BPA Year 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program Project Proposals

ProposalProject No.

 

Project Title

 

$ Budget Requested of BPA1

 

Description

 

20003

Enhance Fish Habitat by Improving Water Quality

$200,000

Improve Yakima River water quality by working with farmers and dairy farmers.

20010

Improve Fish Habitat by Reducing Farm Sediment Runoff

$1,500,000

Enhance Yakima habitat by supporting on-farm improvements in Benton Cons. District with cost sharing and technical assistance.

20035

Water Right Acquisition Program (Multi-Year FY 2000-2002)

$130,000

Acquire consumptive water rights on John Day and Deschutes rivers; cost/cfs is $50,000.

20070

Water Conservation and Stream Enhancement Project

$18,382,000

Construct pipelines to replace 70 miles of leaky irrigation canals in Tumalo, Idaho.

20074

Eagle Lakes Ranch Acquisition and Restoration

$1,863,500

Protect wetland and shrub-steppe from development, buy and obtain easement for 7,500 acres in north Franklin Co. $520,000 for Wetland Reserve Program of 3,850 acres; $1,390,500 for purchase of 3,650 acres.

20077

Inventory and Assessment of Irrigation Diversion Alternatives to Push-up Dams in the John Day River Basin, Oregon

$187,500

Perform inventory and assessment of diversion structures.

20089

Increase Instream Water Rights for Crabtree Creek

$1,402,816

Pipe 3 miles of Lacomb ditch and allocate savings to instream flow.

20090

Logan Valley Wildlife Mitigation Project

$2,002,301

Would acquire 1,760 acres of the former Oxbow Ranch including 435 acres of pre-1900 water rights.

20131

Enhance North Fork John Day River Subbasin Anadromous Fish Habitat

$205,544

Includes constructing fences, controlling noxious weeds and planting native grasses.

20134

Acquire Oxbow Ranch—Middle Fork John Day River

$2,878,064

Acquire, protect and enhance 1,022 acres.

20137

Acquisition of Malhuer Wildlife Mitigation Site

$2,030,079

Acquire Denny Jones ranch, 7 miles of Malheur River, 328 acres of 1888 water rights, 21,000 acres of BLM, and 4,000 acres of state land.

9705300

Toppenish-Simcoe Instream Flow Restoration and Assessment

$231,978

Purchase 80 acres = 52,000; monitor and maintain ecosystem; irrigation analysis.

9801800

John Day Watershed Restoration

$1,034,836

Irrigation efficiency and improvements, replace push-up dams, streambank stabilization and planting, more…

20032

Protect Bear Valley Wild Salmon, Steelhead, Bull Trout Spawning Habitat

$310,000

Close 48,000 acres of the Elk Creek portion of Bear Valley Basin to grazing by buying and retiring allotment. Estimate 1,500 more escapement.

20051

Decrease Sedimentation and Temperature in Streams, Educate Resource Managers

$882,877

Total project cost is $1,029,477. Convert 20,000 acres of dryland crop fallow to annual cropping systems in Oregon of which 13,000 acres would be no-till. $10/acre incentive for no-till. Also would rehabilitate some riparian areas.

20071

Restore Crab Lake and Adjacent Reaches of Crab Creek

$365,000

Restore 2,000 acres of semi-permanent marsh on land drained for farmland.

9303800

North Fork John Day Area Riparian Fencing

$68,000

Install and maintain 76 miles of seasonal electric fence protecting 60 miles of river.

8402100

Protect and Enhance Anadromous Fish Habitat in the John Day Subbasin

$426,046

$62,500 (materials) for 17.5 miles of wire fence.

8402500

Protect and Enhance Anadromous Fish Habitat in the Grande Ronde Basin

$366,782

Livestock management, work with landowners, maintain fences, monitor.

8710001

Enhance Umatilla River Basin Anadromous Fish Habitat

$402,942

Includes 3 to 5 miles of fence, 1,500 pounds of native grass seed, control noxious weeds over 20 miles.

8710002

Protect and Enhance Anadromous Fish Habitat in the Umatilla River Subbasin

$715,558

Includes materials for 12 miles of fence, existing fence O&M, control noxious weeds over 280 acres, plant native shrubs/trees.

9206200

Yakama Nation—Riparian/Wetlands Restoration

$2,020,000

Protect and restore along anadromous fish rearing riversstreams; purchase land (2,500 acres) = 1,184,045.

20087

Protect and Restore Mill Creek Watershed

$63,036

80% for 3 miles of riparian fencing.

9604200

Restore and Enhance Anadromous Fish Populations and Habitat in Salmon Creek

$2,477,983

$1.85 million for land acquisition, easements, and land exchange.

9802800

Trout Creek Watershed Improvement Project Multi-Year Funding Proposal

$2,539,195

Eliminate push-up dams, diversion structures; build fencing, enhance bank stability; 10 miles of fencing = 40,000; 6 spring development = 18,000; 700 acres brush control = 6,000; three retention basins = 15,000; 5,280 ft of riparian vegetation = 30,000.

9306200

Salmon River Anadromous Fish Passage Enhancement

$420,000

Improve irrigation systems, install mainline pipe.

9901700

Protect & Restore Lapwai Creek

$261,276

Includes fencing and revegetation.

9304000

Fifteenmile Creek Habitat Restoration (Request Multi-Year Funding)

$2,172,712

100 miles of fence O&M ($10,000), $320,000 for screening/passage.

20511

 

Deschutes River Umbrella Proposal

 

$1,249,729

 

Total cost to all parties, but additional costs in other projects

 

9306600

Oregon Fish Screening Project

732,497

Install 25 new fish screen devices in John Day Basin.

9404200

Trout Creek Habitat Restoration Project

1,909,697

O&M of instream and riparian habitat improvements; remove barriers.

