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| A | 223560 | 165 | Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Provide Necessary Environmental Compliance Documentation to BPA | Provide environmental compliance documentation, including NEPA, ESA, and Cultural Resources consultation, to the BPA EC Lead for review and approval as necessary. | $44,213 | 5.55% | 02/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| B | 223562 | 119 | Manage and Administer Projects | Management, Coordination, and Communication | Manage and administer project implementation, which includes developing and submitting agreements for approval, administering contracts, inspecting work, creating and submitting invoices, and paying received invoices. Also included is communication with our Forest Service partners, Trout Unlimited, sub-contractors and BPA, hiring and training seasonal employees, and training for permanent employees to keep up to date with changing specialty subjects such as ArcGIS and stream geomorphology.
Management under this work element also includes tracking and reconciling project budget and inventory, developing the SOW for the following year, and working with the Forest Service and Trout Unlimited to compile and submit cost share information. | $45,670 | 5.73% | 02/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| C | 223561 | 191 | Watershed Coordination | Planning, Coordination and Management of the Lochsa Project | Manage and administer project implementation, which includes coordinating project activities, attending meetings and workshops, seeking additional funding, prioritizing and scheduling projects, developing new projects, collecting baseline data for projects, coordinating with partners, employee supervision and training,coordinating purchases, and completing reports. Occasional travel to Lapwai, Kamiah, Orofino, Grangeville, Missoula, Lewiston, Boise or Portland may be required for intra- and inter-agency coordination meetings.
Included under this work element is the continued coordination with an environmental non-profit organization (Western Rivers Conservancy) to work toward the purchase and eventual return to federal ownership and management of nearly 39,000 acres of private timberlands owned by Western Pacific Timber, LLC. These lands lie in a 'checkerboard' pattern of alternating private and federal sections throughout the upper region of the Lochsa Watershed. The now private holdings were part of the original railroad land grant to Northern Pacific Railway.
This protection action was identified collaboratively, including with Forest Service staff, in 2016 during the development of the Lochsa ATLAS. Acquisition of these lands, which lie within multiple Tier I Sub watersheds,(LAS 1A, 2A, and 3A), and one Tier II Sub watershed, (LAS-3B), was identified as one of the most important restoration opportunities available in the Lochsa Watershed.
We therefore continue to explore opportunities to reach a purchase agreement with Western Pacific Timber and to find a combination of Project and external funds to complete the purchase of the lands while simultaneously working to identify and secure federal appropriations to return these lands to Forest ownership and management. Implicit within these coordination activities is the assertion that the Nez Perce Tribe Protect and Restore Lochsa Watershed project remains in the best position to help determine future restoration needs on these parcels, as well as to provide the expertise to develop a restoration plan and implement actions to restore critical salmonid habitat within the portion of the upper Lochsa in which these lands reside. | $57,326 | 7.19% | 02/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| D | 223563 | 122 | Provide Technical Review and Recommendation | Review of Proposed Partner Actions | The US Forest Service maintains a trust responsibility to the Nez Perce Tribe by virtue of federal Treaty. The Tribe periodically reviews projects proposed by the Forest, such as timber harvest, fuels treatment, mining, grazing, or prescribed fire projects that will take place within the treaty territory. Review may be at the technical level of staff-to-staff with Watershed personnel, or elevated to formal consultation with the Nez Perce Tribe Executive Committee.
The Tribe also provides comments on proposed projects pursuant to the NEPA or ESA Level 1 consultation processes. Comment development and preparation may include phone calls or 'virtual' meetings, in-person meetings, literature research, data analysis, participation in field visits, production of maps, review of documents, informal discussion of alternatives or design criteria, and compiling comments. Occasionally, Watershed staff may choose to conduct additional analysis, including outside consultation with specialists, to support an objection or a preferred alternative action. | $137,513 | 17.25% | 02/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| E | 223564 | 175 | Produce Design | Culvert Replacement Design | NPT Watershed works collaboratively with the NP-CNF to contract culvert replacement designs for implementation in future contracts. This may be for AOP culverts, or for hydraulically undersized culverts whose failure could lead to sediment deposition in fisheries streams.
