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Proposal RESCAT-1996-019-00 - Data Access in Real Time (DART)

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Proposal Number:
   RESCAT-1996-019-00
Proposal Status:
 Pending Council Recommendation
Proposal Version:
 Proposal Version 1
Review:
 Resident Fish, Regional Coordination, and Data Management Category Review
Portfolio:
 Resident Fish, Regional Coordination, and Data Management Categorical Review
Type:
 Existing Project: 1996-019-00
Primary Contact:
 James Anderson
Created:
 10/21/2011 by (Not yet saved)
Proponent Organizations:
 University of Washington
Project Title:
 Data Access in Real Time (DART)
 
Proposal Short Description:
 The primary and second-tier database, data repository, web-based data reporting and analysis services collectively known as Columbia River DART (Data Access in Real Time) provides direct, timely, flexible, user-controlled public access to integrated Columbia Basin environmental, operational, fishery, riverine, ocean and climatic data resources for informed and adaptive management of the Columbia Basin resources and hydrosystem by federal, state, tribal, public and private entities.
 
Proposal Executive Summary:
 Columbia River Data Access in Real Time (DART)—the second-tier database, data repository, web-based data reporting and analysis services—provides direct, timely, flexible, and user-defined public access to integrated Columbia Basin environmental, operational, fishery, riverine, ocean and climatic data resources for sound management of the Columbia Basin resources and hydrosystem by federal, state, tribal, public and private entities. The DART project effectively addresses the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s four tiers of implementation criteria of contribution to program success, feasibility, efficiency, and cost savings (NPPC 2010).

The DART database and web-based reporting tools evolved out of a need to organize data used in research on fish passage through the Columbia River hydrosystem and to provide a method for flexible, user-oriented querying. In 1992, we developed an in-house relational database including flow data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and PIT Tag data from Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC). We established our web site in March 1994. In September 1994, we implemented one of the first web accessible query systems that allowed public users to query our in-house database. In 1995, we implemented a variety of data selection and graphical display tools with the release of the Netscape browser. Since that time, the DART system has continued to grow and develop in response to regional data, analysis, forecasting, and management needs.

DART strives to provide real-time data and on-line analytical processing services in accordance with the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program (NPPC 2000, 2009) and 2010 Supplemental FCRPS Biological Opinion (NMFS 2010a) and to anticipate reporting and analysis needs of the region at large: both to illustrate status and to shed light on critical uncertainties. The current scope may be modified as needed, to address requirements of the Action Agencies implementation of NOAA Fisheries Biological Opinions (NMFS 2007, 2008b, 2008c, 2010a; NOAA Fisheries 2008) federal court-directed remand of one or more biological opinions, and the regional review of information requirements and services.

DART draws on the experience of Columbia Basin Research (CBR), a research group within the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington. CBR has been actively involved in data management and analysis of Columbia River fish passage issues for over 20 years. The main areas of research are in ecological modeling and wildlife statistics.

DART uses various transfer protocols and programs to obtain data from other sites disseminating data electronically. Daily real-time data and historic information is accessible through the website query forms and by direct requests to DART staff. Currently, detailed information is retrieved daily from more than seventeen federal, state and tribal databases to provide a comprehensive, integrated regional information tool. DART provides valuable input to data-quality assurance and control feedback loops for many data sites in the region. Systems and databases are backed up through mirrored disks and database backups to ensure continued service.

DART compliments and enhances services provided by other federal, state, and private entities in the region by providing an independent source of integrated public data for more effective access, consideration, analysis, and application and by providing additional analysis capabilities for evaluating water and fishery status and management actions. DART’s real-time preliminary and summary analyses provide an instant look into the current status of the resource and provide access to potential early warning triggers on a daily basis. These services are critical to Bonneville Power Administration’s implementation of its fish and wildlife responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The services are available to Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program (FWP) participants needing integration of data and can be used to implement effective monitoring and evaluation of RPAs in real-time. The DART real-time analysis offerings and predictive modeling tools enhance the potential for adaptive management throughout the region.

Routine reporting and analysis by DART provides information on the migration status and trends of juvenile and adult fish populations in the mainstem and tributaries. Historical, real-time, and predictive passage statistics provide resources for managing the hydrosystem in relation to migrating and resident stocks. The real-time analysis and modeling tools facilitate adaptive management for fish passage presenting a comprehensive description of fish passage including: real-time in-season analysis and predictions of smolt migration rate, survival, and transportation and adult upstream run size and migration timing. DART provides analytical processing tools of publicly available PTAGIS interrogation dataset for the instream tributary PIT Arrays to observe movement and life history patterns of individual fish in greater detail, to efficiently handle and standardize analysis of these datasets for specific research questions, and to allow comparable, reproducible results across research studies. DART provides status measures for numerous stocks through summary statistics, trends, reach and system survivals, migration patterns, and exposure indices monitored on a daily basis throughout the year. DART also reports stream flows, ocean conditions, and long-term climate trends. Specialized data aggregation and queries provide passage, travel time, and survival information on juvenile and adult ESA listed PIT-tagged stocks.

Specific analyses provided by DART include:
• Juvenile and adult migration status monitoring providing reach-specific and system-level passage migration timing and survival information for ESA-listed and non-listed populations;
• Monitoring and reporting detailed status of juvenile and adult ESA listed stock migrations based on DART data aggregations of PTAGIS data;
• Reach conversion rates for adult salmonid stocks based on PTAGIS data;
• Tributary status and trend monitoring of juvenile and adult ESA-listed and non-listed stocks based on PTAGIS data;
• Detail and summary statistics and analysis of PTAGIS data for juveniles and adults;
• In-season real-time run predictions for juvenile and adult stocks with an annual review of run-timing predictions;
• Reports of migrant exposure to environmental conditions.

DART conducts quarterly and annual reviews of user query patterns and affiliations to track, ensure relevance, and improve reporting and analysis tools. Usage of the DART services peaks with the spring and fall adult migration timing. For the past 6 years, DART annually delivers 400,000-600,000 database query results. Online surveys and data feedback forms allow for user input on a range of issues. Direct feedback is solicited from a number of individually identifiable users every quarter. DART staff respond rapidly and effectively to analysis needs and specialized data requests from the region and beyond.

DART supports regional efficiency, collaboration, and cost savings through numerous relationships with other BPA funded projects and regional entities (see Relationships section). DART is the primary publicly accessible repository for a number of projects in the region including the Adult Anadromous Fish Radiotelemetry Project (1996-2004), the cooperative Mid Columbia Status for Juvenile and Adult Salmon, and adult passage counts from Chelan and Grant County PUDs as well as the Tumwater and Zosel dams. In addition, DART provided technical expertise and hosted the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP) website on its servers from January 2010 – May 2011 while PNAMP web services were in transition. DART provides release, survival and travel time analyses integrated with environmental parameters to assist with NOAA 's development, calibration and validation of the Comprehensive Salmon Passage Model (COMPASS) for the 2008-2018 Biological Assessment and Biological Opinion scenario analyses and the current Pacific Salmon Treaty renewal process.

Through regional cooperation, DART provides support for monitoring and evaluation of scientific research efforts, implementation plans, and FWP biological objectives; access to spatially and temporally integrated biological and environmental data; and integration and free exchange of information.
Purpose:
 Hydrosystem
Emphasis:
 Data Management
Species Benefit:
 Anadromous: 98.0%   Resident: 2.0%   Wildlife: 0.0%
Supports 2009 NPCC Program:
 Yes
Subbasin Plan:
Fish Accords:
 None
Biological Opinions:

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Project Significance & Problem Statement