20547

 

Yakima Subbasin Habitat/Watershed Project Umbrella

 

$4,836,360

 

Includes passage, habitat, restoration.

9206200

Yakama Nation-Riparian/Wetland Program

2,020,000

Purchase land (approx. 2,500 acres) = 1,184,045; habitat restoration and protection.

9603501

Satus Watershed Restoration

502,396

Protect and enhance summer steelhead spawning and rearing habitat; includes planting and fencing.

9705000

Little Naches River Riparian and In-channel Enhancement Project

96,142

Increase shade/cover by planting native trees.

9705100

Yakima Basin Side Channels

801,673

Land purchase/easements (approx. 200 acres) = 500,000; protect, restore, and re-establish access to rearing habitat.

9705300

Toppenish-Simcoe Instream Flow Restoration and Assessment

231,978

Purchase 80 acres = 52,000; monitor and maintain ecosystem; irrigation analysis.

9803300

Restore Upper Toppenish Creek Watershed

207,003

Includes stabilizing eroding banks; enhance channel flow.

9803400

Re-establish Safe Access into Tributaries of the Yakima Subbasin

781,918

Reconnect 100 miles of habitat in 10 tributaries; 10 fishways15 screens = 500,000; land purchase (40 acres) = 100,000.

9600700

Irrigation Diversion Consolidations and Water Conservation: Upper Salmon River, Idaho

753,816

Consolidate two canals, eliminate one diversion, and construct screens.

1

Amount requested from BPA for FY 2000 unless noted otherwise. Dollars requested, not approved, and additional funds may be expected from other sources and in future years to complete each project.

Source: BPA Fish and Wildlife Division Year 2000 Implementation Workplan Proposals (August, 1999)

WRP = Wetland Reserve Program
BLM = U.S. Bureau of Land Management
O&M = operations and maintenance

 

 

tABLE B-2

 

Human Effects Strategy Block, Screening of Irrigation Diversions

BPA Year 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program Project Proposals

ProposalProject No.

 

Project Title

 

Budget

 

Description

 

9105700

Yakima Phase 2 (Fish) Screen Fabrication

$293,113

80% of budget for 5 screens, irrigation diversion.

9107500

Yakima Phase II Screens—Construction

$1,000,000

Complete construction at John Cox screen and initiate construction at others.

9200900

Yakima (Fish) Screens Phase 2—O&M

$133,591

O&M on screens to ensure optimal fish protection.

9306600

Oregon Fish Screening Project

$641,621

A mix of research, prioritizing, and construction.

9802100

Hood River Fish Habitat Project

$2,490,129

Includes construction of screens and removal of diversions.

9401500

Idaho Fish Screen Improvement—O&M

$2,636,208

30 to 50 screen projects annually until each irrigation diversion is screened.

O&M = operations and maintenance

 

Table B-3

 

Human Effects Strategy Block, Habitat/Water Use on Agricultural Lands and Screening of Irrigation Diversions

Washington State Intra-Agency RT Awards, July 1999

Project Number

 

Project Name

 

Project Sponsor

 

Request

 

Match

 

Total

 

SRR—Snake River

 

99-1319

Screening Bennington Lake

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$40,000

$26,000

$66,000

SRR—Upper Columbia River

 

99-1327

Buttermilk Creek Ditch Fish Screen

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$9,000

$29,000

$38,000

99-1323

Wolf Creek Reclamation Dist. Fish Screen

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$90,000

$50,000

$140,000

99-1328

Fulton Canal Fish Screen

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$100,000

$50,000

$150,000

99-1325

Twisp-Power Ditch Fish Screen

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$90,000

$40,000

$130,000

99-1332

Entiat River Rock Vortex Weirs

Chelan County Board of Commissioners

$32,200

$5,000

$37,200

99-1346

Skyline Ditch Pipe Installation

Okanogan County

$100,000

$45,000

$145,000

99-1344

Early Winters Ditch Diversion Structure

Okanogan County

$100,000

$417,400

$117,400

99-1345

Fulton Ditch Lining Project

Okanogan County

$12,000

$46,000

$18,000

99-1347

Aspen Meadows Ditch Piping

Okanogan County

$64,077

$46,250

$70,327

99-1324

Beaver Creek Watershed Fish Passage

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$100,000

$450,000

$150,000

99-1339

Tourangeau Ditch

Okanogan County

$6,000

$4,500

$6,500

99-1340

Eagle Ditch Fish Screening

Okanogan County

$12,000

$4,500

$12,500

Source: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife News Release Web Site (8/14/99)

 

The USDA’s Agricultural Conservation Program was modified in 1996 to become the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Data about enrollment and costs in 1996 and 1997 are provided in Table B-4.

Table B-4

 

Agricultural Conservation Program in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, 1996-1997 Regular Program Practices, Units Served, and Cost per Unit 1

Practice Code #

 

Name

 

Units, if not Acres

 

Units Served
1996-97

 

Total Cost/acre

 

SL1

Permanent vegetative cover establishment

 

7,882

$28.00

SL2

Permanent vegetative cover improvement

 

58,240

$11.00

SL3

Stripcropping systems

   

15,557

$20.00

SL4

Terrace systems

     

20,861

$17.00

SL5

Grazing land protection

   

127,866

$4.00

SL11

Permanent vegetative cover on critical area

901

$22.00

SL14

Reduced tillage systems

   

4,930

$9.00

SL13

No till systems

     

10,092

$18.00

WC4

Irrigation water conservation

   

56,481

$55.00

WP1

Sediment retention, erosion or water control

11,235

$39.00

WP2

Stream protection

     

6,702

$27.00

WP1

Sod waterways

     

1,275

$67.00

WP4

Agricultural waste control facilities

Number

464

$1,724.00

PR1

Forest tree plantations

   

7,704

$137.00

PR2

Forest stand improvements

   

7,839

$47.00

WL1

Permanent wildlife habitat

   

220

$790.00

WL2

Shallow water areas for wildlife

   

1,361

$416.00

SP10

Streambank stabilization

   

2,145

$224.00

SP53

Integrated crop management

   

6,729

$16.00

SP35

Water management systems for pollution control

379

$72.00

WQP1

Source reduction of agricultural pollutants

 

42,423

$9.00

1

Unit costs assume federal share of 75 percent and are rounded to the closest dollar.
Source: USDA, ASCS, 1997 and 1996. Fiscal Year Statistical Summary, Agricultural Conservation Program.