These designs may be created by the Tribe and the Forest Service "in house" or may be completed by contract with qualified Engineering firms, as is the case with most larger culverts and bridges.
The culvert selected for design in 2022 is on FSR 5586, off FSR 101 on Cabin Creek. This tributary is located in LAS 7; (Lower Lochsa, Deadman Creek to Pete King Creek), a tier I BSR as identified in the ATLAS strategic prioritization framework. The Cabin Creek Culvert was one of several identified in past culvert surveys, and field verified in 2021. Replacement of the Cabin Creek culvert will provide access to approximately one mile spawning and rearing habitat for spring/summer Chinook, and nearly 2.5 miles of habitat for steelhead spawning and juvenile rearing. Because of the significant drop at the outlet of the existing culvert, we believe habitat above the culvert is currently blocked at all flows. | $13,221 | 1.66% | 02/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| F | 223565 | 174 | Produce Plan | Packer Meadow/Road 373 Design Alternatives Data Collection | This restoration action was identified collaboratively with the help of Forest Service staff during the development of the Lochsa ATLAS evidence based prioritization framework, and through subsequent implementation of the ATLAS process.
Packer Meadow is a high elevation natural meadow complex that lies in LAS3A, Crooked Fork, which is a tier I BSR as identified in the ATLAS strategic prioritization framework. Packer Meadow and Pack Creek, which flows through the meadow, have been altered by the addition of forest road 373 which was built through the meadow sometime prior to 1937, and re-built in the early1960s.
Forest road 373 was likely a primitive two track road and was apparently re-built with a raised road prism and an adjacent ditch on both the north and south sides of the road. It is likely these ditches were used for borrow material for the road itself. FSR 373 crosses Packer Meadow, a culturally significant meadow complex of great importance to the Nez Perce People. The road is comparatively level across the meadow. The ditch on the north side of the road flows water year-round, and appears to route water flowing from the slopes to the north of the meadow directly to Pack Creek, bypassing the meadow. This project will continue to gather data about the sub-surface flow, as well as the stream geomorphology of Pack Creek. Collected data will help inform our process of selecting the best alternative(s) to restore meadow hydrology.
Under an existing partnership with Trout Unlimited, we will sub-contract TU, and a graduate student from the University of Montana to complete data collection using a piezometer array installed in 2021. Depending on timing, we may also pursue sub-surface and surface flow tracing.
Note: Data collection was limited in 2021 because of low water and fire closures. This project should complete the data collection needed to identify treatment alternatives. | $10,470 | 1.31% | 02/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| G | 223566 | 184 | Install Fish Passage Structure | Walde Creek Culvert Replacement | Walde Creek crosses under FSR 101 approximately 13 miles northeast of Syringa Idaho. The existing 36" round CMP is 84' long, has a perched outlet, and is currently a barrier to passage of all aquatic species. Project will replace this culvert with a 10' wide by 96' long structural plate arch on concrete footers with, a constructed stream bed and rock grade control structures. This tributary is located in LAS 7; (Lower Lochsa, Deadman Creek to Pete King Creek), a tier I BSR as identified in the ATLAS strategic prioritization framework. | $203,768 | 25.57% | 02/01/2022 | 11/15/2022 |
| H | 225053 | 29 | Increase Aquatic and/or Floodplain Complexity | Pete King PALS Phase IV | This project is a continuation of PALS installation started in 2016. The project was originally developed in response to recognized limiting factors in Pete King Creek, and was developed within the Lochsa ATLAS strategic prioritization framework as a potential restoration opportunity in partnership with the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest. Pete King Creek is in LAS 7; Lower Lochsa: Deadman Creek to Pete King Creek, which is a tier I BSR.
