BIOP HABITAT PROJECT ADMIN Closed $171,330 2/1/2013 - 9/30/2014
60314 SOW Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP HABITAT - CASCADE PACIFIC Closed $100,000 2/1/2013 - 4/30/2014
61505 SOW McKenzie River Trust 2009-012-00 EXP GREEN ISLAND - CROSSING RESTORATION Closed $272,248 5/1/2013 - 4/30/2014
64399 SOW McKenzie River Trust 2009-012-00 EXP GREEN ISLAND CHANNEL RESTORATION, PHASE 2 Closed $548,998 3/1/2014 - 3/31/2015
66813 SOW Greenbelt Land Trust 2009-012-00 EXP HARKENS LAKE RESTORATION, PHASE 2 Closed $165,277 9/25/2014 - 12/24/2015
66853 SOW Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BIOP HABITAT PROJECT ADMIN Closed $90,515 10/1/2014 - 1/31/2016
69234 SOW Benton Soil and Water Conservation District 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE MAINSTEM COOPERATIVE WEED CONTROL Closed $38,841 5/15/2015 - 5/14/2016
69991 SOW Long Tom Watershed Council 2009-012-00 EXP SNAG BOAT/SAM DAWS SIDE CHANNEL & FLOODPLAIN REST Closed $287,810 8/15/2015 - 8/14/2016
70520 SOW Greenbelt Land Trust 2009-012-00 EXP HARKENS LAKE RESTORATION, PHASE 3 Closed $187,962 9/25/2015 - 11/30/2016
70521 SOW Clackamas River Basin Council 2009-012-00 EXP CLACKAMAS RIVER CONFLUENCE RESTORATION Closed $85,383 9/25/2015 - 9/24/2016
71911 SOW Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BIOP HABITAT PROJECT ADMIN Closed $18,413 2/1/2016 - 9/30/2016
71779 SOW Luckiamute Watershed Council 2009-012-00 EXP LSNA FLOODPLAIN RECONNECTION DESIGN Closed $39,992 3/1/2016 - 9/29/2017
72054 SOW Willamette Riverkeeper 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE MISSION FLDPLAIN REFORESTATION PHASE 3 Closed $100,475 4/1/2016 - 3/31/2017
72244 SOW Long Tom Watershed Council 2009-012-00 EXP SNAG BOAT BEND/SAM DAWS REFORESTATION PHASE 2 Closed $159,713 4/15/2016 - 4/14/2017
72821 SOW McKenzie River Trust 2009-012-00 EXP GREEN ISLAND CHANNEL/FLOODPLAIN REST. PHASE 3 Closed $117,083 6/1/2016 - 9/29/2017
73778 SOW Friends of Buford Park & Mt.Pisgah 2009-012-00 EXP TURTLE FLATS/WILLAMETTE CONFLUENCE REFORESTATION Closed $280,179 9/1/2016 - 2/28/2018
73815 SOW Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP HABITAT PROJECT ADMIN Closed $31,731 10/1/2016 - 9/30/2017
75664 SOW Long Tom Watershed Council 2009-012-00 EXP SNAG BOAT BEND FLOODPLAIN REFORESTATION PHASE 3 Closed $201,826 4/1/2017 - 3/31/2018
75891 SOW McKenzie River Trust 2009-012-00 EXP GREEN ISLAND FLOODPLAIN PHASE 4 Closed $281,750 5/1/2017 - 4/30/2018
74313 REL 1 SOW Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE RIVER FISH SAMPLING Closed $44,901 7/1/2017 - 6/30/2018
77103 SOW Willamette Riverkeeper 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE MISSION REFORESTATION PHASE 4 Closed $216,424 9/1/2017 - 8/31/2018
77213 SOW Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP HABITAT RESTORATION Closed $27,014 10/1/2017 - 9/30/2018
78092 SOW Applied Archaeological Research SCAPPOOSE CREEK CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY & REPORT Closed $13,350 12/11/2017 - 4/30/2018
78233 SOW Scappoose Bay Watershed Council 2009-012-00 EXP SOUTH SCAPPOOSE CREEK STREAM RESTORATION Closed $265,850 2/1/2018 - 1/31/2019
79955 SOW Willamette Riverkeeper 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE MISSION REFORESTATION PHASE 5 Closed $154,810 8/15/2018 - 8/14/2019
80009 SOW Willamette Riverkeeper 2009-012-00 EXP GAIL ACHTERMAN PHASE 1 Closed $81,182 8/15/2018 - 8/14/2019
80183 SOW McKenzie River Trust 2009-012-00 EXP GREEN ISLAND BULL PEN Closed $112,080 9/3/2018 - 9/2/2019
80184 SOW Scappoose Bay Watershed Council 2009-012-00 EXP NORTH SCAPPOOSE STREAM RESTORATION Closed $95,807 9/17/2018 - 9/16/2019
80549 SOW Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP HABITAT RESTORATION Closed $28,654 10/5/2018 - 9/30/2019
81532 SOW Molalla River Watch 2009-012-00 EXP MOLALLA CONFLUENCE FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION (TA) Closed $77,153 3/1/2019 - 2/29/2020
81599 SOW Calapooia Watershed Council 2009-012-00 EXP BOWERS ROCK FLOODPLAIN RECONNECTION Closed $143,853 3/1/2019 - 10/15/2020
82811 SOW Willamette Riverkeeper 2009-012-00 EXP AQUATIC INVASIVES TREATMENT IN MINTO BROWN Closed $69,860 8/1/2019 - 9/30/2020
82741 SOW Luckiamute Watershed Council 2009-012-00 EXP LSNA FLOODPLAIN RECONNECTION Closed $270,200 8/15/2019 - 3/1/2021
83621 SOW Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP HABITAT RESTORATION Closed $29,342 11/1/2019 - 9/30/2020
84415 SOW Long Tom Watershed Council 2009-012-00 EXP SNAG BOAT BEND FLOODPLAIN REFORESTATION Closed $251,475 2/1/2020 - 1/31/2021
85346 SOW US Forest Service (USFS) 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE FISH SAMPLING Issued $100,000 5/15/2020 - 5/31/2022
85317 SOW Benton Soil and Water Conservation District 2009-012-00 EXP EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING FOR THE WAHWG Closed $153,476 6/1/2020 - 8/31/2021
86000 SOW Willamette Riverkeeper 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE MISSION FLOODPLAIN REFOREST PHASE 6 Closed $84,787 9/1/2020 - 8/31/2021
86230 SOW City of Salem 2009-012-00 EXP MINTO BROWN ISLAND PHASE 3 Closed $83,886 9/28/2020 - 12/31/2021
86155 SOW Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP HABITAT RESTORATION Closed $41,277 10/1/2020 - 9/30/2021
87689 SOW McKenzie River Trust 2009-012-00 EXP FINN ROCK FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION Closed $128,437 5/1/2021 - 1/31/2022
88336 SOW Luckiamute Watershed Council 2009-012-00 EXP LSNA FLOODPLAIN FOREST EXPANSION Closed $267,498 7/15/2021 - 9/30/2022
88420 SOW Willamette Riverkeeper 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE MISSION PHASE 7 FINAL Closed $39,715 9/1/2021 - 8/31/2022
88475 SOW Long Tom Watershed Council 2009-012-00 EXP SNAG BOAT BEND RIPARIAN REFORESTATION FINAL Closed $64,050 9/1/2021 - 8/31/2022
88241 SOW Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde 2009-012-00 EXP CHAHALPAM FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION Closed $160,715 9/15/2021 - 9/30/2022
88793 SOW Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP HABITAT RESTORATION Closed $6,220 10/1/2021 - 9/30/2022
90274 SOW Molalla River Watch 2009-012-00 EXP MOLALLA CONFLUENCE FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION DESIGN Issued $187,115 6/1/2022 - 5/29/2026
90273 SOW US Forest Service (USFS) 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE FISH SAMPLING Issued $50,000 6/1/2022 - 5/31/2023
90849 SOW Long Tom Watershed Council 2009-012-00 EXP SNAG BOAT BEND CHANNEL RECONNECTION Issued $201,986 9/15/2022 - 12/31/2025
90938 SOW McKenzie River Trust 2009-012-00 EXP FINN ROCK FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION PHASE 2 Closed $320,899 9/15/2022 - 12/31/2023
91057 SOW Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP HABITAT RESTORATION Closed $16,697 10/1/2022 - 9/30/2023
92279 SOW Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde 2009-012-00 EXP CHAHALPAM FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION PHASE 2 Issued $385,029 6/1/2023 - 5/31/2025
92697 SOW US Forest Service (USFS) 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE FISH SAMPLING 2023 Issued $54,566 6/1/2023 - 5/31/2024
93363 SOW Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP HABITAT RESTORATION Issued $23,102 10/1/2023 - 9/30/2024
94747 SOW Greenbelt Land Trust 2009-012-00 EXP GBLT FLOODPLAIN FOREST ENHANCEMENT Issued $246,000 5/1/2024 - 4/30/2026
95251 SOW Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP ELIJAH BRISTOW DESIGN Issued $242,000 7/1/2024 - 6/30/2026
95438 SOW Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde 2009-012-00 EXP CHAHALPAM REFORESTATION Issued $287,984 9/1/2024 - 8/31/2026



