FY 2001 Ongoing proposal 199005500

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	Steelhead supplementation studies in Idaho rivers
Proposal ID	199005500
Organization	Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Alan Byrne
Mailing address	IDFG - 1414 E Locust Lane Nampa, ID 83868
Phone / email	2084658404 / [email protected]
Manager authorizing this project	Steve Yundt
Review cycle	FY 2001 Ongoing
Province / Subbasin	Mountain Snake / Clearwater
Short description	Evaluate the feasibility of using artificial production to increase natural steelhead populations and to collect life history, genetic, and disease data from wild steelhead populations in Idaho.
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
1992	I submitted a detailed experimental design to BPA for this project
1993	We outplanted adult hatchery steelhead from Sawtooth Hatchery in Beaver and Frenchman creeks
	SF Red River was stocked with 50,000 hatchery fingerlings.
	Crews snorkeled 8 streams to obtain juvenile steelhead densities
	Crews PIT-tag 2,870 juvenile steelhead in 6 streams for smolt estimates and smolt migration characteristics.
1994	We outplanted adult hatchery steelhead from Sawtooth Hatchery in Beaver and Frenchman creeks and assessed last years spawning success.
	SF Red River was stocked with 50,000 hatchery fingerlings
	Crews snorkeled 8 streams to obtain juvenile steelhead densities
	Crews PIT-tag 6,314 juvenile steelhead in 12 streams for smolt estimates and smolt migration characteristics.
	Crews collected scales from juvenile steelhead in 5 stream and adults from 3 streams for aging.
1995	We outplanted hatchery adult steelhead from Sawtooth Hatchery in Beaver Creek and assessed last years spawning success.
	Stock 50,000 hatchery fingerlings in SF Red River
	Crews snorkeled 8 streams to obtain juvenile steelhead densities
	Crews PIT-tag 3,431 juvenile steelhead in 7 streams for smolt estimates and smolt migration characteristics.
	We installed a temporary weir in Fish Creek and counted the adult escapement.
	Crews collected scales from juvenile steelhead in 4 streams and adults from 5 streams for aging
1996	We outplanted hatchery adult steelhead from Sawtooth Hatchery in Beaver Creek and assessed last years spawning success.
	Stock 50,000 hatchery fingerlings in SF Red River and 5,000 hatchery smolts in Red River
	We installed a temporary weir in Fish Creek and counted the adult escapement
	Crews PIT-tag 7,998 juvenile steelhead in 11 streams for smolt estimates and smolt migration characteristics.
	Crews snorkeled 12 streams to obtain juvenile steelhead densities
	Crews collected scales from juvenile steelhead in 2 streams and adults in 1 stream for aging.
1997	We outplanted hatchery adults from Sawtooth Hatchery in Beaver and Frenchman creeks and assessed last years spawning success.
	We stocked 5,000 hatchery smolts in Red River
	We installed a temporary weir in Fish Creek to count adult escapement
	Crews snorkeled 13 streams to obtain juvenile steelhead densities.
	Crews PIT-tag about 9,200 juvenile steelhead in 11 streams for smolt estimates and smolt migration characteristics.
	We collected scales from juvenile steelhead in 4 streams and adults from 2 streams for aging
	We collected fin samples for future DNA analysis from juvenile steelhead in 4 streams and adults in 2 streams.
1998	We outplanted hatchery adults from Sawtooth Hatchery in Beaver and Frenchman creeks and assessed last years spawning success.
	We stocked 5,000 hatchery smolts in Red River
	We installed a temporary weir in Fish Creek to count adult escapement
	Crews snorkeled 10 streams to obtain juvenile steelhead densities
	Crews PIT-tag about 6,700 juvenile steelhead in 11 streams for smolt estimates and smolt migration characteristics.
	We collected scales from juvenile steelhead in 3 streams and adults in 2 streams for aging
	We collected fin samples for future DNA analysis from juvenile steelhead in 6 streams and adults in 2 streams.
	We mounted and aged 432 adult steelhead scales and 2,766 juvenile steelhead scales that were collected from 1993 to 1997.
1999	We outplanted hatchery adults from Sawtooth Hatchery in Beaver and Frenchman creeks and assessed last years spawning success.
	We stocked 5,000 hatchery smolts in Red River
	We installed a temporary weir in Fish Creek to count adult escapement
	Crews snorkeled 11 streams to obtain juvenile steelhead densities
	Crews PIT-tag about 13,280 juvenile steelhead in 18 streams for smolt estimates and smolt migration characteristics.
	We collected scales from juvenile steelhead in 6 streams and adults in 2 streams for aging

