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| A | 148380 | 119 | Manage and Administer Projects | Project Implementation Management and Contract Administration | This work element includes the administrative and technical work by the contractor to fulfill BPA's programmatic and contractual requirements. These include: implementation of the current contract SOW, managing a budget, and satisfying BPA contracting requirements, including preparing and submitting invoices and next year's statement of work and budget, maintaining a property inventory, providing accrual estimates, accounting for cost-share, etc.
WDFW will manage the day to day work on all active work elements. Covers all project management and administrative work related to contract implementation, including the supervision and training of staff, providing professional development opportunity, and adaptively managing implementation actions. | $2,081 | 4.01% | 12/01/2015 | 11/30/2016 |
| B | 148381 | 165 | Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Environmental Compliance Documentation and Clearance (WEs: C - H) | The statement of work for this project includes activities (Work Elements C - H) that require environmental clearance from the BPA Environmental Planning and Analysis Group (KEC).
Tagging of Tucannon hatchery summer steelhead, Tucannon River wild origin summer steelhead, or Tucannon hatchery spring Chinook, is covered under the monitoring and evaluation sections of the Tucannon River summer steelhead HGMP, or Tucannon River spring Chinook HGMP, that have been submitted by LSRCP to NOAA Fisheries. Both HGMP's are under consultation with NOAA Fisheries; NOAA has not finalized either HGMP.
The HGMP for summer steelhead also covers activities such as adult trapping and biological sampling of steelhead at the Tucannon FH, spawning ground surveys, and smolt trapping on the Tucannon River. Pending approval of these HGMPs, WDFW will submit annual take report data through the LSRCP hatchery evaluation project annual reports. WDFW is still able to request and report take under a continuing 4(d) permit (still effective); but has received take authorization within the terms of the 2014 Supplemental FCRPS Bi-Op, via a letter from NOAA Fisheries, dated Jan 26, 2015. | $300 | 0.58% | 12/01/2015 | 11/30/2016 |
| C | 148382 | 70 | Install Fish Monitoring Equipment | Construct, modify, and/or repair; install and operate traps and weirs | WDFW will update, repair, or modify existing traps; and acquire additional traps or materials to construct weirs/traps for this project. Staff will assess sites and determine the fitness and condition, or type, of trap and weir to be used; and purchase and construct materials to rehabilitate or install traps into streams.
Our plan is to continue to sample Penawawa Creek (sampled in 2013-2015), and sample Alkali Flat Creek or Almota Creek. | $6,000 | 11.56% | 12/01/2015 | 07/31/2016 |
| D | 148383 | 158 | Mark/Tag Animals | Operculum punch or tag steelhead passed upstream for mark-recapture estimate of trap efficienc | Adult steelhead passed above the trap would be marked (e.g. operculum punch, floy tag or both) to allow for mark-recapture of adults moving back downstream after spawning, or for carcasses found during redd surveys. We will not be installing downstream V's at these weirs, because some of these streams are not large enough to accommodate another trap and we will be able to dip net and/or use a seine to collect downstream fish. Mark-recapture estimates would be used in calculating trap efficiency and overall escapement. | $750 | 1.45% | 12/01/2015 | 06/30/2016 |
| E | 148384 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Adult enumeration | Asotin and Tucannon steelhead are sole populations within the Lower Snake River Major Population Group (MPG). Both populations include steelhead using small Snake River tributaries that have little or no fish monitoring. Tributaries of the Tucannon River include Pataha, Alkali Flat, Deadman, and Penawawa Creeks. Almota Creek is the one Asotin Creek tributary that we will be sampling with this project, but other tributaries associated with Asotin Creek (Alpowa, George, Tenmile and Couse Creeks) are being sampled in the Asotin Creek Assessment Project (BPA project number 2002-053-00). All but one of these tributaries (Alpowa Creek) are considered minor spawning aggregations (mSAs) and most of these mSAs are not monitored for adult steelhead abundance or other Viable Salmonid Population (VSP) attributes. Our goal is to establish upstream migrant traps on at least two mSA tributaries per year, and rotate them from stream to stream every three years. Our plan is to continue to sample Penawawa Creek (sampled in 2013-2015), and may sample Alkali Flat Creek (sampled in 2015) or Almota Creek (sampled in 2011, 2012 and 2014). We had planned to sample Alkali Flat Creek for multiple years but did not trap any fish in 2015, so may return to Almota Creek.