Additional information about unit costs paid by the USDA for specific practices is provided by the "flat rate schedules" provided for Oregon, Washington, and Idaho (USDA NRCS, 1999). Unit costs of some likely conservation practices organized by strategy are in Table B-5.

 

Table B-5

 

Multi-Species Strategies, Agricultural Practices That Might be Used and Their Costs

Strategy

 

Practices

 

Initial Cost

 

Unit

 

Years Life

 

O&M Factor (Share of Cost/year)

 

Annual Cost at 4.75%

 

Nutrient and pathogen load reduction from grazing/agriculture

 

Conservation tillage

$35.00

Acre

1

0

$36.66

 

No till

$30.00

Acre

1

0

$31.42

 

Conservation cropping sequence

$11.41

Acre

1

0

$11.95

 

Deferred grazing (OR)

$0.80

Acre

1

0

$0.84

 

Deferred grazing (ID)

$6.50

Acre

1

0

$6.81

 

Planned grazing

$0.80

Acre

1

0

$0.84

 

Proper grazing

$1.20

Acre

1

0

$1.26

 

Filter strip

$125.00

1,320 feet

1

0

$130.94

Pesticide reduction

         
 

Pest management (OR)

$5.00

Acre

1

0

$5.24

 

Pest scouting (WA)

$10.00

Acre

1

0

$10.48

Reduce grazing impacts to riparian/ aquatic ecosystem

       
 

Woven barb wire fence

$4,200

Mile

20

0.02

$413.91

 

Livestock well, 3" (OR)

$25.00

Feet

20

0.01

$2.21

 

Livestock well, 6" (ID)

$22.00

Feet

20

0

$1.73

 

Use exclusion, fencing

$1.00

Feet

20

0.01

$0.09

 

Use exclusion, lost value, irrig

$100-$135

Acre

1

0

$105-$141

 

Use exclusion, lost value, dryland

$35-$70

Acre

1

0

$37-$73

Agricultural water conservation

         
 

Center pivot irrigation

$342.00

Acre

15

0.02

$39.23

 

Wheel move irrigation

$316.00

Acre

15

0.01

$33.09

 

Gated pipe irrigation

$131.00

Acre

15

0.02

$15.03

 

Trickle irrigation

$1,175.00

Acre

15

0.05

$170.05

 

Irrigation pipe installation

$3.50

Feet

50

5

$17.68

 

Irrigation water management

$47.00

Acre

1

0

$49.23

Irrigation waste water treatment

         
 

Tailwater recovery

$200.00

Acre

20

0.03

$21.71

Reduce agricultural impacts to ripanian/ aquatic ecosystem

       
 

Nutrient management (OR)

$28.00

Acre

1

0

$29.33

 

Nutrient management, irrigated (WA)

$15.00

Acre

1

0

$15.71

 

Nutrient management, dryland (WA)

$5.00

Acre

1

0

$5.24

Source: USDA, NRCS, Portland. Personal Communications.
O&M = operation and management.

 

Table B-6

 

Human Effects Strategy Block, Habitat on Forest Lands

BPA Year 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program Project Proposals

ProposalProject No.

 

Project Title

 

Budget Requested of BPA

 

Description

 

20005

West Fisher Watershed Restoration

$288,112

Buy 3,500 acres, road obliteration, stream channel stabilization.

20028

Purchase Conservation Easement from Plum Creek Timber Company along Fisher River

$500,000

Development easement on 73,000 acres allows timber consistent with fish habitat.

20084

Protect and Restore the North Locha Face Analysis Area Watersheds

$204,782

Includes obliterating 10 miles of road.

9607709

Protect and Restore the Squaw to Papoose Creek Watersheds

$653,607

Obliterate 20 miles of roads that increase sediment into streams; survey 40 miles and provide erosion control.

Source: BPA Fish and Wildlife Division (August, 1999)

 

 

Table B-7

 

Human Effects Strategy Block, Riparian/Instream Habitat

BPA Year 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program Project Proposals

ProposalProject No.

 

Project Title

 

$ Budget Requested of BPA

 

Description

 

20018

Tucannon River and Asotin Creek Riparian Enhancement

$134,051

Plant woody riparian species.

20017

Restore Habitat Within Dredge Tailings on the Yankee Fork Salmon river

$207,260

Redistribute dredge tailings piles in 6 miles of habitat, similar to 9605300 on the John Day River.

20033

Rehabilitate instream and Riparian Habitat on the Similkameen and Okanogan Rivers

$484,902

7 miles of habitat, $430,000 is for an access bridge.

20037

Improvement of Anadromous Fish Habitat and Passage in Omak Creek

$349,661

60% of cost to remove railroad debris to allow access to 26 miles of habitat, 40% is riparian protection and restoration, forestry and roads.

20072

Restoring Perennial Instream Flows at Ahtanum Creek

$184,900

Obtain baseline environmental and engineering data.

20083

Evaluate, Restore and Enhance 14 miles of Instream and Riparian Habitat on Lower Crab Creek

$102,706

Survey site and develop a restoration plan.

20086

Rehabilitate Newsome Creek—South Fork Clearwater River

$364,725

BPA share only, obliterate 10 miles of roads and feasibility of channel rehab.

