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Contract 83238: 2002-061-00 EXP POTLATCH RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION
Project Number:
Title:
Potlatch River Watershed Restoration
Stage:
Implementation
Area:
Province Subbasin %
Mountain Snake Clearwater 100.00%
Contract Number:
83238
Contract Title:
2002-061-00 EXP POTLATCH RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION
Contract Continuation:
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  • 85953: 2002-061-00 EXP POTLATCH RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION
Contract Status:
Closed
Contract Description:
Contracts associated with Project 2002-061-00 are coordinated with contracts associated with Latah SWCD's Project 2008-064-00 (Idaho Accord).  The primary focus of 2002-061-00 contracts is the planning, development and identification of funding for restoration practices that will be implemented through contracts associated with Project 2008-604-00 (Idaho Accord).  When budgets are sufficient within 2002-061-00 contracts, limited project implementation will be undertaken through 2002-061-00 contracts.
  
The comprehensive understanding of the annual restoration efforts of Latah SWCD will need to jointly consider annual contracts from both 2002-061-00 and 2008-604-00 projects.  Simultaneously, these two projects seek to restore A-run Snake River Steelhead to a robust, self-sustaining population within the Potlatch River through:

1.    Coordinated development of habitat and land ... management improvement practices on private/public agricultural, forest and range lands,

2.    Coordination of interagency watershed planning efforts, continuation of watershed monitoring and

3.    Development of outreach programs to landowners, agricultural producers, and the general public.  

The primary objectives of this contract associated with 2002-061-00:

•    Identify, plan, and design projects based on empirical fish and physical habitat data sets displayed spatially in Arc GIS Online.  Identify funding sources, and implement best management practices to improve steelhead habitat within the Potlatch River watershed. Wild Snake River Steelhead are present throughout the various watersheds within the Potlatch River drainage.  Best management practices have been designed to enhance conditions within the drainage to address various limiting factors to wild steelhead production and productivity.  Meadow restoration projects within the Big Bear, Little Bear, Corral Creek and East Fork Potlatch River watersheds have been designed to enhance late spring and summer base flows and minimize some of the extremes in the Potlatch River hydrograph.  Riparian restoration projects are designed to minimize sedimentation and maintain cooler water temperatures as well as enhance stream complexity in the future.  Installation of large woody debris is designed to increase summer and winter rearing habitat. Passage barrier removals are designed to increase access to high quality spawning areas and summer and winter rearing habitat.      
    
•    Coordinate Potlatch River steelhead habitat restoration practices with the following management and restoration plans:

                   *  Clearwater Subbasin Management Plan - Northwest Power and Conservation Council
                   *  ESA Recovery Plan for Snake River Idaho Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Populations - NOAA Fisheries
                   *  Potlatch River Subbasin Assessment and TMDLs - Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
                   *  Potlatch River Subbasin Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Plan for Agriculture - Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission and
                       Latah Soil and Water Conservation District
                   *  Potlatch River Watershed Management Plan (Revised) - Developed in collaboration with the Potlatch Implementation Group (Latah SWCD, IDFG, OSC, NMFS, USFS, ID DEQ, BPA, and other partners)

•    Revise Potlatch River Watershed Management Plan, as needed.

2002-061-00 contracts are consistent with the NWPCC Fish and Wildlife Program’s goal to develop habitat-based programs designed to rebuild healthy, naturally producing fish and wildlife populations by protecting and restoring habitats. This project is consistent with the objectives and strategies of the Clearwater Subbasin Management Plan. In addition, this project supports the recommendations contained within NOAA's ESA Recovery Plan for Snake River Idaho Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Populations.

The 377,776-acre Potlatch River watershed is located in north-central Idaho and is the largest tributary in the lower Clearwater River.  The Potlatch River is critical to A-run Snake River steelhead.    

