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Contract 33338: 2003-017-00 YN SMOLT TRAP/SURVEYING WENATCHEE-ENTIAT RIVERS

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	Sort Order	WE ID	Work Element Name	Title	Description	Primary Focal Species	Secondary Focal Species


	A	119	Manage and Administer Projects	Project Management	Perform normal duties associated with Project Management. This includes communicating with BPA and/or subcontractors, in addition to attending meetings specific to the project. Additionally, this work will cover the preparation of the new Statement of Work (SOW), fiscal accrual estimates, Biological metrics / location information. This work element will also cover time to respond to BPA, Council, or CBFWA requests specifically related to the performance and/or budget of this project.
	B	165	Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation	Environmental compliance documents	Assemble, gather, acquire, or prepare documents in support of obtaining environmental compliance from BPA (such as filling out a NEPA Checklist, providing maps, obtaining permits, etc.).
	C	157	Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Operate smolt trap	Operate smolt trap in Nason Creek according to the ISEMP's Interim Protocols for the Capture, Handling, and Tagging of Wild Salmonids in the Upper Columbia River Basin using Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Tags, Working Draft for 2007, except as noted to conform to site-specific needs.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Mid-Columbia River Spring ESU, Coho (O. kisutch) - Unspecified Population, Sockeye (O. nerka) - Lake Wenatchee ESU, Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened)	Cutthroat Trout, Westslope (O. c. lewisi), Pike, Northern (Esox lucius) [OBSOLETE], Trout, Brook (Salvelinus fontinalis), Trout, Brown (Salmo trutta) [OBSOLETE], Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened), Trout, Rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Whitefish, Mountain (Prosopium williamsoni)
	D	158	Mark/Tag Animals	Fin clips for efficiency trials	Mark and release groups of Chinook and steelhead for trap efficiency trials. Marks will be a small clip of the caudal fin, either upper or lower lobe. PIT tags will be applied to all Chinook and steelhead that meet with the specifications laid out in the ISEMP's Interim Protocols for the Capture, Handling, and Tagging of Wild Salmonids in the Upper Columbia River Basin using Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Tags, Working Draft for 2007.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Mid-Columbia River Spring ESU, Coho (O. kisutch) - Unspecified Population, Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
	E	157	Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Coordinate snorkel surveys and develop protocol	In order to establish a collaborative multi-agency (USFS, USFWS, YN, and Terraqua) approach to implementing the snorkel surveys in the Wenatchee and Entiat Status & Trend sites along with the Entiat Effectiveness monitoring sites as identified in ISEMP and the Upper Columbia River Monitoring Strategy (Hillman 2006), the YN will identify a person to act as the ‘Survey Coordinator’ who will report to the ISEMP Wenatchee/Entiat Coordinator. The Survey Coordinator will be responsible for: 1) Coordinating with the CCCD (who obtain permission to access private lands) and with habitat surveyors (WDOE and Terraqua) to create list of survey sites. 2) Ensuring that snorkeling will be conducted within approximately 2 to 10 days of habitat surveys at all sites in order that both surveys occur at similar wetted depth/area conditions. 3) Collaborating with the lead from each habitat crew (WDOE and Terraqua) to develop a site visit schedule prior to the beginning of the field season. This collaborative approach is required to ensure that the schedule can be adhered to by both the snorkel and habitat crews. The Survey Coordinator would not schedule specific employees from the cooperating contractors; scheduling of individual employees would be the responsibility of the lead contact for each contractor. If scheduling conflicts arise, the Survey Coordinator may request a temporary exception to a sideboard but the contractor from which the request was made would not be under obligation to grant the exception; should this occur the Survey Coordinator may need to make a schedule adjustment. Because of the difficulty in scheduling large crews for the Entiat effectiveness sites, these sites will be considered first in developing the summer site visit schedule. The USFWS will assist the Snorkel Coordinator in the development of a site visit schedule for the summer Entiat effectiveness sites. The fall and winter sites will not be included in the summer schedule. After the effectiveness sites are scheduled the status and trend sites in both basins will be scheduled in coordination with the habitat crews and lead from each participating agency. 