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| A | 107807 | 165 | Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Obtain Environmental Compliance | Coordinate with project participants to fulfill NEPA and environmental compliance requirements for habitat restoration projects. | $7,500 | 2.40% | 03/01/2013 | 02/28/2014 |
| B | 107808 | 186 | Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage/Structure | Maintain Riparian Fencing | BPA is the lead agency.
Maintenance of riparian fencing is on-going and conducted as a necessity to maintain the integrity of restored features/habitat attributes.
The Habitat Program currently maintains 61.1 miles of riparian fence on the Reservation to protect fish habitat.
Staff, equipment and vehicle funding for this work element will be supplied through this contract annually. Funding levels will vary based on need and whether newly constructed or restored sites need protection. It is anticipated that this riparian fence network will increase over time as projects are implemented that require long term maintenance. Several funding sources and partners have contributed to this fence network over the past 30 years which will continue as new fences are proposed and constructed. BPA will be the sole agency providing funding for the long-term maintenance and monitoring of these fences through the Accord period.
Table 1 below presents a list of the fence network located within the watersheds on the Reservation. The biological intent of the fence network is to protect essential salmonid habitats (spawning and rearing), and protect and enhance wetland areas that contribute fine sediment to essential salmonid habitats. Fences are constructed around many of the habitat enhancement projects to protect each site in perpetuity. The entire Warm Springs Reservation Fence Network currently includes 61.1 miles of riparian fence, which will be maintained through the period of the contract.
A map of the riparian fence network is presented in the section 10 Narrative for the CTWSHRP and the Annual Riparian Fence Monitoring Report provided as a deliverable for this WE.
Table 1. Miles of riparian fence in each watershed
Warm Springs Reservation Riparian Fence Network
Summary of Current Riparian Fence Projects and Associated Metrics
Project Fence Miles Stream Miles Protected Stream Bank Miles Protected Riparian Acres Protected
Deschutes River
Main-stem 21.6 13.7 13.7 336.0
Skookum Creek 1.5 0.7 1.4 27.0
Warm Springs River
Lower 4.7 4.2 4.2 177.0
McKinley-Arthur 5.5 3.4 6.8 348.0
Beaver Creek
Dahl Pine 6.8 4.0 8.0 242.0
Fawn Flat 4.6 2.6 5.3 151.0
Mill Creek 2.1 2.0 4.0 89.0
(Potter's Ponds)
Badger Creek 4.2 5.0 10.0 220.0
Dry Creek 4.1 2.0 4.0 53.0
Quartz Creek
Lower 1.7 1.9 2.0 69.0
Red Lake 3.4 3.5 6.9 132.0
Happy Valley 0.9 0.4 0.8 6.0
Total 61.1 43.4 67.0 1860.0 | $40,000 | 12.79% | 03/01/2013 | 02/28/2014 |
| C | 107809 | 186 | Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage/Structure | Maintain Water Developments | BPA is the lead agency.
Nine water developments will be maintained.
Staff time, supplies and vehicle costs to accomplish this WE will be funded through this contract.
Project Fence Water Development
Deschutes River
Main-stem 1
Skookum Creek
Warm Springs River
Lower 3
McKinley-Arthur 2
Beaver Creek
Dahl Pine 1
Fawn Flat
Mill Creek (Potter's Ponds)
Badger Creek 2
Dry Creek
Quartz Creek
Lower
Red Lake
Happy Valley
Total 9 | $4,000 | 1.28% | 03/01/2013 | 02/28/2014 |
| D | 107810 | 186 | Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage/Structure | Mill Creek Riparian Fence Construction | Repair/Upgrade existing riparian fence.
The Warm Springs Reservation Fence Network includes 61.1 miles of riparian fence that will continue to be maintained through the life of this contract. This existing infrastructure is in varying states of function or disrepair and will be addressed as necessary to secure the integrity of restoration treatments.
The 2011 Powerline Fire completely burned the existing riparian fence (2.1 Miles) on Mill Creek at the Potter's Pond Site. This was assessed as an impact to essential salmonid habitat for Chinook salmon and Summer Steelhead in the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Plan for the 2011 High Cascades Complex of fires which included the Powerline Fire. Funding for labor ($10,000) and materials were provided to reconstruct this fence through the BAER plan. The fence will be constructed in the exact pre-fire location using these funds and additional funding through this BPA contract.
