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Contract 65089: 2011-006-00 EXP CHAMP - ECO LOGICAL RESEARCH - JOHN DAY

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


	A	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.
	B	165	Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation	Environmental Compliance documentation	Review and evaluate existing NEPA compliance/permits to ensure coverage is adequate for any work to be performed during the next field season (if applicable). Ensure necessary documents are provided to BPA's Environmental Compliance group in sufficient time to allow for a compliance letter to be written prior to any work. Coordinate with appropriate agencies regarding any permits that may be required.
	C	189	Coordination-Columbia Basinwide	CHaMP2d: Program Coordination (calls, reports, workshops, etc.)	Successful implementation of CHaMP will require coordination with all CHaMP collaborators, as well as the as the Project Management Team (PMT), other fish and wildlife managers and policy makers. This generally requires frequent conference calls, meetings, and reporting. ELR is part of the PMT, implements CHaMP in two watersheds, and was instrumental in the design of CHaMP. Under this work element, ELR, will continue in the coordination activities to implement, review, and improve CHaMP.
	D	189	Coordination-Columbia Basinwide	12.7 Participation in coordination of development efforts of CHaMP	Coordination of the CHaMP project is being undertaken by several contractors who are experienced in working together and who must continue to work together for the entire project to be successful. These contractors include Terraqua, Inc. (TQ), Quantitative Consultants, Inc. (QCI), Eco Logical Research (ELR), South Fork Research, Inc. (SFR), and Sitka Technologies (Sitka). These contractors are overseen by Chris Jordan (NOAA) in his role as Principle Investigator and are known as the Project Management Team (PMT). This work element describes the minimum milestones for this group to work together coordinating the CHaMP project in 2013. One technical team that is required is a Data Management Advisory Team who will advise Sitka in the development and management of the CHaMP data management system. BPA is contracting with the Sitka Technology Group in FY13 (Project 2011-006-00, contract 55738) to manage and develop the CHaMP data management system and tools, a task which requires oversight/insight from the CHaMP Data Management Advisory team. This work element includes milestones that describe the timing of the input from the advisory team.
	E	119	Manage and Administer Projects	Manage and Administer CHaMP in the Tucannon	This work element covers the management of on the ground efforts in the Tucannon watershed, including all staff associated with implementing the Columbia Habitat Monitoring Program (CHaMP) and any 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) for annual contract renewal.
	F	119	Manage and Administer Projects	CHaMP1.2: Bulk Equipment Purchase and Maintenance	This work element allows Ecological Research Inc., to conduct a bulk purchase of necessary equipment for dissemination to collaborators working in watersheds identified for habitat monitoring under CHaMP. A bulk purchase of this equipment will ensure standardization of equipment type, cost savings, and that equipment is purchased and ready to go in time for the 2014 field season.
	G	156	Develop RM&E Methods and Designs	CHaMP 1.3: Protocol development	Protocol development is an ongoing task as new information and lessons learned from implementation results in a refining of methodologies. The goal of this work element is to support ongoing development of the CHaMP protocol to clarify, revise and update methodologies through testing in the field in the winter/spring of 2014 prior to implementation in select watersheds across the PNW in the summer of 2014. Additional development will occur throughout the year to increase field collection efficiency,
	H	156	Develop RM&E Methods and Designs	CHaMP 1.4: River Bathymetry Toolkit	This work element allows for the continued development of the River Bathymetry Toolkit. The RBT is designed to sample the DEM generated from the CHaMP protocol and produce metrics that are commonly used or newly developed to described stream reaches,
	I	156	Develop RM&E Methods and Designs	CHaMP3c: Training Staff	This work element also allows for the development, coordination and implementation of a training program for CHaMP collaborators.