In an effort to lower stream temperatures, increase summer flows, decrease surface and channel erosion (and associated nutrient loading), and increase riparian habitat complexities, this project will focus planning and design efforts on erosion control, nutrient reduction, and riparian restoration on private/public agricultural, forest and range lands through the implementation of erosion/sediment control structures, livestock exclusion fencing, off-site water developments, native plantings of riparian areas, protection/restoration of functional riparian and wetland areas, and enhanced agricultural practices to reduce erosion and nutrient runoff.  Priority tributaries for restoration work, as determined by the Potlatch River Watershed Management Plan (Revised), and fish and physical habitat data sets displayed spatially in Arc GIS Online, include:  Big Bear Creek, Little Bear Creek, Pine Creek, Cedar Creek, Corral Creek, Little Boulder Creek, Leopold Creek, Potlatch River, Ruby Creek, Moose Creek, Boulder Creek, Pivash Creek, East Fork Potlatch River, Feather Creek, Purdue Creek, Cougar Creek, and Bob's Creek.

Per BPA guidance, fixed institutional/implementation expenses related to Latah SWCD implementation capacity (e.g., office/shop leases, communication contracts) are assigned to contracts associated with Project 2002-061-00. Variable implementation expenses related to individual restoration projects will be assigned to contracts associated with Project 2008-604-00.
  
Account Type(s):
Expense
Contract Start Date:
09/01/2019
Contract End Date:
08/31/2020
Current Contract Value:
$307,049
Expenditures:
$307,049

* Expenditures data includes accruals and are based on data through 31-Mar-2025.