4) Completing final site selection and any necessary site reconnaissance. To minimize the need to visit every site prior to snorkeling, the Survey Coordinator will provide the habitat lead a checklist of information needed to ensure that the site is safe to snorkel and that a sufficient number of underwater observers have been assigned to each site. 5) Preparing a snorkel protocol manual in collaboration with other agencies and hold a pre-season meeting with the designated lead contact and crew leaders from each participating agency/contractor. The purpose of the meeting will be to (a) review a draft snorkeling protocol based on the existing USFWS snorkeling protocol updated to meet the ISEMP's standardized methods using track changes. The protocol will be developed under the direction of the ISEMP coordinators and will follow a standard format as laid out in the Habitat protocol. The ISEMP draft protocol will be prepared by June 15, 2007 and a final working draft version, based upon review of draft by snorkel crew leaders and other ISEMP cooperators, will be ready by July 1; and (b) to allow collaborators to review the schedule and ensure that all crew leaders have a thorough understanding of procedures and protocols.	All Anadromous Salmonids	Carp, Common (Cyprinus carpio) [OBSOLETE], Catfish (Ictalurus spp.) [OBSOLETE], Crappie, Black (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) [OBSOLETE], Crappie, White (P. annularis) [OBSOLETE], Cutthroat Trout, Westslope (O. c. lewisi), Freshwater Mussels, Kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka), Perch, Yellow (Perca flavescens) [OBSOLETE], Pikeminnow, Northern (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) [OBSOLETE], Trout, Brook (Salvelinus fontinalis), Trout, Brown (Salmo trutta) [OBSOLETE], Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened), Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii), Trout, Lake (S. namaycush) [OBSOLETE], Trout, Rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Whitefish, Mountain (Prosopium williamsoni)
	F	157	Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Conduct snorkel surveys	Collect fish population data at 25 status & trend sites in the Entiat subbasin using day snorkeling in the summer and assist in data collection at up to 20 random status and trend sites in the Wenatchee subbasin in the summer (day snorkeling), and effectiveness monitoring sites in the Entiat subbasin (summer and winter night snorkeling) following the snorkeling protocol. Survey Protocol and Data Gathered: Fish will be surveyed by direct observation using single-pass snorkeling as described by Thurow (1994). Up to 10 snorkelers and 1 shore tender (when necessary) will conduct the surveys. Survey crews will enter the downstream end of the designated sampling site and snorkel as unit in an upstream direction to the end of that site. If working at night, glow sticks or other visible markers will be affixed near the applicable benchmarks prior to each survey to assist crews in defining the sample site. All YN staff involved with this survey work will be trained in snorkeling methods and have prior snorkeling experience. Snorkeling will be done in dry suits. Data will be recorded by each diver on a PVC cuff secured to their arm and transferred to a datasheet at the end of habitat units. Snorkelers will be positioned across the stream channel so as to cover the entire channel. The distance between snorkelers must be sufficient to clearly survey the areas between each snorkeler and/or between snorkeler and the stream bank. Water temperature and turbidity will be taken at the start of each survey. All fish observed will be counted by species and assigned to a size class. In status and trend sites the number of fish will be tallied by site and in effectiveness monitoring sites the number of fish will be tallied by habitat unit. These habitat units will be identified jointly by YN, Terraqua Inc., and WDOE habitat crews. References: Thurow, R.F. 1994. Underwater methods for study of salmonids in the Intermountain West. Gen. Tech. Report INT-GTR-307. USDA, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. Ogden, UT.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Mid-Columbia River Spring ESU, Coho (O. kisutch) - Unspecified Population, Sockeye (O. nerka) - Lake Wenatchee ESU, Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened)	Cutthroat Trout, Westslope (O. c. lewisi), Pikeminnow, Northern (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) [OBSOLETE], Trout, Brook (Salvelinus fontinalis), Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened), Trout, Rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Whitefish, Mountain (Prosopium williamsoni)
	G	132	Produce Progress (Annual) Report	Annual Report	The annual report summarizes the project goal, objectives, hypotheses, completed and uncompleted deliverables, problems encountered, lessons learned, and long-term planning. Examples of long-term planning include future improvements, new directions, or level of effort for contract implementation, including any ramping up or ramping down of contract components or of the project as a whole. Date range June 2007 to May 2008. Annual reports must conform to BPA guidelines. See the ''formatting guidelines'' link at the Technical Reports and Publications page: https://efw.bpa.gov/Integrated_Fish_and_Wildlife_Program/technicalreports.aspx. If producing a technical report for this contract, a discrete experiment, or a peer-reviewed publication, use work element 183: Produce/Submit Scientific Findings Report.
	H	185	Produce CBFish Status Report	Periodic Status Reports for BPA	The Contractor shall report on the status of milestones and deliverables in Pisces. Reports shall be completed either monthly or quarterly as determined by the BPA COTR. Additionally, when indicating a deliverable milestone as COMPLETE, the contractor shall provide metrics and the final location (latitude and longitude) prior to submitting the report to the BPA COTR.