	J	157	Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data	Conduct CHaMP fish habitat surveys in the Tucannon watershed	In support of habitat restoration, rehabilitation and conservation action performance assessments and adaptive management requirements of the 2008 FCRPS Biological Opinion (BiOp), the Bonneville Power Administration is working with NOAA and other regional fish management agencies to monitor status and trends of fish habitat for each major population group (MPG) in the Pacific Northwest identified through the Endangered Species Act (ESA). BPA is adopting a standardized fish habitat monitoring protocol, the Columbia Habitat Monitoring Program (CHaMP) for the Columbia River Basin monitoring programs. CHaMP is a Columbia River basin-wide habitat status and trends monitoring program built around a single habitat monitoring protocol with a program-wide approach to data collection and management. CHaMP will capture habitat features that drive fish population biology and will result in systematic habitat status and trends information that will be used to assess basin-wide habitat condition and correlated with biological response indicators to evaluate habitat management strategies. BPA is implementing CHaMP in at least one population within each steelhead and Chinook MPG which has, or will have, fish in-fish out monitoring. The goal of this work element is to implement CHaMP in the Tucannon watershed. The data from this project will be used to evaluate the quantity and quality of tributary fish habitat available to salmonids across the Columbia River basin. When combined with parallel fish monitoring metrics from related projects, these data will also be used assess the impact of habitat management actions on fish population processes.	Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened)	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened)
	K	162	Analyze/Interpret Data	CHaMP7b: Data reduction statistical support	CHaMP collects an enormous amount of data from which several summary statistics can be created. This information can be used in a whole host of analyses ranging from partitioning of variance, developing fish habitat relationships, and assessing impacts of stream restoration and landuse. ELR has conducted these types of analyses with CHaMP and non-CHaMP data and thus will help develop appropriate summary information to address multiple questions that can be addressed with this type of data.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Mid-Columbia River Spring ESU, Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened)	Sockeye (O. nerka) - Lake Wenatchee ESU, Sockeye (O. nerka) - Okanogan River ESU, Sockeye (O. nerka) - Snake River ESU (Endangered)
	L	162	Analyze/Interpret Data	CHaMP7c: Statistical tool refinement and development	CHaMP collects an enormous amount of data from which several summary statistics can be created. This information can be used in a whole host of analyses ranging from simulation modeling, partitioning of variance, developing fish habitat relationships, and assessing impacts of stream restoration and landuse. ELR has conducted these types of analyses with CHaMP and non-CHaMP data and thus will help develop appropriate summary information to address multiple questions that can be addressed with this type of data.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Mid-Columbia River Spring ESU, Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer (not listed), Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Willamette River DPS (Threatened)	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Lower Columbia River ESU (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Lower Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
	M	132	Produce Progress (Annual) Report	Contribute to and review CHaMP FCRPS BiOp RM&E/Project Lessons Learned report	Two recent evaluations of research, monitoring and evaluation (RM&E) aspects of Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) fish and wildlife program found key areas for improving the usefulness of annual reports on RM&E projects. The Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s (Council) 2011 RM&E categorical review called for standardized annual reporting formats. Similarly, a second assessment funded by BPA reviewed existing monitoring results and noted the program would benefit from a standardized approach to annual reports, including uniform measurements and reporting. As a result BPA is adopting a new annual reporting system for Research, Monitoring & Evaluation results and a second report for sponsors with projects that support Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives in the Biological Opinion for the Federal Columbia River Power System, which will help BPA track and report progress toward BiOp goals. The CHaMP Lead Coordinator will work with collaborators to produce FCRPS BiOp RM&E reports for the CHaMP 2013 field season. This “lessons learned” annual report will be used to inform implementation in 2014 and 2015, including any adjustments that may be appropriate on the design or scope of the project. The CHaMP RME and BiOp reports will: a) provide regular synthesis and reporting of habitat status results b) compare these results to available fish status and trend information c) inform adaptive management improvements for CHaMP, including comparison with other similar efforts such as PIBO and Washington State monitoring protocols with the goal of achieving use of fewer key parameters, greater efficiencies and lower costs; d) support Action Agencies requirements for the 2013/2016 Comprehensive Evaluations; and e) be written to inform agency and tribal decision-makers and specifically address key management questions and decisions.