Describe how you think your work relates to or implements regional documents including: the current Council’s 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program including subbasin plans, Council's 2017 Research Plan,  NOAA’s Recovery Plans, or regional plans. In your summary, it will be helpful for you to include page numbers from those documents; optional citation format).
Project Significance to Regional Programs: View instructions
DART offers real-time analysis tools and reporting based on PIT Tag and other datasets in all three areas of measurable performance standards for salmonids—run size and return rates, dam passage survival, and reach survival—for use by federal, tribal, and state managers and researchers in assessing action implementation and effectiveness and monitoring fish status in achieving the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program’s biological objectives (NPPC 2010). DART provides analysis capabilities for evaluating water and fishery status and management actions for a real-time look into the current status of the resource and provides access to potential early warning triggers on a daily basis. These services are critical to Bonneville Power Administration’s implementation of its fish and wildlife responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and RME Reasonable & Prudent Alternatives (NOAA Fisheries NA; Recommendations 2009) and to facilitate FWP participants implementation of effective monitoring and evaluation in real-time. The DART real-time analysis offerings and predictive modeling tools enhance the potential for adaptive management throughout the region. DART is the only project directly reporting the real-time status of PIT-tagged Columbia Basin Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESU) and Distinct Population Segment (DPS) juvenile and adult stocks. PIT tag data specific to populations listed as ESU and DPS are analyzed and basic statistical properties of the stocks are provided on the website (NMFS 2010b). As part of the Columbia Basin ESU/DPS data services, DART aggregates PIT Tag release and detection information in order to provide year-to-date and detailed observation information on the listed populations as well as arithmetic mean travel time estimates and migration timing characteristics. DART provides real-time reporting and analysis for ten (10) juvenile and adult ESU/DPS populations from the Snake, Columbia and Willamette rivers: Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook: 1988 – present, Snake River Fall Chinook: 1991 – present, Snake River Steelhead: 1988 – present, Snake River Sockeye: 1990 – present, Upper Columbia Steelhead: 1989 – present, Upper Columbia Spring Chinook: 1994 – present, Mid-Columbia Steelhead: 1989 – present, Lower Columbia Steelhead: 2000 – present, Lower Columbia Chinook: 2005 – present, and Upper Willamette Spring Chinook: 1999 – present. DART will report on additional ESU/DPS populations as data for the populations becomes available. By providing real-time information about the status of Upper Willamette River Chinook ESU, DART can assist adaptive management in the Willamette and contribute to the best available information on Willamette species for implementation of the Willamette Biological Opinion and RPA (NMFS 2008a, 2008b). DART Columbia Basin Instream Arrays & Subbasins analysis tools with PTAGIS interrogation and recapture datasets provides real-time information about the capture and migration histories for the individual populations in the defined major population groups (MPG) as identified in the AA/NOAA/NPCC BiOp RM&E Recommendations Report (Recommendations 2010). These analysis tools support status and trend and fish in-fish out monitoring, which are recommended for use by the region to assess habitat action effectiveness on fish (CBCAMW 2010). The following section details Reasonable Prudent Actions (RPAs) addressed by DART (Recommendations 2010). RPA 50.2 Monitor adult returns at mainstem hydroelectric dams using both visual counts and the PIT tag detection system. DART provides multiple real-time reporting and analysis tools for monitoring the status and trends of adult returns at mainstem dams for both the integrated adult passage visual counts dataset and the PTAGIS dataset including reach conversion rates, travel times, exposure indices, migration timing characteristics, and ocean age. The DART life-stage filter is necessary for monitoring adult PIT Tag returns due to the prevalence of both juvenile and adult passage detections in common detectors and at instream detection arrays. DART is the primary public source for integrated adult passage data for mainstem dams: Rock Island, Rocky Reach, and Wells. DART also provides predictions of adult passage timing and adult run size. The online forecasting tool uses real-time information about the current status of various Columbia Basin adult salmon runs along with current forecasted operational and hydrologic information to predict future progress of the migrating fish. DART was the first website to report 10 year averages for adult passage and already provides the running 4 year rolling mean for assessing the fish abundance biological trigger (AMIP 2009). RPA 50.3 Monitor juvenile fish migrations at mainstem hydroelectric dams using smolt monitoring and the PIT-tag detection system. DART provides multiple real-time reporting and analysis tools for monitoring the status and trends of juvenile passage at mainstem dams for both the smolt index dataset and the PTAGIS dataset including travel times, migration timing characteristics, and exposure indices. The DART life-stage filter is necessary for monitoring juvenile PIT Tag passage due to the prevalence of both juvenile and adult passage detections in common detectors and at instream detection arrays. DART also provides predictions of juvenile passage timing. The online forecasting tool uses real-time information about the current status of various Columbia Basin juvenile salmon runs along with current forecasted operational and hydrologic information to predict future progress of the migrating fish. RPA 50.4 Fund status and trend monitoring as a component of the pilot studies in the Wenatchee, Methow, and Entiat river basins in the Upper Columbia River, the Lemhi and South Fork Salmon river basins, and the John Day River Basin to further advance the methods and information needed for assessing the status of fish populations. DART provides multiple real-time reporting and analysis tools for monitoring the status of fish populations in the Wenatchee, Methow, and Entiat river basins in the Upper Columbia River, the Lemhi and South Fork Salmon river basins, and the John Day River Basin, based on PTAGIS data. DART is the only project directly reporting the real-time status of PIT-tagged ESU and DPS stocks. We are actively incorporating into our analysis tools recapture data from the tributaries and data from the PIT Tag tributary in-stream arrays being installed throughout the Columbia Basin, including the pilot study watersheds. DART has developed data-mining processes for generating publicly available, real-time valid tag lists and sample rates of tagging and sampling efforts at Lower Granite Dam Adult Ladder from the PTAGIS interrogation, tagging, and recapture datasets. The valid tag lists are used in the calculation of adult escapement in the Snake River Basin. This work is scaleable to other tagging and sampling protocols at additional locations including Priest Rapids Dam. RPA 50.5 Provide additional status monitoring to ensure a majority of Snake River B-Run steelhead populations are being monitored for population productivity and abundance. DART will develop and implement Snake River B-Run Steelhead reporting and analysis tools based on information in the PTAGIS datasets to monitor population abundance and migration trends. RPA 50.6 Review and modify existing Action Agencies’ fish population status monitoring projects to improve their compliance with regional standards and protocols, and ensure they are prioritized and effectively focused on critical performance measures and populations. DART developed analysis tools with PTAGIS interrogation and recapture datasets that provides real-time information about the capture and migration histories for the individual populations in the defined major population groups (MPG) as identified in the AA/NOAA/NPCC BiOp RM&E Recommendations Report (Recommendations 2010). These analysis tools support fish in-fish out status and trends monitoring, which are recommended for use by the region to assess action effectiveness on fish (CBCAMW 2010). RPA 51 Collaboration Regarding Fish Population Status Monitoring DART is the only project directly reporting the real-time status of juvenile and adult PIT-tagged ESU and DPS stocks. PIT tag data specific to populations listed as ESU and DPS are analyzed and basic statistical properties of the stocks are provided on the website; currently, PIT Tag data exists to identify and analyze 6 Columbia Basin ESU and 4 Columbia Basin DPS fish populations. As part of the ESU/DPS data services, we will continue to aggregate PIT Tag release and detection information in order to provide year-to-date and detailed observation information on the ESU/DPS populations. Analyses are updated daily with the most recent information and statistics calculated including component stocks, migration characteristics, and arithmetic mean travel time estimates for both juvenile and adult populations. RPA 52.2 Monitor and evaluate juvenile salmonid in-river and system survival through the FCRPS, including estimates of differential post-Bonneville survival of transported fish relative to in-river fish (D-value) as needed. DART provides the “PIT Tag Release & Observation Summary with Survival & Mean Travel Time Estimates” analysis tool for monitoring and evaluating juvenile salmonid system survival of user-specified populations or tagging groups. In addition, DART maintains and publishes the annual survival and travel time analysis for select Columbia Basin PIT-tagged hatchery and wild salmon populations produced by Project 1991-051-00. The analyses include: CJS reach survival estimates, reach travel time estimates, and detection probability estimates at various detection locations on the Columbia and Snake rivers. RPA 52.3 Monitor and evaluate adult salmonid system survival upstream through the FCRPS. DART provides the “PIT Tag Adult Returns Conversion Rate” analysis tool for monitoring and evaluating adult upstream salmonid system survival for user-defined populations and conversion reach. RPA 52.7 Cooperate with NOAA Fisheries, US v Oregon parties, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, and other co-managers to 1) review relevant information and identify factors (migration timing, spatial distribution, etc.) that might explain the differential conversion rates (BON to MCN) observed for UCR steelhead and spring Chinook salmon compared to SR steelhead and spring/summer Chinook salmon (see RPA Table 7 and SCA - Adult Survival Estimates Appendix); 2) develop a monitoring plan to determine the most likely cause of these differential losses (considering the potential use of flat plate PIT tag detectors in tributaries or fishery areas, additional adult detectors at The Dalles and John Day fishways, etc. to provide improved estimates of harvest or stray rates for improved conversion rate estimates in the future); and 3) implement the monitoring plan. DART will expand functionality of the “PIT Tag Adult Returns Conversion Rate” analysis tool to provide real-time information about the differential conversion rates from Bonneville to McNary for all Columbia Basin ESU/DPS populations including the Upper Columbia River steelhead, Upper Columbia River spring Chinook, Snake River steelhead, and Snake River spring/summer Chinook listed populations. DART will expand functionality of the analysis tool to provide information on wander/stray events and additional information on passage timing. RPA 52.8 Monitoring adult passage counts DART provides access to adult visual counts from USACE, ODFW, Colville Tribes, WDFW, DCPUD, CCPUD, and GCPUD. Analyses include passage timing, daily 10 year averages, ladder summaries, and annual counts. DART conversion rate analyses will include data from TDA and JDA as the sites come online and report data. DART presents the “PIT Tag Adult Fallback Adjustment Rates” in coordination with Project 1991-051-00 to monitor adult salmonids passing through FCRPS fishways. The percents of adult migrants that fallback over Bonneville, McNary, Ice Harbor, and Lower Granite dams are estimated using information on adults ascending through the adult PIT tag detectors. The algorithm to determine ascension counts is based on radio-telemetry research at the Columbia dams performed by Brian Burke et al. (2004). In cooperation with ISEMP, DART will expand the fallback analysis services to include other methods and statistics for PIT-tagged populations. DART will develop analysis tools to examine diel passage patterns of PTAGIS ladder detections for user-selected populations and Columbia Basin ESU/DPS populations. RPA 53.2 Monitor and describe the migration timing of smolts at index dams, identify potential problems, and evaluate implemented solutions. DART presents detailed and summary statistics of migration timing and characteristics for ESU / DPS populations and user-specified populations (Recommendations 2010). RPA 53.4 Monitor and enumerate adult salmonids passing through fishways in the FCRPS, identify potential problems, and evaluate implemented solutions. See 52.8. RPA 54.7 Monitor and evaluate the effects of environmental conditions affecting juvenile fish survival. DART’s Columbia Basin Performance Measures online data analysis tool calculates observed fish exposure to operational and hydrologic conditions, both raw and derived--Dissolved Gas Percent, Dissolved Gas Percent Highest 12hr, Dissolved Gas Percent 12hr Day, Dissolved Gas Percent 12hr Night, Outflow, Spill, Spill Percent, Spill 12hr Day, Spill 12hr Night, Temperature, Temperature 7DADM (7 day average of the daily maximums), and Turbidity--at the major hydroelectric projects on the Columbia and Snake rivers. RPA 54.11 Install and maintain PIT tag detectors in fish ladders at key dams in the FCRPS and evaluate adult survival (conversion rates). See 52.7 and 52.8. RPA 55.2 Investigate the post-Bonneville mortality effect of changes in fish arrival timing and transportation to below Bonneville. DART will develop web-based, publicly accessible Bonneville-to-Bonneville SARs based on juvenile arrival timing at Bonneville for user-selected populations including information on ocean age, rearing type, and natal stream of origin. RPA 55.4 -- Investigate, describe, and quantify key characteristics of the early life history of Snake River Fall Chinook Salmon in the mainstem Snake, Columbia, and Clearwater rivers. DART will implement web-based, publicly accessible Fall Chinook reporting tools based on analysis of the PIT Tag dataset to show migration timing and overwintering characteristics of Reservoir and Ocean-type Fall Chinook. RPA 56.3 Facilitate and participate in an ongoing collaboration process to develop a regional strategy for limited habitat status and trend monitoring for key ESA fish populations. This monitoring strategy will be coordinated with the status monitoring needs and strategies being developed for hydropower, habitat, hatchery, harvest, and estuary/ocean. DART will expand its web-based, publicly accessible status and trend monitoring tools for PIT-tagged ESU and DPS stocks to the tributaries based on interrogation and recapture datasets. DART will expand the tools to the identified focal populations per MPG (Recommendations 2010). RPA 61.1 Continue work to define the ecological importance of the tidal freshwater, estuary, plume, and nearshore ocean environments to the viability and recovery of listed salmonid populations in the Columbia River Basin. DART annually calculates Spring and Fall upwelling index transition dates (Van Holmes 2007) and reports these dates with results from other published methodologies (Logerwell et al. 2003; Peterson 2006). RPA 71.4 Working with regional monitoring agencies to develop, cooperatively fund, and implement standard metrics, business practices, and information collection and reporting tools needed to cooperatively track and report on the status of regional fish improvement and fish monitoring projects. The DART project is involved in collaborative projects including providing data repository and public access services to numerous projects and presentation of data and analyses product needed for research, modeling and adaptive management (see Relationships section). From January 2010 – May 2011, DART provided technical and hardware support to PNAMP. RPA 72 Data Management DART participates in and supports the Northwest regional data coordination and collaboration efforts. DART participates in regional forums. Through regional cooperation with numerous federal, state, tribal, and private entities, DART provides web-based, public access to spatially and temporally integrated biological and environmental data and facilitates integration and free exchange of information. DART maintains numerous relationships with other BPA funded projects and regional entities (see Relationships section).
In this section describe the specific problem or need your proposal addresses. Describe the background, history, and location of the problem. If this proposal is addressing new problems or needs, identify the work components addressing these and distinguish these from ongoing/past work. For projects conducting research or monitoring, identify the management questions the work intends to address and include a short scientific literature review covering the most significant previous work related to these questions. The purpose of the literature review is to place the proposed research or restoration activity in the larger context by describing work that has been done, what is known, and what remains to be known. Cite references here but fully describe them on the key project personnel page.
Problem Statement: View instructions

