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| | A | 165 | Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Complete/initiate Environmental Permitting for Project Activities | Write and submit Biological Assessments/HIP BO documentation and coordinate with BPA NEPA staff to initiate/complete consultations with USFWS and NOAA Fisheries. Write and submit permits required by various regulatory agencies (Division of State Lands, US Army Corp of Engineers, Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon Department of Forestry). Coordinate Section 106 permitting process and facilitate required Section 106 project monitoring requirements.
Project EC Compliance and permit planning include:
1. Middle Upper Grande Ronde River Phase 2 and 3 with USFS (lead) and BPA.
2. Rock Creek (516 Ranch) Water Developments and Fence Project. CTUIR cultural program to provide Section 106 assistance to lead agency NRCS. CTUIR to provide archaeological site survey and reporting.
3. McCoy Meadows permit planning. Include preliminary EC compliance scoping and development of plan for future permitting.
4. Lookingglass Creek permit planning. | | |
| | B | 191 | Watershed Coordination | Participate in Grande Ronde Basin Project Prioritization, Planning, and Coordination. | Participate on GRMW Board of Directors to facilitate, coordinate, and support basin partners in improving watershed resources for the benefit of natural resources and the region.
Perform as member of various GRMW technical teams to prioritize, identify, plan, develop, review and recommend watershed projects for funding and implementation. | | |
| | C | 114 | Identify and Select Projects | CTUIR Grande Ronde Subbasin Restoration Project Development and Coordination | Develop CTUIR sponsored habitat protection, restoration and enhancement project opportunities. Work includes developing access to properties, communicating and developing relationships and opportunities with landowners, initiating technical assessments of existing conditions, limiting factors, goals and objectives and development of conceptual resource enhancement plans.
Project development initiation includes preparation of project prospectus as the initial GRMW stepwise element for project initiation which is reviewed, evaluated by the GRMW Atlas Implementation Team which determines whether a project proceeds with basin team support based on the most current biological and physical habitat data.
Projects supported at initial step are incorporated into more detailed project planning and design effort to further develop project opportunity.
Prospective upcoming Grande Ronde Basin projects include:
1. McCoy Meadows (GRMW Prospectus developed, reviewed, and approved during 2020).
2. Lookingglass Conservation Project (GRMW Prospectus developed, reviewed, and approved during 2020).
3. Catherine Creek RM43 Fish Passage Assessment and Development of Alternatives
Future projects that are in conceptual planning state include:
4. Dark Canyon Conservation Property Large Wood Additions
5. CC44 Southern Cross Adaptive Management Evaluation | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened), Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii), Wildlife |
| | D | 175 | Produce Design | Lookingglass Project Design | The Lookingglass Floodplain Restoration project is a high priority action (as identified in the Upper Grande Ronde Atlas prioritization framework (UGR 1) Tier 3) in a high priority area as determined by the Grande Ronde Atlas Development Team based on the most current biological and physical habitat data.
Oversee, administer, and facilitate ongoing fish habitat and floodplain restoration design on Lookingglass Conservation Property. Tasks include administration and coordination of subcontracted engineering services for habitat restoration and new bridge on Lookingglass Creek. Design work includes survey, hydraulic modeling, completion of construction drawings and specifications, bridge/foundation design and specifications, and assistance with environmental permitting/technical support and development of construction contract bid solicitations and construction contractor selection. Project design contractor (Wolfe Water Resources) was selected and awarded a contract in August 2022. Project planning and design has continued through 2024 with 80% designs completed and progress towards final design. Design delays are largely attributed to the need to complete initial Section 106 surveys in order to adjust designs to avoid resources and impacts. Final section 106 surveys and reporting is scheduled for completion during summer 2025. CTUIR's intent is to finalize design and permitting during 2025 with initiation in phase 1 construction in Fall 2025 with project activation and construction completion during summer 2026.
The Project is located in the Grande Ronde River Basin along Lookingglass Creek, a tributary of the Grande Ronde River, between river miles 4 to 6. The project reach sits at an elevation of approximately 2,800 feet with contributing watershed area of 95 square miles, which is predominantly spring-fed and snowmelt driven. The project reach is under ownership of the CTUIR and is bordered by Umatilla National Forest and private industrial timber lands. The property was acquired by the CTUIR in 2016 with the intent of restoring a fully functional floodplain complete with a diverse native riparian community consistent with the River Vision that promotes dynamic river functions that provides sustainable harvest of first foods for tribal members. A permanent conservation easement agreement was established by the CTUIR through Bonneville Power Administration in order to protect, conserve, and allow for the enhancement of the Conservation Values. The project is intended to benefit native fish including spring Chinook salmon (reintroduced population using Catherine Creek broodstock), summer steelhead and bull trout by restoring floodplain processes and improving spawning and rearing habitat. Restoration actions coupled with conservation protection will aid in the effort to improve riparian corridors and wildlife habitat within the 2.34 mile reach of mainstem Lookingglass Creek. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened) | Freshwater Mussels, Lamprey, Pacific (Entosphenus tridentata), Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened), Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii) |
| | E | 180 | Enhance Floodplain/Remove, Modify, Breach Dike | Lookingglass Project - Floodplain reconnection | As identified in the Upper Grande Ronde Atlas prioritization framework (UGR 1) Tier 3, based on the most current biological and physical habitat data, the purpose of project is to restore floodplain and geomorphic process, increase habitat complexity diversity and resiliency, and improve habitat suitability for native fishery resources.
