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Contract 74989: 2011-006-00 EXP CHAMP - SO FORK RESEARCH

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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	Complete all EC requirements.	Coordinate with BPA's EC lead to complete all required documentation/permits, etc. prior to in-water or ground disturbing actions happen. SFR does not collect any monitoring data for CHaMP and EC requirements only cover minimal field work at time of training. EC requirements are required for WE D, which is an in-office task.
	C	119	Manage and Administer Projects	Manage and Administer CHaMP project-related materials	2016 will be the sixth year of CHaMP implementation throughout the PNW. Significant review and evaluation of the year's events and success will occur post-field season and we expect minor adjustments and improvements to the program in preparation for 2017.
	D	189	Coordination-Columbia Basinwide	Regional coordinaton of CHaMP implementation	CHaMP implementation will require significant coordination efforts among all participating parties. Over ten entities are involved in the production and analysis of CHaMP data. SFR is an active entity in both the development and coordination of CHaMP, interacting with other CHaMP Core entities as well as organizations using CHaMP to collect data. The core CHaMP team meets about once a month, as well as in several smaller focus groups as needed during the year (usually as frequently as 2x/month) for which almost every Core CHaMP contractor has at least one person of involvement (e.g. Data Management Advisory Group, Metric Review Committee, GIS tool development group, Protocol Review Team, Training Team, etc). The focus groups rotate seasonally as needed to support CHaMP production. Travel is scheduled on an as-needed basis to facilitate focus groups and Core planning. There are ~1-2 Core meetings per year, usually once in the spring and once in the fall, post field season. The location is often in Portland as it is central and easily accessed by car and plane to most groups. Focus group in-person meetings are minimized, but SFR coordination with ELR on multiple projects is often facilitated by 1-2 trips to Logan per year.
	E	160	Create/Manage/Maintain Database	Document, develop, and customer support for processing tools for CHaMP topo surveys	The proposed habitat data collection protocol includes methods for capturing dimensional and spatially explicit data for multiple spatial scales (e.g. habitat units and sites). Some data collection methods, such as the use of total stations, LiDAR, and RTK units will require data streams based in GIS and spatially explicit software. Metadata and data for these streams will be coordinated by the GIS Analyst as needed. This work element also includes tasks for supporting data collection, data QA/QC, and initial data summary for CHaMP, specifically for topographic surveys. Field collection of data via topographic surveys will require review and standardized support to ensure quality data are submitted to the centralized system. Support will include remote assistance, review of anomalous data, and review of quality assurance reports generated from the developed system.
	F	160	Create/Manage/Maintain Database	Generate, review, and manage topographic metrics	In CY2016 CHaMP generated metrics using the River Bathymetry Toolkit locally on servers to simplify the metric generation process used in 2011-2015. This effort will continue in FY2017 as topographic metrics will be generated simply from freely available code that is easy to maintain and operate. Metrics and additional products, such as accessible shapefiles of final datasets, hydraulic model input .csv files, hydraulic model results will all be stored in the Amazon Web Services and made available according to the champ DMAG data management plans.
	G	162	Analyze/Interpret Data	Generate design-based estimates of CHaMP field data	This Work Element is continued from 2016. Each year CHaMP generates estimates of habitat status (and eventually trend) using the spatially balanced sampling methods of GRTS. In 2017 estimates for 2011-2016 will be generated and the initial estimates for 2016 will be generated as data become available in winter 2016. Stream temperature is also modeled using land surface temperature (MODIS, moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer) for each CHaMP watershed. Estimates are made annually as water temperature data for a complete year are made available from the CHaMP website. SFR also developed and runs a hydraulic model for each CHaMP survey, which will be run for all 2015 surveys in 2016, as well as multiple flows for all visits. SFR also provides analytical assistance to CHaMP collaborators to meet individual watershed needs upon request. This work element formerly had 2 parts to it (GRTS based and non-GRTS based analytical approaches) but as the program has matured we have merged techniques depending on the study design and the questions of interest. Analytical resources to assist CHaMP collaborators is also available upon request.	Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) - All Populations, Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - All Populations
	H	162	Analyze/Interpret Data	Network model development (e.g. temperature)	CHaMP has utilized remotely sensed land surface temperature (MODIS satellite) to estimate water temperatures annually since 2011. This effort will continue in 2017 as 2015 data for CHaMP watersheds becomes available after the CY 2016 field season.	Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall ESU, Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
	I	161	Disseminate Raw/Summary Data and Results	Generate data summaries, maps and guidance documentation for reports and websites	General program data summaries and maps are often needed to support annual reports, meetings, and website content. This Work Element covers both product generated for these instances as well as the review and/or generation of guidance documentation related to website development.	Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) - All Populations, Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - All Populations
	J	202	Produce BiOp RPA Report	BiOp RPA Report for CHaMP CY 2016	Projects that have claimed that they support one or more RM&E RPAs (i.e., RPAs 50-73) under the FCRPS BiOp are required to report their results. To facilitate the summary of these results across the entire Columbia River Basin, and to provide more clarity as to the format required under the BiOp, these reports are required to be completed online. If desired, the required information can be prepared in MS Word, and pasted into Taurus. For more guidance see https://www.cbfish.org/Content/tutorials/Reporting_Guidance_BiOp_2013.pdf.
	K	132	Produce Progress (Annual) Report	Contribute to CY2016 Integrated RME Technical Report for ISEMP/CHaMP	The Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program (ISEMP; BPA Project 2003-017-00) and Columbia Habitat Monitoring Program (CHaMP; BPA Project Number 2011-006-00) produce a single joint technical report. Report materials will be developed by ISEMP and CHaMP contractors and delivered to Terraqua, Inc. for compilation into a single report for transfer to BPA.