20125

Restore Riparian and Anadromous Fish Habitat in the Upper Sandy Basin

$97,750

Contact, coordinate, plan, and design assistance.

20128

Riparian Restoration And Enhancement Planning For Multnomah Channel

$65,000

24 acres of riparian forest by clearing brush is 35%, remainder is studies and watershed plan.

9605300

Upper Clear Creek Dredge Tailings Restoration

$151,000

Restore 1 mile, pull weeds, plant grasses.

9303501

Enhance Fish, Riparian, and Wildlife Habitat Within the Red River Watershed

$550,000

25,000 willow poles = 32,000; easements = 211,424.

9401806

Implement Tucannon River Watershed Plan to Restore Salmonid Habitat

$947,000

Includes LWD placement, fencing, irrigation modification, and revegetation.

9701100

Enhance and Protect Habitat and Riparian Areas on DVIR

$324,722

Fencing O&M, re-vegetation, pipe for water line, planting of native trees = 110,000.

9705000

Little Naches River Riparian and In-channel Enhancement Project

$96,142

Improve/restore habitat; increase covershade by planting trees along riparian habitat.

9901400

Restore Anadromous Fish Habitat in the Little Canyon Creek Watershed

$306,586

(No description provided.)

9901500

Restore Anadromous Fish Habitat in the Nichols Canyon Subwatershed

$438,488

(No description provided.)

9604601

Walla Walla Basin Fish Habitat Enhancement

$329,876

(No description provided.)

9705600

Lower Klickitat River Riparian and In-Channel Habitat Enhancement Project

$324,000

80,000 for land acquisition; project includes fencing, pool formation, and re-vegetation.

9801900

Wind River Watershed Restoration

$1,385,712

Plant 45 acres of riparian forest; decommission 5 miles of roads; place woody debris in 2.25 miles of river (about 200 pieces).

9803300

Restore Upper Toppenish Creek Watershed

$207,003

Includes stabilizing eroding bank, enhancing channel passage.

9901900

Restore the Salmon River, in the Challis, Idaho, area, to a Healthy Condition Through the Efforts of a Collaborative, Locally Based, Watershed Group

$2,322,170

Restore 12 miles of river; remove or lower dikes.

9900600

Restoration of Riparian Habitat in BakeovenDeep Creeks

$131,000

4.5 miles of fencing = 3,000; also includes revegetation and off-stream developments.

9902600

Sandy River Delta Riparian Reforestation

$88,600

Restore 50 acres of riparian forest; preparation and planting.

Source: BPA Fish and Wildlife Division (August, 1999)
BPA = Bonneville Power Administration.
O&M = operation and maintenance.

 

 

Table B-8

 

Human Effects Strategy Block, Riparian/Instream Habitat

Washington State Intra-Agency RT Awards, July 1999

Project Number

 

Project Name

 

Project Sponsor

 

Request

 

Match

 

Total

 

SRR—Snake River

 

99-1316

Asotin Creek In-Stream Habitat Projects

Asotin Co. Conservation District

$21,000

$38,000

$59,000

99-1311

Tucannon and Touchet River Riparian Tree

Columbia Conservation District

$87,250

$12,750

$100,000

99-1315

Asotin Creek Riparian Fencing Projects

Asotin Co. Conservation District

$30,000

$30,000

$60,000

99-1320

Asotin Creek Riparian Tree Propagation

Asotin Co. Conservation District

$80,000

$27,750

$107,750

99-1411

Touchet River Riparian Restoration

Walla Walla Co. Conservation District

$98,500

$82,500

$181,000

99-1412

Nine Mile Ranch Riparian Restoration

Walla Walla Co. Conservation District

$63,000

$137,000

$200,000

99-1322

Tucannon River Instream Habitat Restoration

Columbia Conservation District

$47,971

$116,465

$164,436

99-1314

Columbia County Instream Habitat Restoration

Columbia Conservation District

$90,417

$14,678

$105,095

99-1318

Columbia County Upland BMP Implementation

Columbia Conservation District

$43,700

$28,000

$71,700

SRR—Upper Columbia River

 

99-1334

Blackbird Island Habitat Development

Chelan Co. Board of Commissioners

$57,132

$13,000

$70,132

99-1333

Brender Creek Habitat Development

Chelan Co. Board of Commissioners

$43,931

$3,000

$46,931

99-1308

Salmon Creek Riparian Restoration

Confederated Tribes Colville

$40,000

$11,500

$51,500

SRR

Middle Columbia River

99-1336

Swale Creek Riparian Restoration

Klickitat County

$7,500

$1,450

$8,950

99-1338

Little Klickitat River Restoration

Klickitat County

$67,000

$67,000

$134,000

99-1337

Payne Bank Protection/Re-vegetation

Klickitat County

$13,200

$1,500

$14,700

SRR

Lower Columbia River 

99-1421

Hardy Creek Spawning and Rearing Channel

Washington Trout

$100,000

$132,958

$232,958

99-1355

Chelatchie Creek RestorationEnhancement

Fish First

$59,610

$8,000

$67,610

99-1358

East Fork Lewis Riparian Restoration

Vancouver Parks and Rec. Dept.

$96,450

$20,000

$116,450

99-1366

Burnt Bridge Creek Riparian Enhancement

City of Vancouver

$5,000

$6,000

$11,000

Source: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife News Release Web Site (8/14/99)
BMP = best management practices.

 

Table B-9

 

Human Effects Strategy Block, Riparian/Instream Habitat

FY 1999 Salmon Habitat Restoration Grants, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Project Name

 

Sponsor

 

Grant Amount ($)

 

Summary

 

Ziegler Creek Groundwater-Fed Sockeye Spawning Channel

Quinault Indian Nation

20,397

The project sponsor will create a channel from an existing pond to the mainstem of Ziegler Creek to give wild coho salmon juveniles additional rearing habitat, and the creation of a groundwater-fed spawning channel.