Project area encompasses approximately 3 miles and 130 acres of floodplain along the mainstem of Lookingglass Creek on the CTUIR's Lookingglass Conservation Property in the Grand Ronde River Basin.
Project will address floodplain connectivity, bed and channel form and habitat complexity to address habitat limiting factors identified in Grande Ronde Atlas for BSR 1. Target focal species included spring Chinook salmon, summer steelhead, and bull trout, including adult holding and spawning and juvenile rearing habitat.
Project is designed as a hybrid valley reset to replace channelized segments along Lookingglass and promote/connect floodplain and anastomosing channel complex. The lower 1 mile of Lookingglass is naturally confined and will be enhanced by installing habitat boulders. The upper 2 miles of the Lookingglass project reach include artificially channelized segments, entrenchment and opportunity to restore historic floodplain habitat through in channel structure and strategic topographic grading.
Construction includes floodplain and channel grading, installation of large wood and boulder structures, bioengineering/revegetation treatments, construction and maintenance of bypass channel, and installation and management of Best Management Practices. See budget tab for detail associated with project elements, quantities and estimated budget line items.
Project will be constructed in phases beginning in Fall 2025 through late winter 2026 pending site condition (Phase 1). Phase 1 includes channel and floodplain grading, vegetation salvage, and BMP's outside of active channel and in-water work window. Phase 2 is scheduled for summer 2026 and includes completion of project construction and activation. Project construction spans two funding cycles under CTUIR-BPA funding agreement (FY25 and FY26). CTUIR plans to secure additional construction funds from GRMW stepwise process for phase 2 construction and project completion. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - All Populations, Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii), Whitefish, Mountain (Prosopium williamsoni) |
| | F | 30 | Realign, Connect, and/or Create Channel | Lookingglass Project - Realign, Connect, Create Channel | As identified in the Upper Grande Ronde Atlas prioritization framework (UGR 1) Tier 3, based on the most current biological and physical habitat data, the purpose of project is to restore floodplain and geomorphic process, increase habitat complexity diversity and resiliency, and improve habitat suitability for native fishery resources.
Project area encompasses approximately 3 miles and 130 acres of floodplain along the mainstem of Lookingglass Creek on the CTUIR's Lookingglass Conservation Property in the Grand Ronde River Basin.
Project will address floodplain connectivity, bed and channel form and habitat complexity to address habitat limiting factors identified in Grande Ronde Atlas for BSR 1. Target focal species included spring Chinook salmon, summer steelhead, and bull trout, including adult holding and spawning and juvenile rearing habitat.
Project is designed as a hybrid valley reset to replace channelized segments along Lookingglass and promote/connect floodplain and anastomosing channel complex. The lower 1 mile of Lookingglass is naturally confined and will be enhanced by installing habitat boulders. The upper 2 miles of the Lookingglass project reach include artificially channelized segments, entrenchment and opportunity to restore historic floodplain habitat through in channel structure and strategic topographic grading.
Construction includes floodplain and channel grading, installation of large wood and boulder structures, bioengineering/revegetation treatments, construction and maintenance of bypass channel, and installation and management of Best Management Practices. See budget tab for detail associated with project elements, quantities and estimated budget line items.
Project will be constructed in phases beginning in Fall 2025 through late winter 2026 pending site condition (Phase 1). Phase 1 includes channel and floodplain grading, vegetation salvage, and BMP's outside of active channel and in-water work window. Phase 2 is scheduled for summer 2026 and includes completion of project construction and activation. Project construction spans two funding cycles under CTUIR-BPA funding agreement (FY25 and FY26). CTUIR plans to secure additional construction funds from GRMW stepwise process for phase 2 construction and project completion. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - All Populations, Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened) | Trout, Rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Whitefish, Mountain (Prosopium williamsoni) |
| | G | 29 | Increase Aquatic and/or Floodplain Complexity | Lookingglass Project - Habitat Complexity | As identified in the Upper Grande Ronde Atlas prioritization framework (UGR 1) Tier 3, based on the most current biological and physical habitat data, the purpose of project is to restore floodplain and geomorphic process, increase habitat complexity diversity and resiliency, and improve habitat suitability for native fishery resources.