Adult enumeration will allow for the collection of critical data needed to assess stock status and productivity (e.g. run size, timing, age composition, sex ratios, etc.). Adult escapement data will be used as a primary means of monitoring for Viable Salmonid Population (VSP) levels as recommended by NOAA and the Salmon Recovery Plan for SE WA, etc. We will use the results from these adult enumeration sites in conjunction with results from spawning surveys and other escapement data collected for other portions of the Asotin and Tucannon populations to describe fish abundance, escapement, distribution, and productivity at the population level. Adult enumeration will be used to assess stock status and aid in full population level run reconstruction estimates. | $32,000 | 61.68% | 12/01/2015 | 11/30/2016 |
| F | 148385 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Collect Tissue Samples for Baseline Genetic Analysis | Tissue samples will be collected from unmarked adult steelhead handled at the adult traps, preferably during operculum marking (for mark-recapture efforts for adult enumeration) or from the caudal fin, and will be stored in 100% ethanol. These samples will be incorporated into the genetic characterization baseline for the entire Snake River Basin. Additional DNA analyses will enable WDFW, CRITFC, and IDFG geneticists to compare adult steelhead in these small streams with the core Asotin and Tucannon steelhead populations to determine their relationships. Funding for the analysis is not included in the first three years of this study, but samples may be analyzed under other funds or under this project at a later date. | $750 | 1.45% | 12/01/2015 | 11/30/2016 |
| G | 148386 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Steelhead redd count surveys | Monitor spawning of ESA-listed Snake River Steelhead in these small mSA tributaries (Almota, Penawawa, Deadman, Pataha, and Alkali Flat Creeks) associated with the Asotin and Tucannon populations using redd count surveys.
We had originally planned to use redd count surveys on one stream (Almota Creek) to compare steelhead spawning survey estimates of escapement with trap estimates, and as a test to evaluate several different spawning survey designs and determine their precision and accuracy. This portion of the project will not be completed due to the fact that the first two years of sampling had high turbid stream flows that did not allow for spawning surveys, and we have now been denied access by a key landowner.
We may still conduct spawning surveys on an as needed basis to determine spawning distribution in some areas.
Approach: Conduct spawning ground surveys using visual sampling to assess spawning distribution in a tributary where a trap is being operated. Redds and carcasses will be sampled and enumerated as an index of spawner abundance and spatial structure. WDFW will flag each redd location in areas where multiple passes will be made in order to not double count redds.
WDFW will also count and sample carcasses during spawning surveys for recapture estimates. While many steelhead do not die post spawning, some of these tributaries have low flow conditions where fish may become stranded before they are able to move downstream.
Summarize data including; total redds, redd distribution, fish per redd (where possible), sex ratio, age composition, size frequency, and spawn timing. Report results and comment on management implications in Annual Progress Report to BPA. If funding is available beyond streams where weirs are located, WDFW may also survey some of the listed streams without weirs for in year comparisons. | $0 | 0.00% | 12/01/2015 | 11/30/2016 |
| H | 148387 | 115 | Produce Inventory or Assessment | Collect and assess flow and temperature data associated with trap operations and run-timing | WDFW will monitor stream discharge by taking manual stream flows while operating traps to evaluate steelhead run timing.
WDFW may also monitor temperatures at each weir site while we are operating traps to compare with run timing of adult steelhead. Temperature monitors will be assessed both before and after the season against a calibrated thermometer to check accuracy of the data loggers.
These are short-term data sets incidental to trapping activities and project purposes; monitoring information is site-specific data, intended to be used for review by WDFW for the limited purpose of evaluating trapping operations, relative to run-timing, and informing management choices, including near-tern adjustments to implementation actions and future strategies. | $1,250 | 2.41% | 12/01/2015 | 11/30/2016 |
| I | 148388 | 162 | Analyze/Interpret Data | Analyze Steelhead Spawning Data | We had originally planned to use redd count surveys on one stream (Almota Creek) to compare steelhead spawning survey estimates of escapement with trap estimates, and as a test to evaluate several different spawning survey designs and determine their precision and accuracy. This portion of the project will not be completed due to the fact that the first two years of sampling had high-turbidity stream flows that did not allow for spawning surveys, and we have now been denied access by a landowner.
Steelhead spawning surveys may still be conducted on an as needed basis to determine spawn timing and distribution in some areas. This data will be combined with trap data from previous work elements and used to fill data gaps for some tributaries of the Asotin and Tucannon populations.