Annual Progress Reports
Expected (since FY2004):59
Completed:50
On time:50
Status Reports
Completed:261
On time:79
Avg Days Late:26

                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-5731 Berggren CMA Acquisition (aka Big Island addition) Bonneville Power Administration 10/01/2009 09/30/2010 Active 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46935 200901200 EXP GREEN ISLAND RESTORATION McKenzie River Trust 03/22/2010 03/21/2011 Closed 4 6 0 0 0 6 100.00% 0
BPA-6779 FY12 Land Acquisition Bonneville Power Administration 10/01/2011 09/30/2012 Active 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55152 2009-012-00 EXP C.A.R.P. RESTORATION PLANNING McKenzie River Trust 11/01/2011 09/30/2012 Closed 4 3 0 0 0 3 100.00% 0
55189 2009-012-00 EXP HARKENS AND HORSESHOE LAKES RESTORATION PLANNING Greenbelt Land Trust 11/01/2011 12/31/2012 Closed 5 4 0 0 2 6 66.67% 0
55190 60313, 66853, 71911, 73815, 77213, 80549, 83621, 86155, 88793, 91057, 93363 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP HABITAT RESTORATION Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board 11/01/2011 09/30/2024 Issued 50 47 6 0 3 56 94.64% 2
58331 2009-012-00 EXP LITTLE WILLAMETTE RESTORATION Greenbelt Land Trust 08/01/2012 07/31/2013 Closed 5 6 0 0 0 6 100.00% 0
BPA-7402 FY13 Land Acquisition Bonneville Power Administration 10/01/2012 09/30/2013 Active 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60314 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP HABITAT - CASCADE PACIFIC Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development 02/01/2013 04/30/2014 Closed 4 2 2 0 1 5 80.00% 0
61505 2009-012-00 EXP GREEN ISLAND - CROSSING RESTORATION McKenzie River Trust 05/01/2013 04/30/2014 Closed 5 9 0 0 0 9 100.00% 0
64399 2009-012-00 EXP GREEN ISLAND CHANNEL RESTORATION, PHASE 2 McKenzie River Trust 03/01/2014 03/31/2015 Closed 4 7 0 0 0 7 100.00% 0
66813 2009-012-00 EXP HARKENS LAKE RESTORATION, PHASE 2 Greenbelt Land Trust 09/25/2014 12/24/2015 Closed 5 7 0 0 0 7 100.00% 0
69234 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE MAINSTEM COOPERATIVE WEED CONTROL Benton Soil and Water Conservation District 05/15/2015 05/14/2016 Closed 4 5 0 0 0 5 100.00% 0
69991 2009-012-00 EXP SNAG BOAT/SAM DAWS SIDE CHANNEL & FLOODPLAIN REST Long Tom Watershed Council 08/15/2015 08/14/2016 Closed 4 13 0 0 0 13 100.00% 0
70520 94747 2009-012-00 EXP GBLT FLOODPLAIN FOREST ENHANCEMENT Greenbelt Land Trust 09/25/2015 04/30/2026 Issued 7 4 6 0 0 10 100.00% 0
70521 2009-012-00 EXP CLACKAMAS RIVER CONFLUENCE RESTORATION Clackamas River Basin Council 09/25/2015 09/24/2016 Closed 4 4 0 0 0 4 100.00% 0
71779 2009-012-00 EXP LSNA FLOODPLAIN RECONNECTION DESIGN Luckiamute Watershed Council 03/01/2016 09/29/2017 Closed 6 4 0 0 0 4 100.00% 0
72054 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE MISSION FLDPLAIN REFORESTATION PHASE 3 Willamette Riverkeeper 04/01/2016 03/31/2017 Closed 4 4 0 0 0 4 100.00% 0
72244 2009-012-00 EXP SNAG BOAT BEND/SAM DAWS REFORESTATION PHASE 2 Long Tom Watershed Council 04/15/2016 04/14/2017 Closed 4 5 0 0 0 5 100.00% 0
72821 2009-012-00 EXP GREEN ISLAND CHANNEL/FLOODPLAIN REST. PHASE 3 McKenzie River Trust 06/01/2016 09/29/2017 Closed 5 7 0 0 0 7 100.00% 0
73778 2009-012-00 EXP TURTLE FLATS/WILLAMETTE CONFLUENCE REFORESTATION Friends of Buford Park & Mt.Pisgah 09/01/2016 02/28/2018 Closed 6 5 0 0 0 5 100.00% 0
75664 2009-012-00 EXP SNAG BOAT BEND FLOODPLAIN REFORESTATION PHASE 3 Long Tom Watershed Council 04/01/2017 03/31/2018 Closed 4 7 0 0 0 7 100.00% 0
75891 2009-012-00 EXP GREEN ISLAND FLOODPLAIN PHASE 4 McKenzie River Trust 05/01/2017 04/30/2018 Closed 5 7 0 0 0 7 100.00% 0
74313 REL 1 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE RIVER FISH SAMPLING Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 07/01/2017 06/30/2018 Closed 4 0 0 0 4 4 0.00% 0
77103 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE MISSION REFORESTATION PHASE 4 Willamette Riverkeeper 09/01/2017 08/31/2018 Closed 4 6 0 0 0 6 100.00% 0