Project area encompasses approximately 3 miles and 130 acres of floodplain along the mainstem of Lookingglass Creek on the CTUIR's Lookingglass Conservation Property in the Grand Ronde River Basin.
Project will address floodplain connectivity, bed and channel form and habitat complexity to address habitat limiting factors identified in Grande Ronde Atlas for BSR 1. Target focal species included spring Chinook salmon, summer steelhead, and bull trout, including adult holding and spawning and juvenile rearing habitat.
Project is designed as a hybrid valley reset to replace channelized segments along Lookingglass and promote/connect floodplain and anastomosing channel complex. The lower 1 mile of Lookingglass is naturally confined and will be enhanced by installing habitat boulders. The upper 2 miles of the Lookingglass project reach include artificially channelized segments, entrenchment and opportunity to restore historic floodplain habitat through in channel structure and strategic topographic grading.
Construction includes floodplain and channel grading, installation of large wood and boulder structures, bioengineering/revegetation treatments, construction and maintenance of bypass channel, and installation and management of Best Management Practices. See budget tab for detail associated with project elements, quantities and estimated budget line items.
Project will be constructed in phases beginning in Fall 2025 through late winter 2026 pending site condition (Phase 1). Phase 1 includes channel and floodplain grading, vegetation salvage, and BMP's outside of active channel and in-water work window. Phase 2 is scheduled for summer 2026 and includes completion of project construction and activation. Project construction spans two funding cycles under CTUIR-BPA funding agreement (FY25 and FY26). CTUIR plans to secure additional construction funds from GRMW stepwise process for phase 2 construction and project completion. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened), Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened) | Trout, Rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Whitefish, Mountain (Prosopium williamsoni) |
| | H | 47 | Plant Vegetation | Lookingglass Project - Plant Vegetation | As identified in the Upper Grande Ronde Atlas prioritization framework (UGR 1) Tier 3, based on the most current biological and physical habitat data, the purpose of project is to restore floodplain and geomorphic process, increase habitat complexity diversity and resiliency, and improve habitat suitability for native fishery resources.
Project area encompasses approximately 3 miles and 130 acres of floodplain along the mainstem of Lookingglass Creek on the CTUIR's Lookingglass Conservation Property in the Grand Ronde River Basin.
Project will address floodplain connectivity, bed and channel form and habitat complexity to address habitat limiting factors identified in Grande Ronde Atlas for BSR 1. Target focal species included spring Chinook salmon, summer steelhead, and bull trout, including adult holding and spawning and juvenile rearing habitat.
Project is designed as a hybrid valley reset to replace channelized segments along Lookingglass and promote/connect floodplain and anastomosing channel complex. The lower 1 mile of Lookingglass is naturally confined and will be enhanced by installing habitat boulders. The upper 2 miles of the Lookingglass project reach include artificially channelized segments, entrenchment and opportunity to restore historic floodplain habitat through in channel structure and strategic topographic grading.
Construction includes floodplain and channel grading, installation of large wood and boulder structures, bioengineering/revegetation treatments, construction and maintenance of bypass channel, and installation and management of Best Management Practices. See budget tab for detail associated with project elements, quantities and estimated budget line items.
Project will be constructed in phases beginning in Fall 2025 through late winter 2026 pending site condition (Phase 1). Phase 1 includes channel and floodplain grading, vegetation salvage, and BMP's outside of active channel and in-water work window. Phase 2 is scheduled for summer 2026 and includes completion of project construction and activation. Project construction spans two funding cycles under CTUIR-BPA funding agreement (FY25 and FY26). CTUIR plans to secure additional construction funds from GRMW stepwise process for phase 2 construction and project completion. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened), Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened) | Trout, Rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Whitefish, Mountain (Prosopium williamsoni) |
| | I | 198 | Maintain Vegetation | Maintain Vegetation and Control Weeds on conservation projects | Implement weed management plans on project areas to control noxious and undesirable weeds on the following:
* CC37 riparian easement
* Southern Cross Conservation Property
* Cunha Dark Canyon
* Lookingglass Conservation Property
* Bird Track Project
* Rock Creek projects
Work includes subcontracting and coordination with Union County Weed control program to treat project area non native weeds using a combination of strategies, including biological and herbicides treatments to reduce noxious weeds and facilitate colonization of native plant communities. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened) | Freshwater Mussels, Lamprey, Pacific (Entosphenus tridentata), Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii), Wildlife |
| | J | 186 | Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage/Structure | Maintain instream structures, fences, and off-channel water developments | Annually inspect projects to ensure that structures and other project elements are operating correctly and achieving project objectives. Work includes monitoring livestock exclusion fences, coordination with landowners and removal of livestock within fenced easement boundaries, fence repair, and seasonal installation and removal of livestock water access gaps.