Columbia Basin resource management is a complex endeavor requiring cooperation and agreement among numerous state, federal, tribal, and private entities. Basic fisheries related information is an essential component of nearly all research, monitoring and management activities in the Columbia Basin. System-wide data management projects support all those activities, particularly those activities with multi-agency or system-wide scope such as recovery planning, population status monitoring or assessment; activities that rely on information collected by other agencies such as subbasin assessment and habitat restoration planning; or mainstem management decisions such as spill, water releases, and transportation. Spatially and temporally integrated datasets from several critical sources provides a framework for common discussion, analysis and consensus building. Real-time analysis tools allow for rapid decision making and in-season management adjustments according to the needs and requirements of the various groups. The second-tier nature of the integrated database allows for peer review and independent reproduction of results.

Database management projects such as the publicly accessible DART second-tier database and services contribute added value to the data collected in the FWP and stored in primary databases or with the primary data collection agencies. The process of compiling data at second-tier sites provides an opportunity for quality control and feedback to the primary data sites. Data collation, integration and aggregation in a second-tier database facilitate efficient data access, multiple viewpoints, independent review, and extensive analysis. Web-based query systems allow users to sort and select the most relevant data to their needs. Web-based analysis tools allow for routine analyses to be performed in an efficient, predictable, and standardized manner saving researchers and decision-makers valuable time and reducing human error by performing repeatable tasks, analyses on complex data aggregations, and simple and complex analyses in a defined and programmatic way. The real-time reporting, analysis, and modeling tools facilitate adaptive management for fish passage. Historical, real-time, and predictive passage statistics provide information on the status of tributary and mainstem passage and on managing the hydrosystem in relation to migrating stocks.

While the region is working toward better collaboration among databases through the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP), DART currently addresses specific data integration and analysis needs. DART integrates data on juvenile and adult salmonid passage with stream flows, water temperatures, dissolved gas levels, and hydrosystem operations. DART performs complex data mining and data aggregation on PIT Tag datasets to identify juvenile and adult life-stages, juvenile and adult ESU / DPS populations, and fish-in fish-out basin analyses. DART provides tools to investigate the status and trends of various salmonid stocks and to quantify the exposure and response of juvenile and adult migrants to river conditions. These tools have been developed in response to regional data and information needs over the 20 year history of the DART program.


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Objectives

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Monitoring the status and trend of the spawner abundance of a salmonid population; Increasing harvest; Restoring or protecting a certain population; or Maintaining species diversity. A Project Objective should provide a biological and/or physical habitat benchmark by which results can be evaluated. Objectives should be stated in terms of desired outcomes, rather than as statements of methods and work elements (tasks). In addition, define the success criteria by which you will determine if you have met your objectives. Later, you will be asked to link these Objectives to Deliverables and Work Elements.
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Monitor status and trends of juvenile Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed fish in real-time (OBJ-1)
FCRPS 2008 (RPA 50.3, 50.4, 50.6, 51, 52.2, 53.2, 54.7, 55.2, 55.4, 56.3, 71.4) and MERR 2010.
Provide federal, tribal, and state managers and researchers capabilities to monitor the status and trends of ESA listed and non-listed populations of anadromous and resident juvenile fish. Focus is on providing web-based information and tools for real-time evaluation of fish migration and timing, project and reach survivals, and hydrologic conditions in tributaries and the mainstem both within the migration season and post-season. Criteria of success will be judged in terms of uninterrupted service of historical and real-time information and associated analysis tools on the DART website.
Monitor status and trends of adult Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed fish in real-time (OBJ-2)
FCRPS 2008 (50.2, 50.4, 50.5, 50.6, 51, 52.3, 52.7, 52.8, 53.4, 54.11, 55.2, 55.4, 56.3, 71.4) and MERR 2010.
Provide federal, tribal, and state managers capabilities to monitor the status and trends of Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed populations of anadromous adult fish. Focus is on providing web-based information and tools to assess action implementation and effectiveness and monitoring fish status to achieve FWP biological objectives. Capabilities include in-season reporting, analyses, and predictions for monitoring and evaluating stocks in the mainstem and tributaries. Criteria of success will be judged in terms of uninterrupted service of historical and real-time information on the DART website.
Integrate hydrological and fishery ecological data from Columbia Basin primary regional data sources (OBJ-3)
FCRPS 2008 (RPA 50.2, 50.3, 50.4, 50.5, 50.6, 51, 52.2, 52.3, 52.7, 52.8, 53.2, 53.4, 54.7, 54.11, 55.2, 55.4, 56.3, 61.1, 71.4, 72) and MERR 2010.
Provide an independent source of integrated public data, complimenting and enhancing other data services in the region, for more effective access, analysis, and application for evaluating water and fishery status and management actions. Support FWP and ESA research, monitoring and evaluation efforts and adaptive management through integration of Columbia Basin hydrological and fishery ecological datasets. Provide public access to the integrated datasets with standardized, value-added analysis capabilities. Criteria of success will be judged in terms of uninterrupted service of information on the DART website and continued support of requests for assistance from the region.
Promote collaboration, coordination, efficiency, and free exchange of Columbia Basin ecosystem information (OBJ-4)
FCRPS 2008 (RPA 50.2, 50.3, 50.4, 50.5, 50.6, 51, 52.2, 52.3, 52.7, 52.8, 53.2, 53.4, 54.7, 54.11, 55.2, 55.4, 56.3, 61.1, 71.4, 72) and MERR 2010.
Promote collaboration, coordination, efficiency, and free exchange of Columbia Basin biological and environmental information through interactions with numerous federal, state, tribal, and private entities. Cultivate new and maintain current relationships with other BPA funded projects and regional entities (see Relationships section). Provide data sharing and exchange for regional entities through data repository services and web-based public access to datasets. Criteria of success will be judged in terms of uninterrupted service of DART website and continued interactions with regional organizations and the public.
Address stated requirements of biological opinions and regional agencies through relevant analysis capabilities (OBJ-5)
FCRPS 2008 (50.2, 50.3, 50.4, 50.5, 50.6, 51, 52.2, 52.3, 52.7, 52.8, 53.2, 53.4, 54.7, 54.11, 55.2, 55.4, 56.3, 61.1, 71.4, 72).
Rapidly respond to current and future analysis needs of the region as identified by requirements of biological opinions and regional agencies leveraging DART’s integrated database, data reporting and analysis capabilities, and extensive region-wide relationships. Simplify the exploration of correlations and critical uncertainties with relevant and real-time analysis capabilities including adult and juvenile survival estimates, migration timing statistics, predictive models, ocean condition indices, tributary escapement, and river environment exposure. Criteria of success will be judged in terms of timely response to requests for analysis and demonstration of improved data extraction, display and analysis tools.

