SPOKANE TRIBAL HATCHERY
FY 2005
STATEMENT OF WORK & BUDGET

For amendment into the:
INTERGOVERNMENT CONTRACT 00004731
Between the BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION And THE SPOKANE TRIBE OF INDIANS

-- PROJECT GOAL

The goal of this project is to participate in a program to restore and enhance the Grand Coulee impoundments (Lake Roosevelt and Banks Lake) fisheries.  The objective of this project is to produce kokanee salmon and rainbow trout to provide a harvestable fishery in Lake Roosevelt and Banks Lake.  

This project adheres to the Northwest Power Planning Council's Resident Fish Substitution Policies/Measures of its Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program including the Biological Objectives Measures to mitigate for hydropower related fish losses in the blocked area above Chief Joseph/Grand Coulee Dams (see NPPC citations in Section 3).   Further more, since this project is in a blocked area where Anadromous fish cannot return and existing populations of naturally producing fish (including native species replica) are limited by reservoir operations (e.g. normal and ESA/Bi-Op mandated salmon flow measures, flood control) this project is identified as a "high priority" to meet the Council's Fish and Wildlife Program measure's for Lake Roosevelt as well as the fishery management objectives outlined in the Inter-Mountain Lake Roosevelt Sub basin Summary.  As noted in the summary, fishery management objectives and limiting factors for the Lake Roosevelt fisheries resource necessitates this project in conjunction with the Sherman Creek Hatchery and the Lake Roosevelt Net Pen Rearing (Kokanee and Rainbow Trout) Projects.

-- BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Relationship to the Northwest Power Planning Council Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program.

The Spokane Tribal Hatchery -- (Galbraith Springs) -- was originally amended under the resident fish substitution section of the Northwest Power Planning Council's 1987 Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program [Sections 903(1)(g)(C)].  The significance of establishing this project to further goals of the Fish and Wildlife Program is exhibited in the Council's 1987 Five-Year Action Plan where in section 1403(7)(7.3) states that the BPA shall:  "Fund design, construction, operation and maintenance of kokanee salmon hatcheries at Galbraith Springs and at Sherman Creek, starting in Fiscal Year 1988".  Additional language for the operation and maintenance of this project is included in the resident fish substitution section [10(8)(b)(2)] of the Council's 1994 Fish and Wildlife Plan (as amended in 1995).

This project has also been reviewed and approved through the initial NPPC Provincial Review process and is currently participating in the Artificial Production Review and Evaluation (APRE) process.  Hatchery and Genetic Management Plans, one each for kokanee salmon and rainbow trout production, have been submitted.   Further participation will be required in 2003 for evaluation and implementation of possible reform measures.  A separate contract between the Spokane Tribe and NPPC has been initiated to cover the costs of participating in the APRE.

-Hatchery Lease for the Spokane Tribal Hatchery & O&M Intergovernmental Contract

In June of 1990, funding for hatchery construction and initial operation and maintenance were procured through two Agreements between the Spokane Tribe of Indians and Bonneville Power Administration.  The first Agreement was the "Hatchery Lease for the Spokane Tribal Hatchery", Contract Number DE-MS9-90BP92905, which was for the purpose of BPA to "construct, operate, and maintain…" the hatchery.  The second Agreement was the "Operation and Maintenance Agreement", Contract Number DE-MS79-90BP92906, which was for the purpose of BPA to "assure continuous, cost-effective and prudent operation and maintenance…" of the hatchery.  Term of each Agreement was intended for 25 years, performance period of June 7, 1990 to June 7, 2015, with language for a renewal period of another 25 years.  The original O&M Agreement has since been converted to an Intergovernmental Contract with all terms and conditions of the Lease Agreement incorporated.

-Project Description

The Spokane Tribal Hatchery is one component of 4 artificial production projects operated complementary of one another as part of a program to restore and enhance the Grand Coulee impoundment fisheries (Lake Roosevelt and Banks Lake).  The other artificial production components include the Sherman Creek Hatchery, Ford Trout Hatchery and the Lake Roosevelt Kokanee and Rainbow Trout Net Pen Projects.  The Spokane Tribe operates the Spokane Tribal Hatchery, the WDF&W operates the Sherman Creek Hatchery, Ford Trout Hatchery and the Kokanee Net Pen Project and the Lake Roosevelt Development Association operates the Rainbow Trout Net Pen Project.

Each project has its own production goal to collectively produce up to 500,000 kokanee yearlings, 3 million kokanee fry and 500,000 rainbow trout yearlings for annual stocking into Lake Roosevelt and Banks Lake.  Fishery managers from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Spokane Tribe of Indians and Colville Confederated Tribes comprise the Lake Roosevelt Hatcheries Coordination Team responsible for directing hatchery and net pen rearing operations.  Performance and evaluation of hatchery and net pen reared fish released into the project area and the impact on the biota is monitored and evaluated by the Lake Roosevelt and Banks Lake Fisheries Evaluation Programs.  


-- LOCATION OF PROJECT

-Description of Project Area

Lake Roosevelt is a mainstem Columbia River impoundment formed by Grand Coulee Dam in 1941.  The reservoir, located in Northeast Washington, inundates 33,490 hectares at a full pool elevation of 393 m above sea level.  Lake Roosevelt has a maximum width of 3.4 km, and maximum depth of 122 m (Stober et al. 1981).  The Spokane Tribal Hatchery is located near the south/eastern region of Lake Roosevelt at Metamooteles Springs (formerly known as Galbraith Springs), which effluent flows into Chamokane Creek, a tributary near the Spokane arm of the reservoir.  

-- BPA FURNISHED PROPERTY

Designed and constructed by the BPA, the Spokane Tribal Hatchery, is a state of the art facility with modern fish production equipment.  The hatchery consists of 44 indoor/outdoor raceways with 26,752 cubic feet of rearing space, utilizes ground and surface water, incubates fish eggs using self fabricated upwelling units, employs sophisticated oxygenation system and uses modern fish handling and transportation equipment.  The hatchery has a laboratory consisting of microscopes (phase contrast and dissecting), analytical balances and fish necropsy tools.  The grounds surrounding the hatchery include a visitor's center, picnic and cultural interpretive center (under development).  Vehicles include 2 utility trucks, 1 fish transport truck, tractor and atv.  The Spokane Tribe maintains an inventory of all BPA funded/furnished equipment and property.

-- STATEMENT OF WORK

-2005 ANNUAL PRODUCTION GOAL (APG)

The Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Team (fishery managers from the Spokane Tribe of Indians, Colville Confederated Tribes and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) establishes the annual fish production goal for this project utilizing data results of the Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Evaluation Program.   The current annual production goal of the Spokane Tribal Hatchery is 3 million kokanee fry, 500,000 kokanee yearlings and 500,000 rainbow trout fingerlings.

Operationally, the Spokane Tribal Hatchery will initially culture up to 4 million kokanee eggs and 625,000 rainbow trout eggs (December to February), and assuming a 80% or better survival rate from incubation to feeding fry (March), approximately 3 million kokanee fry and 500,000 rainbow trout are produced.  In terms of kokanee production and release, 300,000 kokanee fingerlings are released into Banks Lake May-June and 500,000 are held/carried over at the Spokane Tribal Hatchery for release as yearlings the following year, May to June.  In terms of rainbow trout, 250,000 are transferred to the Sherman Creek Hatchery project in July and 250,000 are transferred to the Lake Roosevelt Rainbow Trout Net Pen project September to November.  Fish production and distribution specifics are listed in the following objectives and tasks.