Building on the work of previous installations, we will install PALS (Post assisted log structures) to mimic large wood at up to twelve (12) sites along an approximately half mile reach of Pete King Creek. As with previously installed structures, these will be built of un-treated posts and woven with branches from adjacent riparian and upland brush species. We install the structures on alternating sides of the stream, at naturally occurring geomorphological 'forcing elements' such as rock outcroppings or fallen trees. Installed structures are intended to create scour, sort substrate, and initiate redevelopment of sinuosity along the reach. PALS are not hardened permanent structures, but can be moved or ‘washed out’ by spring stream flows. As such, we may re-build in some of the same locations, as well as look for other opportunities along the reach. | $6,410 | 0.80% | 02/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| I | 223567 | 175 | Produce Design | 5601 Road Improvement and Culvert Replacement Design | FSR 5601 extends west into the Lost Creek drainage from FSR 107. Past the three mile point, the road has been unused for over 10 years and has several areas of saturation along with failing cross drain culverts. In addition there are three undersized culverts in fish bearing streams that are passage barriers at all flows. Two are on tributaries to Lost Creek, blocking passage to approximately 0.5 miles of juvenile steelhead and Chinook habitat, and the third is on the mainstem of Lost Creek. The Lost creek culvert currently blocks passage to nearly 1.3 miles of habitat to steelhead, Chinook, and bull trout adults and juveniles. It is unlikely there is spawning habitat beyond 0.85 miles above the culvert.
This project, which was identified in the ongoing Lochsa ATLAS strategic prioritization process, will complete designs for the replacement of the AOP culverts, as well as a work list for road improvement for approximately five miles of the 5601 road. Lost Creek and the 5601 road lie in LAS 8, the Middle Lochsa/north face tributaries;(Weir Creek to Tick Creek). LAS 8 is a tier II BSR, and though large, it has limited opportunities for restoration actions. | $52,009 | 6.53% | 02/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| J | 223568 | 175 | Produce Design | Bald Mountain ITD site rehab | This restoration action was identified collaboratively with the help of Forest Service staff during the continued implementation of the Lochsa ATLAS evidence based prioritization framework. The Bald Mountain site is in LAS 6, Lochsa mainstem, which is a Tier I BSR.
Located at mile 128 on US Highway 12, Bald Mountain is a former Idaho TransportationDepartment road maintenance facility and USFS river access site. ITD stored several thousand cubic yards of rock salt uncovered on the site for over four years. In 2017, the site was decommissioned in favor of a larger facility on the uphill side of the highway. The remaining gravel parking area is contaminated with salt, which delivers chlorides to the Lochsa via rain and snow runoff. While chlorides move easily through groundwater and much of the damage has already occurred, with attendant mortality of riparian trees, there is still the potential for additional delivery to the riparian area along the Lochsa as well as to the Lochsa River itself.
Tha Lochsa Watershed Project plans to remove some of the contaminated gravel, bring in clean fill, grade the area to control drainage and stop delivery of saline runoff to the river, and finally plant with salt tolerant plant species. Because the site also includes outfitter parking and a boat ramp, there may also be an oportunity for public outreach through interpretive signage. | $7,507 | 0.94% | 02/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| K | 223569 | 114 | Identify and Select Projects | Identify, Prioritize and Select Restoration Projects in the Lochsa Watershed | We continue to participate in and coordinate the implementation phase of the Lochsa ATLAS strategic prioritization framework to identify potential restoration projects within the watershed. We coordinate and discuss with Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest staff to select projects identified through ATLAS or through collaborative effort for those projects which present themselves due to natural processes, such as landslides. We work to develop a five year plan-of-work, including timelines for planning, design, submitting projects to NEPA and coordinating ESA consultation.
This work includes attending meetings, calls, and field trips. It may include research of past management activities and coordination with present or future management.
Also included is collection of eDNA samples, which support project identification and justification, as well as help validate population data in areas where supporting habitat data may be several decades old. | $73,455 | 9.22% | 09/15/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| L | 223570 | 199 | Remove Vegetation | Treat Exotic Invasive Species | This restoration action was identified collaboratively, including Forest Service staff, in 2016 during the development of the Lochsa ATLAS within all nine of the Sub-watersheds.
