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CCR-20674 (3/3/2011)

Add new WE, M, to add PIT tag antenna installation action in Fifteenmile Ck.  Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (2010-035) staff will identify locations for two new PIT tag detection arrays.  ISEMP will provide material and guidance on how to install, configure and operate these arrays.

NCTE with period of 2 months.  New end date for contract 46273 Release 8 will be 6/30/2011.  WE impacted are F (PIT tag antenna array construction), E (Develop pilot enterprise-level data management system), G (ISEMP data analysis coordination),  L (Design PIT tag antenna for ODFW for Fifteenmile Ck.), and administrative elements H, J and K (Manage project, periodic status reporting, annual progress report).


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Note regarding property inventory:  

Prior Contract 35962 -- NOAA-Fisheries

Digital Angel FS1001M Multiplexing PIT tag transceiver  S/N 7100  Acquisition Date 2/1/09  Cost: $8,500 POC: Chris Jordan 541.754.4629
Digital Angel FS1001M Multiplexing PIT tag transceiver  S/N 7101  Acquisition Date 2/1/09  Cost: $8,500 POC: Chris Jordan 541.754.4629

Digital Angel FS1001M Multiplexing PIT tag transceiver  S/N xxxx  Acquisition Date 4/6/10  Cost: $8,500 POC: Chris Jordan 541.754.4629
Digital Angel FS1001M Multiplexing PIT tag transceiver  S/N xxxx  Acquisition Date 4/6/10  Cost: $8,500 POC: Chris Jordan 541.754.4629
Digital Angel FS1001M Multiplexing PIT tag transceiver  S/N xxxx  Acquisition Date 4/6/10  Cost: $8,500 POC: Chris Jordan 541.754.4629
Digital Angel FS1001M Multiplexing PIT tag transceiver  S/N xxxx  Acquisition Date 4/6/10  Cost: $8,500 POC: Chris Jordan 541.754.4629
Digital Angel FS1001M Multiplexing PIT tag transceiver  S/N 7195  Acquisition Date 4/6/10  Cost: $8,500 POC: Chris Jordan 541.754.4629

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This project seeks to develop two novel monitoring and evaluation programs: (i) subbasin-scale pilot status and trend monitoring efforts for anadromous salmonids and their habitat in the Wenatchee, John Day and Salmon River basins, and (ii) effectiveness monitoring for suites of habitat restoration projects in selected watersheds within the three target subbasins.  This work builds on current status and trend monitoring programs within each of these basins; however, the proposed work differs structurally from much of the ongoing status and trend monitoring work as it focuses on the explicit development and testing of the sampling protocols and methodologies required for generating habitat and population monitoring data of known spatio-temporal resolution, accuracy and precision.  The proposed work expands on the utility of status monitoring data to explicitly address watershed-scale questions of habitat restoration action effectiveness.  The ultimate objective of the project is to develop an end-to-end data gathering to analysis system that supports tributary habitat off-site mitigation actions.

This contract's specific portion of the entire project (2003-017-00) will address overall coordination tasks.  The overall technical and scientific coordination of the project will be accomplished by the project sponsor (NMFS/NWFSC, Dr. Chris Jordan) through this contract.  

This contract will also cover three additional technical coordination tasks: data collation to support initial design and scoping, data management system design and development, and statistical support for project data analysis.  These tasks fall under the overarching heading of technical project management, and are identified as individual tasks as they will be accomplished through a variety of subcontracting vehicles initiated by the project sponsor.

The role of actions under this contract are to integrate and oversee all other ISEMP (2003-017) contract and cost-share actions.  As a result, some WEs appear redundant with other contracts; however, these are shared tasks and tasks where direct NOAA staff or contractor participation is necessary.  All potential WE overlap is identified in the WE description.

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FastTrack Technical Review Provision

Work Element L -- Upgrade and Operations/Maintenance of PIT tag antenna arrays

Work Element L is a discrete suite of on-the-ground actions to upgrade existing PIT tag antenna locations in Big and Valley Ck (Salmon R, ID) and implement a consistent infrastructure and protocol across the ISEMP PIT tag antenna sites in terms of operation  and maintenance.  Currently the work involved in WE L is under technical review as part of the ISEMP (project 2003-017-00) FastTrack proposal.  Fish and Wildlife Program projects must receive technical review and approval prior to implementation; therefore, WE L tasks will only be implemented when the technical review process is complete and the workplan has been approved.  All tasks described in WE L are similar to and consistent with current project actions, so the technical review process is not considering novel, unproven components.  Nonetheless, actions surrounding WE L tasks will be limited to budget and workplan development, as captured in this CR, as well as contracting with provisional language that triggers implementation upon successful technical review.