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Project History

Financials

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Expense SOY Budget Working Budget Expenditures *
FY2019 $293,938 $293,938 $287,662
BiOp FCRPS 2008 (non-Accord) $293,938 $287,662
FY2020 $293,938 $293,938 $247,012
BiOp FCRPS 2008 (non-Accord) $293,938 $247,012
FY2021 $293,938 $293,938 $325,475
BiOp FCRPS 2008 (non-Accord) $293,938 $325,475
FY2022 $293,938 $293,938 $291,311
BiOp FCRPS 2008 (non-Accord) $293,938 $291,311
FY2023 $293,938 $293,938 $298,534
BiOp FCRPS 2008 (non-Accord) $293,938 $298,534
FY2024 $306,871 $306,871 $298,702
BiOp FCRPS 2008 (non-Accord) $306,871 $298,702
FY2025 $306,871 $306,871 $170,218
BiOp FCRPS 2008 (non-Accord) $306,871 $170,218

* Expenditures data includes accruals and are based on data through 31-Mar-2025

Actual Project Cost Share

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Current Fiscal Year — 2025
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Previous Fiscal Years
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Our project expenses cover salary and benefits for one principal investigator, data manager, web specialist and administrative staff, including services such as maintenance for server, supplies, equipment if needed, office lease, travel to attend regional meetings and a 26% indirect costs. The request for funding in 2007 was higher to include funds for upgrading our server system.

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Reporting & Contracted Deliverables Performance

Annual Progress Reports
Expected (since FY2004):21
Completed:20
On time:20
Status Reports
Completed:80
On time:35
Avg Days Late:3

                Count of Contract Deliverables
Earliest Contract Subsequent Contracts Title Contractor Earliest Start Latest End Latest Status Accepted Reports Complete Green Yellow Red Total % Green and Complete Canceled
4124 20318, 28555, 34572, 38969, 44402, 49069, 54439, 58849, 62696, 66634, 70375, 74102, 77214, 76910 REL 3, 76910 REL 8, 76910 REL 14, 76910 REL 18, 91129, 84060 REL 2, 84060 REL 6, CR-378234 1996-019-00 EXP DATA ACCESS IN REAL TIME (DART) University of Washington 03/23/2001 09/30/2026 Pending 80 122 5 0 0 127 100.00% 1
Project Totals 80 122 5 0 0 127 100.00% 1

Selected Contracted Deliverables in CBFish (2004 to present)

The contracted deliverables listed below have been selected by the proponent as demonstrative of this project's major accomplishments.

Contract WE Ref Contracted Deliverable Title Due Completed
20318 F: 132 Annual report will be delivered to BPA approximately 20 days after federal fiscal year end. 9/30/2005 9/30/2005
20318 B: 161 Provide web-enabled Data Access in Real Time 1/17/2006 1/17/2006
20318 D: 162 Create and maintain web-based analytical tools that are being used by researchers 1/17/2006 1/17/2006
20318 C: 159 Coordination and collection of data with data managers in the region 9/30/2006 9/30/2006
20318 A: 160 Manage and maintain database system 9/30/2006 9/30/2006
28555 G: 132 Annual Report 10/20/2006 10/20/2006
28555 C: 159 Integration of current and historical datasets 9/30/2007 9/30/2007
28555 A: 160 Manage/Maintain Database 9/30/2007 9/30/2007
28555 B: 161 DART Internet Service 9/30/2007 9/30/2007
28555 D: 162 Implementation of web-based data services 9/30/2007 9/30/2007
34572 F: 132 Annual Report 10/15/2007 10/15/2007
28555 H: 160 Preparation of system upgrade 11/30/2007 11/30/2007
34572 C: 159 Integration of current and historical datasets 9/30/2008 9/30/2008
34572 A: 160 Manage/Maintain Database 9/30/2008 9/30/2008
34572 B: 161 DART Internet Service 9/30/2008 9/30/2008
34572 D: 162 Implementation of web-based data services 9/30/2008 9/30/2008
38969 F: 132 Annual Report 10/15/2008 10/15/2008
38969 C: 159 Integration of current and historical datasets 9/30/2009 9/30/2009
38969 A: 160 Manage/Maintain Database 9/30/2009 9/30/2009
38969 B: 161 DART Internet Service 9/30/2009 9/30/2009
38969 D: 162 Implementation of web-based data services 9/30/2009 9/30/2009
44402 E: 132 Annual Report 12/31/2009 12/31/2009

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Results: Reporting, Accomplishments, and Impact

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  • Whenever possible, describe results in terms of the quantifiable biological and physical habitat objectives of the Fish and Wildlife Program, i.e., benefit to fish and wildlife or to the ecosystems that sustain them. Include summary tables and graphs of key metrics showing trends. Summarize and cite (with links when available) your annual reports, peer reviewed papers, and other technical documents. If another project tracks physical habitat or biological information related to your project’s actions please summarize and expand on, as necessary, the results and evaluation conducted under that project that apply to your project, and cite that project briefly here and fully in the Relationships section below. Research or M&E projects that have existed for a significant period should, besides showing accumulated data, also present statistical analyses and conclusions based on those data. Also, summarize the project’s influence on resource management and other economic or social benefits. Expand as needed in the Adaptive Management section below. The ISRP will use this information in its Retrospective Review of prior year results. If your proposal is for continuation of work, your proposal should focus on updating this section. If yours is an umbrella project, click here for additional instructions. Clearly report the impacts of your project, what you have learned, not just what you did.
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  • c. Describe the process to document progress toward meeting the program’s objectives in the implementation of the suite of projects to date. Describe this in terms of landscape-level improvements in limiting factors and response of the focal species.
  • d. Where are project results reported (e.g. Pisces, report repository, database)? Is progress toward program objectives tracked in a database, report, indicator, or other format? Can project data be incorporated into regional databases that may be of interest to other projects?
  • e. Who is responsible for the final reporting and data management?
  • f. Describe problems encountered, lessons learned, and any data collected, that will inform adaptive management or influence program priorities.
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DART is a Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RME) database project providing user-defined web-based data query and analysis tools to agencies, governments, researchers and the public.  DART provides access to temporally and spatially integrated raw and summary data from numerous primary sources in the region. DART provides many analysis tools to help monitor and evaluate the status and trends of juvenile and adult fish populations including: measuring fish exposure to hydrosystem variables, reach and system survivals, migration timing, stock coverage in tagging efforts, reach conversion rates for adults, and detailed examination of the adult and juvenile Columbia Basin’s ESU and DPS stocks. DART provides predictive tools for juvenile and adult salmonid run timing and adult run size. DART calculates and presents several long term climatic and ocean condition variables.

In support of regional efficiency, collaboration, and cost savings, DART provides complex analysis capabilities and other services. DART provided technical expertise and hosted the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP) website on its servers from January 2010 – May 2011 while PNAMP web services were in transition. In addition, DART is the public data repository for a number of projects in the region including the Adult Anadromous Fish Radiotelemetry Project (1996-2004), the cooperative Mid Columbia Status for Juvenile and Adult Salmon, and adult passage counts from Chelan County PUD and Grant County PUD, as well as the Tumwater and Zosel dams. DART also provided online access to published historical Army Corps adult passage data, 1938-present, which was not available in digital form from the Army Corps until 2010. In cooperation with ISEMP and WDFW, DART developed web-based analytical processing tools of publicly available PTAGIS interrogation dataset for the instream tributary PIT Arrays to observe movement and life history patterns of individual fish in greater detail, to standardize the efficient handling and analysis of these datasets for specific research questions, and to allow comparable, reproducible results across research studies.

DART rapidly develops and deploys new and updated tools in response to user requests and regional needs, since the beginning of the project.

  • In 1996 at the request of BPA to serve the needs of NOAA and TMT inseason management, DART developed aggregation processes to identify and report on the migration of ESU / DPS populations based on PTAGIS data. DART continues identifying, reporting, and developing analysis tools to assess the migration and status of Columbia Basin ESU / DPS juvenile and adult populations.
  • The Adult PIT Tag Conversion Rate analysis tool, originally developed in response to NOAA in 2002, has been expanded over the years, including the option to include PTAGIS Recapture and Mortality datasets, as requested by Grant County PUD, and the option to identify and exclude minijacks, as requested by Douglas County PUD.
  • Since 2002, DART provides reservoir elevations and flows for the NW Power and Conservation Council’s Power Supply Outlook Update web page on a daily basis.
  • In 2006, DART implemented a life stage filter to identify and aggregate PIT Tag observations by life stage, not simply by PIT tag location. The Adult PIT Tag observations presented in web-based tools are based on data filtering--including migration year, release year, release length, observation year, release site, and other criteria--used to determine the stage of the PIT-tagged fish at the time of the detection: Adult, Juvenile, and Unknown. (Life stage filter is available on www.monitoringmethods.org.)
  • To further our efforts to provide regionally integrated, publicly accessible datasets, in 2007 DART developed and implemented a spatially referenced data inventory and query system using open-source applications and tools.
  • By default, DART web-based queries are by calendar year. In 2009, the Span Year query option was developed and added to all appropriate web-based queries in response to Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board request to be able to examine salmonid winter runs.
  • In 2009 in response to NW River Partners and AMIP (2009), DART developed the Adult Passage All Species Summary report that includes the comparison by species of the current year cumulative passage to the 4 and 10 year average to date and presents the rolling 4 year geometric mean.
  • In 2010, in response to a request by the Hood River Production Program Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, DART developed the PIT Tag Release and Observation Summary with Tag File Selection query for generating survival and travel time estimates, which allows for creating a more specific grouping of PIT Tag Releases for survival and travel time analyses based on release criteria and user-specified Tag Files, to better meet the needs of regional researchers assessing the migration and survival of their PIT-tagged fish.
  • In 2011, DART developed the Valid Sample List and Sample Time reporting for the Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program (ISEMP) and the cooperating agencies (Idaho Fish and Game, Nez Perce Tribe, Quantitative Consultants, Inc., NOAA) for its "year-around" PIT tagging operation at the Lower Granite Dam Ladder Trap in support the project's objective to estimate escapement of adult spring/summer Chinook salmon and steelhead in Snake River tributaries upstream of PIT interrogation sites or collection locations.
  • In 2011, in cooperation with WDFW and in response to AMIP (2009), DART developed a report and analysis suite, integrating PTAGIS interrogation and recapture datasets, to address the growing needs for specialized reporting for the PIT Tag Instream Arrays being deployed in Intensively Monitored Watersheds (IMWs) and throughout subbasins in the Columbia Basin.

