FY07-09 proposal 200708400
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Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Shrubsteppe Habitat Acquisition for Terrestrial Species in Need of Conservation in the Upper Mid-Columbia Subbasin. |
| Proposal ID | 200708400 |
| Organization | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) |
| Short description | To acquire key land parcels that improve or maintain the conservation values, or ecological connectivity, of existing land owned by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Shrubsteppe dependant pygmy rabbit, sharptail, and sage grouse are the focus. |
| Information transfer | Acquired properties will become part of existing Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife - Wildlife Areas. The values of properties will be described on WDFW web site and be incorporated in Wildlife Area plans. Information will also be included in species recovery plans and other public documents pertinent to the target species and shrubsteppe habitats. |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
Contacts
| Contact | Organization | |
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| Form submitter | ||
| Matt Monda | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife | [email protected] |
| All assigned contacts | ||
Section 2. Locations
Province / subbasin: Columbia Cascade / Columbia Upper Middle
| Latitude | Longitude | Waterbody | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 43.2588 | 119 32.6244 | None | Sagebrush Flats, Chester Butte, Central Ferry Canyon, Indian Dan Canyon, and West Foster Creek Wildlife Areas |
Section 3. Focal species
primary: All Wildlifesecondary: All Wildlife
Additional: Pygmy Rabbit, Sage Grouse, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Sage Thrasher, Grasshopper Sparrow, Mule Deer
Section 4. Past accomplishments
| Year | Accomplishments |
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Section 5. Relationships to other projects
| Funding source | Related ID | Related title | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPA | 199106100 | Swanson Lake Wildlife Mitigati | Same focal species with conectivity a goal beween areas |
| BPA | 199404400 | Sagebrush Flat Wl Mitigation | One of the Wildlife Areas that is the focus of this proposal. Same focal species and connectivity a goal. |
| BPA | 199609400 | WDFW Habitat Acquisition | Project has similar goals. |
| BPA | 199609401 | Scotch Creek Wildlife Area | Shared focal species with connectivity a goal among areas |
| BPA | 200103000 | Sharp Tailed Grouse Habitat | Shared focal species |
| Other: USFWS | 04-1096 | Columbia Sharp-Tailed Grouse Translocations | Objectives are to improve genetic diversity and provide demographic support to small populations that include project location. |
| Other: WAFWA | 04-1623 | Sage Grouse Conservation Assessement - 2004 | Assess potential factors that influence greater sage grouse habitats across their distribution. |
| Other: WDOT | 05-1647 | WSDOT Washington ground squirrel 05 | Effects of habitat condition and site isolation on Washington ground squirrel demography and population persistence. |
| Other: USFWS | 05-2066 | Pygmy Rabbit Section 6 2005-2006 | The goal of the pygmy rabbit augmentation project is to ensure maintenance of Washington's pygmy rabbits in the wild through captive breeding and release. |
| Other: USFWS | 03-1157 | SWGS Restoration and Mgmt of Shrubsteppe | The overall goal of this project is to achieve a basic understanding of the extent and condition of existing and restored shrub-steppe resources in eastern Washington and how human-caused changes in the landscape influence shrub-steppe-associated wildlife. |
| Other: USFWS Pitman Robertson | many | Habitat Cooperative Agreements on Private Lands | Multiple projects on private property within Project Location for this proposal to restore and enhance habitat. Technical and cost-share asstitance provided by WDFW Private Lands Biologists |
| Other: USFWS-Sec. 6 | 03-1462 | Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan for Douglas County | Foster Creek Conservation District has drafted a Habitat Conservation Plan, as defined under the federal Endangered Species Act. The plan is expected to cover 20 species in Douglas County that are currently protected under ESA or are candidates for protection, including focal species in this proposal |
Section 6. Biological objectives
| Biological objectives | Full description | Associated subbasin plan | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintain and enhance pygmy rabbit populations | Maintain and enhance pygmy rabbit populations consistent with state and federal management and recovery plans | Upper Middle Columbia | • Implement federal, state, and tribal management plans, other conservation plans, or recovery plans to conserve the focal species |
| Maintain herbaceous wetland function | Maintain and/or enhance habitat function (i.e., focal habitat attributes) by improving silviculture, agricultural practices, fire management, weed control, livestock grazing practices, and road construction and maintenance on and adjacent to existing herbaceous wetlands | Upper Middle Columbia | • Implement existing plans • Develop and implement a comprehensive weed control plan • Develop and implement a road management plan |
