2016-003-00: Project Summary

Project 2016-003-00 - Habitat assessment in blocked areas.

General

Project Number:

2016-003-00

Title:

Habitat assessment in blocked areas.

Summary:

The purpose of the project is to investigate and evaluate the availability and suitability of fish habitat above Grand Coulee Dam upstream to the border with Canada. The Spokane Tribe of Indians (STOI) will lead the investigation under contract with the Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville). The Bureau of Reclamation is also providing STOI support for work related to this habitat investigation.

The investigation will address components of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s fourth emerging priority, described in the 2014 Columbia Basin Fish & Wildlife Program, which calls to “Investigate blocked area mitigation options through reintroduction, passage and habitat improvement, and implement if warranted,” (NWPCC 2014, pg. 84-85 and pg. 116).

This research and evaluation project will be done upstream from Grand Coulee Dam and will encompasses tributaries to the Spokane River, Lake Roosevelt, and the upper Columbia River that have been found to have an intrinsic potential to support anadromous salmonids. This excludes tributaries within the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (CCT) ancestral, traditional, and ceded lands; as the CCT is conducting similar work.

This work is designed to identify suitable habitats for reintroduction of anadromous salmonids to the blocked area of the upper Columbia River. The steps, techniques, and processes the STOI will use include the following:
• Establishing the historic distribution and identifying tributaries formerly inhabited by anadromous salmonids. Historic distribution will be evaluated by reviewing and summarizing results from previously published Intrinsic Potential models (e.g. ICTRT 2005 and 2007).
• Construct the foundation of an analytical platform to be used to assess current habitat conditions. This modeling environment, Ecosystem Diagnosis and Treatment (EDT), will provide a platform into which existing data will be imported. The model will evaluate the strength of the data and identify gaps that need to be filled in order to provide an accurate assessment of current habitat conditions.
• Additional data collection and analysis of current conditions will not be conducted under this project but in the future under alternative funding sources.

Proposer:

Benjamin Dick

Proponent Orgs:

Spokane Tribe (Tribe)

Starting FY:

2016

Ending FY:

2017

BPA PM:

Virgil Watts III

Stage:

Closed - Project Status Report

Area:

Province	Subbasin	%
Intermountain	Columbia Upper	50.00%
	Spokane	50.00%

Purpose:

Habitat

Emphasis:

RM and E

Focal Species:

Chinook - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU
Chinook - Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall ESU
Steelhead - Upper Columbia River DPS
Trout, Interior Redband

Species Benefit:

Anadromous: 0.0% Resident: 100.0% Wildlife: 0.0%

Tags:

Council Recommended Projects (Public Tags)
2018 Research Project Progress Review (NPCC) (Public Tags)

Special:

None

BiOp Association:

None

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Financials

Financials - Budgets

Summary of Budgets

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Pending Budget Decision? No

Financials - Cost Share

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
2018	$10,000	(Draft)	100%	(Draft)
2017				(Draft)
2016	$109,048		52%

Financials - Contracts

Contracts

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* "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
73291 SOW	Spokane Tribe	2016-003-00 EXP HABITAT ASSESSMENT IN BLOCKED AREA	Closed	$124,965	8/1/2016 - 7/31/2018

Performance

Annual Progress Reports
Expected (since FY2004):	1
Completed:	1
On time:	1

Status Reports
Completed:	9
On time:	8
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
73291		2016-003-00 EXP HABITAT ASSESSMENT IN BLOCKED AREA	Spokane Tribe	08/01/2016	07/31/2018	Closed	9	4	0	0	0	4	100.00%	0
Project Totals							9	4	0	0	0	4	100.00%	0

Assessments

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: 2018 Research Project Status Review

Council Recommendation

Assessment Number:	2016-003-00-NPCC-20210302
Project:	2016-003-00 - Habitat assessment in blocked areas.
Review:	2018 Research Project Status Review
Approved Date:	12/20/2018
Recommendation:	Implement
Comments:	Recommendation: This project is complete and this was a results-review only. The Council encourages all parties involved in the completion of Phase 1 to consider the ISRP comments for future work. The Council recommends that the comprehensive set of Phase 1 results, as well as successive phases, receive science review by the ISRP to ensure the assessment of potential for the reintroduction continues to be scientifically sound.

Project Relationships

Project Relationships:	None

Project Contacts

Name	Role	Organization
BJ Kieffer (Inactive)	Supervisor	Spokane Tribe
Conor Giorgi	Project Lead	Spokane Tribe
Brent Nichols	Interested Party	Spokane Tribe
Virgil Watts III	Interested Party	Bonneville Power Administration
Virgil Watts III	Project Manager	Bonneville Power Administration
Jody Lando	Project SME	Bonneville Power Administration

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