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
3. Assess the abundance, habitat, and life-history characteristics of existing wild steelhead populations in the Salmon and Clearwater river drainage's.	i. Develop study plan to assess the relation between anadromous and resident rainbow trout.	2	$6,553
3	h. Investigate the feasibly of using resident rainbow and/or kelts as a broodsource in supplementation. Develop a study plan to assess the performance of kelts and/or resident rainbows as a broodsource for supplementation.	3	$6,553

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

FY 2004	FY 2002	FY 2003
$7,540	$13,761	$14,449

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
1 Assess the performance of hatchery and wild brood sources to reestablish steelhead in streams where extirpated. Evaluate the brood sources in a hatchery and natural stream environment	a. Outplant hatchery adults from Sawtooth Fish Hatchery into Beaver and Frenchman creeks	5	$1,644
1	b. Snorkel Beaver and Frenchman creeks during the summer to estimate parr densities	7	$2,923
1	c. PIT-tag parr in Beaver Creek.	6	$2,621
2 Evaluate the ability of returning adults from hatchery smolt and fingerling releases to produce progeny in natural streams.	a. Operate Red River weir to trap returning adult steelhead.	2	$20,226
2	b. Snorkel SF Red River and Red River to estimate parr densities.	3	$8,851
3 Assess the abundance, habitat, and life-history characteristics of existing wild steelhead populations in the Salmon and Clearwater river drainage's.	a. Operate the temporary Fish Creek weir to enumerate wild adult escapement.	10	$71,592
3	b. Operate the Fish Creek screw trap to trap and PIT-tag steelhead parr and smolts	10	$108,657
3	c. Snorkel index streams to obtain summer parr densities	10	$44,882
3	d. PIT-tag juvenile steelhead in Gedney Creek and other wild production streams.	10	$43,138
3	e. Complete the DNA analysis of steelhead tissue samples collected in FY 2000 for genetic stock structure.	1	$200,000	Yes
3	f. Coordinate data collection and PIT-tagging of wild steelhead with other IDFG projects and other agencies	10	$7,955
3	g. Maintain temperature recorders in selected steelhead streams in the Salmon and Clearwater drainage's.	10	$3,513
3	h. Maintain database of wild steelhead parr that were Pit-tagged and smolt detections at downstream dams.	10	$2,124
4. Evaluate broodstock management at existing hatchery weirs in relation to IDFG natural production objectives	a. Monitor adult escapement, and juvenile abundance upstream of weir sites. Maintain database.	10	$1,633

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase

FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2002	FY 2003
$346,000	$363,000	$315,000	$330,000

Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation 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 Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2001 cost
Personnel	FTE: 0.4	$9,868
Fringe		$3,238
Personnel	FTE: 4.6	$118,132
Fringe		$38,762
Supplies		$42,000
Travel		$13,500
Indirect		$63,365
Capital		$20,000
PIT tags	# of tags: 10,000	$24,000
Subcontractor	Dr. Jennifer Nielsen Alaska Biological Science Center 1011 East Tudor Road Anchorage, AK 99503	$200,000
		$532,865

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2001 cost	$532,865
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2001 budget request	$532,865
FY 2001 forecast from 2000	$273,000
% change from forecast	95.2%

Reason for change in estimated budget

$200,000 is needed to complete the DNA analysis of steelhead stocks (all samples collected in the summer 2000). FY 2001 forecast did not include the cost of PIT-tags ($24,000) or purchase of a new truck ($18,000) to replace an old vehicle. The remaining $31,000 is to cover increased overhead, operating, and personnel costs. We anticipate, in the future, that this project will reduce or complete work on tasks outlined in this form . We plan to implement other new tasks (for example: resident /anadromous rainbow interactions, kelt research) that were identified in the original study design.

Reason for change in scope

The stock structure analysis (DNA sub-contract) was approved by the ISRP during the FY2000 review conducted in 1999.

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:

In FY 2000, the budget was reduced by $160,000 due to budget restrictions within the Idaho SRT. This was achieved by reduction of DNA sample analysis, but the SRT recommended funding this objective in the future. $200,000 is needed to complete the DNA analysis of steelhead stocks (all samples collected in the summer 2000). FY 2001 forecast did not include the cost of PIT-tags ($24,000) or purchase of a new truck ($18,000) to replace an old vehicle. The remaining $31,000 is to cover increased overhead, operating, and personnel costs. We anticipate, in the future, that this project will reduce or complete work on tasks outlined in this form. They plan to implement other tasks (for example: resident /anadromous rainbow interactions, kelt research) that were identified in the original study design.

The stock structure analysis (DNA sub-contract) was approved by the ISRP during the FY 2000 review conducted in 1999.

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Sep 13, 2000

Comment:

Rationale: Budget increase inappropriate in this review. Project held to 2000 budget. As a research project, should not be classified as O&M.

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:
$589,086	$589,086	$589,086

Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website