78233 2009-012-00 EXP SOUTH SCAPPOOSE CREEK STREAM RESTORATION Scappoose Bay Watershed Council 02/01/2018 01/31/2019 Closed 4 7 0 0 0 7 100.00% 0
79955 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE MISSION REFORESTATION PHASE 5 Willamette Riverkeeper 08/15/2018 08/14/2019 Closed 4 4 0 0 0 4 100.00% 0
80009 2009-012-00 EXP GAIL ACHTERMAN PHASE 1 Willamette Riverkeeper 08/15/2018 08/14/2019 Closed 4 4 0 0 0 4 100.00% 0
80183 2009-012-00 EXP GREEN ISLAND BULL PEN McKenzie River Trust 09/03/2018 09/02/2019 Closed 4 4 0 0 0 4 100.00% 0
80184 2009-012-00 EXP NORTH SCAPPOOSE STREAM RESTORATION Scappoose Bay Watershed Council 09/17/2018 09/16/2019 Closed 4 5 0 0 0 5 100.00% 0
81599 2009-012-00 EXP BOWERS ROCK FLOODPLAIN RECONNECTION Calapooia Watershed Council 03/01/2019 10/15/2020 Closed 6 7 0 0 0 7 100.00% 0
81532 2009-012-00 EXP MOLALLA CONFLUENCE FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION (TA) Molalla River Watch 03/01/2019 02/29/2020 Closed 4 4 0 0 0 4 100.00% 1
82811 2009-012-00 EXP AQUATIC INVASIVES TREATMENT IN MINTO BROWN Willamette Riverkeeper 08/01/2019 09/30/2020 Closed 5 3 0 0 0 3 100.00% 0
82741 2009-012-00 EXP LSNA FLOODPLAIN RECONNECTION Luckiamute Watershed Council 08/15/2019 03/01/2021 Closed 6 6 0 0 0 6 100.00% 0
84415 2009-012-00 EXP SNAG BOAT BEND FLOODPLAIN REFORESTATION Long Tom Watershed Council 02/01/2020 01/31/2021 Closed 5 5 0 0 1 6 83.33% 0
85346 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE FISH SAMPLING US Forest Service (USFS) 05/15/2020 05/31/2022 Issued 8 5 0 0 0 5 100.00% 0
85317 2009-012-00 EXP EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING FOR THE WAHWG Benton Soil and Water Conservation District 06/01/2020 08/31/2021 Closed 5 9 0 0 0 9 100.00% 0
86000 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE MISSION FLOODPLAIN REFOREST PHASE 6 Willamette Riverkeeper 09/01/2020 08/31/2021 Closed 4 5 0 0 0 5 100.00% 0
86230 2009-012-00 EXP MINTO BROWN ISLAND PHASE 3 City of Salem 09/28/2020 12/31/2021 Closed 5 4 0 0 1 5 80.00% 0
87689 2009-012-00 EXP FINN ROCK FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION McKenzie River Trust 05/01/2021 01/31/2022 Closed 3 5 0 0 0 5 100.00% 0
88336 2009-012-00 EXP LSNA FLOODPLAIN FOREST EXPANSION Luckiamute Watershed Council 07/15/2021 09/30/2022 Closed 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.00% 0
88475 2009-012-00 EXP SNAG BOAT BEND RIPARIAN REFORESTATION FINAL Long Tom Watershed Council 09/01/2021 08/31/2022 Closed 4 5 0 0 0 5 100.00% 0
88420 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE MISSION PHASE 7 FINAL Willamette Riverkeeper 09/01/2021 08/31/2022 Closed 4 4 0 0 0 4 100.00% 0
88241 2009-012-00 EXP CHAHALPAM FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde 09/15/2021 09/30/2022 Closed 4 7 0 0 0 7 100.00% 0
90273 92697 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE FISH SAMPLING 2023 US Forest Service (USFS) 06/01/2022 05/31/2024 Issued 5 7 3 0 0 10 100.00% 0
90274 2009-012-00 EXP MOLALLA CONFLUENCE FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION DESIGN Molalla River Watch 06/01/2022 05/29/2026 Issued 7 0 4 0 0 4 100.00% 0
90938 2009-012-00 EXP FINN ROCK FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION PHASE 2 McKenzie River Trust 09/15/2022 12/31/2023 Closed 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.00% 0
90849 2009-012-00 EXP SNAG BOAT BEND CHANNEL RECONNECTION Long Tom Watershed Council 09/15/2022 12/31/2025 Issued 3 0 4 0 1 5 80.00% 0
92279 2009-012-00 EXP CHAHALPAM FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION PHASE 2 Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde 06/01/2023 05/31/2025 Issued 5 1 3 0 4 8 50.00% 0
95251 2009-012-00 EXP WILLAMETTE BI-OP ELIJAH BRISTOW DESIGN Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council 07/01/2024 06/30/2026 Issued 1 1 7 0 0 8 100.00% 0
95438 2009-012-00 EXP CHAHALPAM REFORESTATION Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde 09/01/2024 08/31/2026 Issued 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Project Totals 261 274 35 0 17 326 94.79% 3


