2024-006-00: Project Summary

Project 2024-006-00 - Water Rights Acquisition and Conservation Management

General

Project Number:

2024-006-00

Project Title:

Water Rights Acquisition and Conservation Management

Summary:

Areas within the Tribe's ancestral homelands, as determined by the Indian Claims Commission, suffer from low water flows in rivers and streams which impact fish and wildlife throughout Washington State Water Resources Inventory Areas (WRIAs) 54, 55, 56, 57, & 58. This project will endeavor to acquire water rights to reduce impacts of low water flows on fish and wildlife and seek to develop water conservation management easements and/or other types of agreements that will result in improved river and stream flow restoration.
. Projected Benefits: Improvement of flows in summer and early fall for increased juvenile to adult survival of rainbow trout, improved spawning habitat availability for kokanee, and improved survival of native redband rainbow trout.

Proposer:

Michelle O'Malley

Proponent Org:

Spokane Tribe (Tribe)

Starting FY:

2024

Ending FY:

2033

BPA PM:

Matthew Schwartz

Project Stage:

Implementation - Project Status Report

Project Area:

Province	Subbasin	%
Intermountain	Spokane	100.00%

Purpose:

Habitat

Emphasis:

Restoration/Protection

Focal Species:

Chinook - Mid-Columbia River Spring ESU
Coho - Unspecified Population
Steelhead - Middle Columbia River DPS

Species Benefit:

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

Tags:

None

Special:

None

BiOp Association:

None

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Financials

Financials - Budgets

Summary of Budgets

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Decided Budget Transfers (FY2025 - FY2027)

Acct FY	Acct Type	Amount	Fund	Budget Decision	Date
FY2025	Expense	$300,000	From: LTFA - Spokane	Fish Accord- STOI MOA	05/13/2024
FY2025	Expense	$100,000	To: LTFA - Spokane	Accord Transfers (STOI) 4/10/2025	04/10/2025
FY2025	Expense	$164,441	From: LTFA - Spokane	Accord Transfers (STOI) 4/10/2025	04/10/2025
FY2026	Expense	$300,000	From: LTFA - Spokane	Fish Accord- STOI MOA	05/13/2024
FY2027	Expense	$300,000	From: LTFA - Spokane	Fish Accord- STOI MOA	05/13/2024

Pending Budget Decision? No

Financials - Cost Share

Actual Project Cost Share

Current Fiscal Year — 2026 DRAFT

Cost Share Partner	Total Proposed Contribution	Total Confirmed Contribution
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Previous Fiscal Years

Fiscal Year	Total Contributions		% of Budget
2025
2024

Financials - Contracts

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
96135 SOW	Spokane Tribe	2024-006-00 EXP STOI WATER RIGHTS ACQUISITION & CONSERVATION MGMT	Closed	$27,302	12/1/2024 - 8/31/2025
97650 SOW	Spokane Tribe	2024-006-00 EXP WATER RIGHTS ACQUISITION & CONSERVATION MGMT	Issued	$200,000	9/1/2025 - 8/31/2026
99743 SOW	Spokane Tribe	2024-006-00 EXP WATER RIGHTS ACQUISITION & CONSERVATION MGMT	Issued	$156,346	9/1/2026 - 8/31/2027
99747	National Fish and Wildlife Foundation	2024-006-00 EXP WATER RIGHTS ACQUISITION & CONSERVATION MGMT QLE	Signature	$143,654	9/1/2026 - 8/31/2027

Performance

Annual Progress Reports
Expected (since FY2004):	2
Completed:	1
On time:	1

Status Reports
Completed:	6
On time:	3
Avg Days Late:	0

								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
96135	97650, 99743	2024-006-00 EXP STOI WATER RIGHTS ACQUISITION & CONSERVATION MGMT	Spokane Tribe	12/01/2024	08/31/2027	Closed	6	8	8	0	0	16	100.00%	0
99747		2024-006-00 EXP WATER RIGHTS ACQUISITION & CONSERVATION MGMT QLE	National Fish and Wildlife Foundation	09/01/2026	08/31/2027	Signature	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Project Totals							6	8	8	0	0	16	100.00%	0

Assessments

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Project Relationships

Project Relationships:	None

Project Contacts

Name	Role	Organization
Matthew Schwartz	Project Manager	Bonneville Power Administration
B.J. Kieffer	Project Lead	Spokane Tribe
Daphne Day	Env. Compliance Lead	Bonneville Power Administration