FY 2001 Ongoing proposal 199000501

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

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Umatilla Basin Natural Production Monitoring and Evaluation
Proposal ID	199000501
Organization	Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Craig Contor
Mailing address	Pendleton, OR 97801
Phone / email	5412764109 / [email protected]
Manager authorizing this project	Gary James
Review cycle	FY 2001 Ongoing
Province / Subbasin	Columbia Plateau / Umatilla
Short description	Monitor and evaluate natural spawning, rearing, migration, survival, age and growth characteristics and life histories of adult salmon and steelhead and their natural progeny in the Umatilla River Basin.
Target species

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
1999	Spawning surveys (1991-1999)
1998	Habitat surveys (1993-1998)
1996	Adult passage evaluations (1992-1996)
1992	Collected samples for steelhead genetic studies
1999	Juvenile outmigration studies (1993-1999)
1999	Salmonid density, relative abundance and distribution surveys (salmon, steelhead, and bull trout, 1993-1999)
1999	Salmonid index sites (1993-1999)
1999	Harvest monitoring (1993-1999)
1999	Water temperature monitoring (1993-1999)
1999	Complied to the required administrative processes of BPA, GSA, ESA, USFWS, USFS, NMFS, CRITFC, CBFWA, ISRP, NWPPC, ODFW, WDFW, DEQ, TMDL, watershed assessments, master plans, sub-basin plan reviews, UMMEOC (basin oversight com) and basin AOP (1993-1999).

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2001 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 2001 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 2001 cost
1. Monitor spawning activities of hatchery and natural spring and fall chinook and coho salmon, and summer steelhead in the Umatilla River Basin.	a. Document the number and location of redds and examine carcasses	on going	$26,417
	b. Estimate survival to spawning and total egg deposition by species and reach.	on going	$26,417
	c. Collect and record length, sex, pre/post spawn mortality data, coded wire tags, marks, fin clips, kidney samples and scales from the appropriately marked carcasses examined on the spawning grounds.	on going	$26,417
2. Estimate timing and survival of juvenile salmon and steelhead migrating from the headwaters of the Umatilla River to the Lower Columbia (John Day and Bonneville Dam PIT tag interrogation sites).	a PIT tag natural juvenile chinook and summer steelhead collected in the headwaters of the Umatilla River Basin with rotary screw traps, electrofishing and other methods	1	$120,059
	b Submit and extract tagging and detection files	1	$5,000
	c Estimate timing and minimum in-river survival from PIT tag detections at down-river sites	1	$8,000
3. Estimate juvenile salmonid abundance and rearing densities in index sites and selected stream reaches in the Umatilla River Basin.	a Electrofish established index sites. and selected stream reaches. Isolate the sites with block-nets and use depletion methods to estimate salmonid densities.	on going	$32,588
4. Estimate tribal harvest of adult salmon and steelhead returning to the Umatilla River Basin (with contributed BIA funding).	a Design and implement a roving creel survey and phone survey depending on season and location of fisheries as determined by tribal authorities.	on going	$2,924
5. Monitor stream temperatures in the Umatilla River Basin in cooperation with other monitoring agencies	a Deploy thermographs in April of 2001. Check status and function of thermographs regularly during deployment	on going	$4,100
	b Retrieve and download thermographs in November.	on going	$4,015
6. Determine age, growth and life history characteristics of salmon, steelhead and bull trout (secondarily) in the Umatilla River Basin.	a Take scales from juvenile and adult salmon and steelhead during trapping, electrofishing and spawning surveys.	on going	$3,000
	b Mount and press adult scale samples. Place juvenile scales directly between labeled acetate sheets at the time of sampling.	on going	$1,000
	c Determine the proportion of unmarked adult salmon that are of hatchery and natural origin based on circuli counts from the scale focus to the first annuli.	on going	$8,673
	d Determine age, growth, life history characteristics and the years of freshwater and saltwater rearing of adult natural steelhead and salmon.	on going	$8,673
7 Examine the movements of 30 adult fall chinook salmon after transport into the Umatilla River from Priest Rapids Hatchery and/or Ringold Hatchery.	a Radio-tag and release 30 adult fall chinook salmon into the Umatilla River in early to mid October.	2	$8,280
	b Monitor the movement of tagged adult fall chinook with fixed site and mobile receivers	2	$14,558
8 Comply to the required administrative processes of BPA, GSA, ESA, USFWS, USFS, NMFS, CRITFC, CBFWA, ISRP, NWPPC, ODFW, WDFW, DEQ, TMDL, watershed assessments, master plans, sub-basin plan reviews, UMMEOC and AOP .	a Complete the necessary reports, permit applications and proposals. Attend the necessary coordination, planning, scoping and consultation meetings.	on going	$18,212

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2002	FY 2003
$179,000	$184,000	$188,000	$173,000

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2001 cost
Personnel	FTE: 3.38	$136,320
Fringe		$27,172
Supplies		$35,500
Travel		$24,170
Indirect		$80,771
PIT tags	# of tags: 6000	$14,400
		$318,333

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2001 cost	$318,333
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2001 budget request	$318,333
FY 2001 forecast from 2000	$586,000
% change from forecast	-45.7%

Reason for change in estimated budget

This project is operated in conjunction with the Walla Walla Natural Production Monitoring and Evaluation Program (one BPA contract but with two proposals and annual reports). Monitoring activities in the Umatilla Basin have decreased from a decade of intense evaluations to a more streamlined monitoring program. Monitoring in the Umatilla will decrease further after the radio telemetry and PIT tagging projects are completed in 2001. Habitat surveys will not be conducted and the intense spawning and electrofishing surveys have been reduced to index areas only. Monitoring activities in the Walla Walla Basin have increased in accord with the current and forthcoming restoration activities. Restoration planning and implementation will require more information about the Walla Walla Basin salmonids. Combined budgets for the two M&E projects have increased 3.7% from last years reduced funding level but are 20% lower than forecasted for FY2001 in the FY2000 proposals.

Reason for change in scope

Explained immediately above.

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind

Reviews and recommendations

This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Ongoing Funding: yes; New Funding: no

Date:
Jul 14, 2000

Comment:

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Sep 13, 2000

Comment:

REVIEW:
NW Power and Conservation Council's FY 2006 Project Funding Review

Funding category:
expense

Date:
May 2005

FY05 NPCC start of year:	FY06 NPCC staff preliminary:	FY06 NPCC July draft start of year:
$395,129	$395,129	$395,129

Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website