Projects include:
* Bird Track Springs
* McCoy
* Dark Canyon Creek
* Meadow/McCoy
* Rock Creek
* Catherine Creek
* Grande Ronde River Projects. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened) | Freshwater Mussels, Lamprey, Pacific (Entosphenus tridentata), Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened), Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii), Wildlife |
| | K | 186 | Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage/Structure | Pre & post project evaluations | Project action effectiveness monitoring is conducted through separate programs and funding sources, including CTUIR Bio Monitoring Project (BPA 2007-014-00) and CTUIR Restoration Monitoring in the Grande Ronde Basin (2007-083-00).
Monitoring under these programs include pre and post project habitat and channel/floodplain/topographic surveys and analysis, thermal refugia evaluation, and juvenile and adult fish use. Objectives of these efforts include the measurement of changes following habitat improvement, evaluating relationships of habitat quality and biological interaction, and providing information that supports adaptive management and improvements in habitat restoration and enhancement development.
Additionally, several projects sponsored by CTUIR are evaluated through BPA's Action Effectiveness Monitoring (AEM) program, including riparian vegetation, large wood, and floodplain monitoring.
The Grande Ronde Model Watershed also contributes to monitoring and evaluation of projects through BPA and OWEB FIP funding. Efforts include drone imagery capture, ortho imagery, photos/video and repeat habitat surveys using ODFW methodology which is funded through OWEB Fish.
The habitat project conducts and participates in pre-project data (morphology, topography, water temperature, groundwater elevations, photos etc.) collection and post project photo points, post project channel cross sections and profiles, water temperature and groundwater elevation data collection and evaluation. | Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened), Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened) | Trout, Interior Redband (O. mykiss gairdnerii), Wildlife |
| | L | 99 | Outreach and Education | Public Outreach and Education | Conduct and coordinate public outreach and education. Activities include internal CTUIR program activities and coordination with the GRMW in outreach and education opportunities. Activities include preparation and delivery of presentations, participating in public forums, conducting project field tours, and meeting and coordinating with landowners to facilitate habitat and conservation related discussion and action. | | |
| | M | 119 | Manage and Administer Projects | Manage, Administer and Facilitate CTUIR GR Subbasin Restoration Project | This work element includes general administration of the CTUIR Grande Ronde Watershed Restoration Project. Duties include managing BPA contracting responsibilities, developing annual statements of work and budgets, budget tracking and reporting, supervising, directing, and managing personnel and work tasks, training, managing vehicles, property and equipment, responding to internal and public inquiries, and project planning.
Note: This WE should not include all overhead/indirect for all contract actions. The only overhead/indirect that should be associated with WE is the overhead/indirect that it takes to accomplish the Milestones in WE N. For example, the staff time needed to complete invoicing to BPA would include the overhead/indirect associated with those staff hours and be part of the WE L WE Budget Estimate. Overhead and indirect for all other contract actions should be divided among the various WEs, depending on the staff time, equipment and travel needs for each respective WE. | | |
| | N | 132 | Produce Progress (Annual) Report | 2024 Annual Report - May 2024 - April 2025 | Prepare Annual Report. Report will document and summarize administrative and management accomplishments, restoration project implementation and results.
* Summarize the project goal, objectives, monitoring results, completed and uncompleted deliverables, problems encountered, lessons learned, and long-term planning for future improvement. Were the project designs implemented as planned? Were the desired results achieved? Include before and after pictures.
* Project maintenance activities.
* Monitoring and evaluation results.
* Summary of the meetings attended and their outcomes.
* Budget expenditures.
Utilize habitat reporting template. BPA-required format guidance can be found at the following link: https://www.cbfish.org/Help.mvc/GuidanceDocuments | | |
| | O | 141 | Produce Other Reports | Other Reports for BPA | Summarize the project goal, objectives, completed and uncompleted deliverables, problems encountered, lessons learned, and long-term planning for future improvement. Were the project designs implemented as planned? Were the desired results achieved? Include before and after pictures. Utilize habitat reporting template. BPA-required format guidance can be found at the following link:
https://www.cbfish.org/Help.mvc/GuidanceDocumentshttp://www.cbfish.org/Help.mvc/GuidanceDocuments.
Upload the follow reports to specified contracts at the conclusion of project:
Catherine Creek RM43 Project Planning and Design Reports
Middle Upper Grande Ronde River Phase 2 & 3 Fish Habitat Enhancement Project Completion Report | | |
| | P | 185 | Produce CBFish Status Report | Quarterly Status Reports | CTUIR shall report on the status of milestones and deliverables in CBFish on a quarterly basis. In each report, when the work reaches a terminal status, additional data (actual metrics, updated budgets, final locations, etc.) may be required upon submitting the report to the BPA COR. | | |
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