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Contract 56336: 2003-017-00 EXP ISEMP -USFWS ENTIAT R FISHERIES EFFECTIVENESS M&E

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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	Overall Project Management	Manage on-the-ground efforts. Also covers administrative work in support of on-the-ground efforts and in support of BPA's programmatic requirements such as metric reporting, financial reporting (e.g., accruals), and development of an SOW package (includes draft SOW, budget, spending plan, and property inventory).
	B	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.
	C	165	Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation	EC for FY12 and pre-work for FY13 contract	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, conducting public involvement activities, completing an archaeological survey, etc.). Ensure a compliance letter has been received, or is still valid, prior to commencing any affected work.
	D	157	Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Steelhead redd surveys in Entiat River	Conduct weekly steelhead spawning ground surveys (redd surveys) in the main Entiat River from February 15 to June 15 as conditions allow. Survey area is from Rkm 1.1 to 44.3 as conditions allow. Surveys will be conducted by raft and foot.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
	E	157	Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Operate smolt traps	Operate 1 smolt trap in Entiat River 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 and the Juvenile Trapping Protocol of the Upper Columbia Monitoring Strategy except as noted to conform to site-specific needs,	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
	F	157	Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Operate and maintain PIT tag detection arrays on Entiat and Mad Rivers	The USFWS is responsible for the operation and maintenance of up to 6 PIT tag detection arrays located on the mainstem Entiat River and Mad River. These arrays provide passive recapture data used to provide survival and movement data from PIT tagged juvenile fish residing and moving around the Entiat and Mad Rivers.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
	G	157	Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Conduct a mark-recapture study on the Entiat River as part of IMW	This task funds the USFWS to lead a mark-recapture study of juvenile anadromous salmonids at sites in the Entiat River watershed under the Entiat Intensively Monitored Watershed (IMW) experimental design. The mark-recapture study will use various capture techniques including but not limited to electrofishing, seining, snerding, snorkel-herding, dip netting, and e-herding. All USFWS staff involved with this survey work will be trained in various capture methods and have prior snorkeling experience. Snorkeling will be done in dry suits. Water temperature will be collected during each survey.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
	H	158	Mark/Tag Animals	Mark/Tag juvenile salmonids using PIT tags as part of the Entiat IMW	As part of a mark-recapture study of juvenile anadromous salmonids, the USFWS will use Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags on juvenile Spring Chinook and steelhead captured at sites in the Entiat River watershed under the Entiat Intensively Monitored Watershed (IMW) experimental design.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
	I	157	Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Conduct mainstem off-channel effectiveness monitoring as part of Entiat IMW	The USFWS MCRFRO will conduct seasonal quantitative biological evaluations of existing and proposed off-channel habitats within the Entiat River. The proposed actions conform to the habitat implementation strategy and study objectives outlined within the Entiat River IMW study design. This study will monitor habitat and associated fish use in off-channel habitat as defined as watered aquatic habitat outside of the main channel. USFWS will use a suite of tools consisting of seasonal mark-recapture events using PIT tags and PIT tag interrogation sites. This fish monitoring will be supported by habitat and macroinvertebrate monitoring carried out by Terraqua under a separate contract. The mark-recapture sampling, focused on juvenile steelhead and Chinook salmon, will be conducted within a time frame similar to main-channel mark-recapture sampling periods (winter and summer) with the addition of a fall sampling period. In addition, the use of instream PIT tag detection antennas will generate survival and movement data. This sampling design will produce sufficient data to determine species composition, abundance, and site use patterns. Estimates of steelhead age composition, growth, and survival estimates will be dependent upon sufficient numbers of fish captured and PIT tagged during seasonal mark-recapture events. We anticipate high capture efficiencies during sampling periods based on previous experience and the ability to utilize block netting within off-channel sites. Ultimately, the likelihood of obtaining age, growth, and survival estimates will be dependent upon the number of fish utilizing these specific habitats. We will further investigate the potential use of mobile wand antennas to increase resighting occasions if proven necessary. At newly constructed habitat, the time frame for basic biological responses is expected to be short (seasonal); however, longer monitoring periods will be required to evaluate a biological response over time (annual). The long-term performance of off-channel habitats is an important monitoring consideration as natural processes may alter biological benefits over time. To better address the long-term biological response resident species such as whitefish and sculpin will be included in study considerations. These resident fish, if encountered in sufficient numbers, may prove useful in the long-term monitoring of these sites. The MCRFRO will provide the PIT tags for these fish species. For planning purposes we will assume that off-channel habitat monitoring will be conducted for the duration of the Entiat River IMW study.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
	J	158	Mark/Tag Animals	PIT tagging juvenile salminds in off-channel habitat under the Entiat IMW	The USFWS will be tagging juvenile anadromous salmonids using Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags at up to 6 off-channel habitats in the Entiat River mainstem as part of ISEMP's Entiat IMW experimental design.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
	K	157	Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Conduct fish monitoring at up to 50 status and trend sites in the Wenatchee and Entiat	From 2004 through 2010 ISEMP used snorkel surveys to generate abundance indices, which have proved useful but limited in the types of biological data that can be collected. Beginning in 2011 status and trend monitoring for fish populations in the Upper Columbia will use a new protocol based on a fish monitoring protocol designed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and ISEMP for monitoring fish abundance, survival, and growth by capturing/sampling/tagging fish in the Entiat Intensively Monitored Watershed. This will bring the Upper Columbia in line with the fish monitoring protocols in the John Day and Salmon subbasins and the effectiveness monitoring in the Entiat IMW, and allows for better exploration of fish/habitat relationships. This work element provides for the USFWS to provide two (2) crew members to assist a multi-agency crew lead by Terraqua to conduct fish monitoring under the ISEMP's status and trend monitoring study in the Wenatchee and Entiat River subbasins.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
	L	158	Mark/Tag Animals	PIT tagging juvenile salmon and steelhead for status and trend monitoring	The USFWS will be part of two, four-person crews tagging juvenile anadromous salmonids using Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags at 50 sites in the Wenatchee and Entiat River subbasins as part of ISEMP status and trend monitoring.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
	M	132	Produce Progress (Annual) Report	Annual report covering the period 2/1/2012 to 01/31/2013	This report will cover the snorkeling, redd surveys, and smolt trap work. Individual Annual reports are to be consolidated by the PI into a Project Level Annual Report, and only the consolidated report will be posted on the BPA website.