WDFW will also compile tissue samples and associated fish data collected at the trap site. Local staff will then coordinate with geneticists in WDFW, CRITFC, and IDFG and share samples for DNA and SNPs analyses. | $0 | 0.00% | 12/01/2015 | 11/30/2016 |
| J | 148389 | 162 | Analyze/Interpret Data | Analyze Adult Trap Data | The principle task under this work element is to put together available trap and redd survey data (from work elements listed above) to construct adult escapement, distribution of natural origin summer steelhead and the proportion of hatchery steelhead into these tributaries associated with the Tucannon and Asotin populations. These estimates will be compiled and incorporated with similar estimates for core Asotin or Tucannon steelhead populations to provide more complete estimates of adult abundance and escapement composition (proportion of hatchery and naturally produced fish, source of hatchery fish) over a period of years.
WDFW will also compile tissue samples and associated fish data collected at the trap site. Local staff will then coordinate with geneticists in WDFW, CRITFC and IDFG and share samples for DNA and SNPs analyses. | $5,200 | 10.02% | 12/01/2015 | 11/30/2016 |
| K | 148379 | 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. | $450 | 0.87% | 04/01/2016 | 11/30/2016 |
| L | 148413 | 202 | Produce BiOp RPA Report | Submit 2015 RPA (FCRPS BiOp) Report (01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015) | BiOp RM&E Projects: BPA requires a structured report of results for projects that have claimed that they support one or more RM&E RPAs under the FCRPS BiOp (i.e., RPAs 50-73). Separate BiOp RPA reports are now required to be completed online in a template to: a) facilitate a consistent summary of results; b) enable a synthesis of information across the entire Columbia River Basin; c) promote a standardized presentation of information to relate outcomes among projects; and d) provide clarity about format requirements for reports under the BiOp.
The online BiOp RPA report in Taurus (www.cbfish.org) should include the data, analyses, and data management completed by your project through December 31st. Any activity after the last day of the Calendar Year should be included in a subsequent BiOp report. For example, if you have completed redd surveys, but have not completed the analyses, you will report the preliminary data (# of redds). You do not need to rush your analyses; they may be reported in the subsequent RPA report.
For each RPA, follow the directions in Taurus for each of the three sections and, as appropriate, input graphical or tabular data, accompanied by explanatory text. These are cumulative summary reports and should show relevant results for the life of your project. Each year, note trends and whether they are changing from one year (or groups of years) to the next.
Upload into Taurus for the FCRPS BiOp (for other BiOps, upload in Pisces as an appendix to the annual report); and notify RMESupport@bpa.gov, and your BPA COTR, that the report is complete. For more guidance see: https://www.cbfish.org/Content/tutorials/Reporting_Guidance_BiOp_2013.pdf. | $850 | 1.64% | 12/01/2015 | 03/25/2016 |
| M | 148391 | 132 | Produce Progress (Annual) Report | Submit 2015 Technical Progress Report (01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015) | WDFW will produce an annual technical progress report for the work completed, showing cumulative results and synthesis for the duration of data collection/analysis and related studies or review.
BPA needs to have the reports finalized in March to align with its regulatory and compliance reporting timelines: a) your report should include the data, analyses, and data management completed by your project by December 31st; b) any activity after the last day of the Calendar Year should be included in a subsequent report (for example, if you have completed redd surveys, but have not completed the analyses, you will report the preliminary data, e.g., # of redds); and c) you do not need to rush your analyses; results may be reported in the subsequent report.
Updated reporting requirements apply to BPA fish and wildlife project sponsors who have the following work elements in their contract(s): 70 Install Equipment, 156 Develop RM&E Methods and Designs, 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data, 158 Mark and Tag Animals, 159 Transfer/Consolidate Regionally Standardized Data, 160 Create/Manage/Maintain Database, and/or 162 Analyze/Interpret Data.
The (annual) progress report summarizes the project goal, objectives, hypotheses, completed and uncompleted deliverables, problems encountered, lessons learned, adjustments to implementation strategies, and long-term planning considerations. Examples of long-term planning include future improvements, new directions, or adjustment to the level of effort for contract implementation, including any ramping up or ramping down of contract components, or of the project as a whole.
Progress reports must conform to BPA guidelines. See the ''formatting guidelines'' link at the Technical Reports and Publications page: https://www.cbfish.org/Help.mvc/GuidanceDocuments. If producing a technical report for this contract, a discrete experiment, or a peer-reviewed publication, use work element 183: Produce Journal Article. | $2,250 | 4.34% | 12/01/2015 | 03/25/2016 |
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