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: 2022 Anadromous Fish Habitat & Hatchery Review

Council Recommendation

Assessment Number: 2009-012-00-NPCC-20230316
Project: 2009-012-00 - Willamette Bi-Op Habitat Restoration
Review: 2022 Anadromous Fish Habitat & Hatchery Review
Approved Date: 4/15/2022
Recommendation: Implement
Comments: Bonneville and Sponsor to take the review remarks into consideration in project documentation. See Policy Issue III.b.

[Background: See https://www.nwcouncil.org/2021-2022-anadromous-habitat-and-hatchery-review/]

Independent Scientific Review Panel Assessment

Assessment Number: 2009-012-00-ISRP-20230308
Project: 2009-012-00 - Willamette Bi-Op Habitat Restoration
Review: 2022 Anadromous Fish Habitat & Hatchery Review
Completed Date: 3/14/2023
Final Round ISRP Date: 2/10/2022
Final Round ISRP Rating: Meets Scientific Review Criteria
Final Round ISRP Comment:

The proponents of the Willamette Bi-Op Habitat Restoration Project (Project) provided a well-written and thoughtful proposal that addresses many concerns presented in previous ISRP reviews. The ISRP believes the proposal meets scientific criteria but can be improved. The following suggestions should be considered as the proponents go forward. The main ongoing concern is that this Umbrella Project does not have an effective means to assess the progress of the project. The draft Willamette Focused Investment Partnership (WFIP) monitoring and effectiveness plan should allay this concern.

Another ISRP concern has been the lack of quantitative, time-bound objectives. Proposals submitted to this Umbrella project are required to include SMART objectives, and these proposals are reviewed by an independent TRT composed of subject-area experts. Given this extensive oversight, the ISRP believes this project is going in the right direction. As an Umbrella Project (i.e., a funding program), the proponents should consider adding SMART objectives to this project. For example, objectives can contain a rough timeline for when projects will be solicited and reviewed, and the target number of projects to be funded.

The proponents discussed adaptive management focused on programmatic and financial considerations via learning and adapting. This narrow implementation of adaptive management in the project should be made clear, as most people think of adaptive management as including improvements to habitat restoration actions based on their in-situ performance (i.e., ecological responses).

In the past, the ISRP has been told that no BPA funds (or limited funds) could be used for monitoring and evaluation for this project. Nonetheless, the proponents should consider looking at general trends. For example, are temperatures going down or at least not rising as quickly where habitat restoration activities have occurred?

Q1: Clearly defined objectives and outcomes

As with previous Willamette Bi-Op Habitat Restoration Project products reviewed by the ISRP, the proponents have produced a well-written proposal. This Umbrella Project requires SMART objectives of proposals submitted for funding. However, as noted in other reviews, this Umbrella Project does not have clearly stated quantifiable, time-bound objectives with which to assess success of the Umbrella Project.

The goal of the Project is to increase and enhance habitats of anadromous Upper Willamette (UWR) spring Chinook salmon and UWR steelhead downstream of federal dams. They also consider benefits to bull trout, Oregon chub and Pacific lamprey.

This Umbrella Project has overseen the distribution of funds from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB), Meyer Memorial Trust (MMT), as well as from BPA. The name of the group making funding decisions has changed through time depending on the source of funds: Willamette Special Investment Partnership (SIP) – 2008-2015 with funds from BPA, OWEB, MMT; Willamette Anchor Habitat Investments (AHI) – 2016-2020 with funds from BPA, OWEB, MMT; and OWEB Focused Investment Partnership (FIP)—2016-2021. A partnership of numerous restoration practitioners operating in the Willamette basin (Proposal, Appendix D), and whose work is supported by the SIP/AHI funding programs is currently known as the Willamette Anchor Habitat Working Group (WAHWG).

The goal of the AHI is to fund as many high-impact habitat projects as possible in the Willamette River basin. The AHI is called a Funding Partnership and the proposal states “the Funding Partnership does not determine what habitat projects are submitted, or ‘come in the door.’ Therefore, there is a significant element of uncertainty that the funding program must contend with in developing SMART goals.” (Proposal page 10). Table 5 on page 20 and Appendix G of the proposal provide examples of SMART objectives that were part of 2016-2020 funded projects that can be adapted to funding for the 2023-2027 period. The Funding Partnership requires that projects address these three objectives: improved connectivity between the river and its floodplain; increased channel complexity and length; and expanded geographic extent and improved health of floodplain forests. The proposal states: “Although the MMT and OWEB investments will conclude in 2021 and the Funding Partnership will dissolve at that time, we expect that the expanded geographic eligibility described here will persist in future years of the Project.” (Proposal page 22).

The ISRP suggests that the proponents examine their process for evaluating and awarding projects. The ISRP is not suggesting a major overhaul of the process but rather some modifications (tweaks, additional emphasis, incentives) within the same overall process. While the ISRP understands that the Project cannot completely control which specific projects are proposed, there are ways to ensure that proposed projects address key topics and whose results will be complementary and leverage other ongoing and newly funded projects. The ISRP was concerned that the Project was too quickly backing off from focusing proposals on critical topics and areas. The Project cannot be overly prescriptive, but the ISRP considers that the Project can do more to keep proposed projects focused and cross-referenced to each other to maximize the benefits and reduce costs.

Q2: Methods

The project review and selection process of this Umbrella Project is based on sound science principles provided by an independent technical review team (TRT; see Proposal Appendices K & M). However, as has been noted in previous ISRP reviews, the proponents do not have a quantitative scoring system to rank project proposals. Funding decisions are made by the WAHWG through a multi-step process including review of pre-proposals, site review, and final proposal review. The AHI funding process does not use a quantitative decision process but provides projects selected for funding to BPA’s Habitat Technical Team (HTT, Appendix L), which determines if the projects meet their selection criteria. Other funding agencies (i.e., OWEB, MMT) have specific interests as outlined in Appendix H of the proposal.

The data collected as part of the projects funded in 2019-2021 (Proposal pages 25-27) appear to be based on sound science principles, but a description of how the data will be analyzed should be included (see next section re: Monitoring and Evaluation).

Q3: Provisions for M&E

The proponents have developed an adaptive management program and have regular meetings and communication between scientists and the restoration practitioners. The proponents provided an extensive section of lessons learned and how these were incorporated through adaptive management, which is commendable. The examples provided, however, focused on programmatic and financial considerations via learning and adapting. This narrow implementation of adaptive management in the project should be made clear, as most people think of learning for adaptive management as also including improvements to habitat restoration actions based on their in-situ performance (i.e., ecological responses). The ISRP recognizes the value of adapting programmatic and financial aspects but would also suggest the project look for low-effort (time and labor) ways to use existing information (i.e., not monitoring by the project) to also learn and adapt for performance and effectiveness. The ISRP is concerned that prevention of M&E specific to the project is viewed as meaning that learning about effectiveness is therefore impossible.