Drainage District 6 Habitat Restoration Project

Snohomish County Department of Public Works

300,000

This project will restore 23.3 acres of diked and drained land into a functioning, tidally influenced freshwater wetland to increase off-channel rearing habitat.

Shoreline Restoration of Major Salmon Streams in Clark County

Clark County Community Service

40,000

This project will revegetate approximately 18 miles of riparian habitat.

Clearwater River Off-Channel Habitat Restoration

Quinault Indian Nation

61,339

This project will increase available off-channel habitat for coho, steelhead, and cutthroat trout by eliminating blockages and constructing fish passages.

Large Woody Debris Installation

King Co. Water and Land Res. Division

60,658

Sponsor will purchase large coniferous logs for installation as large woody debris in six location on the Cedar River, Green River, and Griffin Creek.

Wilson Creek Riparian Restoration

Yakama Nation

66,240

Funds will be used to continue a fisheries habitat improvement project.

Salmon Projects 1998

Pierce County Conservation Dist.

126,713

This grant will fund 11 separate projects in Pierce County, focusing on the Upper Puyallup and Nisqually watersheds.

Brender Creek Salmon Habitat Restoration/Rearing Pond Project

Icicle Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited

22,065

Reopens approximately ½ mile of tributary habitat and creates a ½-acre in-channel salmon and steelhead pond.

Blackbird Island Salmon and Steelhead Spawning/Rearing Channel

Icicle Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited

261,880

Creates ¾ mile of off-channel salmon and steelhead spawning and rearing habitat adjacent to the mainstem of the Wenatchee River.

Dungeness River-Dungeness Bay Restoration

Clallam Conservation District

177,218

Continues riparian restoration work completed by the Clallam Conservation District. Includes 7 miles of riparian restoration and restoring and additional three segments of sub-watersheds of the Dungeness River.

Dungeness River Salmon Habitat Restoration

The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe

195,804

The sponsor will install large woody debris structures in the Dungeness River.

Lower East Fork Lewis River Riparian Restoration

Vancouver-Clark Parks & Recreation

43,144

This project will restore native riparian vegetation along 3 km of the East Fork Lewis River.

Chehalis Basin Salmon Recovery

Grays Harbor Conservation District

291,750

This project will conduct habitat restoration at 12 sites within the Chehalis River Basin.

Cowlitz River Drainage Anadromous Program

Lewis County Commission

4,000

This grant will be used to fund cattle exclusion fencing along Hill Creek in Cowlitz County.

Dewatto River Watershed Habitat Restoration

Mason Conservation District

102,867

This project involves riparian habitat restoration at Huson, Oak Lake, and Ludvick Lake creeks.

North Folk Stillaguamish Engineered Log Jam Project Phase II

Washington Trout

160,127

This project will increase the quantity and quality of holding pool habitat for spawning summer chinook salmon, and enhance off-channel habitat by protecting and maintaining the upstream end of several side channels.

Watershed Plan Implementation Projects

Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Conservation District

90,095

Funds will be used to implement salmonid habitat restoration projects in Arkansas Creek, Lackler Creek, and the Grays River watershed.

Coppei Creek Restoration Project

Walla Walla County Conservation District

282,269

This project will restore 5.5 miles of salmonid habitat in Coppei Creek on the Walla Walla River watersheds by increasing channel complexity and reducing sediment delivery with in-stream structures.

Buchanan Ranch Salmon Habitat Recovery Project

North Yakima Conservation District

233,760

This project will stabilize 1,684 meters of creek to re-establish 16 acres of riparian habitat in the Yakima River watershed.

Chimacum Headwaters Restoration Project

Salmon Restoration Consulting

49,750

This project will restore a channelized headwater spawning and rearing stream by fencing 900 meters of stream.

Chinook Watershed Restoration

Sea Resources

132,273

This project will restore a section of the mainstem of the Chinook River to provide spawning and rearing habitat; enhance two off-channel wetland areas to increase juvenile salmonid habitat; and plant native trees on streamside banks.

Source: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Successful Applicants for FY 1999 Salmon Habitat Restoration Grants Web Site (August, 1999)

 

 

Table B-10

 

Human Effects Strategy Block, Remove Blockages

BPA Year 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program Project Proposals

ProposalProject No.

 

Project Title

 

$ Budget Requested of BPA

 

Description

 

20001

Remove 23 Migrational Barriers and Restore Instream and Riparian Habitat on Chumstick Creek

$305,000

Replace 23 culverts, actual construction is 76%.

20013

Restore Unobstructed Fish Passage to Duncan Creek

$190,000

Repair Duncan Creek dam and replace existing culvert with open concrete fishway.

20107

Reconnect The Westport Slough to the Clatskanie River

$29,850

Remove dam and place culvert.

20139

Walla Walla River Fish Passage Operations

$101,400

Operate passage, trapping, and transport facilities.

8343600

Umatilla Passage Facilities O&M

$703,106

(No description provided.)

8802200

Umatilla River Fish Passage Operations

$379,000

(No description provided.)

9801700

Eliminate Gravel Push-Up Dams on Lower North Fork John Day

$123,670

(No description provided.)

9803400

Reestablish Safe Access Into Tributaries of the Yakima Subbasin

$771,918

(No description provided.)

9601100

Walla Walla River Juvenile and Adult Passage Improvements

$2,840,000

Construction of fish ladder at Hofer’s Dam.

