FY 2003 Lower Columbia proposal 31034
Contents
Section 1. General administrative information
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Section 4. Budgets for planning/design phase
Section 5. Budgets for construction/implementation phase
Section 6. Budgets for operations/maintenance phase
Section 7. Budgets for monitoring/evaluation phase
Section 8. Budget summary
Reviews and Recommendations
Additional documents
| Title | Type |
|---|---|
| 31034 Narrative | Narrative |
| 31034 and 30018 Sponsor Response to the ISRP | Response |
| 30018 and 31034 Powerpoint Presentation | Powerpoint Presentation |
| Memo from K. Weist (NPCC) to Council Members RE: Oregon Plan EMAP Presentation | Correspondence |
Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Salmonid Population and Habitat Monitoring in the Oregon Portion of the Lower Columbia Province |
| Proposal ID | 31034 |
| Organization | Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
| Name | Tom Nickelson |
| Mailing address | 28655 Highway 34 Corvallis, OR 97333 |
| Phone / email | 5417574263 / [email protected] |
| Manager authorizing this project | Ed Bowles, ODFW Fish Division Head |
| Review cycle | Lower Columbia |
| Province / Subbasin | Lower Columbia / Columbia Lower |
| Short description | Implement fish population and habitat monitoring (EMAP) in the Oregon portion of the Lower Columbia Province |
| Target species | all anadromous and resident salmonids |
Project location
| Latitude | Longitude | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 45.5 | -122.71 | Willamette Subbasin below Willamette Falls |
| 45.41 | -122.99 | Sandy Subbasin |
| 45.67 | -122.57 | Lower Columbia Subbasin |
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Sponsor-reported:
| RPA |
|---|
| 150 |
| 174 |
| 184 |
| 180 |
Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
| Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| NMFS | Action 180 | NMFS | The Action Agencies and NMFS shall work within regional prioritization and congressional appropriation processes to establish and provide the level of FCRPS funding to develop and implement a basinwide hierarchical monitoring program. This program shall be developed collaboratively with appropriate regional agencies and shall determine population and environmental status (including assessment of performance measures and standards) and allow ground-truthing of regional databases. A draft program including protocols for specific data to be collected, frequency of samples, and sampling sites shall be developed by September 2001. Implementation should begin no later than the spring of 2002 and will be fully implemented no later than 2003. |
| BPA | Action 180 | NMFS | The Action Agencies and NMFS shall work within regional prioritization and congressional appropriation processes to establish and provide the level of FCRPS funding to develop and implement a basinwide hierarchical monitoring program. This program shall be developed collaboratively with appropriate regional agencies and shall determine population and environmental status (including assessment of performance measures and standards) and allow ground-truthing of regional databases. A draft program including protocols for specific data to be collected, frequency of samples, and sampling sites shall be developed by September 2001. Implementation should begin no later than the spring of 2002 and will be fully implemented no later than 2003. |
Section 2. Past accomplishments
| Year | Accomplishment |
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Section 3. Relationships to other projects
| Project ID | Title | Description |
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Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2003 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase
Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2003 cost | Subcontractor |
|---|
Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
|---|
Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase
Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2003 cost | Subcontractor |
|---|
Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
|---|
Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase
Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2003 cost | Subcontractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Implement monitoring of the status and trends in anadromous and resident salmonid populations and their habitats | a.Habitat and Juvenile Salmonid Monitoring | ongoing | $116,128 | |
| 1. | b. Steelhead Spawner Monitoring | ongoing | $111,819 | |
| 1. | c. Coho Spawner Monitoring | ongoing | $304,701 |
Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Implement monitoring of the status and trends in anadromous and resident salmonid populations and their habitats | 2003 | 2006 | $2,410,568 |
Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
| FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
| $559,280 | $587,244 | $616,607 | $647,437 |
Section 8. Estimated budget summary
Itemized budget
| Item | Note | FY 2003 cost |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel | FTE: 8.9 | $235,507 |
| Fringe | OPE varies by position (41.3%) | $97,154 |
| Supplies | $32,792 | |
| Travel | $62,376 | |
| Indirect | 24.5% | $104,819 |
| NEPA | none | $0 |
