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Contract 93079: 2010-073-00 EXP COLUMBIA LAND TRUST ESTUARINE RESTORATION (CLT)
Project Number:
Title:
Columbia Land Trust Estuarine Restoration
BPA PM:
Stage:
Implementation
Area:
Province Subbasin %
Columbia River Estuary Columbia Estuary 50.00%
Elochoman 5.00%
Grays 5.00%
Lower Columbia Columbia Lower 30.00%
Kalama 5.00%
Sandy 5.00%
Contract Number:
93079
Contract Title:
2010-073-00 EXP COLUMBIA LAND TRUST ESTUARINE RESTORATION (CLT)
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Contract Status:
Issued
Contract Description:
The recovery of Columbia River salmonids requires that a sufficient amount and diversity of habitat opportunity is provided in the estuary to accommodate the full spectrum of stocks and life history types in the basin. To accomplish this, the primary objective of this contract is to increase the diversity, extent, and spatial distribution of habitats capable of supporting multiple salmon ESUs and life history types. With this contract Columbia Land Trust will increase the development, design and construction of on-the-ground habitat restoration actions in the Columbia River Estuary that benefit threatened and endangered salmonid species and help meet biological objectives required under the Columbia River System (CRS) Biological Opinion (BiOp).

All restoration actions conceived of and implemented within this project are intended to benefit threatened and endangered salmonid species rearing and migrating in mainstem and tidal habitats of the Columbia River Estuary.  As a principle implementer of restoration in the Columbia Estuary, Columbia Land Trust has conserved over four thousand acres of Columbia Estuary floodplain over the last nine years.  Columbia Land Trust accomplished this by permanently securing a land base from willing land owners through fair market processes.  These lands now serve as a platform from which on-the-ground restoration projects are able to be implemented.  Columbia Land Trust restoration projects result in some of the highest survival benefits for threatened and endangered salmon in the estuary (Johnson et al. 2007).  

Columbia Land Trust will assist the Action Agencies in achieving their specific estuary land protection and restoration goals by working closely with land owners, local, state and federal agencies, providing risk capital through a revolving transaction fund, negotiation capacity, legal expertise and an ability to leverage significant sources of project funding. This approach enables Columbia Land Trust to act quickly and effectively to meet estuary habitat restoration goals and allows Columbia Land Trust to accomplish restoration where other practitioners may find more challenges.  Columbia Land Trust has identified and is developing numerous estuary habitat acquisition and restoration projects within priority areas that this project will support.

The project types and actions developed within this contract are largely related to tidal reconnection actions that restore full or near full tidal influence to areas that have been historically disconnected from tidal and fluvial hydrologic processes by levees, roads, dredge material and railroad causeways.  These restoration actions intend to restore such natural habitat forming processes as tidal hydrology, sediment accretion, and the movement of macro-detritus that shape and maintain estuarine wetland habitats.  Specific restoration objectives are:

1) Restore connectivity between river and floodplain, as well as in-river habitats
2) Increase shallow water peripheral and side channel habitats toward historic levels.  

Columbia Land Trust will coordinate with, and utilize the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership' s Project Review Committee (PRC) for the initial level of scientific review for on-the-ground habitat projects.  The second level of scientific review will be done by the Expert Regional Technical Group (ERTG).
Account Type(s):
Expense
Contract Start Date:
10/01/2023
Contract End Date:
09/30/2024
Current Contract Value:
$1,329,161
Expenditures:
$1,066,638

* Expenditures data includes accruals and are based on data through 30-Nov-2024.

BPA CO:
BPA COR:
Env. Compliance Lead:
Contract Contractor:
Work Order Task(s):
Contract Type:
Coop
Pricing Method:
Cost Reimbursement (CNF)
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Viewing of Work Statement Elements

Deliverable Title WSE Sort Letter, Number, Title Start End Concluded
Environmental Compliance Complete B: 165. Ensure All Environmental Compliance is Complete 09/30/2024 09/30/2024
Effective implementation management and timely contract administration C: 119. Provide Management and Administration of Projects 09/30/2024 09/30/2024
Completed 2023 Annual Report uploaded to cbfish.org D: 132. Submit ANNUAL Progress Report for the period Jan 2023 to Dec 2023 04/30/2024 04/30/2024
Submit 2023 Stewardship Fund Reports E: 141. Other Reports for BPA 07/26/2024 07/26/2024
Submit LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS to BPA F: 193. Submit outstanding LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS to BPA 09/30/2024 09/30/2024
Work With Landowners and WWR if approached about potential project H: 114. Meet with stakeholders when approached with new project 09/30/2024 09/30/2024
Regional Data Sharing/CEERP Coordination Meetings/ERTG Participation I: 191. Expert Regional Technical Group (ERTG) Participation 09/30/2024 09/30/2024
Submit Final Realty Package for BPA-identified Priority Acquisitions J: 172. Conduct All Necessary Due Diligence Related to Land Acquisitions 09/30/2024 09/30/2024
COLUMBIA STOCK RANCH-- Vegetation Maintenance K: 198. COLUMBIA STOCK RANCH -- CWTD RESTORATION -- Maintain Vegetation 09/30/2024 09/30/2024
LOWER ELOCHOMAN 3--Site Preparation for Planting L: 199. LOWER ELOCHOMAN III -- RESTORATION -- Vegetation Control 09/30/2024 09/30/2024
LOWER ELOCHOMAN 3--Vegetation Established M: 47. LOWER ELOCHOMAN III -- RESTORATION -- Planting 09/30/2024 09/30/2024
LOWER ELOCHOMAN 3--Plant Maintenance N: 198. LOWER ELOCHOMAN III -- RESTORATION -- Plant Maintenance 09/30/2024 09/30/2024
RAISTAKKA ROAD--60% Project Design completed O: 175. RAISTAKKA--DESIGN-- 60% DESIGN 09/30/2024 09/30/2024
RESTORATION DESIGN CHALLENGES-- Reed Canarygrass Study Q: 157. RESTORATION DESIGN CHALLENGES Project 09/30/2024 09/30/2024
Collect Level 3 AEMR-- PRE-construction--RAISTAKKA ROAD R: 157. RAISTAKKA FLOODPLAIN - Collect PRE-construction AEMR Level 3 Data 09/30/2024 09/30/2024
Collect Level 3 AEMR data for LE2--Post-construction--Year 5 S: 157. LOWER ELOCHOMAN II - Collect POST-Construction Year 5 AEMR Level 3 data 09/30/2024 09/30/2024

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Primary Focal Species Work Statement Elements
Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) - All Populations
  • 1 instance of WE 199 Remove Vegetation
  • 1 instance of WE 193 Produce Land Management Plan
  • 1 instance of WE 172 Conduct Pre-Acquisition Activities
  • 1 instance of WE 114 Identify and Select Projects
  • 1 instance of WE 175 Produce Design
  • 2 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Lower Columbia River ESU (Threatened)
  • 1 instance of WE 198 Maintain Vegetation
  • 1 instance of WE 27 Remove Debris
  • 1 instance of WE 47 Plant Vegetation
  • 1 instance of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
Chum (Oncorhynchus keta) - Columbia River ESU (Threatened)
  • 1 instance of WE 193 Produce Land Management Plan
  • 1 instance of WE 27 Remove Debris
  • 1 instance of WE 172 Conduct Pre-Acquisition Activities
  • 1 instance of WE 114 Identify and Select Projects
  • 1 instance of WE 175 Produce Design
Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) - Lower Columbia River ESU (Threatened)
  • 1 instance of WE 199 Remove Vegetation
  • 1 instance of WE 193 Produce Land Management Plan
  • 1 instance of WE 47 Plant Vegetation
  • 1 instance of WE 172 Conduct Pre-Acquisition Activities
  • 1 instance of WE 114 Identify and Select Projects
  • 1 instance of WE 175 Produce Design
  • 2 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
Coho (O. kisutch) - Unspecified Population
  • 1 instance of WE 172 Conduct Pre-Acquisition Activities
  • 1 instance of WE 114 Identify and Select Projects
  • 1 instance of WE 175 Produce Design
Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - All Populations
  • 1 instance of WE 199 Remove Vegetation
  • 1 instance of WE 114 Identify and Select Projects
  • 2 instances of WE 157 Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data
Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Lower Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
  • 1 instance of WE 198 Maintain Vegetation
  • 1 instance of WE 193 Produce Land Management Plan
  • 1 instance of WE 27 Remove Debris
  • 1 instance of WE 47 Plant Vegetation
Wildlife
  • 1 instance of WE 198 Maintain Vegetation
  • 1 instance of WE 172 Conduct Pre-Acquisition Activities
  • 1 instance of WE 114 Identify and Select Projects

Sort WE ID WE Title NEPA NOAA USFWS NHPA Has Provisions Inadvertent Discovery Completed
A 185 Periodic Status Reports for BPA
B 165 Ensure All Environmental Compliance is Complete
C 119 Provide Management and Administration of Projects
D 132 Submit ANNUAL Progress Report for the period Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
E 141 Other Reports for BPA
F 193 Submit outstanding LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS to BPA
G 132 Submit Data for LCEP 2023 RME Report
H 114 Meet with stakeholders when approached with new project
I 191 Expert Regional Technical Group (ERTG) Participation
J 172 Conduct All Necessary Due Diligence Related to Land Acquisitions
K 198 COLUMBIA STOCK RANCH -- CWTD RESTORATION -- Maintain Vegetation 05/16/2024
L 199 LOWER ELOCHOMAN III -- RESTORATION -- Vegetation Control 05/16/2024
M 47 LOWER ELOCHOMAN III -- RESTORATION -- Planting 05/16/2024
N 198 LOWER ELOCHOMAN III -- RESTORATION -- Plant Maintenance 05/16/2024
O 175 RAISTAKKA--DESIGN-- 60% DESIGN 07/19/2023
P 27 *CANCELED---RAISTAKKA--RESTORATION--Structure Removal 08/24/2023
Q 157 RESTORATION DESIGN CHALLENGES Project 07/19/2023
R 157 RAISTAKKA FLOODPLAIN - Collect PRE-construction AEMR Level 3 Data 07/19/2023
S 157 LOWER ELOCHOMAN II - Collect POST-Construction Year 5 AEMR Level 3 data 07/19/2023