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| | A | 165 | Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Determine which ESA, and waterway permits, and NEPA compliance are needed. | It is anticipated that no additional environmental compliance documentation will be required in this phase of work, because of existing ESA, JARPA, and HPA. However, investigation will begin to determine level of NEPA/ESA required for a weir, working closely with BPA Environmental Compliance staff.
JARPA and BE-EZ being prepared for scaffolds to be constructed in the Chief Joseph Dam tailrace. | | |
| | B | 119 | Manage and Administer Projects | Project Administration | The necessary day-to-day obligations required by the Colville Tribes and BPA to track and administer this project. | | |
| | C | 99 | Outreach and Education | Inform and educate the CCT membership and general public. | The CCT long-term strategy for gaining and maintaining expertise on selective harvest gears and techniques will be assisted through public education and outreach and by employing tribal members to develop, construct, use and maintain selective harvest live-capture gears and techniques. The CCT plans to continue learning from others as part of education and outreach, and apply that knowledge to the development of their selective fisheries.
Internal tribal outreach will consist of reporting the techniques and results of the “Evaluation of Live-Capture Gear” program to the tribal public through workshops and presentations in order to educate the members of the benefits and opportunities associated with selective harvest and to help determine communal versus individual activities and other protocols as tribal fishing cultures require. Educating tribal members on gears and techniques required to harvest hatchery-origin salmon while at the same time catching and releasing natural-origin fish will be crucial in order for the CCT to attain the harvest allocations afforded them through the development of larger runs of fish as a result of the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program, while at the same time increasing the natural salmon productivity of the Okanogan subbasin. Tribal public involvement is necessary to integrate traditional tribal knowledge with the anticipated new harvest opportunities. The workshops, along with creel and Okanogan Basin Monitoring and Evaluation Program information and other local knowledge will assist in the application of different gears, methods and protocols at specific sites.
Cultural emersion including talking with elders and key tribal staff will be an important aspect of integrating tribal culture and tradition into the selection and use of any gear ultimately selected as a product of this work. This will also be important as a way to properly take care of harvested fish and provide them as nutritional and spiritual sustenance to the Tribal members.
Video and other media, and training workshops will be used in order to educate CCT tribal fishers on techniques that are required to successfully live-capture salmon and release fish unharmed. External outreach through workshops and presentations will also be conducted with the general public, other decision-makers, tribes, federal, state and county agencies, watershed groups and other local and regional groups, Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board, sportsmen groups, and the NPCC.
The CCT will develop outreach and education materials, including professional-quality brochures, poster displays, and video and computer presentations. These products will be used by CCT personnel to educate the tribal and general public about different live-capture gears and techniques and their respective operation ranges and limitations. This includes some travel and training for project managers and technicians on selective harvest techniques, and presentations to the NPCC, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society in Reno, NV, American Fisheries Society, Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board, and others. Also includes training in Skamokawa, WA. | | |
| | D | 156 | Develop RM&E Methods and Designs | Develop standard operating procedures for gear, fish handling and distribution, and data manag | Specific standard operating procedures will be developed to cover equipment operation, fish handling, and fish harvest processing and distribution. These procedures will Include specific methods and designs for live-capture fish harvesting, data collection, data sheets, data processing and analysis, protocols for fish handling, revival, and release; and, required steps for processing, transportation and distribution of harvested fish. Data sheet design, computer data entry and data management protocols, and analysis for all forms of selective fishing gears will be developed, along with quality assurance and quality control measures.
A trailer-able purse seiner will be chartered for use in the main Columbia River near the confluence of the Okanogan River to live-capture and selectively harvest and keep HOR and release NOR Summer/Fall Chinook, to harvest and keep Sockeye, and to live-capture and release listed Summer Steelhead and Spring Chinook (Kuller Fish Company). LGL, Limited Environmental Research Associates will provide expertise for weir permitting support, conduct a site use (river traffic) study at the weir location, develop a 90% weir design, and assist with public outreach for the weir and in developing the weir Standard Operating Procedures. | | |
| | E | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Test different live-capture gears at different locations | Detailed harvest information will be developed and compiled including run size forecasting and in-season run size updates (dam counts, hatchery return, and lower river harvest information), CCT live-capture gear used and harvest and released fish information (effort, numbers and condition of fish harvested and distributed, by-catch numbers and disposition, and released fish numbers, condition, and revival techniques), location and date / time of day,. CCT will oversee and lead all aspects of collecting and analyzing of fishery location and seasonality information. LGL, Limited Environmental Research Associates will provide expertise and participate in a capacity-building role to CCT staff and members by advising and assisting in a technical support role. Kuller Fish Company will provide and operate a trailer-able purse seine and skiff, and will training the CCT project staff in proper operation of the purse seine equipment. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall ESU, Sockeye (O. nerka) - Okanogan River ESU, Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | |
| | F | 175 | Produce Design | Planning and design of a weir as a live-capture selective fishing gear in the Okanogan River | The CCT propose to use a weir to capture and harvest hatchery-origin (HOR) summer Chinook and to control the pHOS (proportion Hatchery-Origin Recruits on the spawning grounds); and, potentially capture natural-origin (NOR) summer Chinook for broodstock, and potentially implement M&E protocols to assess the feasibility of monitoring aspects of the proposed Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery. To implement this program, specific components must be designed and planned to meet the objective of conducting a selective fishery where non-target species will be released live and unharmed back into the river. In 2009, the focus will be on completing a 90% design for the facility, initiating required environmental permitting, conducting a site use (river traffic) study, conducting public outreach and developing Standard Operating Procedures for the weir operation,
LGL, Limited Environmental Research Associates will provide expertise and participate in a capacity-building role to CCT staff and members by advising and assisting in a technical support role. LGL will participate with the CCT in planning and coordination, permitting support, conducting the site traffic study, take the design to 90% specification, public outreach and weir SOP development. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall ESU, Sockeye (O. nerka) - Okanogan River ESU, Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | |
| | G | 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. | | |
| | H | 132 | Produce Progress (Annual) Report | Submit Annual Report for the period 6/1/08 to 5/31/09 | 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. | | |
| | I | 175 | Produce Design | Produce design for fish processing facilities | The design of the fish processing facility and design for an ice machine facility will be done under a subcontract. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall ESU, Sockeye (O. nerka) - Okanogan River ESU |
| | J | 175 | Produce Design | Produce design for constructing ice machine facility | Designs for the construction of a facility housing a large (5 ton output/24hr), commercial-grade, flake ice machine for use in the fish harvesting and distribution program. | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall ESU, Sockeye (O. nerka) - Okanogan River ESU |
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