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| | A | 119 | Manage and Administer Projects | Habitat project management and contract administration. | This work element includes the duties associated with watershed-based program management, the identification and implementation of priority salmon habitat restoration projects, and the administrative and technical work required to fulfill BPA's programmatic and project requirements. These include: implementation of the current contract SOW, managing a budget, and satisfying BPA contracting requirements, including preparing and submitting invoices and next year's statement of work and budget, confirming accrual estimates, accounting for cost-share, completing status reports, etc.
It also includes: coordinating habitat restoration planning and implementation with SRSRB, CTUIR, NPT and WDFW staff, to promote effective and efficient actions across the watershed; and directing the planning and implementation of priority ecological restoration and habitat enhancement projects, and adaptively managing implementation actions. It may include supervising and training staff, providing professional development, and performing adaptive management; addressing issues presented by various user groups and county, state and federal entities; maintaining licenses/training requirements; responding to information request and addressing local concerns and unforeseen opportunities and issues as they arise. | | |
| | B | 165 | Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Environmental Compliance Documentation and Clearance: habitat restoration and enhancement projects | Notes: EC compliance (including HIP IV risk determinations) and initial cultural resource consultation for the work at PA 34.1/2 was initiated by the CCD in 2022, and previously supported under BPA contract #92133 (FY23).
EC-compliance (status): All remaining EC compliance activities for Cultural Resources and Environmental clearance requirements are expected to be completed under the design products advanced in this contract. Work is initiated with the BPA EC/HIP program lead and COTR to ensure environmental compliance clearance is completed prior to contract actions. The design products, as available, will be attached to this contract during the contract term:
(a) MS-10 Cultural Resources DAHP concurrence, BPA and tribal notification letters; Permitting, HPA ACOE, cultural resource review/compliance and concurrence;
(b) EC clearance for PA-34, MS-10, and MS-15 Restoration Project development and implementation has been coordinated thru EC-Lead, and compliance approval obtained as may be required for this planning process; and
(c) Coordinate pre and post Rapid Habitat Surveys on PA-34, MS-10, and MS-15 and any additional PAs/MSs identified in future project scoping during this contract period.
(1) Work with the BPA Environmental Specialist (EC-Lead) to ensure that work tasks and project actions currently underway or developed through design/planning activities, or previously initiated in the prior contract term, will meet permitting and environmental compliance requirements. For example, provide needed information and support to ECF for ESA consultations (US Fish & Wildlife Service or NOAA Fisheries) and Cultural Resource review and concurrences (State [DAHP] & Tribal [THPO] for work that is planned for implementation in the contract period.
(2) Coordinate with the BPA EC-Lead to obtain NEPA, ESA, cultural resources, HIP Risk Determination, and other environmental compliance clearances required to implement the project designs or plans -- including materials or equipment staging areas and construction access points -- and as design features and implementation logistics and schedules become more firmly documented through preliminary planning and design, final design adjustments, engineering details and site planning.
(3) For cultural resource clearance(s), the EC Lead will initiate consultation with the affected tribes and state. To begin the process, the District will provide the BPA EC-Lead with a brief project description and maps showing the area of potential effect (APE) of an action, to include the section/township/range for the whole area.
(4) In addition, initiate and/or participate in environmental compliance requirements and clearances for other on-the-ground work to be implemented under the Tucannon Programmatic habitat project, but outside this contract, including the documentation of public outreach (where required) for project proposals prior to implementation.
Note: To ensure clearance is obtained prior to work activities, District staff will start this process no later than 6-mos prior to the date desired for field work. On-the-ground work cannot begin until environmental compliance and cultural resource clearance has been received from the EC-Lead. | | |
| | C | 191 | Watershed Coordination | Coordinate habitat restoration proposals and implementation planning (Columbia County Watershed Program) | Coordination with the SRSRB and participating entities or organizations in the Middle-Snake sub-region (WA) to enable joint planning, evaluation and implementation of habitat restoration projects; and participation in watershed meetings/workshops that involve active salmonid habitat restoration in the Tucannon watershed (target spring Chinook salmon and Steelhead).
Establish cooperative, supportive relationships with entities that share common habitat recovery goals and that minimizes redundancy in implementation planning and habitat actions. Coordinate with area resource managers in regard to planning, implementing and monitoring habitat restoration in select, priority areas in Columbia County through: scoping, need assessment, effectiveness evaluation, potential and feasibility. Attend implementation planning and coordination meetings held by the SRSRB and the Programmatic Project Coordinator.