DART is an efficient and cost-effective second-tier database project that effectively leverages hardware and software technologies without expanding personnel costs. We managed and maintained our previous database server for nearly a decade while delivering excellent service to the region. To ensure continuity of all database, web, and analysis services, DART successfully completed all phases of a major server hardware, operating system, database management system, web server, and backup system upgrade in the beginning of FY2007. The upgrade process was completed on schedule with virtually no disruption to internal or external users. Due to more rapid cycling of hardware support, the next hardware and system upgrade will be due in FY2012.

The project responds rapidly to specialized data requests. To support regional research and decision-making processes, during FY2007-2010, DART provided specialized data services to the following entities.

Entity

Entity

Entity

Battelle

Fisher Fisheries

Qualls Agricultural Laboratory

Bear Sterns

Forsgren Assoc.

Sandia National Laboratories

Blue Leaf Enviro

GCPUD

State of Oregon

BPA

Hinrichsen Environmental

TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering

Cargill

Hood River Production Program Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Umatilla Tribe

CCPUD

HTI

University of Idaho

Center for Biological Diversity

Idaho Statesman

USACE

Colgate University

IDFG

USFWS

Columbia River Crossing

NOAA

USGS

Colville Tribes

NW River Partners

UW

Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs

Osbourne Elementary

UW Climate Group

CWU

Pace Global

WDFW

DCPUD

Parametrix

WDOT

Eastern Oregon University

Paulsen Environmental

Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board

ECY

PNDEngineers

YKFP

Energy NewsData

PNGC Power

 

EOU

PNL

 

DART has contributed to regional research and information sharing. DART is cited as a source in numerous papers and articles. These citations demonstrate DART’s utility to independent research and analysis. The following is a selected, wide ranging list of published papers citing DART as a source.

Anderson, JJ, Gurarie, E & Zabel, RW. 2005. Mean free-path length theory of predator-prey interactions: Application to juvenile salmon migration. Ecological Modelling, 186, 196-211.

Bracis, C. & Anderson, JJ. in press. An investigation of the geomagnetic imprinting hypothesis for salmon. Fisheries Oceanography.

Clemens, BJ, Clements, SP, Karnowski, MD, Jepsen, DB, Gitelman, AI & Schreck, CB. 2009. Effects of Transportation and Other Factors on Survival Estimates of Juvenile Salmonids in the Unimpounded Lower Columbia River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 138, 169-188.

Crozier, LG, Hendry, AP, Lawson, PW, Quinn, TP, Mantua, NJ, Battin, J, Shaw, RG & Huey, RB. 2008. Potential responses to climate change in organisms with complex life histories: evolution and plasticity in Pacific salmon. Evolutionary Applications, 1, 252-270.

Haskell, CA, Tiffan, KF & Rondorf, DW. 2006. Food habits of juvenile American shad and dynamics of zooplankton in the lower Columbia River. Northwest Science, 80, 47-64.

Hershberger, PK et al., 2010. Amplification and transport of an endemic fish disease by an introduced species. Biological Invasions, 12, 3665-3675.

Johnson, GE, Anglea, SM, Adams, NS & Wik, TO. 2005. Evaluation of a prototype surface flow bypass for juvenile salmon and steelhead at the powerhouse of Lower Granite Dam, Snake River, Washington, 1996-2000. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 25, 138-151.

Johnson, LL, Willis, ML, Olson, OP, Pearce, RW, Sloan, CA & Ylitalo, GM. 2010. Contaminant Concentrations in Juvenile Fall Chinook Salmon from Columbia River Hatcheries. North American Journal of Aquaculture, 72, 73-92.

Keefer, ML, Boggs, CT, Peery, C & Caudill, CC. 2008. Overwintering distribution, behavior, and survival of adult summer steelhead: Variability among Columbia River populations. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 28, 81-96.

Keefer, ML, Moser, ML, Boggs, CT, Daigle, WR & Peery, CA. 2009. Effects of Body Size and River Environment on the Upstream Migration of Adult Pacific Lampreys. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 29, 1214-1224.

Keefer, ML, Peery, CA & Caudill, CC. 2008. Migration timing of Columbia River spring Chinook salmon: Effects of temperature, river discharge, anti ocean environment. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 137, 1120-1133.

Larsen, DA, Beckman, BR, Cooper, KA, Barrett, D, Johnston, M, Swanson, P & Dickhoff, WW. 2004. Assessment of high rates of precocious male maturation in a spring Chinook salmon supplementation hatchery program. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 133, 98-120.

Maier, GO & Simenstad, CA. 2009. The Role of Marsh-Derived Macrodetritus to the Food Webs of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in a Large Altered Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts, 32, 984-998.

McLellan, HJ., Hayes, SG & Scholz, AT. 2008. Effects of reservoir operations on hatchery coastal rainbow trout in Lake Roosevelt, Washington. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 28, 1201-1213.

Meeuwig, MH & Bayer, JM. 2005. Morphology and aging precision of statoliths from larvae of Columbia River basin lampreys. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 25, 38-48.

Meeuwig, MH, Bayer, JM & Reiche, RA. 2006. Morphometric discrimination of early life-stage Lampetra tridentata and L. richardsoni (Petromyzonidae) from the Columbia River Basin. Journal of Morphology, 267, 623-633.

Meeuwig, MH, Bayer, JM & Seelye, JG. 2005. Effects of temperature on survival and development of early life-stage pacific and western brook lampreys. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 134, 19-27.

Mueller, RP, Moursund, RA & Bleich, MD. 2006. Tagging juvenile pacific lamprey with passive integrated transponders: Methodology, short-term mortality, and influence on swimming performance. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 26, 361-366.

Naughton, GP, Caudill, CC, Keefer, ML, Bjornn, TC, Peery, CA & Stuehrenberg, LC. 2006. Fallback by adult sockeye salmon at Columbia River dams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 26, 380-390.

Naughton, GP, Caudill, CC, Peery, CA, Clabough, TS, Jepson, MA, Bjornn, TC & Stuehrenberg, LC. 2007. Experimental evaluation of fishway modifications on the passage behaviour of adult Chinook salmon and steelhead at Lower Granite Dam, Snake River, USA. River Research and Applications, 23, 99-111.

Naughton, GP, Jepson, MA, Peery, CA, Brun, CV & Graham, JC. 2009. Effects of Temporary Tributary Use on Escapement Estimates of Adult Fall Chinook Salmon in the Deschutes River, Oregon. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 29, 1511-1518.

Paulsen, CM, Hinrichsen, RA & Fisher, TR. 2007. Measure twice, estimate once: Pacific salmon population viability analysis for highly variable populations. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 136, 346-364.

Reischel, TS & Bjornn, TC. 2003. Influence of fishway placement on fallback of adult salmon at the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 23, 1215-1224.

Salinger, DH, & Anderson, JJ. 2006. Effects of water temperature and flow on adult salmon migration swim speed and delay. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 135, 188-199.

Smith, SG, Muir, WD, Hockersmith, EE, Zabel, RW, Graves, RJ, Ross, CV, Connor, WP & Arnsberg, BD. 2003. Influence of river conditions on survival and travel time of Snake River subyearling fall chinook salmon. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 23, 939-961.

Tiffan, KF, Haskell, CA & Rondorf, DW. 2003. Thermal exposure of juvenile fall chinook salmon migrating through a lower Snake River Reservoir. Northwest Science, 77, 100-109.


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Past Council Recommendations and ISRP Reviews


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Review: 2019-2021 Mainstem/Program Support

Council Recommendation

Assessment Number: 1996-019-00-NPCC-20210312
Project: 1996-019-00 - Data Access in Real Time (DART)
Review: 2019-2021 Mainstem/Program Support
Proposal: NPCC19-1996-019-00
Proposal State: Pending Council Recommendation
Approved Date: 8/25/2019
Recommendation: Implement
Comments: Continue implementation through next review cycle. See Programmatic issue for Data Management and Information.

[Background: See https:/www.nwcouncil.org/fish-and-wildlife/fish-and-wildlife-program/project-reviews-and-recommendations/mainstem-review]

Independent Scientific Review Panel Assessment

Assessment Number: 1996-019-00-ISRP-20190404
Project: 1996-019-00 - Data Access in Real Time (DART)
Review: 2019-2021 Mainstem/Program Support
Proposal Number: NPCC19-1996-019-00
Completed Date: None
First Round ISRP Date: 4/4/2019
First Round ISRP Rating: Meets Scientific Review Criteria
First Round ISRP Comment:

Comment:

The project is to be commended for looking at ways to add value to the database. For example, the project plans to provide information to hatcheries that can be used for managing hatchery practices.

1. Objectives, Significance to Regional Programs, and Technical Background

Objectives are clear. The project provides support for the COMPASS life-cycle model.

The proposal identifies that this project's significance to regional programs is due to providing data integration, web-based information, and analytical services that help connect primary databases, monitoring programs, decision makers, and resource users.

2. Results and Adaptive Management

The proposal states that services provided by this project support critical uncertainties research themes (D) Hydrosystem flow and passage operations and (F) Population structures of diversity identified in the Council's 2017 Research Plan. This project also reports data availability, data anomalies, formatting, and accuracy issues to primary data sources. Evidence of the amount and utility of this feedback to primary sources would be useful for this and future ISRP reviews.

Adaptive management is mentioned in the proposal in the sense that this project generates products such as data tools, analysis methods, and predictive models that can be used to support all areas of Fish and Wildlife Program adaptive management. It appears that adaptive management per se is not applied within this project but could be of use to consider the impact of vastly more data from increased detections, more precise detections, and additional methods of tagging.

3. Methods: Project Relationships, Work Types, and Deliverables

The proposal documents relationships that this second-tier data base has with many data base projects in the region. This project is a data management work type with data management issues dealt with properly. The interactive web-based query system appears to work very well. Most of the sources for DART data are the entities that provide public access to primary data. This project provides access to its research database through a web-based interface and through delivery of user-requested datasets and metadata. It is not clear how it is decided which data should be stored in DART.