Source: BPA Fish and Wildlife Division (August, 1999)
O&M = operation and maintenance

 

 

Table B-11

 

Human Effects Strategy Block, Passage, Entire State, July 1999

Washington State Intra-Agency Review Team Awards

Project Number

 

Project Name

 

Project Sponsor

 

Request

 

Match

 

Total

 

SRR-Northeast Washington

 

99-1484

Cee Cee Ah Creek

Pend Oreille Co. Public Works

$80,000

$79,200

$159,200

SRR-Puget Sound Central 

 

99-1429

Granite Falls Fishway Modification

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$110,000

$40,000

$150,000

99-1426

Unnamed Tributary to Waddell Creek

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$74,400

$74,400

$148,800

99-1471

South Fork Ohop Creek Passage

Pierce Conservation District

$11,500

$41,767

$53,267

99-1467

North Fork Newaukum Creek Habitat

King County Department of Natural Resources

$40,000

$81,019

$121,019

99-1433

North Fork West Hylebos Creek

City of Federal Way

$49,347

$16,451

$65,798

99-1452

Guy Hansen Culvert

Stillaguamish Tribe

$28,000

$11,998

$39,998

SRR-Puget Sound North

 

99-1475

Alder Creek Culvert Replacement

Skagit Fish Enhance Group

$5,750

$6,000

$11,750

99-1435

Lornezan Creek@ Dallas Road

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$109,000

$109,000

$218,000

99-1443

Lornezan Creek @ Dalles Road Fish Passage

Skagit Co. Surface Water Mgt.

$109,000

$109,000

$218,000

99-1455

Fisher Creek @ Cedardale Road

County of Skagit

$104,000

$104,000

$208,000

99-1483

Fisher Creek @ Cedardale Road Fish Passage

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$104,000

$104,000

$208,000

99-1456

Fisher Creek @ Starbird Road

County of Skagit

$46,500

$46,500

$93,000

99-1440

Fisher Creek @ Starbird Road

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$46,500

$46,500

$93,000

99-1465

Parson Creek Fish Passage

Skagit Co. Surface Water Mgt.

$210,000

$73,500

$283,500

99-1445

Miller Creek Fish Passage

Skagit Co. Surface Water Mgt.

$47,500

$47,500

$95,000

SRR—Washington Coastal

 

99-1462

East Fork Tarboo Creek

Jefferson County Public Works

$84,240

$149,700

$233,940

99-1461

East Fork Tarboo Creek Passage

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$99,700

$134,200

$233,900

99-1468

Fletcher Creek

Jefferson County Public Works

$243,750

$81,250

$325,000

99-1432

Vantine Road Culvert Replacement

Thurston County Roads and Transportation

$26,625

$8,900

$35,525

99-1460

North Branch East Fork Tarboo Creek

Jefferson County Public Works

$112,500

$37,500

$150,000

99-1449

Thomas Springs

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$25,000

$25,000

$50,000

99-1448

Eagle Creek Springs

Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

$36,000

$56,000

$92,000

Source: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife News Releases Web Site (8/14/99)

 

Table B-12

 

Human Effects Strategy Block, Other Habitat Measures

BPA Year 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program Project Proposals

ProposalProject No.

 

Project Title

 

$ Budget Requested of BPA

 

Description

 

20004

White Salmon River Watershed Enhancement Project

$205,527

Riparian protection, screens, decommission and close roads, education.

20007

Acquire and Conserve Priority Bull Trout Habitat in Trestle Creek Watershed

$476,370

$450,000 for land purchase or obtain easements of 800 acres.

20009

Fertilization of Kootenay Lake and Arrow Reservoir

$175,000

Ammonium polyphosphate and urea-ammonium nitrate.

20081

STOI Wildlife Land Acquisition And Enhancements

$2,032,750

97% to acquire 1,338 acres of land for upland species.

20082

Rainwater Wildlife Area O&M

$274,966

Management plan, maintenance, monitoring.

20112

Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites—Oregon, Wenaha WMA Additions

$142,302

Acquire or lease 2,000 acres adjacent to Wenaha WMA.

20113

Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites—Oregon, South Fork Crooked River

$13,877

Maintenance on 2,000 acres.

20114

Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites—Oregon, Ladd Marsh WMA Additions

$360,637

Enhancement and planning on 468 acres; alter agricultural practices, plant native grasses, water control structures (25%), maintenance. Purchase 375 acres (50%).

20115

Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites—Oregon, Irrigon WMA Additions

$25,394

Habitat improvement on 62 acres.

20116

Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites—Oregon, Horn Butte

$442,302

Planning; livestock management, weed control, planting native plants (7%), lease 22,000 acres of adjacent public lands (70%).

20119

Rock Creek Watershed Assessment and Restoration Project

$240,317

Watershed assessment.

20140

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Additions

$1,350,000

Purchase 175 acres (80%), restore 150 acres (18%).

20130

Northeast Oregon Mitigation Trust Fund

$4,500,000

Long-term funding for NEOR wildlife mitigation O&M.

9607708

Protect and Restore the Lolo Creek Watershed

$216,450

(No description provided.)

9802200

Pine Creek Ranch Acquisition

$119,336

(No description provided.)

9901000

Mitigate Effects of Runoff and Erosion on Salmonid Habitat in Pine Hollow

$73,017

Fencing, re-seeding, re-vegetation, spring developments = 47,100.

9901300

Ahtanum Creek Watershed Assessment

$240,191

Watershed assessment.

9901600

Protect and Restore Big Canyon Creek Watershed

$61,276

(No description provided.)

9700300

Box Canyon Watershed Project

$111,256

Protect and enhance upland areas.

9706000

Clearwater Subbasin Focus Watershed Program

$98,737

(No description provided.)

9401805

Continued Implementation of Asotin Creek Watershed Projects (FY 2000)

$801,000

(No description provided.)

9607000

Mckenzie River Focus Watershed Coordination

$272,000

(No description provided.)

8346700

Mitigation for the Construction and Operation of Libby Dam

$500,000

(No description provided.)