The Effectiveness Monitoring Program for the Willamette Focused Investment Partnership (Appendix N of the proposal) has limited funding and so “focuses on evaluating effectiveness of broad categories of restoration actions (for example: enhancement of gravel pits, floodplain forest establishment) rather than detailed evaluation of individual habitat projects.” The goals of the WFIP program are to relate the restoration actions to patterns of fish communities (Appendix N, pages 2-3). The effectiveness monitoring document is in draft form but will be in place for the 2021 project activities.

The ISRP is concerned that the proponents describe the types of data that are collected as monitoring indicators—such as hydrogeomorhic, floodplain forest and aquatic plant, and water quality responses—but also state: “Currently there is no funding for statistical analyses or evaluation of monitoring results. We hope to carryout analyses and evaluation of monitoring findings in a future phase (Phase 5) of the monitoring program, but have no plans for funding for this. To date, there is simply funding for limited data collection and two ‘state of the science’ syntheses on specific restoration activities.” (Proposal page 26). The proponents should consider providing some general approaches for trend analysis given the data collected, which would not require substantial effort or funding. Most databases make it easy to look at some general trends. For example, are temperatures going down or at least not rising as quickly where habitat restoration activities have occurred?

Q4: Results – benefits to fish and wildlife

The proponents assume that the restoration actions of the projects funded under this Umbrella Project will have benefits for the fish species of concern. While each funded project stands alone in terms of whether it generated useful information, it is not clear if the data collected thus far (since 2008) as part of the funded projects under this Umbrella project include direct assessment of changes in native fish populations. However, the draft WFIP monitoring and evaluation plan will add effects on fish communities to the evaluation (Appendix N). Please see section above on Monitoring and Evaluation.

Documentation Links:
Review: 2013 Geographic Category Review

Council Recommendation

Assessment Number: 2009-012-00-NPCC-20131126
Project: 2009-012-00 - Willamette Bi-Op Habitat Restoration
Review: 2013 Geographic Category Review
Proposal: GEOREV-2009-012-00
Proposal State: Pending BPA Response
Approved Date: 11/5/2013
Recommendation: Implement with Conditions
Comments: Implement with conditions through 2016. See Programmatic Issue and Recommendation B for umbrella projects.
Conditions:
Council Condition #1 Programmatic Issue: B. Evaluate and Improve Umbrella Projects—See Programmatic Issue and Recommendation B for umbrella projects.

Independent Scientific Review Panel Assessment

Assessment Number: 2009-012-00-ISRP-20130610
Project: 2009-012-00 - Willamette Bi-Op Habitat Restoration
Review: 2013 Geographic Category Review
Proposal Number: GEOREV-2009-012-00
Completed Date: 6/11/2013
Final Round ISRP Date: 6/10/2013
Final Round ISRP Rating: Meets Scientific Review Criteria
Final Round ISRP Comment:

The ISRP commends the project sponsors for developing a well-designed program that is worthy of further support. It provides a way for non-profits, local governments, and private and public landowners to participate in the recovery of important floodplain habitats in the Willamette Basin. Its prioritization of restoration areas, project review, and selection processes appear well founded. Its actions are fulfilling the Willamette BiOp and the NPCC Fish and Wildlife Program goals and objectives.

The proposal meets scientific review criteria. However, the ISRP recommends that the sponsors consider the suggestions and recommendations made in the following sections of the proposal.

1. Purpose: Significance to Regional Programs, Technical Background, and Objectives

This project responds closely to the priorities and action items in the Willamette Subbasin Plan and the Willamette BiOp. The BiOp identified two Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs 7.1.2 and 7.1.3) that needed to be addressed in the Willamette River Basin. The requirements of the RPAs were to establish a program to identify habitat restoration projects and to select and implement at least two restoration projects per year from 2011-2023. The Willamette Bi-Op Habitat Restoration project meets these needs. It is good to see that the project sponsors are realistic, and they articulate the limitations of the impact that habitat restoration can have in this highly modified system.

This is an important regional program. The lower Willamette River is tidal and should be managed as part of the estuary-river continuum that was recognized in the recent ISAB review of the Fish and Wildlife Program (ISAB 2013-1). While the sponsors acknowledge this linkage they only mention it in passing under Additional Relationships Explanation. Future proposals need to provide a more detailed explanation of why this linkage has not been developed.

The four project objectives are straightforward and outcomes easily tracked. Progress on all of these objectives has been made. Protocols for identifying and prioritizing areas for restoration and performing status and trend monitoring have been established. Additionally, methods for soliciting project proposals; creating scientific review teams; and reviewing, selecting, and funding projects have been installed. The project is serving an important role in identifying, selecting, funding, and monitoring floodplain restoration projects in the Willamette River Basin.

2. History: Accomplishments, Results, and Adaptive Management (Evaluation of Results)

When the project first began, outreach efforts were directed toward agricultural and gravel mining landowners to identify areas that would allow expanded floodplain use. At the same time properties were purchased and restoration work was begun on previously acquired land. So far approximately 2,800 acres of conserved land has been acquired and 480 acres of floodplain has been reforested.