| $532,648 | ||
Total estimated budget
| Total FY 2003 cost | $532,648 |
| Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds | $0 |
| Total FY 2003 budget request | $532,648 |
| FY 2003 forecast from 2002 | $0 |
| % change from forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
| Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| ODFW | Support from existing staff expertise on implementating EMAP sampling in the Columbia Estuary | $25,000 | in-kind |
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Fundable only if response is adequate
Mar 1, 2002
Comment:
A response is needed. See comments on project #30018. [A response is needed for this and the related proposal (#31034), both are technically inadequate proposals. Both proposals request over $500,000 annual for important monitoring programs but these proposals are inadequate for review. Both proposals will apply the ODF&W EMAP procedures for monitoring and evaluation as has been presented in several previous Provincial reviews. While the ISRP has recommended this process in other Provinces, these proposals lack detail and any project history concerning the development of this process. The discussion of sampling design, sampling methods, and data analysis is inadequate. Although the methods are broadly referenced in the proposal, the ISRP is not sufficiently familiar with the methods in the Oregon Plan and consequently they need to be adequately summarized in the proposal. The proposal itself must be a complete and stand alone document.Each task should be associated with a more detailed summary of the methodology. For example, there are concerns about each task in Objective 1:
Task 1: Is any biological data collected on the juveniles enumerated? What is the basis of the sampling protocol? Why is abundance of coho identified separately from the other salmonids?
Task 2: Is any biological data collected during these steelhead monitoring programs? Population status will be indexed through cumulative redd counts and time between surveys is presumably set based on the visible "life expectancy" of redds. How was the frequency of surveys established, how variable is the life of a redd within a stream and between streams? Should the visible life of a redd be calibrated in each geographic area or is there data to support using a fixed period between Provinces?
Task 3: same comments as for Task 2, except replace coho stream life for steelhead redd life expectancy. More information on coho assessments was presented at the briefing but nothing is included in the proposal.
Related questions to those above include: How was the number of sites selected? How will EMAP be used to select the actual sites? Which rivers will be sampled? What will be the frequency of sampling? What are the methods for sampling habitat and juveniles? How will juvenile abundance be determined? How will the sampling enable detection of trends in distribution and abundance? Will the sampling be adequate to detect range expansion due to habitat recovery? What exactly do the precision estimates mean? How will hatchery and wild spawners be differentiated? When the fish are alive or as carcasses? How will the data be analyzed? In using the AUC technique, what value for stream life is used and why? Is stream life assumed to be constant? If so, why? Why are coastal cutthroat and chinook not included in the monitoring? Is the sampling intensity proposed in these provinces comparable to other provinces? Further, results of surveys in these provinces were presented at the briefings but were not included in the proposal.
Again, the ISRP does not expect the sponsors to present the full text for the monitoring methods taken directly from the Oregon Plan, but rather a concise summary that is sufficient to allow us to judge the scientific credibility of the work and its merit in relation to provincial and the basin recovery.]
Comment:
The cost appears excessive. Could the budget be reduced? This level of effort should be well coordinated with other monitoring efforts throughout the Basin. NMFS has identified that this project is a BiOp project.Comment:
See comments on project #30018.Comment:
Statement of Potential Biological Benefit to ESUSpatially balanced habitat and population (both juvenile and adult) salmonid monitoring program for the Oregon portion of the Lower Columbia River. The potential benefit of this work is very high as the region lacks a coordinated status monitoring program; this work is an extension of current successful large scale monitoring programs in the state of Oregon.
Comments
Coordinated status monitoring of salmonid habitat and populations is critical for the effective management of these resources across the basin. This proposal represents a monitoring program already initiated in the state of Oregon that has demonstrated effectiveness for measuring the status and trend of salmonid habitat and populations. To avoid duplication of effort, this proposal should be coordinated with proposal 30018.
Already ESA Req? No
Biop? No
Comment:
Consideration of funding of this project should await development of a regional RM&E framework. If funded, project proponent should work collaboratively with NMFS and the Regional RM&E workgroup to conform elements of this project with the RM&E framework.Comment: