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A | 247540 | 185 | Produce CBFish Status Report | Periodic Status Reports for BPA | The Contractor shall report on the status of milestones and deliverables in CBFish. Reports shall be completed monthly, quarterly, or as negotiated with the BPA COR. In each report, when the work reaches a terminal status, additional data (actual metrics, updated budgets, final locations, etc.) may be required upon submitting the report to the BPA COR.
Ensure that the last two status reports from contract #93681 are submitted. | $1,000 | 0.50% | 01/01/2025 | 10/31/2025 |
B | 247541 | 119 | Manage and Administer Projects | Manage Project | This work element covers administrative and technical work to fulfill BPA's programmatic and contractual requirements such as financial reporting, and development of a contract renewal package (includes SOW, budget, property inventory). • Submit monthly invoices electronically within 45 days: Contractor's Contract Manager should review all charges included in contract invoices to ensure they are allowable, allocable, and consistent with the approved line-item budget. For contracts with subcontracts, invoices and associated supporting backup must be submitted electronically within 90 days of the end of the month in which costs were incurred. Subcontracts should be written to include requirements for timely submission of invoices from the subcontractor. • Track inventory: If equipment is purchased, tag all equipment purchased during the contract. If you are not a government entity with required procedures for what does, and does not have to be tagged, please follow requirements in the standardized language of your contract and with any additional clarity as provided by BPA’s Contracting Officer if you have questions. • If electronic equipment is purchased, dispose of electronic waste in accordance with state and local jurisdiction, laws, and policies: Confirm that adequate waste identification and collection procedures are in place and proper disposal practices are followed according to your governmental policy. If you do not have a policy, please contact your CO and/or COTR for guidance. The purpose is to keep hazardous materials from entering the normal waste stream, becoming land-fill, or being boot-legged into unregulated reprocessing and/or metals extraction. E-Waste usually includes: batteries, light ballasts, fluorescent tubes and bulbs, modems, routers, computers, and all equipment with electronic components. For current EPA guidance, please see: http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/ecycling/rules.htm | $13,400 | 6.70% | 11/01/2024 | 10/31/2025 |
C | 247542 | 165 | Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Obtain Environmental Compliance Coverage | Confirm that needed EC work is done to cover PIT tag detection system installation and to sample fish. | $3,000 | 1.50% | 11/01/2024 | 10/31/2025 |
D | 247543 | 191 | Watershed Coordination | Share Project Activity and Progress with Partner Agencies | Share project activities and progress with the partner agencies for the Wind River (WDFW, UCD, USFS) to promote better understanding of data being collected and its implications, reduce redundancy in habitat and monitoring work, improve feedback loop between habitat work and assessment/evaluation work, maintain strong relationship between agencies and partners working in the same watershed for parallel purposes, maintain a unified, coordinated project. | $1,532 | 0.77% | 03/01/2025 | 10/31/2025 |
E | 247544 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Maintain the Upper Wind PIT Tag Interrogation System and Ensure Data Collection | Maintain the upper Wind PIT tag interrogation system (site code WRU) and the associated auxiliary antennas downstream of the site (used for developing and assessing detection efficiency of WRU). This may include tuning of the transceiver, changing batteries, adjustment of solar panels, and replacement of lost or malfunctioning antennas. Assure that the data are collected in a timely manner. USGS will submit data to PTAGIS. Data will be summarized in the annual RM&E reporting, and we will be collaborating with WDFW on use of these data in steelhead estimates and long-term monitoring of Steelhead parr. This site serves in concert with the Mine Reach site to generate adult and juvenile data for the upper Wind River to act as control for Trout Creek as ongoing and proposed restoration actions take place there. | $15,000 | 7.50% | 11/01/2024 | 10/31/2025 |
F | 247545 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Maintain the Trout Creek PIT Tag Interrogation at Hemlock System and Ensure Data Collection | Maintain the Trout Creek PIT tag interrogation system at Hemlock (TRC) and the associated auxiliary antennas downstream of the site (used for developing and assessing detection efficiency of TRC). This may include tuning of the transceiver, wiring of power supply, and replacement of lost or malfunctioning antennas. Assure that the data are collected in a timely manner. Data will be submitted to the PTAGIS database. Data will be summarized in the annual RM&E reporting, and we will be collaborating with WDFW on use of these data in Steelhead estimates and long-term monitoring of parr life histories. In addition, this site is also continuing to provide data in the long-term assessment of Steelhead response to removal of Hemlock Dam. Both juvenile and adult life stages are being monitored. Long term monitoring of restoration actions is something often overlooked, and many years can be required (Kondolf 2007; Brewitt 2016). Short term studies of restoration actions may even result in erroneous conclusions (Herrick et al. 2006). Pess (2009) reported that 20 - 25 years may be required to restore salmonid populations following dam removal highlighting the need for long term studies. At this time there is no definitive end date for the proposed efficacy monitoring of the Hemlock Dam removal. Additional restoration work is in progress and proposed by USFS for the Trout Creek watershed including a Stage-0 effort in the Trout Creek flats. Continued adult and juvenile Steelhead monitoring in Trout Creek will be critical to assessing if ongoing and future restoration provides benefit to the Steelhead population in addition to the potential benefit of Hemlock Dam removal. Because Steelhead are relatively long-lived, and their populations are affected by many factors we do plan to continue this evaluation as long as possible. | $15,000 | 7.50% | 11/01/2024 | 10/31/2025 |