The project develops procedures to ensure the quality of all integrated datasets. It also provides feedback to primary data sources on data quality issues.
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Review: Resident Fish, Regional Coordination, and Data Management Category Review

Independent Scientific Review Panel Assessment

Assessment Number: 1996-019-00-ISRP-20120215
Project: 1996-019-00 - Data Access in Real Time (DART)
Review: Resident Fish, Regional Coordination, and Data Management Category Review
Proposal Number: RESCAT-1996-019-00
Completed Date: 4/16/2012
Final Round ISRP Date: 4/3/2012
Final Round ISRP Rating: Meets Scientific Review Criteria
Final Round ISRP Comment:
First Round ISRP Date: 2/8/2012
First Round ISRP Rating: Meets Scientific Review Criteria
First Round ISRP Comment:

1. Purpose: Significance to Regional Programs, Technical Background, and Objectives

DART provides an important and useful Tier 2 database, data repository, web-based data reporting and analysis services. The proposal provides evidence that DART is used daily by a number of organizations, including the Action Agencies, NOAA, State Agencies, and Tribes.

2. History: Accomplishments, Results, and Adaptive Management (ISRP Review of Results)

For the past 6 years, DART annually delivers 400,000-600,000 database query results. DART provides analysis capabilities for evaluating water and fishery status and management actions for a real-time look into the current status of the resource and provides access to potential early warning triggers on a daily basis.

3. Project Relationships, Emerging Limiting Factors, and Tailored Questions for Type of Work (hatchery, RME, tagging)

DART is the primary publicly accessible repository for a number of projects in the region including the Adult Anadromous Fish Radiotelemetry Project (1996-2004), the cooperative Mid Columbia Status for Juvenile and Adult Salmon, and adult passage counts from Chelan and Grant County PUDs as well as the Tumwater and Zosel dams.

4. Deliverables, Work Elements, Metrics, and Methods

Deliverables, work elements, metrics, and methods were presented.

Modified by Dal Marsters on 4/16/2012 8:47:15 PM.
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Review: Proposals for New FCRPS BiOp work (FY10-July)
Review: FY07-09 Solicitation Review

Council Recommendation

Assessment Number: 1996-019-00-NPCC-20090924
Project: 1996-019-00 - Data Access in Real Time (DART)
Review: FY07-09 Solicitation Review
Approved Date: 10/23/2006
Recommendation: Fund
Comments:

Independent Scientific Review Panel Assessment

Assessment Number: 1996-019-00-ISRP-20060831
Project: 1996-019-00 - Data Access in Real Time (DART)
Review: FY07-09 Solicitation Review
Completed Date: 8/31/2006
Final Round ISRP Date: None
Final Round ISRP Rating: Meets Scientific Review Criteria (Qualified)
Final Round ISRP Comment:
This is an exemplary proposal among the database projects, for a project that appears to provide products of widespread use and value. The project title should be probably be changed, however, to reflect the fact that this is DART enhanced with additional analytical functions. The primary significance to regional programs is to the Power Act sections requiring improved passage survival and flows. The proposal includes excellent M&E.

The proposal presents a brief but clear background on the utility of the second-tier database provided by this project, although the ultimate value of this data to fish management is not explicitly described. A clear rationale is provided for the need for the integrated environmental data and fish passage data and analysis provided by DART. Detailed lists of the analyses provided by DART are included, as well as a number of analyses for which data and analytical assistance was provided.

The project's history is described in an excellent interpretive narrative on actions tied to their accomplishments, the process of their evolution and the reasons why. It discusses the types of internal monitoring performed through post-season analysis of passage predictions. A figure of monthly usage from 1998-2005 is provided, as well as a list of entities using DART between 2004-2005, and the number of hosts served by season. Less clear, however, is how useful this information has been to all the regional entities that tapped it. Also, how is this information accessed? Are the raw data they capture and make available checked for accuracy? Are DART analyses peer-reviewed? Have their second-tier databases been used effectively for adaptive management?

A new element includes absorbing some of the routine analysis function of the Fish Passage Center. Part of the proposal is to continue the Fish Passage Consortium, a group of PNW university faculty with expertise in fish passage issues. The Council and Bonneville will need to specifically distinguish which work elements should be funded to fulfill the tasks of the FPC, if the FPC is not funded. There always has been some overlap with FPC, DART and NOAA, but the ISRP has considered this a value added to the program rather than redundant.

A long list of measurable objectives relate to the reporting and analysis functions of DART as well as newly added functions. These relate to provision of information to managers to analyze proposed hydro operations on fish (pre-season), tracking fish passage (in-season), and measuring the effect of the hydrosystem on fish (post-season). Fourteen objectives are listed. Methods are presented in detail with an explanatory background section.

M&E is built into this project throughout. In the last review the ISRP recommended that the next proposal from this sponsor should include an evaluative summary of usage that indicates the distribution of use across different types of users and products, the details of a plan for how DART assesses demand for current and new products, the type of outreach that is done to assess demand, and methods used to inform and expand the user base. The sponsors have responded to this recommendation in their project operations, the results of which are reported in this proposal. The amount, distribution, and type of use are monitored quarterly for potential improvement in services. Post-season evaluations of pre-season predictions are conducted on a routine basis. Services are reviewed at the end of the year in a series of regional meetings to identify areas of needed modification. The project has excellent provisions for information transfer of data, analysis, support services, and for adaptive modification of information transfer practices on the basis of feedback.
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Explain how your project has responded to the above ISRP and Council qualifications, conditions, or recommendations. This is especially important if your project received a "Qualified" rating from the ISRP in your most recent assessment. Even if your project received favorable ratings from both the ISRP and Council, please respond to any issues they may have raised.
Response to past ISRP and Council comments and recommendations: View instructions
The ISRP raised several questions in its review of DART. “Less clear, however, is how useful this information has been to all the regional entities that tapped it. Also, how is this information accessed? Are the raw data they capture and make available checked for accuracy? Are DART analyses peer-reviewed? Have their second-tier databases been used effectively for adaptive management?” Our response to these questions follows.<br/> <br/> It is difficult to directly assess the utility of the DART web-based delivered data products and analyses because it operates independently from the entities using the service. To address this issue, DART conducts usage analysis and includes statistics in all its quarterly and annual reports (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010). DART data deliveries grew by nearly 50% during FY2007-2010.<br/> <br/> By mapping delivered data and analyses products to identifiable IPs and domain names, we summarize the activities of major user groups. The Action Agencies, NOAA, State Agencies, and Tribal interests are consistently among our largest identifiable users. These groups accounted for an average of 225 data queries per day in FY2010 (Table 1).<br/> <br/> Table 1. DART Data deliveries to major Columbia basin agencies and interests in FY2010.<br/> Entity : Annual Queries : Avg Queries/Day<br/> Universities : 10952 : 30<br/> State of Oregon : 9176 : 25<br/> US Fish and Wildlife Service : 7107 : 19<br/> NOAA : 6758 : 19<br/> DOE : 6264 : 17<br/> PUDs : 6134 : 17<br/> State of Washington : 5723 : 16<br/> Pacific Northwest National Laboratory : 5292 : 14<br/> Tribes : 5155 : 14<br/> Bonneville Power Administration : 2256 : 6<br/> United States Army Corps of Engineers : 2173 : 6<br/> US Geological Survey : 1959 : 5<br/> Idaho Power Company : 1833 : 5<br/> K12 Schools : 1828 : 5<br/> Boeing Company : 1755 : 5<br/> Energy Northwest : 1680 : 5<br/> State of Idaho : 1651 : 5<br/> US Forest Service : 1632 : 4<br/> DOI : 1435 : 4<br/> WDFW : 1332 : 4<br/> <br/> These usage patterns illustrate the value of the DART project to the region as a whole. Not only does DART provide information to an extremely wide user base, it also provides significant support to the key agencies in the Columbia Basin.<br/> <br/> The increase in web-based publishing has resulted in increased standardization of citing electronic resources. Thus a number of papers and articles cite DART in their reference sections. These citations demonstrate DART’s utility to independent research and analysis (see Major Accomplishments section for select citation list).<br/> <br/> The daily data entered electronically into DART from primary sources is periodically checked, updated, and synchronized with the primary source. Many of the data loads are design to update the entire current year from the primary sources to ensure changes made in the source are reflected in DART. Weekly year-to-date updates of PTAGIS are performed to ensure a complete record. Adult passage data is checked daily against the Army Corps’ database to ensure accuracy. Each DART query page provides a link for providing feedback on data issues. All data feedback issues are addressed immediately. DART also provides feedback to primary sources when incoming data issues are encountered. <br/> <br/> Many of the analytical methods used by DART are peer reviewed but because the methods are applied to user-selected data sets, peer review is rarely appropriate. Instead, DART provides descriptions and references to the methods, caveats about required assumptions, and access to the detailed data that goes into the analyses. This allows researchers a chance for more rigorous examination of the results. This ongoing collaboration and feedback with DART improves the tools and analyses. For example, DART’s conversion rate calculation uses a narrow definition of the percentage of PIT-tagged fish detected at an upstream dam that were initially detected at the downstream location. When the PIT detectors at Wells Dam went offline for period of time, hatchery operations above Wells continued to collect adult fish and record recoveries. Yet these PIT-tag recoveries at Wells Hatchery did not enter the PTAGIS observation dataset for Wells Dam, which the fish must pass to reach the hatchery. Feedback from Grant County PUD led to the development of an improved analysis tool that could include upstream recovery and mortality data in the analysis, if desired.

