| Proposal title | Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project -- Umbrella |
| Proposal ID | 20510 |
| Organization | Yakama Indian Nation (YN) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
| Name | Melvin R. Sampson |
| Mailing address | P.O. Box 151 Toppenish, WA 98953 |
| Phone / email | 5098656262 / [email protected] |
| Manager authorizing this project | |
| Review cycle | FY 2000 |
| Province / Subbasin | Columbia Plateau / Yakima |
| Short description | Umbrella proposal describing YKFP activities in four major work areas: Monitoring and Evaluation; Operation and Maintenance; Management, Data and Habitat; and Design and Construction. |
| Target species | Yakima and Klickitat Subbasin spring chinook, fall chinook, and coho. Steelhead are not being produced at this time, but are being reconditioned at the Prosser Fish Facility. |
| Project ID | Title | Description |
|---|
| 9200220 |
Physiological assessment of wild and hatchery juvenile salmonids |
Physiological/developmental monitoring of hatchery and wild spring chinook juveniles (parr/smolt) |
| 5510200 |
Yakima River side channel survey and rehabilitation |
Complementary habitat enhancement in upper Yakima |
| 5510800 |
Upper Yakima tributary irrigation improvement |
Restores passage to tributaries blocked by irrigation diversions. |
| 5510900 |
Teanaway River instream flow restoration |
Complementary adult passage project (NF Teanaway is an acclimation/release site). |
| 9705100 |
Yakima Subbasin Side Channels |
Restores juvenile salmonid rearing habitat |
| 9100 |
Re-establish safe access into tributaries of Yakima Subbasin |
Improve juvenile salmonid passage and rearing. |
| 9101 |
Restore upper Toppenish Creek watershed |
Improve juvenile salmonid passage and rearing. |
| 9102 |
Ahtanum Creek watershed assessment |
Improve juvenile salmonid passage and rearing. |
| 9603501 |
Satus Cr. Watershed Restoration |
Improve juvenile salmonid passage and rearing. |
| 9506404 |
WDFW Policy/Technical Involvement/Planning YKFP |
Co-Managers, YKFP |
| 9105500 |
Supplementation Fish Quality (Yakima Subbasin) |
NMFS contract to develop rearing treatment alternatives to increase hatchery fish survival. |
| 9200900 |
Yakima screens phase II O & M |
Basin juvenile salmonid passage |
| 9105700 |
Yakima phase II screen fabrication |
Basin juvenile salmonid passage |
| 9705600 |
Lower Klickitat ripairian & in-channel habitat enhancement project. |
Critical habitat enhancement and information sharing. |
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Yakima Subbasin Habitat/Watershed Project Umbrella |
Umbrella proposal summarizing nine projects intended to promote normative Yakima Subbasin ecosystem by protecting and restoring habitat for all life stages of anadromous fish and wildlife. |
| 9506404 |
YKFP Project Management (WDFW) |
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| 9701725 |
YKFP Operation and Maintenance |
|
| 8812025 |
YKFP Management, Data & Habitat |
|
| 8811525 |
YKFP Design and Construction |
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| 20510 |
Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project -- Umbrella |
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| 9506325 |
YKFP Monitoring and Evaluation |
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This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Comments:
The projects within this umbrella proposal largely emphasize administrative processes and do not provide the scientific rationale for the proposed actions. For example, an entire project is devoted to administration (8812025). The project proposals within the umbrella should address specific technical activities directly related to the two objectives, rather than bureaucratic functions. Insufficient technical background is given to evaluate the scientific merit of the proposed measures relative to other measures that might have been selected. The umbrella proposal should explicitly discuss relevant habitat restoration so the relationship between habitat and supplementation activities is clear. The objective to "optimize natural production of spring chinook with respect to abundance and distribution" is unclear. The selection of numerical escapement objectives is not explained. The objectives do not define how natural production should be distributed in the basin.
The description of the problem relating to fish and wildlife is inadequate and poorly documented. Justification of the project references previous Council decisions with little technical explanation for how the components of this umbrella are expected to address the problem. For example, it is not clear why supplementation is being tested in the Yakima or the basis for the critical uncertainties. For a reviewer with little knowledge of fish in the Yakima Basin, too little information is provided to judge the merits or organization of these proposals. In general, much of the detail that could have been presented through the umbrella proposal was left to individual proposals and the ability of the reviewer to synthesize the information. To understand the importance of project #8811525 for design and construction, for example, it was necessary to read the monitoring and evaluation proposal first and piece together the relationship between these two projects. Why shouldn't most of the administrative activities included in project 8812025 be funded through the overheads collected on this group of projects?