9001800

Evaluate Rainbow Trout/Habitat Improvements of Tributaries To Lake Roosevelt

$189,636

(No description provided.)

9004401

Lake Creek Land Acquisition and Enhancement

$140,423

250-acre enhancement.

9101903

Hungry Horse Mitigation—Watershed Restoration and Monitoring (MFWP Umbrella subproposal)

$765,026

Includes passage improvements, habitat enhancement, fishery restoration, and monitoring.

9201000

Habitat Restoration/Enhancement Fort Hall Reservation

$132,821

1.5 km of fencing = 20,000.

9401807

Continue with Implementation of Pataha Creek Model Watershed Projects

$710,995

(No description provided.)

9404200

Trout Creek Habitat Restoration Project--Mult-Year Funding Proposal

$380,697

(No description provided.)

9404900

Improve the Kootenai River Ecosystem

$300,000

Sampling and analysis.

9405000

Salmon River Habitat Enhancement M&E

$245,000

Revegetation = 10,000; fencing O&M = 5,000.

9500100

Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish

$302,000

O&M/monitoring of hatchery.

9603501

Satus Watershed Restoration

$502,396

(No description provided.)

9607711

Restore Mccomas Meadow/Meadow Creek Watershed

$192,122

Includes re-vegetation and study of obliteration of irrigation ditch.

9608300

CTUIR Grande Ronde Basin Watershed Restoration

$250,000

(No description provided.)

8906200

Fish and Wildlife Program Implementation

$2,180,531

(No description provided.)

9004400

Implement Fisheries Enhancement Opportunities: Coeur d’Alene Reservation

$787,254

(No description provided.)

9009200

Wanaket Wildlife Mitigation Project O&M

$200,000

Includes fencing, re-vegetation, noxious weed control.

9106000

Pend Oreille Wetlands Wildlife Mitigation Project—Kalispel

$161,917

O&M to protect, maintain, and enhance 600 acres.

9106100

Swanson Lakes Wildlife Area

$247,500

O&M for 19,000 acres; O&M 60 miles of fence = 25,000; prune, weed, re-vegetation = 15,000.

9107800

Burlington Bottoms Wildlife Mitigation Project

$126,822

(No description provided.)

9204800

Hellsgate Big Game Winter Range Operation and Maintenance Project

$350,000

(No description provided.)

9205900

Amazon Basin/Eugene Wetlands Phase Two

$2,389,020

Purchase 134 acres = 2,295,070; O&M to restore and enhance 330 acres.

9206100

Albeni Falls Wildlife Mitigation

$4,427,686

Fee title for 2,323 acres = 3,640,000.

9206800

Implement Willamette Basin Mitigation Program

$230,000

(No description provided.)

9505700

Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation

$4,334,510

Protect wildlife habitat.

9506001

Protect and Enhance Wildlife habitats in the Squaw Creek Watershed

$200,589

(No description provided.)

9608000

Northeast Oregon Wildlife Mitigation Project

$235,325

O&M for 16,500 acres; 5 new miles of fence, noxious weed control for 500 acres.

9608600

Clearwater Subbasin Focus Watershed Program

$96,050

(No description provided.)

9609400

WDFW Habitat Unit Acquisition

$2,293,935

Restore enhance 27,600 acres; capital acquisition of 1,600 acres of shrub-steppe habitat = 1,231,335.

9702500

Implement the Wallowa County/Nez Perce Tribe Salmon Habitat Recovery Plan

$79,568

Maintenance and restoration of salmon habitat.

9705900

Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites—Oregon

$5,000,000

95% for land acquisition/easements, O&M, and monitoring.

9803100

Implement Wy-Kan-Ush-Mi Wa-Kish-Wit Watershed Assessment and Restoration Plan

$480,325

(No description provided.)

9902500

Lower Columbia River Wetlands Restoration and Evaluation Program

$302,000

Restore 200 acres in Sandy River Delta; 5 acres wetland re-creation = 56,000; active restoration = 16,000.

Source: BPA Fish and Wildlife Division (August, 1999)
O&M = operation and maintenance
NEOR = Northeast Oregon
WMA = Wildlife Management Area

 

Table B-13

 

Human Effects Strategy Block, Harvest Strategy

BPA Year 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program Project

ProposalProject No.

 

Project Title

 

$ Budget

 

20016

Snake River Steelhead Hooking Mortality Study

$117,240

9202409

Enhance Conservation Enforcement for Fish and Wildlife, Watersheds of the Nez Perce.

$425,236

Source: BPA Fish and Wildlife Division (August, 1999)

 

Table B-14

 

Human Effects Strategy Block, Predator Control

BPA Year 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program Project Proposals

ProposalProject No.

 

Project Title

 

$ Budget Requested of BPA

 

Description

 

9007700

Northern Pikeminnow Management Program

$3,306,000

Public sport reward fishery in lower Snake and Columbia rivers.

9007800

Evaluate Predator Removal: Large-Scale Patterns

$117,880

Geographic patterns of predation by pikeminnow.

9202400

Protect Anadromous Salmonids in the Mainstem Corridor

$388,427

Mostly fisheries enforcement (52%) and habitat protection (40%).

9702400

Avian Predation on Juvenile Salmonids in the Lower Columbia River

$642,600

Monitor and evaluate waterfowl management, especially Caspian terns.

9702600

Ecology of Marine Predatory Fishes: Influence on Salmonid Ocean Survival

$200,000

Relations among marine fish predators, forage fishes, and salmonids.

Source: BPA Fish and Wildlife Division (August, 1999)

 

Table B-15

 

Human Effects Strategy Block, Hatchery Production Levels

BPA Year 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program Project Proposals

ProposalProject No.

 

Project Title

 

$ Budget Requested of BPA

 

Description

 

20058

Leavenworth Hatchery Complex

$902,000

O&M for three hatcheries.