| Maintain riparian habitat function | Maintain and/or enhance habitat function (i.e., focal habitat attributes) by improving silviculture, agricultural practices, fire management, weed control, livestock grazing practices, and road construction and maintenance on and adjacent to existing riparian wetlands | Upper Middle Columbia | • Implement existing plans • Develop and implement a comprehensive weed plan • Develop and implement a road management plan |
| Maintain shrubsteppe habitat function | Maintain and/or enhance habitat function by improving agricultural practices, fire management, weed control, livestock grazing practices, and road management on existing shrubsteppe | Upper Middle Columbia | • Develop fire mangement protocols. • Implement existing plans • Develop and implement a comprehensive weed control plan • Develop and implement a coordinate a road management plan |
| Provide conservation measures to maintain herbaceo | Provide biological and social conservation measures to sustain focal species populations and habitats | Upper Middle Columbia | • Use .,.. government programs to conserve herbaceous wetlands • Achieve permanent protection of riparian wetlands through acquisition... • Emphasize conservation connectivity of high quality herbaceous wetland habitat |
| Provide conservation measures to sustain riparian | Provide biological and social conservation measures to sustain focal species populations and habitats | Upper Middle Columbia | • Use ... government programs to conserve riparian wetlands habitat • Achieve permanent protection of riparian wetlands through acquisition... • Emphasize conservation connectivity of high quality riparian wetlands habitat |
| Provide conservation measures to sustain shrubstep | Identify and provide biological and other conservation measures to sustain focal species populations and habitats | Upper Middle Columbia | • Use ... government programs to conserve shrubsteppe habitat. • Achieve permanent protection of shrubsteppe through acquisition, ... • Emphasize conservation of large blocks and connectivity of high quality shrubsteppe habitat. |
| Umbrella species for conservation of shrubsteppe | Within the framework of the existing sharp-tailed grouse and sage grouse population determinations, inventory other shrubsteppe obligate populations to test assumption of the umbrella species concept | Upper Middle Columbia | • Implement federal, state, and tribal management plans, other conservation plans, or recovery plans to conserve the focal species |
Section 7. Work elements (coming back to this)
| Work element name | Work element title | Description | Start date | End date | Est budget |
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| Land Purchase | Land Purchase | Conduct transaction to purchase target parcels | 1/1/2008 | 9/30/2009 | $1,700,000 |
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Metrics * # of acres of new purchase/easement: 4000 acres |
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| Install Fence | Install new boundary fence | Where needed construct boundary fences along new unfenced and surveyed property boundaries | 5/1/2008 | 9/30/2009 | $25,000 |
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Metrics * # of miles of fence: 3.5 |
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| Maintain Vegetation | Noxious weed contol | Manage undesirable vegetation and manage for desirable plant species | 5/1/2008 | 9/30/2009 | $18,000 |
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| Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage | Short-term O&M | Secure property, maintain boundary fences, mainenacne of any structures, protect habitats | 1/1/2008 | 9/30/2009 | $50,000 |
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| Conduct Pre-Acquisition Activities | Acquire title report, appraisel, and appraisal review for target parcels | See Work Element Title | 12/1/2007 | 5/31/2009 | $7,000 |
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| Conduct Pre-Acquisition Activities | Conduct necessary environmental analysis | Perform hazardous waste assessment and other necessary environmental analysis | 10/1/2007 | 5/31/2009 | $12,000 |
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| Conduct Pre-Acquisition Activities | Evaluate new target parcels | Evaluation of potential target parcels when new lands or previously unavailable target parcels become available. | 10/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | $5,000 |
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| Conduct Pre-Acquisition Activities | Identify Minimum Habitat Units | See Work Element Title | 10/1/2008 | 9/30/2009 | $9,000 |
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| Conduct Pre-Acquisition Activities | Perform land boundary survey and provide legal discription | See Work Element Title | 12/1/2007 | 5/31/2009 | $15,000 |
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| Conduct Pre-Acquisition Activities | Purchase Title Insurance | See Work Element Title | 12/1/2007 | 5/31/2009 | $5,000 |