Since its inception, the project has refined and adjusted how it selects, prioritizes, and monitors habitat restoration projects. For example, it funded the development of a map of the Willamette Basin which shows the parts of the floodplain that will be inundated with a two-year flood. This information has been coupled with the occurrence of anchor habitats, that is areas that can support cold water fishes, to help prioritize where recovery work should take place. The project has also completed a draft of a monitoring and evaluation plan which will be used to track status and trends in restored areas. Additionally, it is currently seeking a quantitative method that can be used to assess its reforestation efforts in floodplain areas. The project is accomplishing its restoration objectives and appears to be adjusting its methods as new information becomes available. This is a good initiative and is line with ISAB recommendations for a true landscape approach to habitat restoration in the Columbia River Basin.

The sponsors describe ongoing changes and continuing reassessment of success. As such there does not seem to be adaptive management in the sense of designing experiments with the intention of using results to adaptively manage. Rather, the approach seems to focus on a series of modifications to improve the project selection process as well as restoration strategies. Future changes in projects will be based on results, for example, results of re-vegetation will guide future plantings.

Evaluation of Results

This is a fairly new project so there are not many results to report yet. The 2011 Annual report detailing the Green Island levee removal showed, with photos, that after the levee removal, a high flow event occurred in 2011 and the floodplain area was covered with up to 3.5 feet of water which had not happened since the mid 1960s. Also non-native invasive plants have been reduced by removal and new plantings of native species planted. Early data on monitoring of fish distribution and abundance indicated that there appeared to be an indication that more complex habitats contained higher species richness and abundance than less complex habitats.

3. Project Relationships, Emerging Limiting Factors, and Tailored Questions

The sponsors clearly identify relationships to other projects and to limiting factors in the region. The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, Meyer Memorial Trust, and the Willamette Special Investment Partnership have formed a partnership to perform this project. This group collaborates with the Willamette Action Team for Ecosystem Restoration and a Habitat Technical Team. It is also receives cost sharing support from the Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program for land acquisition. The project also is closely linked to the USACE because of revetment removal actions and flow modification programs on the McKenzie and Santiam Rivers. Because of its overarching goal of restoring floodplain habitats, it is closely aligned to the Willamette subbasin plan and the NPPC Fish and Wildlife Plan.

One of the emerging limiting factors identified by the project was climate change. It is anticipated that as temperature regimes shift the availability of cold water, habitats along the mainstem will decrease. Restoration activities are expected to provide access to, or maintain such areas. Another future limiting factor is the expansion of urban areas and increasing levels of aggregate mining and agriculture. These increases will influence how much of the floodplain can be managed for conservation purposes. An incomplete understanding of how fish use this portion of the Willamette and the conditions in a floodplain that benefit fish were also recognized problems. Additionally, all the existing flood control infrastructure, dams, and revetments constrain how much of the floodplain can be restored.

Another limiting factor, although not discussed in the proposal, is the presence of agricultural and industrial contaminants. As land use in the basin increases there will likely be a rise in their occurrence. Contaminants may cause direct sub-lethal and lethal impacts and indirect effects via alterations in the food web and thus should be considered in future work.

4. Deliverables, Work Elements, Metrics, and Methods

Six deliverables appeared in the proposal. The first one was to develop an action effectiveness monitoring program for floodplain re-vegetation. When completed this AEM program would be used to monitor six re-vegetation programs in the upper Willamette. The remaining five deliverables deal with project solicitation, review, funding, and project administration. These administrative processes appear to be adequately designed and carried out.

Work elements, metrics, and methods are nicely detailed in the RM&E plan found via the website link found in the proposal. 

Specific comments on protocols and methods described in MonitoringMethods.org

Nothing related to this project was found in MonitoringMethods.org. However, the protocols and methods are well detailed in the RM&E plan. The ISRP recommends that the protocols and methods from the RM&E program be entered directly in the proposal, plus in the MonitoringMethods.org website.

First Round ISRP Date: 6/10/2013
First Round ISRP Rating: Meets Scientific Review Criteria
First Round ISRP Comment:

The ISRP commends the project sponsors for developing a well-designed program that is worthy of further support. It provides a way for non-profits, local governments, and private and public landowners to participate in the recovery of important floodplain habitats in the Willamette Basin. Its prioritization of restoration areas, project review, and selection processes appear well founded. Its actions are fulfilling the Willamette BiOp and the NPCC Fish and Wildlife Program goals and objectives.

The proposal meets scientific review criteria. However, the ISRP recommends that the sponsors consider the suggestions and recommendations made in the following sections of the proposal.

1. Purpose: Significance to Regional Programs, Technical Background, and Objectives

This project responds closely to the priorities and action items in the Willamette Subbasin Plan and the Willamette BiOp. The BiOp identified two Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs 7.1.2 and 7.1.3) that needed to be addressed in the Willamette River Basin. The requirements of the RPAs were to establish a program to identify habitat restoration projects and to select and implement at least two restoration projects per year from 2011-2023. The Willamette Bi-Op Habitat Restoration project meets these needs. It is good to see that the project sponsors are realistic, and they articulate the limitations of the impact that habitat restoration can have in this highly modified system.

This is an important regional program. The lower Willamette River is tidal and should be managed as part of the estuary-river continuum that was recognized in the recent ISAB review of the Fish and Wildlife Program (ISAB 2013-1). While the sponsors acknowledge this linkage they only mention it in passing under Additional Relationships Explanation. Future proposals need to provide a more detailed explanation of why this linkage has not been developed.

The four project objectives are straightforward and outcomes easily tracked. Progress on all of these objectives has been made. Protocols for identifying and prioritizing areas for restoration and performing status and trend monitoring have been established. Additionally, methods for soliciting project proposals; creating scientific review teams; and reviewing, selecting, and funding projects have been installed. The project is serving an important role in identifying, selecting, funding, and monitoring floodplain restoration projects in the Willamette River Basin.

2. History: Accomplishments, Results, and Adaptive Management (Evaluation of Results)

When the project first began, outreach efforts were directed toward agricultural and gravel mining landowners to identify areas that would allow expanded floodplain use. At the same time properties were purchased and restoration work was begun on previously acquired land. So far approximately 2,800 acres of conserved land has been acquired and 480 acres of floodplain has been reforested.

Since its inception, the project has refined and adjusted how it selects, prioritizes, and monitors habitat restoration projects. For example, it funded the development of a map of the Willamette Basin which shows the parts of the floodplain that will be inundated with a two-year flood. This information has been coupled with the occurrence of anchor habitats, that is areas that can support cold water fishes, to help prioritize where recovery work should take place. The project has also completed a draft of a monitoring and evaluation plan which will be used to track status and trends in restored areas. Additionally, it is currently seeking a quantitative method that can be used to assess its reforestation efforts in floodplain areas. The project is accomplishing its restoration objectives and appears to be adjusting its methods as new information becomes available. This is a good initiative and is line with ISAB recommendations for a true landscape approach to habitat restoration in the Columbia River Basin.

The sponsors describe ongoing changes and continuing reassessment of success. As such there does not seem to be adaptive management in the sense of designing experiments with the intention of using results to adaptively manage. Rather, the approach seems to focus on a series of modifications to improve the project selection process as well as restoration strategies. Future changes in projects will be based on results, for example, results of re-vegetation will guide future plantings.

Evaluation of Results

This is a fairly new project so there are not many results to report yet. The 2011 Annual report detailing the Green Island levee removal showed, with photos, that after the levee removal, a high flow event occurred in 2011 and the floodplain area was covered with up to 3.5 feet of water which had not happened since the mid 1960s. Also non-native invasive plants have been reduced by removal and new plantings of native species planted. Early data on monitoring of fish distribution and abundance indicated that there appeared to be an indication that more complex habitats contained higher species richness and abundance than less complex habitats.

3. Project Relationships, Emerging Limiting Factors, and Tailored Questions

The sponsors clearly identify relationships to other projects and to limiting factors in the region. The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, Meyer Memorial Trust, and the Willamette Special Investment Partnership have formed a partnership to perform this project. This group collaborates with the Willamette Action Team for Ecosystem Restoration and a Habitat Technical Team. It is also receives cost sharing support from the Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program for land acquisition. The project also is closely linked to the USACE because of revetment removal actions and flow modification programs on the McKenzie and Santiam Rivers. Because of its overarching goal of restoring floodplain habitats, it is closely aligned to the Willamette subbasin plan and the NPPC Fish and Wildlife Plan.

One of the emerging limiting factors identified by the project was climate change. It is anticipated that as temperature regimes shift the availability of cold water, habitats along the mainstem will decrease. Restoration activities are expected to provide access to, or maintain such areas. Another future limiting factor is the expansion of urban areas and increasing levels of aggregate mining and agriculture. These increases will influence how much of the floodplain can be managed for conservation purposes. An incomplete understanding of how fish use this portion of the Willamette and the conditions in a floodplain that benefit fish were also recognized problems. Additionally, all the existing flood control infrastructure, dams, and revetments constrain how much of the floodplain can be restored.

Another limiting factor, although not discussed in the proposal, is the presence of agricultural and industrial contaminants. As land use in the basin increases there will likely be a rise in their occurrence. Contaminants may cause direct sub-lethal and lethal impacts and indirect effects via alterations in the food web and thus should be considered in future work.

4. Deliverables, Work Elements, Metrics, and Methods

Six deliverables appeared in the proposal. The first one was to develop an action effectiveness monitoring program for floodplain re-vegetation. When completed this AEM program would be used to monitor six re-vegetation programs in the upper Willamette. The remaining five deliverables deal with project solicitation, review, funding, and project administration. These administrative processes appear to be adequately designed and carried out.

Work elements, metrics, and methods are nicely detailed in the RM&E plan found via the website link found in the proposal. 

Specific comments on protocols and methods described in MonitoringMethods.org

Nothing related to this project was found in MonitoringMethods.org. However, the protocols and methods are well detailed in the RM&E plan. The ISRP recommends that the protocols and methods from the RM&E program be entered directly in the proposal, plus in the MonitoringMethods.org website.

Modified by Dal Marsters on 6/11/2013 1:41:23 PM.
Documentation Links:
Review: Adjust various project budgets due to Willamette MOA

Project Relationships: None

Name Role Organization
Eric Williams Supervisor Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
John Skidmore Supervisor Bonneville Power Administration
Shawn Skinner Env. Compliance Lead Bonneville Power Administration
Denise Hoffert Project Lead Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Allan Whiting Project Manager Bonneville Power Administration