Participate in the SRSRB Lead Entity Committee, to propose, evaluate, prioritize & rank, and select for funding restoration projects in the State of Washington RCO grant process. Includes meetings, travel, presentations, working with technical and citizen groups, tribes, and agencies, associated with the ongoing plans or programs:
(a) Project identification, prioritization, development and installation
(b) Snake River Salmon Recovery Board: work closely to ensure robust review of quality projects addressed to recovery goals (e.g., TIW, RTT, and Expert Panel processes).
(c) Salmon Recovery Funding Board Lead Entity: coordinate funding and leverage cost-share for projects in conjunction with the Tucannon and Touchet Watershed Programs and the Subbasin Plans. | | |
| | D | 99 | Outreach and Education | Community Involvement in Habitat Restoration: Outreach to Private Landowners and Public Lands Managers | Background: The successful development of the conceptual restoration strategies identified and recommended in the Tucannon River Conceptual Restoration Plan - Anchor QEA (2021) requires recurrent landowner meetings to educate and inform property owners about potential restoration actions on their associated properties. To ensure success with ongoing refinement and updating of the year-to-year Implementation Workplan, District staff will produce and distribute draft restoration project maps and fliers that will enable private landowners to fully understand the risks and benefits of the restoration projects proposed for implementation on, and adjacent to, their properties. | | |
| | E | 114 | Identify and Select Projects | Identify, evaluate, prioritize and select projects for habitat improvement | Implementation guidance: potential projects list (updated). Work with local stakeholders and resource agencies to identify and select watershed projects based on identified needs through subbasin planning, and on recovery goals articulated for Snake River Salmon Recovery Planning Office through the Tucannon Habitat Plan and Touchet River Conceptual Plan.
Serve as a clearinghouse for project review, evaluation, and selection: manage project files for each project, developed in conjunction with agency technical personnel, and updated to include initial scoping, preliminary design stages, and any subsequent cultural resource review and environmental compliance clearances. Review feasibility and likelihood of success for projects proposed by potential partners in the basin. Make final determination of priority instream and riparian projects that are feasible and defensible and have the potential for effective and measurable salmonid habitat restoration improvement.
Continue to identify, evaluate, and plan for the implementation of future habitat restoration projects, derived from those prioritized in the Tucannon Habitat Programmatic (BPA), the Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan (SRSRB), and District program or watershed planning pursuant to the updated Conceptual Restoration Plan (Anchor, 2021). Selected projects may have 15% designs developed, which would possibly include cross sectionals or site surveys. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened) | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Fall ESU (Threatened), Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened) |
| | F | 175 | Produce Design | Design Specifications & Engineering: Salmonid Habitat Complexity Improvement Projects (Touchet MS-15/14/13) 60%-Final | Status: work continues to evaluate and develop selected projects from those identified for the watershed in the Touchet River Conceptual Habitat Restoration Plan. CCD project staff will continue to work on MS15/14/13 design with the District engineer or design subcontractor and private landowner through the Winter-Spring design period (Oct - Mar). This will take the remainder of the FY24 contract period to complete, and extend production of a final design into the first 3-mos of the subsequent contract term.
Development tasks are expected to include progress towards: cultural resource surveys; engineering and design products; geomorphic analysis; and pre-construction activities such as material acquisition and staging; site planning; and construction preparation including the identification and development of access points for materials and equipment. As scheduled, the design will be at 60-80% by Mar 2025, so implementation staff can advertise a construction subcontract early in the next contract period (Apr 2025).
Summary: The purpose of this design stage is to advance the initial planning and concept development for the selected project identified in the Study, Restoration Prioritization and Implementation Framework for the Touchet Watershed: (1) develop design concepts and engineering requirements; (2) produce project area conceptual designs, conduct subsequent design evaluation and cost-estimates; (3) anticipate cultural resource review and clearance, environmental compliance and permitting requirements; and (4) support construction planning and advance designs to the 60% development stage for the next design level, and onto the next design level reviews and approvals at 80-100% (final) design. Materials identification and the coordination of acquisition of construction material (i.e., trees with root wads) are also to be incorporated in design considerations and planning.
Overview: The habitat restoration actions proposed at MS-15/14/13 are identified in the Restoration Plan and implementation framework for the Touchet River (Anchor 2020). Initiated in prior contracts, the design emphases continue to be reconnection of the floodplain throughout this reach. The design will be completed ~ 60-80% by Apr (2025) as part of the ongoing BPA contract support for the CCD. The project is targeted for implementation during the Summer of 2025 or 2026; the CCD has been awarded a SRFB grant (2021 grant round) to support the implementation of this project in 2022-2025, but BPA has made no commitment to implementation funding for projects in the Touchet from the Programmatic Habitat Project budget for the Tucannon.
Habitat in this project reach supports two ESA-listed Mid-Columbia River salmonid populations including Steelhead - spawning, juvenile rearing and overwintering, or adult holding, and Bull trout – juvenile rearing. Available habitat also supports non-ESA listed spring Chinook – spawning and juvenile rearing, following reintroduction by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), as identified in the Geomorphic Assessment and Restoration Prioritization Plan of the Upper Touchet Basin Habitat Restoration Report (Anchor, 2020). | Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened) |
| | G | 175 | Produce Design | Final Design Specifications & Engineering (60%-Final): Tucannon (PA-34.1/2) | Summary: The purpose of this design stage is to complete final design for the project at PA-34.1 and PA-34.2, selected from those identified in the Restoration Prioritization and Implementation Framework for the Tucannon Watershed: (1) develop design concepts and engineering requirements; (2) produce project area conceptual designs, conduct subsequent design evaluation and cost-estimates; (3) anticipate cultural resource review and clearance, environmental compliance and permitting requirements; (4) support construction planning and advance designs to the 60% development stage for engineering review (ETS) and approvals (HIP IV); and (5) prepare for the next design level evaluations and implementation commitments at 80-100% (final) design. Materials identification and the coordination of acquisition of construction material (i.e., trees with root wads) are also to be incorporated in design considerations and planning.
This work element includes all work associated with the preparation of engineering or technical drawings, specifications and/or budgets required for the construction of in-stream large wood placement, excavation or levee breaching, and the installation of any additional structures or design features. Development tasks at this stage include: engineering and design products and pre-construction activities such as material acquisition and staging; site planning; and construction preparation including the identification and development of access points for materials and equipment. Refinement of the design plan may also require ancillary work such as land surveying, photogrammetric surveys, field surveys, etc. Construction considerations and best management practices are also be included in the Basis of Design Reports (BDR) for each of the development phases of the overall project, and in the 100% design drawings, once they are completed, that support the proposed treatment actions at PA-34.1/2.
Overview: As with other projects developed and implemented in the Tucannon, the design emphasis continues to be reconnection of the floodplain throughout the two project areas in the PA-34 reach. The overall project is comprised of high priority restoration actions intended to address the multiple habitat structure, floodplain connection, and stream function deficiencies associated with this reach of the Tucannon River. The design focus for the project area is to increase floodplain connectivity and channel complexity, through channel shape modification driven by wood placement. The primary objectives for habitat restoration at PA-34 are to: expand and sustain floodplain connection, increase in-channel shape complexity (LWD), increase perennial channel length through reconnecting historic flow paths and side channels, place LWD for cover or complexity, and reduce channel confinement through the placement of log jams.
The final design for the combined PA-34.1 and PA-34.2 project area will address the following types of measures that can address spring Chinook limiting factors, and the revised and more explicit prioritization goals of the restoration framework for the watershed (2021 Plan) derived from the key parameters that characterize the geomorphic conditions in the river: 1) Removing channel and floodplain confining features; 2) Increasing large woody debris loading to promote instream habitat quality and complexity; 3) Increasing instream habitat quantity and quality with habitat boulder clusters; 4) Hydraulically reconnecting the river with its floodplain through side-channel construction (improved off-channel habitat, floodplain vegetation); and 5) Restoring riparian forest vegetation to promote future large wood loading and summer water temperature reductions.
Outcomes: These design features are intended to benefit spring Chinook by providing better refuge and spawning habitat for adults, reducing redd-scour during winter flood events, and increasing rearing habitat and over-wintering growth and survival for juveniles. The project’s contribution to the overall watershed-scale goals of the restoration plan for the Tucannon will be described in the BDR at final design for the habitat project at PA-34. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened) | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Fall ESU (Threatened), Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened) |
| | H | 100 | Construction Management | Site Preparation, Materials Management, Field Engineering, Quality Assurance, Construction Oversight | Overview: Through the Spring of 2024 the CCD and SRSRB staff will supervise and manage initial work-site preparation, access point development, materials acquisition, staging for materials and equipment, and if possible, the implementation of preliminary components of the PA-26 (Phase III/IV) project design that can be completed outside of the wetted channel and not during the in-water work period:
(a) Completion of final designs may continue contemporaneously with on-site preconstruction activities early in the next contract period;
(b) Project construction in 2024 to be completed by a construction crew, awarded as a subcontract following competitive solicitation;
(c) Solicitation and bids for construction materials in support of design features and the remediation of site impacts will be completed in April-Jun 2024, and implementation of Phase III/IV scheduled to begin in Jul 2024.
Contractor is encouraged to initiate pre-construction activities by the end of this contract period to organize construction planning and to consider implementation logistics and likely construction requirements for the project work areas, prior to the scheduled build-period of the design. Construction management will continue throughout the contract term, contemporaneously with pre-construction activities that are expected to begin by the start of the subsequent contract period, during construction preparation, and throughout the installation of additional wood-loading and other design features at PA-26:
1) Develop and review public bid document for solicitation of construction sub-contractor contracts; review bid submittals for completeness, and select contractor(s);
2) Where feasible and as clearances are obtained: a) identify/mark projected construction access points, and material or equipment staging areas; b) when cleared, initiate preliminary or phased components of the design build-out, that can be completed prior to the 2024 in-water work-window period, in support of the construction of the Project Area habitat restoration project during the Summer of 2024.
3) Source and plan the acquisition of construction materials needed for habitat features and restoration actions, across the multiple project work areas. Secure and, as necessary, transport trees (large wood) and other construction materials to pre-arranged storage locations, to support construction needs and future implementation planning.
4) Provide field and construction oversight to ensure initial sites and preliminary implementation components, or completed structures and habitat features, are being built to design standards. Maintain and review construction notes and submit as-built drawing/report following construction.
Notes: Construction management throughout the PA-26 channel area, for the subsequent build-phases of the overall project, will continue through FY24, encompassed within this ongoing yearly contract support for the CCD habitat project work in the Tucannon (Project #1994-018-06), and as supplemented with additional contract support in FYs22-24 from the Tucannon Programmatic Habitat Project #2010-077-00. Construction management will be provided for both preliminary activities, during construction preparation, and for the subsequent installation of design features, as required under HIP IV EC-review and approval.
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Overview: Toward the end of this contract term (Jan-Mar), the CCD and SRSRB staff will supervise and manage initial work-site preparation, access point development, materials acquisition, staging for materials and equipment, and if possible, the implementation of preliminary components of the PA-34.1/2 project design that can be completed outside of the wetted channel and not during the in-water work period:
(a) Completion of final designs may continue contemporaneously with on-site preconstruction activities early in the next contract period;
(b) Project construction in 2024 to be completed by a construction crew, awarded as a subcontract following competitive solicitation;
(c) Solicitation and bids for construction materials in support of design features and the remediation of site impacts will be completed in Mar-Jun 2024, and implementation of PA 34.1/2 scheduled to begin in Jul 2024;
Contractor is encouraged to initiate pre-construction activities by the end of this contract period to organize construction planning and to consider implementation logistics and likely construction requirements for the project work areas, prior to the scheduled build-period of the design (beginning as early as the Spring 2024). Construction management will continue throughout the contract term, contemporaneously with pre-construction activities that are expected to begin by the start of the subsequent contract period, during construction preparation, and throughout the installation of additional wood-loading and other design features at PA-34.1/2:
1) Develop and review public bid document for solicitation of construction sub-contractor contracts; review bid submittals for completeness, and select contractor(s);
2) Where feasible and as clearances are obtained: a) identify/mark projected construction access points, and material or equipment staging areas; b) when cleared, initiate preliminary or phased components of the design build-out, that can be completed prior to the 2024 in-water work-window period, in support of the construction of the Project Area habitat restoration project during the Summer of 2024.
3) Source and plan the acquisition of construction materials needed for habitat features and restoration actions, across the multiple project work areas. Secure and, as necessary, transport trees (large wood) and other construction materials to pre-arranged storage locations, to support construction needs and future implementation planning.
4) Provide field and construction oversight to ensure initial sites and preliminary implementation components, or completed structures and habitat features, are being built to design standards. Maintain and review construction notes and submit as-built drawing/report following construction.
Notes: Construction management will be provided for both preliminary activities, during construction preparation as required under HIP IV EC-review and approval. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened) | |
| | I | 29 | Increase Aquatic and/or Floodplain Complexity | Install structures and place wood to promote side-channel development, habitat complexity & floodplain connection: PA-34.1 & 34.2 | The overall restoration goals in this channel segment are to increase river channel complexity/diversity and floodplain connectivity on approximately 1.5 miles of the Tucannon River for ESA Spring Chinook and summer Steelhead spawning, rearing, and overwintering habitats. Increase the number of log jams with key LWD pieces, increase pool frequency, increase pool mean depth and encourage flow path revision to increase floodplain inundation frequency from ~5 year return interval to a <2 interval.
LWD Enhancement will place approximately 63 instream structures composed of ~350 key pieces, with root-balls attached, small to medium size “racking" trees, and slash (tree limbs and other course woody debris). The project also includes 10 LWD structures located on the floodplain (1 log) for floodplain roughness elements, composed of an additional 10 key pieces.
The design also includes multiple levels of stability: anchor rock secured to LWD structures with rope, creating LWD joints, and/or burial or wedging to existing trees to mimic a natural structure of the large wood within the project reach. The project design identified the use of pile-driven log placements, employed during implementation, with secondary logs impinged and secured to the log-piles to increase structure stability and increase residence time for key placed structures, in place of and in addition to rock ballast. The project includes adding highly mobile wood (i.e small course debris/slash and racking trees) with mobility at certain flow velocities to structures that have added ballast to promote stability at higher flows. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened) |
| | J | 29 | Increase Aquatic and/or Floodplain Complexity | Install structures and place wood to promote side-channel development, habitat complexity & floodplain connection:PA-26 (Phase III-IV) | This project was to be completed during summer of 2023, but due to equipment delays and being non functional, we are extending this project into Summer of 2024.
The overall restoration goals in this channel segment are to increase river channel complexity/diversity and floodplain connectivity on approximately 1.7 miles of the Tucannon River for ESA Spring Chinook and summer Steelhead spawning, rearing, and overwintering habitats. Increase the number of log jams with key LWD pieces, increase pool frequency, increase pool mean depth and encourage flow path revision to increase floodplain inundation frequency from ~5 year return interval to a <2 interval.
Phase III-IV LWD Enhancement will place approximately 72 instream structures composed of ~350 key pieces, with root-balls attached, small to medium size “racking" trees, and slash (tree limbs and other course woody debris). The project also includes 15 LWD structures located on the floodplain (2-3 logs) for floodplain roughness elements, composed of an additional 35 key pieces.
The design also includes multiple levels of stability: anchor rock secured to LWD structures with rope, creating LWD joints, and/or burial or wedging to existing trees to mimic a natural structure of the large wood within the project reach. In 2022, the project design identified the use of pile-driven log placements, employed during implementation (Phase II), with secondary logs impinged and secured to the log-piles to increase structure stability and increase residence time for key placed structures, in place of and in addition to rock ballast. The project includes adding highly mobile wood (i.e small course debris/slash and racking trees) with mobility at certain flow velocities to structures that have added ballast to promote stability at higher flows. | Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) - All Populations, Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - All Populations | Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened) |
| | K | 185 | Produce CBFish Status Report | Periodic Status Reports for BPA | The Contractor shall report on the status of milestones and deliverables in CBFish. Reports shall be completed either monthly or quarterly as determined by the BPA COR. 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 COR. | | |
| | L | 132 | Produce Progress (Annual) Report | Progress Report for 2024 (01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024) | The (annual) progress report summarizes the project goal, objectives, hypotheses, completed and
incomplete deliverables, problems encountered, lessons learned, and adjustments to implementation strategies or long-term planning considerations. Examples of long-term planning include future improvements, new directions, or adjustment to the level of effort for contract implementation, including any ramping up or ramping down of contract components, or of the project as a whole.
Contractor is current with reporting requirements (there is no report overdue as a deliverable); this adjustment in reporting periods is more efficient, serves BPA's implementation management purposes by reducing redundancy in reporting, better accommodates contract actions that occur toward the end of the implementation period, and encourages report preparation during the winter months, outside of the summer-fall work period.
Notes: (a) Annual progress reporting for the balance of the implementation period of the current contract: Jan-Mar (2024) will occur in the subsequent contract term. (b) Progress reports must conform to BPA guidelines. See the ''formatting guidelines'' link at the Technical Reports and Publications page: https://www.cbfish.org/Help.mvc/GuidanceDocuments. | | |
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