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| Conduct Pre-Acquisition Activities | Target parcel evaluation | Evaluate target parcels to ensure habitat values and assess value to target species | 10/1/2007 | 9/30/2008 | $6,000 |
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Biological objectives Maintain and enhance pygmy rabbit populations Maintain herbaceous wetland function Maintain riparian habitat function Maintain shrubsteppe habitat function Provide conservation measures to maintain herbaceo Provide conservation measures to sustain riparian Provide conservation measures to sustain shrubstep Umbrella species for conservation of shrubsteppe |
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| Produce Plan | Incorporate new parcels into existing WLA plan | Managment of new parcels would be integrated into the exisitng Sagebursh Flats Wildlife Area Plan | 1/1/2008 | 9/30/2009 | $5,500 |
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| Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Coduct field surveys for monitoring and evaluation | Conduct field surveys to monitor and evaluate the new parcels to ensure that they are supporting the biological values they were intended to support | 9/1/2008 | 9/30/2009 | $3,500 |
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| Develop RM&E Methods and Designs | Property monitoring and evaluation methods | Development of methods for monitoring and evaluating biological values intended to be suppoted on new parcel | 1/1/2008 | 9/30/2009 | $2,500 |
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Section 8. Budgets
Itemized estimated budget
| Item | Note | FY07 | FY08 | FY09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Property Acquisition | $0 | $1,700,000 | $0 |
| Personnel | 1.2 fte | $20,500 | $42,000 | $20,500 |
| Fringe Benefits | @22% | $4,400 | $9,200 | $4,400 |
| Travel | [blank] | $1,500 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| Supplies | [blank] | $14,000 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| Capital Equipment | [blank] | $4,000 | $10,000 | $2,000 |
| Totals | $44,400 | $1,776,700 | $42,400 | |
Total estimated FY 2007-2009 budgets
| Total itemized budget: | $1,863,500 |
| Total work element budget: | $1,863,500 |
Cost sharing
| Funding source/org | Item or service provided | FY 07 est value ($) | FY 08 est value ($) | FY 09 est value ($) | Cash or in-kind? | Status |
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| IAC-WWRP | Property Acquisition for Sharptail Grouse | $1,500,000 | $0 | $0 | Cash | Confirmed |
| Totals | $1,500,000 | $0 | $0 | |||
Section 9. Project future
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FY 2010 estimated budget: $25,000 FY 2011 estimated budget: $25,000 |
Comments: Staffing, equipment and infrastructure support with existing project |
Future O&M costs: Long term O & M after year of acquisition would be covered under Sagebrush Flats WI Mitigation Project #199404400
Termination date:
Comments:
Final deliverables:
Section 10. Narrative and other documents
Reviews and recommendations
| FY07 budget | FY08 budget | FY09 budget | Total budget | Type | Category | Recommendation |
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| NPCC FINAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Oct 23, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
| $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | Expense | ProvinceExpense | Do Not Fund |
| NPCC DRAFT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS (Sep 15, 2006) [full Council recs] | ||||||
| $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ProvinceExpense | ||
ISRP PRELIMINARY REVIEW (Jun 2, 2006)
Recommendation: Fundable
NPCC comments: This proposal meets the ISRP review criteria and benefits wildlife. The ISRP, however, suggests that the sponsor address the following comments to improve the project. The ISRP does not need to see a response to these suggestions but encourages integrating responses for subsequent review. The rare shrub steppe habitat is an important acquisition. The ISRP recognizes that the authors have focused on key species in this rare habitat. The proposal could be improved by better describing the parcels of lands that would serve to connect lands already in public ownership. The ISRP wonders if these lands are available for purchase and how these lands supplement current land ownership. Additionally, the ISRP recommends finalization of a monitoring and evaluating plan, once the land is acquired.
ISRP FINAL REVIEW (Aug 31, 2006)
Recommendation: Fundable
NPCC comments: This proposal meets the ISRP review criteria and benefits wildlife. The ISRP, however, suggests that the sponsor address the following comments to improve the project. The ISRP does not need to see a response to these suggestions but encourages integrating responses for subsequent review. The rare shrub steppe habitat is an important acquisition. The ISRP recognizes that the authors have focused on key species in this rare habitat. The proposal could be improved by better describing the parcels of lands that would serve to connect lands already in public ownership. The ISRP wonders if these lands are available for purchase and how these lands supplement current land ownership. Additionally, the ISRP recommends finalization of a monitoring and evaluating plan, once the land is acquired.