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Contract Type:
Coop
Pricing Method:
Cost Reimbursement (CNF)
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A192969119Manage and Administer ProjectsManage and Administer BPA Contracts and Maintain Latah SWCD Administrative InfrastructureRoutine administrative and contract tasks associated with the management and administration of BPA contracts. In addition, Latah SWCD fixed administrative infrastructure costs are incorporated into this WE. These fixed costs include rents, leases and office utilities. Latah SWCD indirect charges are incorporated into this WE.$147,00047.88%09/01/201908/31/2020
B192970165Produce Environmental Compliance DocumentationVerify that all NEPA, ESA, NHPA, and other Environmental Compliance has been completedSubmit SOW and supporting documents as needed for BPA's environmental planning and compliance group to determine environmental compliance status. Submit all information necessary for BPA to provide environmental clearance for these projects.$2,5000.81%09/01/201908/31/2020
C192973191Watershed CoordinationParticipate in Clearwater Subbasin and Potlatch Implementation Group coordination meetings and provide planning materials to partner agenciesParticipate in regional watershed coordination meetings, including the Potlatch Implementation Group, addressing habitat restoration, water quality, and land management actions that may affect steelhead habitat protection and/or restoration efforts within the area. All partners, including BPA, will be included when dates are determined for the Potlatch Implementation Group (PIG) meetings to update the Potlatch Management Plan and prioritize geographic areas and specific habitat restoration actions. PIG meetings will provide the ability for partners located outside of the Potlatch Watershed, such as BPA, to call in to the meetings and view the relevant material electronically (e.g. GoTo Meeting or Webex technology). Potlatch Implementation Group meetings will be run in a manner that encourages active participation and candid input from of all of the partners. Partner comments, questions, and suggested revisions will either be incorporated into the documents, or declined with a written justification that is approved by a consensus or a majority vote of the team. Maps and other planning materials that incorporate field data used in basin planning efforts will be provided to BPA and other planning partners. Examples include data and/or map layers clearly identifying steelhead distribution in the Potlatch basin, steelhead habitat use by life stage (e.g., migration, spawning, rearing, holding), limiting factors (e.g., passage barriers, water temperature, flow, lack of habitat structure), and past project sites.$1,0000.33%09/01/201908/31/2020
D192974114Identify and Select ProjectsProject Site Reviews, Conservation Planning/Design, and Proposal DevelopmentWork with landowners identified through outreach and education efforts to review potential sites for riparian and stream habitat improvement projects. Outreach efforts, consultation, and site evaluations will be carried out in concert with the Potlatch River Watershed Management Plan (Plan). Empirical fish data by species and life stage (e.g. steelhead adult immigration, spawning, incubation, emergence, summer rearing, winter rearing, and juvenile emigration) and empirical physical habitat data (e.g. temperature, sediment, flow, floodplain connection, and riparian condition) will be displayed spatially in Arc GIS Online. The partners will analyze and interpret these data with a consistent and structured approach to determine priority areas and priority restoration actions within the Potlatch Watershed. This evidence based and consistent approach to project prioritization and planning is consistent with the larger restoration strategy presented in the Potlatch River Watershed Management Plan. Individual landowners' site objectives will be paired with a prioritized set of restoration strategies, while heightening overall public awareness of the various means towards restoring a robust, self-sustaining steelhead population. Priority restoration projects will be defined and protection strategies to benefit steelhead habitat via direct, voluntary efforts on both private and public lands will be identified. Landowner initial conservation concept plans will be developed for sites that show a strong potential for habitat improvements. When appropriate, formal funding proposals will be developed for private, county, state and federal funding entities.$139,75045.51%09/01/201908/31/2020
E19297699Outreach and EducationSolicit Landowner Participation, Enhance Public Understanding and Inform Public EntitiesInteractions with landowners, and public entities will take place to review interests regarding the implementation of steelhead habitat restoration and/or protection strategies as well as improved agricultural practices to minimize sedimentation and nutrient loading to local streams. Empirical fish data by species and life stage (e.g. steelhead adult immigration, spawning, incubation, emergence, summer rearing, winter rearing, and juvenile emigration) and empirical physical habitat data (e.g. temperature, sediment, flow, floodplain connection, and riparian condition) will be displayed spatially in Arc GIS Online. The partners will analyze and interpret these data with a consistent and structured approach to determine priority areas and priority restoration actions within the Potlatch Watershed. This evidence based and consistent approach to project prioritization and planning is consistent with the larger restoration strategy presented in the Potlatch River Watershed Management Plan. Latah SWCD will have direct interactions with landowners. Following these interactions, initial site reviews will be undertaken and conservation plans will be developed. Conservation implementation recommendations from these interactions may be incorporated into revisions of the Potlatch River Watershed Management Plan and, when appropriate, the Latah SWCD's 5-year Resource Conservation Plan. The development of social media tools, public presentations and printed materials will be emphasized.$8,8002.87%09/01/201908/31/2020
F193435190Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate AnimalsBeaver Relocation ProgramLatah SWCD staff and coordinating agencies will implement a beaver relocation program for the Potlatch River watershed. The purpose of the program is to relocate beavers to suitable areas where additional beaver activity will benefit riparian restoration efforts designed to enhance habitat conditions for wild steelhead. Latah SWCD staff will coordinate the review of release sites and undertake the trapping of beavers for relocation. The effects of the beaver relocation program will be described in the annual report with an analysis of data demonstrating improved riparian conditions, effects to groundwater in areas where beaver have been relocated, and any increases in steelhead productivity, abundance, and distribution.$2,5000.81%09/01/201908/31/2020
G192978174Produce PlanRevise Potlatch River Watershed Management PlanRevise the Potlatch River Watershed Restoration Plan as new information is developed through watershed surveys, landowner comments, development of restoration strategies and changing public policy. The Plan will be treated as a working "living document" with revisions throughout the year as new data is secured and analyzed. All partners, including BPA, will be included when dates are determined for the Potlatch Implementation Group (PIG) meetings to update the Potlatch Management Plan and prioritize geographic areas and specific habitat restoration actions. PIG meetings will provide the ability for partners located outside of the Potlatch Watershed, such as BPA, to call in to the meetings and view the relevant material electronically (e.g. GoTo Meeting or Webex technology). Potlatch Implementation Group meetings will be run in a manner that encourages active participation and candid input from of all of the partners. Partner comments, questions, and suggested revisions will either be incorporated into the documents, or declined with a written justification that is approved by a consensus or a majority vote of the team. Empirical fish data by species and life stage (e.g. steelhead adult immigration, spawning, incubation, emergence, summer rearing, winter rearing, and juvenile emigration) and empirical physical habitat data (e.g. temperature, sediment, flow, floodplain connection, and riparian condition) will be displayed spatially in Arc GIS Online. The partners will analyze and interpret these data with a consistent and structured approach to determine priority areas and priority restoration actions within the Potlatch Watershed. This evidence based and consistent approach to project prioritization and planning is consistent with the larger restoration strategy presented in the Potlatch River Watershed Management Plan.$5,0001.63%09/01/201908/31/2020
H192968185Produce CBFish Status ReportPeriodic Status Reports for BPAThe 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.$2490.08%01/01/202008/31/2020
I192979132Produce Progress (Annual) ReportSubmit Progress Report for the period (September 2018) to (August 2019)The progress report summarizes the project goal, objectives, hypotheses (for research), completed and uncompleted deliverables, problems encountered, lessons learned, and long-term planning. Examples of long-term planning include future improvements, new directions, or any ramping up or ramping down of contract components or of the project as a whole. Non-technical Progress Reports must conform to BPA guidelines. See the "Non-technical Progress Report" link at: http://www.cbfish.org/Help.mvc/GuidanceDocuments.$2500.08%09/01/201907/31/2020
      
