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| A | 250949 | 119 | Manage and Administer Projects | Manage Restoration Program | Prepare Statement of Work (SOW), Budget, and Inventory List. Submit accruals. Sponsor may be requested to attend BPA, Council, CBFWA conferences and workshops. | $42,000 | 7.43% | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2023 |
| B | 250950 | 165 | Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Obtain Environmental Compliance | Coordinate with project participants to fulfill NEPA, ESA, and cultural resources environmental compliance requirements prior to implementation.
A BNR Staff Archeologist has been added to the budget to complete the necessary tasks to achieve cultural compliance needs for future and upcoming projects as the planning process moves forward.
The following activities will require cultural resources oversight to prepare for implementation in 2022 and 2023:
1. Shitike Creek Headworks Removal and Restoration LWD Acquisition (2022)
2. WSR and Beaver Creek LWD additions Tree Acquisition (2023)
3. Future Projects Tree Acquisition (2023) | $16,000 | 2.83% | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2023 |
| C | 250951 | 114 | Identify and Select Projects | Prioritize and Select Future Projects for Planning, Design, and Implementation | Fish Habitat Program Staff will identify and select projects for future implementation. Projects will be scored using the prioritization matrix developed for the Reservation sub watersheds in 2018. After scoring, projects will be ranked in order of priority based on need and fish benefit. Once ranked, a feasibility assessment will be completed to determine what funding sources can be used for implementation and timelines associated with each funding source. As deliverable for this WE, the Habitat Program intends to produce a Project Prioritization and Future Projects Summary that explains the ranking and planning that has been completed as part of this WE. This memo will be utilized to identify prioritized projects and coordinate with BPA Habitat Area Lead (HAL), COR and EC lead.
Cost share is critical as implementation costs typically exceed available Fish Accord funding. Funding availability will on occasion override prioritization and ranking based on the priorities and timelines associated with the cost share funding. The development of cost share funding to fully implement projects on the Reservation is large task. Some sources are reliable while others need a more focus and detail to be successful securing cost share funds. Identifying fund sources, writing grant applications, providing site tours are all tasks that will be undertaken to select projects and develop cost share funding.
The current project outlook is:
2022 Finish Log Spring Meadow Restoration Phase 1
Implement Shitike Creek Headworks Removal
Produce Design for WSR LWD II and Middle Beaver Creek LWD Additions
2023 Implement WSR LWD II and Middle Beaver Creek LWD Additions
Produce Design for and Design Shitike Creek Restoration
Implementation Planning for Beaver Butte Creek 549-D Road Culvert Replacement
The Shitike Creek Restoration Project (lower 6 miles) is the 2nd highest ranking project on the reservation due to the presence of all fish species and life stages with in the project area along with the tremendous opportunity for habitat creation and potential biological response due the the valley width, slope and excellent base flows. Preliminary scoring from the matrix is 126.
2024 (Possible) Implementation of Beaver Butte Creek 549-D Road Culvert Replacement
Plan and Design Shitike Creek Restoration
Plan for Implementation Log Springs Phase II
Currently the Beaver Butte Culvert has not been scored using the Matrix, but does represent one of 4 know passage barriers on the Reservation that include:
1. Round Butte Dam on the Deschutes River
2. Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery Weir (partial barrier but possible huge delay in migration that causes per spawn mortality)
3. Highway 26 Culvert on Badger Creek (velocity barrier)
4. 549-D Culvert on Beaver Butte Creek (full barrier due to jump height) with a completed restoration design.
This culvert likely scores the lowest out of the 4 barriers but is the most feasible to implement at this time.
2025 Implement Log Springs Phase II and/or Shitike Creek Restoration
Following the guidance developed for the Tribal Aquatic Restoration Strategy this project was scored using the Prioritization Scoring Matrix resulting in a total score of 66. This score places all phases of the restoration the Log Springs Meadow in the top 20 projects conceptualized during development of the Aquatic Restoration Strategy. The Coyote Creek Subwatershed does not provide habitat for anadromous or resident salmonids which resulted in a Tier III subwatershed ranking of 5 points; largely effecting the overall score. This lower score and ranking does not represent the importance of this project. Reducing the delivery of fine sediment to critical salmonid habitats downstream is the key benefit to this project recognized by the scoring matrix. The added benefit to watershed health and local wildlife is not included in this scoring matrix, but should be mentioned. | $100,000 | 17.69% | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2023 |
| D | 250952 | 100 | Construction Management | Shitike Creek and Log Springs Meadow Construction Management | Tribal staff will manage both the Shitike Creek Headworks Removal and Log Springs Meadow restoration projects to completion (pending extreme fire restrictions). This WE will include all the activities required to manage these complex projects. All the coordination, communication, and onsite day to day contractor management required to keep these projects moving forward towards completion will fall under this work element. | $147,336 | 26.06% | 03/01/2022 | 11/16/2022 |
| E | 250953 | 26 | Investigate Trespass | Investigate trespass within riparian exclosures | As part of the WE F - Maintain Riparian Fences, tribal staff will conduct bi-monthly checks of each riparian protection fence and will remove trespass livestock as needed. | $80,000 | 14.15% | 04/01/2022 | 02/28/2023 |
| F | 250954 | 186 | Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage/Structure | Maintain Riparian Fencing | Maintenance of riparian fencing is on-going and conducted as a necessity to maintain the integrity of restored features/habitat attributes. 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 Habitat Program currently maintains 68.98 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 to maintain the fence network. Funding levels will vary annually based on materials and maintenance needs. It is anticipated that this riparian fence network will increase over time as restoration 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. New fence construction is not included in this work element and will be included as a separate install fence work element when proposed. BPA will be the sole agency providing funding for the long-term maintenance and monitoring of these fences through the Accord period.
Maintenance consists of biweekly fence checks for needed repairs and investigation of cattle trespass (WE E). Brush and shrubs are cleared from wood structures along the fence line to reduce damage by wildfires. Fences are repaired to keep them functioning or reconstructed in areas with significant damage due to age or wildfire. If ground disturbance beyond in-kind replacement is required EC will be contacted prior to conducting the work.
A supporting table (can be viewed here: https://www.cbfish.org/Document.mvc/Viewer/P189285) presents a list of the fence network sites by watershed on the Reservation. A map of the riparian fence network is presented in the section 10 narrative for the CTWS Habitat Restoration Plan and the Annual Riparian Fence Monitoring Report provided as a deliverable for this WE. | $86,000 | 15.21% | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2023 |
| G | 250955 | 186 | Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage/Structure | Maintain Water Developments | Eleven water developments will be maintained.
Staff time, supplies, and vehicle costs to accomplish this WE will be funded through this contract.
Biweekly checks of all water developments occur in conjunction with cattle trespass and fence line checks. Maintenance, repairs, and cleaning of water troughs and pump systems is completed as needed. Pumps are maintained annually in the off season and put on a use and replacement schedule. After three years of use and maintenance pumps are usually replaced. If ground disturbance beyond in-kind replacement is required EC will be contacted prior to conducting the work. Warm Springs Reservation Riparian Fence Network
In 2021, water troughs, solar panels, and charge controllers are planned to be replaced at a few Warm Springs river sites. The replacement are expected to be in kind and ground disturbance will be limited. EC will be contacted if an expanded footprint is anticipated.
A summary of current riparian fence projects and their associated metrics in a supporting table (can be viewed here: https://www.cbfish.org/Document.mvc/Viewer/P189285) presents a list of the fence network sites by watershed on the Reservation.
To avoid double counting of metrics, with WE F no metrics are reported within this work element. | $40,000 | 7.08% | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2023 |
| H | 250956 | 175 | Produce Design | WSR LWD Phase II and Middle Beaver Creek LWD | This project is a continuation of large wood additions/placements in to the Warm Springs River conducted in 2016. The new (2023) project area will be located downstream of highway 26 and also allow for LWD additions to be made in Beaver Creek, which has reduced LWD recruitment rates due its location adjacent to the highway and the lack of trees recruited and transported downstream from the highway reach. Planning for this continuation of the of the LWD additions project will use the same analysis the was completed in 2015/2016 described below.
The Warm Springs River LWD Additions II Project will be developed alongside the Middle Beaver Creek project to provide important habitat enhancement for spring Chinook salmon, summer steelhead, bull trout, and Pacific Lamprey. Project development will also include investigating the feasibility of spawning gravel addition and the creation of a perennial side channel, system using strategic LWD placements with light pre-excavation. Scoring reflects these actions and credits the full restoration aspect of this project due to its length and process-based approach.
The Middle Beaver Creek LWD Additions Project has matrix score of 58 and was developed alongside the Warm Springs River LWD Additions II project to provide important habitat enhancement for spring Chinook salmon, summer steelhead, bull trout, and Pacific Lamprey.
The addition of LWD into the Warm Springs River in 2016 resulted in a three-fold increase in juvenile steelhead use and a seven-fold increase in juvenile chinook use of treated vs non-treated sites. Additional treatments will provide the opportunity to continue to validate this information to better understand carrying capacity. This project will be located downstream of highway 26 where recruitment of LWD has been interrupted for decades by the highway. When complete this project will result several miles of enhancement through the addition of approximately 400-500 whole trees. The addition of spawning gravel has been listed as a possible restoration action at this time and is still under development. A restoration action to place LWD in a known thermal refugia created by a hillslope spring inflow documented using FLIR and is also still underdevelopment at this time. Scoring reflects these actions and credits the full restoration aspect of this project due to its length and process-based approach.
Project planning and development will include analysis of existing and proposed large wood in order to evaluate their influences on channel stability, hydrology, geomorphology, and hydraulics. Existing and reference condition habitat will be incorporated into final project designs. For example, stream habitat surveys conducted in 2013 indicate a lack pools within the proposed project reach. Therefore, large wood will be placed in appropriate locations to facilitate the formation of pools. Biological information including spawning trends, rearing densities, and habitat area has been incorporated into the project designs to understand fish production and infer potential outcomes.
For Phase I of Warm Spring LWD tribal staff worked with a hydraulic engineer to develop large wood placement designs that mimic natural aggregates of large wood encountered in the WSR. Six types of large wood aggregates were identified and drafted into the designs. The following steps were used to develop project the phase I designs:
1. Identify the project reach based on remote sensing, historical photos, geomorphic review of the river system, and a review of the available biological and habitat data.
2. Conduct field investigations of woody material accumulations within the project reach.
3. Use hydraulic modeling to develop large wood structure designs and potential structure locations.
This project is designed to address the following factors that are limiting salmonid production identified by tribal staff, the Deschutes Subbasin Plan and the Mid-Columbia Steelhead Recovery Plan:
• Decreased primary pool habitat
• Degraded channel structure and complexity (riffles, pools and large woody debris)
• Reduced floodplain connectivity
• Excessive levels of fine sediment caused by altered sediment routing
In 2023 Tribal staff will conduct reconnaissance within the project reaches on both the WSR LWD Phase II and Middle Beaver Creek to determine locations appropriate for the placement of specific LWD aggregates designed in the 2015/2016 analysis. The location will be marked with GPS and flagged in the field, then developed into a plan and map(s) that will be used for BPA review, construction bid announcement and cost estimate. These projects will require the use of a large lift helicopter to complete all of the LWD placements. Columbia Helicopters located in Aurora, Oregon is the leader in these large lift services worldwide and was used for the Warm Springs River Project in 2016. It is anticipated at this time that a sole source contract with Columbia Helicopters may be needed to complete this project.
About 1000 whole trees will be needed for this project. Trees will be acquired from an open and approved timber sale located on the Reservation. This location will be covered for section 106 cultural clearances as part of the timber sale. Field investigations, by the Forestry and Fisheries Departments, will be conducted in order to determine what portion of the timber block will be allocated to this project. Whole trees, with rootwads intact, will be harvested using a tracked excavator or similar tracked equipment. Trees will be transported closer to the project site on the downstream side of the highway for safety and cost savings. Subsequently, the trees will be flown to predetermined sites in the WSR and Beaver Creek and then placed in positions that mimic natural aggregates. | $40,000 | 7.08% | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2023 |
| I | 250957 | 132 | Produce Progress (Annual) Report | Submit Progress Report for the period (3/1/2020) to (2/28/2022) | Due to COVID and staffing issues this report will include the two previous contracts (84699 and 87255). 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. | $7,000 | 1.24% | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2023 |
| J | 250958 | 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. | $7,000 | 1.24% | 07/01/2022 | 02/28/2023 |
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