Revegetation success with past projects has been limited by the invasion of noxious weed species. In addition, infestations of noxious weeds often increase local soil erosion and create reduced organic matter for soil development. Without incorporating treatment of noxious weeds into our projects we will ultimately limit our success in restoration, particularly where reduction of sediment and revegetation are concerned.
We expect to treat approximately 470 acres of invasive plants using chemical and mechanical means. Although the majority of these areas were selected for treatment by comprehensive inventories completed as part of our treatment and inventory during the 2020 field season, the exact locations will be determined based on updated field surveys, the Weed Treatment Plans completed under previous contracts, as well as the Integrated Invasive Species Management Plan.
We also treat new invaders or newly discovered infestations as opportunity provides. | $96,617 | 12.12% | 02/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| M | 223571 | 115 | Produce Inventory or Assessment | Inventory of Invasive Plants | Project monitoring and invasive plant inventories show that the encroachment of exotic, invasive plant species jeopardizes revegetation success in disturbed areas, particularly where ground disturbing activity occurs near established invasive populations such as along open, traveled roads, and at culvert replacement sites.
We will continue to inventory invasive plant populations and spread corridors, including roads, trails, and disturbed areas, concurrent with treatment activities. Best management practices require that we maintain annual inventories to be able to track invasive plant spread, record new invaders, and update our existing Integrated Invasive Species Management Plan, as well as to share this data with our partners on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, and the Idaho County Weed Management District. Data is collected with' Android' based tablets, and is managed in ArcGIS online.
Data collection and analysis follow the Nez Perce Tribe Weed Inventory protocols which call for spatial data to be collected and organized by watershed and road number, including the species and the extent of the area invaded in acres. Data collection is provided to our partners on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, and Idaho County. We inventory all roads we treat, as well as some decommissioned roads and restoration project sites.
Invasive plant treatment and inventory was identified as an appropriate restoration action as part of the Lochsa ATLAS strategic prioritization framework. Invasive plants continue to affect re-vegetation efforts at our restoration project sites, and reduce the quality of habitat watershed wide. Inventory (and treatment) are limited to BSRs where there is both access and resource management activity. Particularly LAS 1A, LAS 2A, LAS 3A, LAS 3B, and LAS 7. | $24,418 | 3.06% | 02/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| N | 223572 | 47 | Plant Vegetation | Restoration Plant Collection and Planting | This restoration action was identified collaboratively, including with Forest Service staff, in 2018 within the continuing implementation of the Lochsa ATLAS strategic prioritization.
We will continue to collect restoration plant materials, and to subsequently plant the 'grown out' results of those collections. We will plant restoration sites in LAS 3B, LAS 1A, LAS 7 and LAS8. Each of these BSRs or "Biologically Significant Reaches" as identified in ATLAS has one or more restoration projects which will benefit from continued planting in both riparian and upland areas.
NPT personnel will collect native shrub and riparian species cuttings and seed for propagation, and plant up to 7.0 acres of new restoration worksites and previously decommissioned road/stream crossings, culvert replacements, and other restoration worksites where there has been vegetation and/or soil disturbance. sites. We use native forb and shrub species to prevent erosion and establish a resilient native plant community that will help reduce the encroachment of invasive plants. Occasionally, we plant older restoration sites with tree species.
We will collect native plant cuttings, seed, or berries for propagation at the regional Forest Service nursery in Coeur d'Alene to be grown out for subsequent years. We maintain a stock of site appropriate plants for re-vegetation, so that we have plants available every fall. We will collect cuttings and seeds in the dormant season to provide to the Forest Service' s Coeur D'Alene Nursery for propagation. There is no ground disturbing activity with the collection of plant cuttings and seeds. We maintain a continuous supply of native plants for both upland and riparian sites through our collection and propagation with the USFS Coeur d'Alene nursery, and we collect and grow plants for future restoration projects. | $22,162 | 2.78% | 02/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| O | 223573 | 132 | Produce Progress (Annual) Report | Submit Progress Report for the period (2/1/2021) to (1/31/2022) | 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. | $1,290 | 0.16% | 11/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
| P | 223559 | 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. | $1,000 | 0.13% | 07/01/2022 | 01/31/2023 |
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