SUMMARY

Terraqua, Inc. will provide three of six habitat survey field crew members and BioAnalysts, Inc. will provide 1 habitat survey field crew member to represent the Upper Columbia Monitoring Strategy field protocols in the PNAMP Side-by-Side Monitoring Protocols Comparison Study in the John Day River in the summer of 2005.  The two other crew members will be provided under separate funding by NOAA Fisheries and will represent the Colville Confederated Tribes.  Habitat surveys will be conducted according to the study design (Roper 2005) and the study design review (ISAB 2005) and according to the results of a coordination meeting scheduled for May 5, 2005.  These study design documents specify that survey crews will be hired, trained, and conduct habitat surveys consitent with the protocol being represented.  Data collected as part of this study will be collected, validated, and collated by Terraqua, Inc. and transmitted to PNAMP for statistical analysis.  

COORDINATION (Work Element #118)

Completion of this SOW by Terraqua, Inc. will be dependent on the implementation of the PNAMP Side-by-Side Monitoring Protocols Comparison Study in the John Day River in the summer of 2005, on subcontracting with BioAnalysts, Inc., and by the proper performance of two crew members to be provided by NOAA under separate funding.  The PNAMP study is described in more detail in:

Roper, B.  2005.  Study design for comparing monitoring protocols [in the John Day Side-by-Side Monitoring Protocols Comparison Study].  PNAMP.

ISAB.  2005.  Review of the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership's "Study design for comparing monitoring protocols.  March 18, 2005.  NPCC, Portland, Oregon.

Completion of this SOW by Terraqua, Inc., will also be dependent on coordination and training by Washington Department of Ecology who is implementing UCMS protocols in the Wenatchee Subbasin under BPA Project #2003-017-00.

Coordination will be necessary with other contributors to the PNAMP Side-by-Side study.  A representative from Terraqua will participate in a pre-season meeting of the PNAMP Side-by-Side study committee to further define technical aspects of this study's design.

The PNAMP contact person for this work coordination will be:
Steve Lanigan
USDA Forest Service, Pacific NW Region
333 SW First Ave.
Portland, OR 97204
Telephone: (503) 808-2261
Email: slanigan@fs.fed.us

TECHNICAL METHODS FOR STREAM HABITAT SURVEYS (Work Element #157)

Technical methods for all work conducted under this work element for this SOW will follow protocols specified in the following document (referred to herein as Upper Columbia Monitoring Strategy or UCMS) unless changes to these methods are mutually agreed to by the Regional Technical Team and NOAA Fisheries:
                         Hillman, T.W.  2004.  Monitoring strategy for the Upper Columbia Basin: Draft report February 1, 2004. Prepared for Upper Columbia Regional Technical Team, Wenatchee, Washington

These technical methods will be carried out in accordance with a final study design (to be finalized in May 2005) based on the following draft study design documents:

Roper, B.  2005.  Study design for comparing monitoring protocols [in the John Day Side-by-Side Monitoring Protocols Comparison Study].  PNAMP.

ISAB.  2005.  Review of the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership's "Study design for comparing monitoring protocols.  March 18, 2005.  NPCC, Portland, Oregon.

It is possible that changes to the final study design could require a change in this SOW.  Actual changes to this SOW must be approved by BPA.

In advance of actual habitat surveying in the John Day, the three field crews will be trained in UCMS protocols by the Washington Department of Ecology personnel conducting UCMS protocols in the Wenatchee Subbasin as part of the ISEMP project (BPA Project #2003-017-00).  Field crew members will range in experience "from novice to seasoned veteran" (ISAB 2005) though at least 3 of 6 crew members will have relatively high levels of previous training.  This training will occur over a three-day period in early July 2005.  Crew members from Terraqua will have received additional training through (a) training in the Wenatchee in 2004, (b) work replicating habitat surveys at 5 field sites in the Wenatchee under the ISEMP project (BPA Project #2003-017-00), and (c) work in the Entiat River under the ISEMP project (BPA Project #2003-017-00).  BioAnalyst crew members have also used these protocols in the past when BioAnalysts designed the UCMS protocols.