G | 247546 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Maintain the Trout Creek at 43 Bridge PIT Tag Interrogation System and Ensure Data Collection | Maintain the Trout Creek at 43 Bridge PIT tag interrogation system. This may include tuning of the transceiver, wiring of power supply, and replacement of lost or malfunctioning antennas. Assure that the data are collected in a timely manner. Data will be submitted to the PTAGIS database. Data will be summarized in the annual RM&E reporting, and we will be collaborating with WDFW on use of these data in Steelhead estimates and long-term monitoring of parr life histories. In addition, this site is also continuing to provide data in the long-term assessment of Steelhead response to removal of Hemlock Dam. Both juvenile and adult life stages are being monitored. Long term monitoring of restoration actions is something often overlooked, and many years can be required (Kondolf 2007; Brewitt 2016). Short term studies of restoration actions may even result in erroneous conclusions (Herrick et al. 2006). Pess (2009) reported that 20 - 25 years may be required to restore salmonid populations following dam removal highlighting the need for long term studies. At this time there is no definitive end date for the proposed efficacy monitoring of the Hemlock Dam removal. Additional restoration work is in progress and proposed by USFS for the Trout Creek watershed including a Stage-0 effort in the Trout Creek flats immediately upstream of this site. Continued adult and juvenile Steelhead monitoring in Trout Creek will be critical to assessing if ongoing and future restoration provides benefit to the Steelhead population in addition to the potential benefit of Hemlock Dam removal. Because Steelhead are relatively long-lived, and their populations are affected by many factors we do plan to continue this evaluation as long as possible. | $15,000 | 7.50% | 11/01/2024 | 10/31/2025 |
H | 247547 | 157 | Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Maintain the Mine Reach of Wind River PIT Tag Interrogation System | Maintain the Mine Reach of Wind River PIT tag interrogation system. This may include tuning of the transceiver, changing batteries, adjustment of solar panels, and replacement of lost or malfunctioning antennas. Data will be submitted to the PTAGIS database. Data will be summarized in the annual RM&E reporting, and we will be collaborating with WDFW on use of these data in adult Steelhead estimates and long-term monitoring of parr. This site serves in concert with the upper Wind River site to generate adult and juvenile data for the upper Wind River to act as control for Trout Creek as ongoing and proposed restoration actions take place there.
During 2025, it may be necessary to relocate the Mine Reach PIT-tag interrogation equipment due to large-scale restoration actions by US Forest Service in the Mine Reach of the Wind River. Alternative sites are being considered. Restoration is scheduled to begin in the lower Mine Reach in 2024, and following that USGS will evaluate further on site relocation. | $18,000 | 9.00% | 11/01/2024 | 10/31/2025 |
I | 247548 | 158 | Mark/Tag Animals | PIT Tag a Total of 1,500 Steelhead Parr in the Headwaters of the Wind River Subbasin | PIT tag 1,500 Steelhead parr in headwater areas of the Wind River subbasin to have these fish contribute to life history studies and population monitoring. Parr will be captured by backpack electrofishing. Age-0 (9-mm PIT tags) and age-1 (12-mm PIT tags) fish will primarily be targeted for tagging. These efforts will occur in Layout Creek, Crater Creek, and mainstem upper Trout Creek in the Trout Creek watershed and Paradise Creek, the Wind River above Paradise Creek, and the Mine Reach of the Wind River in the upper Wind River watershed. These sites will maximize tagged parr upstream of our dual instream PIT tag interrogation systems in both watersheds. Approximately 150 - 200 fish will be targeted for tagging at each site. | $65,000 | 32.51% | 11/01/2024 | 10/31/2025 |
J | 247549 | 162 | Analyze/Interpret Data | Report Growth Data on PIT Tagged Fish that Have Been Recaptured | Report on relative growth of PIT tagged fish that have been recaptured during the project. Parr Steelhead have been PIT tagged in headwater areas of the Wind River since 2011. Each year, some of these PIT tagged fish are recaptured both within year and in subsequent years. Additionally, some PIT tagged parr are recaptured by WDFW at smolt traps. To the extent possible, we will determine growth rates within years and from year to year as well as between tagging locations in the watershed. Growth rates will be reported for age-0 and age-1 fish. These analyses to be made available in Annual RM&E Reporting. | $13,000 | 6.50% | 11/01/2024 | 10/31/2025 |
K | 247550 | 162 | Analyze/Interpret Data | Estimate Detection Efficiencies and Fish Passage at the PIT Tag Interrogation Systems | Estimate detection efficiencies of the PIT tag interrogation sites in the Wind River subbasin. The estimates will be stratified by adult and juvenile fish. Depending upon data availability, the estimates will be stratified by water level. Estimates will be generated by the methods of Connolly et al. (2008) when possible, or by Petersen methods with direct comparison of fish detected downstream of a site with detections at the site. Estimates will be provided in the Annual RM&E Reporting. Efficiency estimates will be used to generate estimates of numbers of PIT tagged fish passed each site, which will allow calculation of probability of migration to a site by tagging cohort. | $13,000 | 6.50% | 11/01/2024 | 10/31/2025 |
L | 247551 | 132 | Produce Progress (Annual) Report | Submit Technical Progress Report for Period (Jan2024) to (Dec2024) | The progress report summarizes the project goal, objectives, hypotheses, completed and uncompleted deliverables, problems encountered, lessons learned, and long-term planning. Examples of long-term planning include future improvements, new directions, or level of effort for contract implementation, including any ramping up or ramping down of contract components or of the project as a whole. Technical progress reports should be submitted using the template available in Taurus (https://www.cbfish.org, go to your project, click on Reports & Documents, then go to the RM&E Technical Report tab). | $27,000 | 13.50% | 11/01/2024 | 10/31/2025 |