20096

Ford Hatchery Improvement, Operation and Maintenance

$333,105

Increase production by 35,000 lbs, kokanee are 80 or 200/lb, trout are 10/lb.

20135

Consumptive Sturgeon Fishery-Hells Canyon and Oxbow Reservoirs

$250,000

Produce total of 500 white sturgeon greater than 90 cm for tribal and not-tribal fisheries.

20138

Design and Construct Neoh Walla Walla Hatchery

$1,380,000

Incubation and rearing for 350,000 spring chinook, adult broodstock collection facility.

8335000

Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery

$20,188,949

Construction of hatchery supplementation program to assist recovery of non-listed spring chinook and coho, and ESA fall chinook; Capital acquisition = 17,601,000 (30% for design).

8343500

Operate and Maintain Umatilla Hatchery Satellite Facilities

$822,161

Produce 450,000 spring chinook.

8805302

Design and Construct Umatilla Hatchery Supplement

$6,400,000

98% for hatchery construction.

9004402

Coeur d’Alene Tribe Trout Production Facility

$1,553,244

1,000,000 for hatchery construction.

9104600

Spokane Tribal (Galbraith Springs) Hatchery O&M

$781,652

Collect 2.3 million eggs; produce 1.3 million kokanee fingerlings, 500,000 yearlings, and 530,000 rainbow trout yearlings.

8903500

Umatilla Hatchery O&M

$895,346

150,000 smolt summer steelhead, 300,000 smolt spring chinook, 2.7 million sub-yearling fall chinook.

9701325

Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project O&M

$2,259,160

Produce fall chinook and coho.

9104700

Sherman Creek hatchery O&M

$201,397

Acclimate 455,000 kokanee yearlings; rear 200,000 rainbow trout fingerlings, capture adult kokanee returning to Sherman Creek.

9301900

Powerdale, Parkdale, and Oak Springs O&M

$486,805

Incubate, rear, and mark 40,000 summer steelhead smolts and 50,000 winter steelhead smolts; acclimate 125,000 spring chinook smolts.

9801001

Grande Ronde Basin Spring Chinook Captive Broodstock Program

$646,097

Release 150,000 spring chinook smolts.

20146

Lake Roosevelt Kokanee Net Pens

$185,825

Construct and operate 20 pens 25,000 fish per pen.

8503800

Colville Tribal Fish Hatchery

$360,973

Produce 50,000 lbs of salmonids for distribution to reservation waters.

8902900

Hood River Production Program-Pelton Ladder-Hatchery

$155,645

Incubate/rear 165,000 spring chinook eggs; rear, mark and transport 125,000 smolts.

9101904

Hungry Horse Mitigation—Nonnative Fish Removal/Hatchery Production

$628,950

Rear up to 100,000 each westslope cutthroat and rainbow trout.

9604300

Johnson Creek Artificial Propagation Enhancement Project

$2,800,000

Construction of acclimation and holding facility = 1,930,546; 18,000 PIT Tags = 52,200.

Source: BPA Fish and Wildlife Division (August, 1999)
O&M = operation and maintenance
ESA = Endangered Species Act

Table B-16

 

Human Effects Strategy Block, Hatchery Operations

BPA Year 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program Project Proposals

ProposalProject No.

 

Project Title

 

$ Budget Requested of BPA

 

Description

 

20020

Tucannon River Spring Chinook Captive Broodstock Program

$283,538

Modifications to Lyon’s Ferry and Tucannon hatcheries for spring chinook broodstock.

20022

Northeast Oregon Hatchery Planning and Coordination—WDFW

$12,942

(No description provided.)

20141

Recondition Wild Steelhead Kelts

$90,252

Test transport, reconditioning and spawning options for kelts.

20510

 

Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project (95061)

 

$9,292,678

 

Test supplementation, maintain genetic fitness, improve habitat

 

8811525

Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project, Design and Construction

1,565,000

Design and construct research/M&E facility = 950,000.

8812025

Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project Management

750,000

Management and administration support.

9506325

Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project Monitoring and Evaluation

4,639,934

Monitor Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project in terms of natural production, harvest; 105,144 PIT tags = 304,918.

9506404

NA

   

9701725

NA

   

8805303

Hood River Production Program—M&E

$2,230,422

Supplementation of spring chinook salmon in Grande Ronde Basin.

8805304

Hood River Production Program—ODFW M&E

$424,000

Monitor and evaluate.

8805305

Northeast Oregon Hatcheries Planning and Implementation—ODFW

$2,230,422

(No description provided.)

8806400

Kootenai River White Sturgeon Studies and Conservation Aquaculture

$2,824,702

6,000 PIT tags = 17,400; Build and design rearing facility = 2,008,000.

8816000

Willamette hatchery Oxygen Supplementation

$33,310

Study.

9105500

N A T U R E S [Formerly Supplemental Fish Quality (Yakima)]

$755,000

6,000 PIT tags = 17,400.

9606700

Manchester Spring Chinook Broodstock Project

$600,000

(No description provided.)

9700100

Captive Rearing Initiative for Salmon River Chinook Salmon

$546,385

1,000 PIT tags = 2,900.

9800702

Grande Ronde Supplementation—O&M/M&E—Nez Perce Tribe Lostine

$433,929

Release up to 200,000 smolts; 10,000 PIT tags = 29,000; operate adult trapping and juvenile acclimation facility.

9800703

Facility O&M and Program M&E for Grande Ronde Spring Chinook Salmon

$597,516

(No description provided.)

9801006

Captive Broodstock Artificial Propagation

$146,031

(No description provided.)

9204000

Redfish Lake Sockeye Salmon Captive Broodstock Rearing and Research

$600,000

(No description provided.)

Source: BPA Fish and Wildlife Division (August 1999)
ODFW = Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
O&M = operation and maintenance