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Assessment Summary

NPCC Assessment 2007-252-00-NPCC-20110106
Assessment Number: 2007-252-00-NPCC-20110106
Project: 2007-252-00 - Hyporheic Flow Assessment in Columbia River Tributaries
Review: RME / AP Category Review
Proposal: RMECAT-2007-252-00
Proposal State: Pending BPA Response
Approved Date: 6/10/2011
Recommendation: Fund (Qualified)
Comments: Implement with condition through FY 2014: Implementation beyond 2014 based on addressing ISRP qualification and Council review of the results report and recommendation of future work.
Publish Date: 09/06/2011 BPA Response: Agree
Conditions:
Council Condition #1 Qualifications: This is an interesting project that has the potential to provide a useful approach and important information beneficial to habitat restoration. More detail could have been provided on how the project will link hyporheic processes and the geomorphic classification to restoration planning and actions, habitat effectiveness evaluation, and salmonid performances, as outlined in the comments below. The ISRP requests that the proponents produce a progress report that provides results to date and outlines a plan or study design that explicitly address these issues identified above. The progress report should be submitted within one year. The ISRP looks forward to reviewing this report.
BPA Response to Council Condition #1: <no comment>
Council Condition #2 Programmatic Issue: RMECAT #6 Research projects in general—.
BPA Response to Council Condition #2: Accept Report will be part of contract.