In perpetration for the completion of the habitat restoration project on Mill Creek at Potters Ponds and vicinity (in 2014) an additional protection fence is proposed for construction along Mill Creek just downstream of the B-140 road and the Potter's Pond fence. This is a new fence that will replace/upgrade some existing fence line and construct some new fence line ultimately protecting the newly constructed habitat and floodplain that will be completed by the large habitat restoration project in 2014.
BPA funds will be used to pay for the labor, and materials required to construct this fence in 2013. Along with the cultural survey and environmental compliance costs required during the planning stage of this project.
When complete this fence will be added to the ongoing (long-term) workload of annual maintenance associated with maintain fence work element.
Fence will be constructed to NRCS specifications. | $40,000 | 12.79% | 03/01/2013 | 02/28/2014 |
| E | 107811 | 197 | Maintain/Remove Vegetation | Vegetation Management | Over the life of the contract vegetation management to maintain the integrity and function of restored sites may involve replanting, weed pulling, mowing, watering or chemical treatment of noxious species.
Funding will be used to contract weed spray select knapweed sites along Shitike Creek a tributary to Upper Deschutes sites and weed control may occur in preparation for the implementation of the Potter's Pond Habitat Restoration Project in 2014. | $0 | 0.00% | 03/01/2013 | 02/28/2014 |
| F | 113632 | 30 | Realign, Connect, and/or Create Channel | Quartz Creek Restoration & Realignment | This project will reconnect/realign the North Fork of Quartz Creek into its historic channel adding an additional 850m of stream length, and also install two simulated beaver dam structures to entrain sediment before it reaches Beaver Creek. This project has had cultrual survey and THPO approval that was completed in 2011. An additional survey will be completed in 2013 the cover an access road to the restoration site.
The project objectives are to:
1. Reduce sediment delivery to Beaver Creek
2. Restore riparian and adjacent upland terrace vegetation.
3. Increase the seasonal wetland area.
Sediment will be entrained in three ways through this project:
1. Two simulated beaver dams will be constructed to create small seasonal wetland ponds that will entrain sediments
2. The increased length and sinuosity in the historic channel will reduce the overall slope of the channel and allow fine sediment to settle out.
3. Stabilizing the streambanks through sloping and replanting will reduce sediment delivery to the channel.
The project design was completed under the 2012 contract (#56858), WE G titled "Develop Design for Lower Quartz Creek Bank Stabilization Project." NRCS provided the technical assistance and engineering to complete the design. Funding for the construction of the project in the fall of 2013 will be provided by NRCS (~$70K) and BPA ($24K).
The project is located with a riparian protection fence completed in 2011. Maintenance and monitoring of the project will be funded by BPA through the life of the Accord. | $35,000 | 11.19% | 03/01/2013 | 02/28/2014 |
| G | 107815 | 175 | Produce Design | Mill Creek & Potter's Pond | Habitat Restoration on Mill Creek at Potter's Ponds is a large project planned for implementation in 2014. Engineered designs were submitted to BPA under the 2011 (Contract # 46174) and submitted to ISRP for review under the 2012 (Contract #56858).
Considerable planning, fundraising, permitting (including ESA consultation), implementation planning, materials acquisition, and design refinement is planned for 2013 so that the project is ready for implementation in 2014.
Refinement of the engineered designs and implementation schedule will occur through with the design firm Geo-Engineers through this work element. | $18,000 | 5.76% | 03/01/2013 | 02/28/2014 |
| H | 107816 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Collect Monitoring Data on Habitat Restoration & Protection Projects | Monitoring is conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of both habitat restoration and protection projects. Monitoring protocols were selected from the Columbia Basin ISEMP Program in conjunction with the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP), and are listed by project type in the narrative for this project.
In addition the Habitat Program will continue sediment monitoring of selected stream reaches in 2013 using approved McNeil Core sampling techniques for the Columbia Basin.
Site-specific monitoring results will be included the the project annual report. Fish population response will be coordinated from regional status and trend and watershed effectiveness monitoring that supports BPA's Fish and Wildlife Program objectives. | $15,000 | 4.80% | 03/01/2013 | 02/28/2014 |
| I | 107817 | 114 | Identify and Select Projects | Identify & Select Projects for Future Implementation | Work conducted under this element will include planning, prioritization and coordination that must occur to keep developing projects on a timeline. The CTWSHRP will develop an execute an instream and watershed scale restoration program that will technically supported and funded by a variety of different sources and agencies. In 2011 the CTWSHRP completed a Draft Implementation Plan for the mitigations associated with the March 4th 1999 American Transport, Inc. Gasoline spill into Beaver Butte Creek on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. The Implementation Plan describes 13 initial projects tiered to the mitigations listed in the Restoration Plan, and the CTWSHRP will continue work in 2013 to secure and manage the funding and projects associated with this plan. Currently the Draft Implementation has listed 13 separate projects, and secured $202,000 to match the $325,000 in the Settlement fund. In addition to the projects listed under this implementation there are a suite of other restoration projects, large and small that under various stages of development and planning. Moving these projects from concept through planning design and permitting to implementation are the tasks cover through this work element.
Staff time under this work element will involve working with internal natural resources staff, external agencies, Tribal committees, and other support parties to execute this Implementation Plan along with the CTWSHRP vision.
Many of the projects that the CTWSHRP will develop will have several common elements to them. These will include:
Livestock management--fencing, water developments and coordination with resource
users.
Vegetation management--planting, weed spraying, thinning. Maintain a diverse, dynamic
mosaic of native vegetation communities and wildlife habitats. Maintain appropriate
vegetation for health watershed function, including infiltration, storage, and release of water
to maintain or improve water quality, water quantity, timing and duration of flow. Develop
treatments consistent with timing and magnitude of natural disturbance and with
consideration for the range of natural variability of habitat, the constraints of the land area,
geography, and ecosystem potential.
Riparian Treatment--Facilitate recovery of riparian systems in Proper Functioning Condition
that allow development of desired habitat characteristics. Provide quality aquatic and
riparian habitat for native species restoration and population production potential. Establish
functioning riparian buffers by restoring native vegetation. Manage native and non-native
species to the benefit of native species restoration and population production. Restore
floodplains and hydrologic function through riparian vegetation treatments.
Introduced Species Management--Minimize the impact of introduced species on native
vegetation.
Instream habitat improvement--guided by subbasin and recovery plans, utilize active and
passive restoration techniques to restore in-stream habitat and channel bank stability.
Road management--closing and decommissioning of roads that are a resource concern.
Minimize impacts of roads, including erosion and sediment control structures, obliteration,
and decommissioning to reduce sediment delivery to streams and to reduce the miles of
road per square mile across the treatment area.
Project Selection:
In no specific order of priority, actions will be considered for the potential to achieve the greatest benefits to species if they:
- Provide long-term habitat protection and conservation of ecological processes supporting
viability of priority populations and primary life history stages.
- Protect or enhance viability of multiple steelhead populations.
- Support conservation of unique and rare functioning habitats, habitat diversity, life history
stages, or species specific genetic attributes.
- Target key limiting factors that contribute the most to closing gaps between current status
and desired future status of target populations.
- Target key limiting factors that contribute to improvement from current condition to the
desired future condition of habitat attributes.
- Provide critical information necessary for evaluating success and making decisions
supportive of adaptive management of the species and habitat. | $3,000 | 0.96% | 03/01/2013 | 02/28/2014 |
| J | 107818 | 99 | Outreach and Education | Communication with Tribal Public | Work under this element will be focused on communication with the Tribal public.
The main focus of this work element will be to hold public meetings to present the proposed restoration projects to the Tribal Public for input and comment.
Flyers/brochures will be printed and distributed that describe the program along with both current and future projects. Tribal involvement is crucial to the success of our restoration and watershed management projects. Creating a communication element to our program that informs the Tribal public of our up-coming projects and the objectives will lead to better projects.
When applicable the program will work with the entire natural resources staff to develop educational seminars/presentations that will lead to improved management and stewardship of Tribal lands. | $3,000 | 0.96% | 04/01/2013 | 02/28/2014 |
| K | 107819 | 132 | Produce Progress (Annual) Report | Submit Progress Report for the Period (March 2012) to (Feb 2013) | Annual Report created for contract performance period 3/1/12 - 2/28/13. | $15,000 | 4.80% | 03/01/2013 | 02/28/2014 |
| L | 107806 | 185 | Produce CBFish Status Report | Periodic Status Reports for BPA | The Contractor shall report on the status of milestones and deliverables in Pisces. Reports shall be completed either monthly or quarterly as determined by the BPA COTR. 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 COTR. | $5,000 | 1.60% | 07/01/2013 | 02/28/2014 |
| M | 107820 | 119 | Manage and Administer Projects | Manage Project | Prepare Statement of Work (SOW), Budget, and Inventory List. Submit accruals. Sponsor may be requested to attend BPA, Council, CBFWA conferences and workshops.
The Program will work with the Tribal membership and conduct public out reach while planning restoration projects. | $127,220 | 40.68% | 03/01/2013 | 02/28/2014 |
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