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Proposals

A Proposal is an application to continue existing work or start new work. While historically the Program solicited for all types of projects at once, starting in fiscal year 2009, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council and BPA are reviewing and soliciting for projects that are similar in nature and intent. These "categorical" reviews started with Wildlife projects and continue with Research, Monitoring, & Evaluation (RME) and Artificial Production (Hatchery) projects.

Project 2009-014-00 - Biomonitoring of Fish Habitat Enhancement
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Biop Fish Accord
    		 
    RMECAT-2009-014-00Proposal Version 1Existing ProjectPending BPA Response2009-014-00Biomonitoring of Fish Habitat EnhancementGoal: Measure biological results of habitat enhancement actions in a scientifically defensible and efficient manner. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) utilizes traditional provisions or First Foods (see First Foods serving order in attached Umatilla River Vision paper) for providing the framework in natural resource management (Quaempts el al. in press). A major component of preserving First Foods is protecting and enhancing the habitats which sustain them. The CTUIR Department of Natural Resource Fisheries and Wildlife Programs are implementing habitat enhancement actions in the Umatilla, Walla Walla, Tucannon, Grande Ronde and John Day basins in NE Oregon and SE Washington. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) is developing a biomonitoring plan to determine the efficacy of aquatic habitat enhancement actions on biota. Consequently a theoretical approach is considered necessary in determining the biological indicators to measure for determining the costs and design of biomonitoring study. The fish species consistent among Grande Rhonde, John Day, Tucannon, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Rivers are Chinook (river type Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), steelhead (anadromous O. mykiss), bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) This project entails a plan to determine the effects of aquatic habitat enhancement actions on target species populations. A physical habitat monitoring plan has been developed and now a monitoring plan is needed that includes an experimental design which will scientifically determine the biological response to various habitat treatments anticipated by CTUIR. The products of this effort will increase an ecological understanding of current and changing stream channel, floodplain, water quality, and aquatic habitat conditions and provide information to an interdisciplinary planning team. These products will be used to 1) help determine the biological benefits of aquatic habitat improvements; 2) establish relationships between physical habitat conditions and biological responses to improved habitat; and 3) inform manager’s decisions for modifying existing research, monitoring, and evaluation programs, habitat work and implementing new watershed restoration plans for achieving desired future conditions. The CTUIR anticipate that the results of this project (the biological monitoring plan) will be used in a multi-year effort to evaluate the biological response to existing habitats and physical habitat improvements in the Umatilla, Walla Walla, Tucannon, Grande Ronde, and John Day Rivers.Bryan Mercier (Inactive)07/06/201007/08/2011Bryan Mercier (Inactive)Umatilla Confederated Tribes (CTUIR)HabitatNoneRME / AP Category ReviewRM&E Cat. Review - RM&EFish Accord