$307,049
   

Deliverable Title WSE Sort Letter, Number, Title Start End Concluded
Effective implementation management and timely contract administration A: 119. Manage and Administer BPA Contracts and Maintain Latah SWCD Administrative Infrastructure 08/31/2020 08/31/2020
Environmental Compliance & Consultation Review B: 165. Verify that all NEPA, ESA, NHPA, and other Environmental Compliance has been completed 08/31/2020 08/31/2020
Participation in regional watershed protection/restoration coordination efforts; provide maps and data to planning partners C: 191. Participate in Clearwater Subbasin and Potlatch Implementation Group coordination meetings and provide planning materials to partner agencies 08/31/2020 08/31/2020
Project Site Reviews, Prioritized BPA Project Lists, Conservation Planning/Design, and Proposal Development D: 114. Project Site Reviews, Conservation Planning/Design, and Proposal Development 08/31/2020 08/31/2020
Direct Contact with Landowners, General Public and Conservation Agencies E: 99. Solicit Landowner Participation, Enhance Public Understanding and Inform Public Entities 08/31/2020 08/31/2020
Animal relocation/removal complete; provide analysis of program success in annual report F: 190. Beaver Relocation Program 08/31/2020 08/31/2020
Revise Potlatch River Watershed Restoration Plan G: 174. Revise Potlatch River Watershed Management Plan 08/31/2020 08/31/2020
Completed Annual Report I: 132. Submit Progress Report for the period (September 2018) to (August 2019) 07/31/2020 07/10/2020

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Primary Focal Species Work Statement Elements
Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened)
  • 1 instance of WE 190 Remove, Exclude and/or Relocate Animals
  • 1 instance of WE 114 Identify and Select Projects
  • 1 instance of WE 174 Produce Plan

Sort WE ID WE Title NEPA NOAA USFWS NHPA Has Provisions Inadvertent Discovery Completed
A 119 Manage and Administer BPA Contracts and Maintain Latah SWCD Administrative Infrastructure 09/01/2019
B 165 Verify that all NEPA, ESA, NHPA, and other Environmental Compliance has been completed 09/01/2019
C 191 Participate in Clearwater Subbasin and Potlatch Implementation Group coordination meetings and provide planning materials to partner agencies 09/01/2019
D 114 Project Site Reviews, Conservation Planning/Design, and Proposal Development 09/01/2019
E 99 Solicit Landowner Participation, Enhance Public Understanding and Inform Public Entities 09/01/2019
F 190 Beaver Relocation Program 05/28/2019
G 174 Revise Potlatch River Watershed Management Plan
H 185 Periodic Status Reports for BPA 09/01/2019
I 132 Submit Progress Report for the period (September 2018) to (August 2019) 09/01/2019