Channel and riparian habitat will be characterized by collecting data for each specific indicator listed in Table 1 per protocols described in Hillman (2004) by each of three field crews at each of 12 sampling sites as necessitated by the final study design by PNAMP.  Performance of this habitat characterization will require the use of necessary field equipment and supplies, and/or replacement equipment or supplies that will be billed to BPA at a daily rate times the number of person days actually used.  

Terraqua will deliver one set of photocopied raw data sheets and will deliver quality controlled, georeferenced raw data, with summarized site-averaged values for each indicator listed in Table 1, in electronic (spreadsheet or database) format to PNAMP.

Table 1. List of specific indicators to be measured at each sampling site per protocols in Hillman (2004)

       General
Characteristics Specific Indicators Data to be Delivered for Each of 12 Sites (1 visit each)
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Site Description Site number (from Sample Site List); stream name, short site location description (e.g., Trout
Creek upstream of Pine Campground); actual coordinates (decimal degrees) of x-site; field crew
member name; date(s) sampled; time began sampling; general weather description on day of
sampling, narrative comments about the site including any unusual habitat features or notes
regarding site location or access.

Habitat Quality Dominant substrate Raw pebble count data at 105 measurement points; site-calculated dominant substrate size.
Embeddedness Raw embeddedness data at 55 measurement points; site-averaged embeddedness percent.
LWD Site-total count of LWD pieces within each of three size categories (pieces/km).
Pools Site-total count pools (pools/km).
Residual pool depth Raw residual depth of each pool; site-average residual of all site pools.
Fish cover Percent class by area of stream covered by each of 9 cover types at 11 measurement points;
site-averaged percent class for each of 9 cover types.
Off-channels habitats List of each off-channel habitat unit by type; length of each off-channel habitat unit; site-total
count of each of 6 types of off-channel habitats; site-total length of off-channel habitats.
Macroinvertebrate Macroinvertebrate sample.

Channel Condition Stream gradient Straight-line distance between transect/thalweg intersections; straight line length of sample-site;
elevation drop between transect/thalweg intersections; total elevation drop over sample site; site
averaged stream gradient.
Width/depth ratio Site averaged width/depth ratio.
Wetted width Site averaged wetted width.
Bankfull width Site averaged bankfull width.
Bank stability Percent of the lineal distance of bank that is actively eroding at the active channel height at 22
measurement points; site-averaged percent of the lineal distance of bank that is actively eroding
at the active channel height.
Entrenchment Ratio Entrenchment ratio calculated at each measuring point; site-averaged entrenchment ratio.
Sinuosity Site-averaged sinuosity.

Riparian condition Structure Percent class of areal cover (by three vegetation classes) at each of 22 measurement points;
site-averaged percent class of areal cover (by three vegetation classes); vegetation type will be
described at each of 22 measurement points.
Disturbance The presence (11 classes) and proximity (4 classes) of human land-use activities in the riparian
area of 22 measurement points.
Canopy cover Raw canopy cover data at 66 measurement points; site-averaged canopy cover.

Reach
Characterization Channel type (Rosgen) Predominant Rosgen Level 1 channel type within site based on sinuosity, entrenchment ratio,
width, depth ratio, and slope; notes if site encompasses more than one Rosgen channel type.
Bed-form type Predominant bed-form type within site; amount of confinement within site.





SCHEDULE INCLUDING REPORTING

May 5, 2005 PNAMP final study design and pre-season coordination meeting
July 1, 2005: Contract Effective date
July 7, 2005:       First monthly report
July 16, 2005 Complete training with WDOE
Sept. 7, 2005 Second monthly report
Sept. 15, 2005 Complete habitat surveys in the John Day.
Oct. 7, 2005 Third monthly report
Oct. 15, 2005 Deliver summarized data to PNAMP
Nov. 7, 2005 Fourth monthly report
Dec. 7, 2005 Fifth monthly report
Dec. 30, 2005 Draft annual report and BioOp reporting elements -- Final Annual Report will be due within 1 month of receipt of BPA comments on draft.