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Adaptive Management


Project Level: Please discuss how you’ve changed your project (objectives, actions, etc) based on biological responses or information gained from project actions; because of management decisions at the subbasin state, regional, or agency level; or by external or larger environment factors. Specifically, regarding project modifications summarize how previous hypotheses and methods are changed or improved in this updated proposal. This would include project modifications based on information from recent research and literature. How is your new work different than previous work, and why?
Management Level: Please describe any management changes planned or made because of biological responses or information gained from project actions. This would include management decisions at the subbasin, state, or regional level influenced by project results.
Management Changes: View instructions
DART’s flexible, user-controlled, web-based data presentations, summarizing data tools, real-time analysis products and predictive models are geared toward assisting in adaptive management of the region’s resources. DART provides managers with up-to-date estimates of fish population status and trends and their interaction with hydrologic conditions through numerous capabilities including: real-time access to passage statistics, survival and travel time estimates, current and historical run timing, passage predictions, adult run size predictions, detailed juvenile and adult ESU / DPS stock migration characteristics, detailed in-basin and out-of-basin migration and capture histories, and hydrosystem performance measures. The direct connections between DART products and services and particular management decisions are elusive, but DART citations in online works addressing adaptive management topics are pervasive. The Technical Management Team (TMT) meeting minutes frequently refer to using DART for data visualization of current fish status and water conditions, e.g., Halton 2010. The Army Corps references DART in developing adaptive management plans of engineering projects (Carlson and Johnson 2010) and developing the 2008 FCRPS biological assessment (Corps, BPA, and USBR 2007). NMFS references DART in its “Ocean Ecosystem Indicators of Salmon Marine Survival in the Northern California Current” website for assessing how physical and biological ocean conditions may affect the growth and survival of juvenile salmon in the northern California Current off Oregon and Washington. Hood River Production Program Monitoring and Evaluation - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs annual progress report cites DART as its source for survival estimates and adult run strength and timing at Bonneville Dam (Gerstenberger et al. 2011). Published research references the contributions of DART to determining the effects of ocean and river conditions on chinook migration timing (Keefer et al. 2008) and in developing cost effective recovery plans (Halsing and Moore 2008). DART provided extensive technical services, integrated datasets, correlated environmental parameters, and survival and travel time analyses to develop, improve, and validate NOAA’s COMPASS Model and provided technical assistance with scenario runs used in completing the FCRPS biological assessments, biological opinions and fish accords (NOAA Fisheries 2008; Corps, BPA, USBR 2007; NMFS 2008c, 2007; BPA 2008). These documents represent the historic regional collaboration efforts of states, tribes, and NOAA Fisheries, USACE, USBR, and BPA. DART currently provides technical, data and analysis services to COMPASS modeling efforts in support of the Pacific Salmon Treaty renewal process. In response to AMIP 2009 and RPAs 50, 56 and 57 (Recommendations 2010) and in collaboration with WDFW and Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program (ISEMP), DART developed data analysis tools for managers and scientists to access information associated with tributary PIT tag releases and subsequent tributary and mainstem detections for juvenile and adult populations. The focus of this development is to address the growing need for specialized reporting and analysis for the PIT Tag Instream Arrays being deployed in Intensively Monitored Watersheds (IMWs) and throughout Columbia Basin tributaries. These analytical processing tools provide the capability to: combine data from multiple detection types (recapture files, instream PIT detection sites, mainstem interrogation sites, etc.); efficiently handle and standardize analysis of these datasets for specific research questions; observe movement and life history patterns of individual fish in greater detail; inform the user of the capture and migration histories, both in-basin and out-of-basin; and allow comparable, reproducible results across research studies. In addition, the tools provide real-time information about the individual populations in the defined major population groups (MPG) as identified in the AA/NOAA/NPCC BiOp RM&E Recommendations Report (Recommendations 2010). DART employed rapid prototyping methods and feedback from the researchers to ensure the tools are accurate and relevant to research questions. DART plans to continue its development of tributary analysis tools and other tools for use in adaptive management processes, leveraging DART’s extensive datasets, technical expertise, and regional partnerships.

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Project Documents & Reports

The table content is updated frequently and thus contains more recent information than what was in the original proposal reviewed by ISRP and Council.

Public Attachments in CBFish

ID Title Type Period Contract Uploaded
00004124-1 Second-Tier Database for Ecosystem Focus Progress (Annual) Report 10/1999 - 09/2000 4124 11/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
00004124-2 Second-Tier Database for Ecosystem Focus Progress (Annual) Report 10/2000 - 09/2001 4124 11/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
00004124-3 Second-Tier Database for Ecosystem Focus Progress (Annual) Report 10/2001 - 09/2002 4124 11/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
00004124-4 Second-Tier Database for Ecosystem Focus Progress (Annual) Report 10/2002 - 09/2003 4124 11/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
00004124-5 Second-Tier Database for Ecosystem Focus Progress (Annual) Report 10/2003 - 09/2004 4124 12/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
00020318-1 Second-Tier Database and World Wide Web Support Progress (Annual) Report 10/2004 - 09/2005 20318 10/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
00020318-2 Second-Tier Database and World Wide Web Support Progress (Annual) Report 10/2005 - 09/2006 20318 10/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
P102797 DART usage 2nd Quarter FY07 Other - 28555 7/13/2007 11:34:10 AM
P102798 DART usage 3rd Quarter FY07 Other - 28555 7/13/2007 11:36:05 AM
P102799 DART usage 1st Quarter FY07 Other - 28555 7/13/2007 11:37:02 AM
P103815 DART 2006 Annual Report Progress (Annual) Report 10/2005 - 09/2006 28555 10/1/2007 10:26:30 AM
P104157 DART Annual Report FY2006-2007 Progress (Annual) Report 10/2006 - 09/2007 34572 10/19/2007 4:12:22 PM
P105233 Quarterly Evaluation of DART Services Other - 34572 1/15/2008 10:37:47 AM
P106350 DART Web Products/Service Usage for Jan 1, 2008 - March 31, 2008 Progress (Annual) Report Comments - 34572 4/15/2008 11:40:49 AM
P107302 DART Web Product /Services Usage Progress (Annual) Report Comments - 34572 7/15/2008 2:03:24 PM
P108481 DART Web Products/Services Usage July 2008 – September 2008. Other - 34572 9/30/2008 3:27:12 PM
P108652 DART FY 2008 Report Progress (Annual) Report 10/2007 - 09/2008 38969 10/15/2008 11:19:34 AM
P111380 DART Usage Evaluation Progress (Annual) Report Comments - 38969 4/15/2009 10:00:46 AM
P112502 Evaluate DART Usage for Q3 Progress (Annual) Report Comments - 38969 7/15/2009 2:28:24 PM
P113707 Evaluate DART Usage for Q4 Progress (Annual) Report Comments 07/2009 - 09/2009 38969 10/9/2009 4:02:16 PM
P113901 Second-Tier Database and World Wide Web Support Progress (Annual) Report 10/2008 - 09/2009 44402 10/22/2009 2:44:57 PM
P114883 DART User Evaluation for Oct - Dec 2009 Other - 44402 1/15/2010 9:20:53 AM
P116030 DART Products/Services Usage January 2010 – March 2010 Progress (Annual) Report Comments - 44402 4/15/2010 1:01:28 PM
P117008 DART Usage for Apr-June 2010 Other - 44402 7/8/2010 11:20:33 AM
P118181 DART Usage for July 1-Sept 30, 2010 Other - 44402 9/30/2010 10:38:13 AM
P118818 DART 2010 Annual Report Progress (Annual) Report 10/2009 - 09/2010 49069 11/18/2010 10:42:37 AM
P119560 DART Products/Services Usage for Oct-Dec 2010 Progress (Annual) Report Comments - 49069 1/18/2011 10:54:57 AM
P121100 DART Products/Services Usage for Jan-Mar 2011 Other - 49069 5/4/2011 12:37:12 PM
P122135 DART Products/Services Usage for April 2011 - June 2011 Progress (Annual) Report Comments - 49069 7/20/2011 9:36:26 AM
P123149 DART Products/Services Usage for July 2011 – September 2011 Other - 49069 10/3/2011 10:37:44 AM
P124207 DART Annual Report for 2011 Progress (Annual) Report 10/2010 - 09/2011 54439 12/14/2011 10:59:20 AM
P124843 DART Products/Services Usage Other - 54439 1/25/2012 12:05:49 PM
P126196 DART Products/Services Usage for Jan - Mar, 2012 Other - 54439 4/23/2012 9:40:30 AM
P127405 DART Products/Services Usage for April-June 2012 Other - 54439 7/19/2012 9:47:23 AM
P128536 DART Usage for July - September 2012 Other - 54439 10/10/2012 11:39:44 AM
P129050 Second-Tier Database and World Wide Web Support; 10/11 - 9/12 Progress (Annual) Report 10/2012 - 12/2012 58849 11/5/2012 11:57:34 AM
P134621 Second-Tier Database and World Wide Web Support Progress (Annual) Report 10/2012 - 09/2013 62696 2/12/2014 10:47:39 AM
P142823 Data Access in Real Time (DART) 2014 Annual Report: Second-Tier Database and World Wide Web Support Progress (Annual) Report 01/2014 - 12/2014 66634 4/7/2015 9:09:20 AM
P149038 Data Access in Real Time (DART) 2015 Annual Report: Second-Tier Database and World Wide Web Support Progress (Annual) Report 01/2015 - 12/2015 6/7/2016 9:02:30 AM
P154998 Data Access in Real Time (DART) 2016 Annual Report Progress (Annual) Report 01/2016 - 12/2016 74102 6/14/2017 10:44:27 AM
P159948 Data Access in Real Time (DART) 2017 Annual Report Progress (Annual) Report 01/2017 - 12/2017 77214 3/30/2018 1:47:13 PM
P164594 Data Access in Real Time (DART) 2018 Annual Report: Second-Tier Database and World Wide Web Support Progress (Annual) Report 01/2018 - 12/2018 76910 REL 3 3/26/2019 11:45:13 AM
P171643 Data Access in Real Time (DART) 2019 Annual Report Progress (Annual) Report 01/2019 - 12/2019 76910 REL 8 3/13/2020 10:46:21 AM
P208208 Data Access in Real Time (DART) 2023 Annual Report Progress (Annual) Report 01/2023 - 12/2023 84060 REL 2 3/29/2024 2:59:18 PM

Other Project Documents on the Web


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Project Relationships

The Project Relationships tracked automatically in CBFish provide a history of how work and budgets move between projects. The terms "Merged" and "Split" describe the transfer of some or all of the Work and budgets from one or more source projects to one or more target projects. For example, some of one project's budget may be split from it and merged into a different project. Project relationships change for a variety of reasons including the creation of efficiency gains.
Project Relationships: None

Additional Relationships Explanation:

• PTAGIS Project# 1990-080-00
DART Services: Collaborate with project to define data file formats for daily data transfer and provide data quality feedback to PTAGIS and Tag Coordinators. Based on NMFS Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) definitions, DART defines stock composition and aggregates PIT-tagged releases and observations for daily monitoring of ESA stocks. DART also applies a detailed analysis filter of PTAGIS observation to assign detections to specific life stages.
Products: Publicly accessible comprehensive reporting and analysis tools for PTAGIS dataset, including survival, travel time, passage predictions, adult conversion rates, historical run-timing, and ESU/DPS stock-specific analyses and reports, and in-basin and out-of-basin capture and migration histories.

• Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program (ISEMP) Project# 2003-017-00
DART Services: Provide advanced data mining and dataset aggregation, technical support services, database services, and web access to valid sample list and sample timing and rate information at Lower Granite Adult Trap. These services are scalable to other adult trapping and sampling programs.
Products: Publicly accessible, real-time reporting of the adult trapping efforts and sampling time expansion rates at Lower Granite Ladder in support of the status and trend monitoring program for anadromous salmonids and habitat in Snake River, at the subbasin scale, to assess on an annual basis the status of wild Chinook and Steelhead adult populations.

• Upper Columbia Spring Chinook and Steelhead Juvenile and Adult Abundance, Productivity and Spatial Structure Monitoring Project# 2010-034-00
DART Services: Provide advanced aggregation of PTAGIS tagging dataset, recapture dataset, and interrogation dataset and develop reporting and analysis tools to address the growing need for specialized reporting for the PIT Tag Instream Arrays being deployed in Intensively Monitored Watersheds (IMWs) and throughout the Columbia Basin tributaries. Employ rapid prototyping methods and feedback from the researchers to ensure the tools are accurate and relevant to the research questions.
Products: Publicly accessible analytical processing tools that provide the capability to observe movement and life history patterns of individual fish, to efficiently handle and standardize analysis of these datasets for specific research questions, and to allow comparable, reproducible results across research studies. These tools provide detail and summary data for subbasins as well as metadata and methods for observation patterns, travel time statistics, straying, kelt migration, and ghost tag identification.

• Monitoring and Evaluation Statistical Support for Life-Cycle Studies Project# 1991-051-00
DART Services: Provide raw data, technical support services, database services, and web access to the statistical tools and RM&E analyses produced by this project.
Products: Analyses produced by this project include: Adult Escapement, PIT Tag Survival and Travel Time Analysis, Coded-Wire-Tag Smolt-to-Adult Ratios, adult count adjustor rates, and predictions of smolt out-migration timing.

• Statistical Support for Salmon Project# 1989-107-00
DART Services: Collaborate with project to maintain and enhance the Survival and Travel Time Estimates program.
Products: Publicly accessible online analysis tool to generate survival and travel time estimates of PIT-tagged populations.

• Modeling and Evaluation Support/CRiSP Project# 1989-108-00
DART Services: Provide raw data, technical support services, database services, and web access to analyses produced by this project
Products: Analyses produced by this project include: predictions of smolt out-migration timing, transportation percentages, adult upstream migration timing, and water quality conditions.

• Yakama Klickitat Fisheries Management, Data and Habitat Project# 1988-120-25
DART Services: Maintain an ODBC connection to project database and provide synchronized reporting of the YKFP adult passage data.
Products: Publicly accessible reporting of adult passage data from the YKFP.

• Design and Conduct Monitoring and Evaluation Associated with Re-establishment of Okanogan Basin Natural Production Project# 2003-022-00
DART Services: Provide raw data and web access to the datasets provided by this Colville Confederated Tribes, Fish and Wildlife Department project.
Products: Publicly accessible reporting of Okanogan Basin screw traps collected counts and Zosel Dam enumerated adult passage datasets integrated with river conditions and other datasets.

• Monitor Reproduction in Wenatchee River Basin Project# 2003-039-00
DART Services: Provide raw data and web access to the datasets provided by this Washington Fish and Wildlife Department project.
Products: Publicly accessible reporting of Wenatchee Basin screw traps collected counts and Tumwater Dam enumerated adult passage datasets integrated with river conditions and other datasets.

• Smolt Monitoring Project# 1987-127-00
DART Services: Provide raw data and web access to the datasets provided by this project.
Products: Publicly accessible reporting of Smolt Indices, Hatchery Releases, and Transportation datasets integrated with river conditions and other datasets.

• Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Program (PNAMP) Coordination Project# 2004-002-00
DART Services: Provide technical assistance, support and facilities to host the PNAMP’s web site January 2010 – May 2011.
Products: The PNAMP web site, www.pnamp.org.

• Mid Columbia Agencies
DART Services: Provide database services, technical support services, and web access to Mid Columbia screw trap collected counts from Chelan PUD, Douglas PUD, Grant PUD, USACE, USFWS, USGS, Washington State Department of Ecology, WDFW, Colville Tribes, and Yakama Nation.
Products: Support and facilitate collaboration of multiple agencies in the Mid Columbia River region to integrate juvenile and adult salmon information with river conditions for improved management of these stocks. Publicly accessible reporting and analysis tools for Mid Columbia smolt passage and adult passage datasets integrated with river conditions.

• Chelan County PUD, Douglas County PUD, and Grand County PUD
DART Services: Provide database services, technical support services, and web services to Mid Columbia PUDs. Adult passage data is provided directly to DART by the PUDs.
Products: Publicly accessible reporting and analysis tools for Mid Columbia adult passage data for Wells, Rocky Reach, Rock Island, and Priest Rapids dams.

• NOAA COMPASS Regional Juvenile Salmon Passage Model Project
DART Services: Provide database services and technical support services to the COMPASS Project, a regional work group coordinated by NOAA to develop a Columbia Basin smolt passage model. Provide technical support to NOAA hydrosystem scenario analyses for the Columbia-Snake Basin Biological Opinions using the COMPASS model. Provide technical, data and analysis services to COMPASS modeling efforts in support of the Pacific Salmon Treaty renewal process. Participate in regional forum for parameter and submodel selection process for the Upper Columbia.
Products: Provide integrated datasets of survival, travel-time and environmental conditions for statistical modeling and calibration.

• Northwest Power and Conservation Council
DART Services: Provide source data and generate daily reports on reservoir elevations and river flow at Columbia Basin dams as requested by the NPCC.
Products: Provide daily reports of elevations for major U.S. reservoirs and river flow at key Lower Snake and Columbia dams for inclusion in the NPCC’s Power Supply Outlook Update web page.

• Energy NewsData
DART Services: Provide source data and generate daily reports of fish runs for Columbia Basin dams as requested by Energy NewsData.
Products: Daily reports of fish runs at key Lower Snake and Columbia dams for inclusion in the Energy NewsData’s Northwest FishWeb.


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Focal Species

Primary Focal Species
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Deschutes River Summer/Fall ESU
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Lower Columbia River ESU (Threatened)
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Mid-Columbia River Spring ESU
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Fall ESU (Threatened)
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer (not listed)
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened)
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Spring ESU (Endangered)
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall ESU
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Upper Willamette River ESU (Threatened)
Coho (O. kisutch) - Unspecified Population
Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) - Lower Columbia River ESU (Threatened)
Lamprey, Pacific (Entosphenus tridentata)
Sockeye (O. nerka) - Lake Wenatchee ESU
Sockeye (O. nerka) - Okanogan River ESU
Sockeye (O. nerka) - Snake River ESU (Endangered)
Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Lower Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Middle Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened)
Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Columbia River DPS (Threatened)
Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Upper Willamette River DPS (Threatened)

Secondary Focal Species
Cutthroat Trout, Westslope (O. c. lewisi)
Pikeminnow, Northern (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) [OBSOLETE]
Shad, American (Alosa sapidissima)
Sturgeon, White (A. transmontanus) - Lower Columbia River
Trout, Brook (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Trout, Rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) [OBSOLETE]
Whitefish, Mountain (Prosopium williamsoni)

Describe how you are taking into account potential biological and physical effects of factors such as non-native species, predation increases, climate change and toxics that may impact the project’s focal species and their habitat, potentially reducing the success of the project. For example: Does modeling exist that predicts regional climate change impacts to your particular geographic area? If so, please summarize the results of any predictive modeling for your area and describe how you take that into consideration.
Threats to program investments and project success: View instructions
The focal species and habitats covered by the DART suite of reporting and analysis tools are subject to impacts from constant river management, policy adjustments, climate variation, ocean conditions, predation, harvest, and habitat loss, as well as uncertain impacts from other sources. As correlates of the success of ESA-listed stocks are identified and measured, and as rapid responses to identifiable trigger events become possible, real-time analyses become crucial for successful adaptive management. The DART project is predicated on providing real-time data and analysis results so that both historical and current conditions can be evaluated. Data integration allows for spotting trends and correlations. Climate changes, ocean conditions, and hydrosystem parameters can all be considered when using DART. Juvenile and adult migrant exposure indices to single and multiple environmental variables can be assessed. Initial estimates of survival, travel time, capture histories in-basin and out-of-basin, and migration timing can be evaluated within, and between, seasons for juvenile and adult listed and unlisted stocks.

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Types of Work

Work Classes

Data Management

What tools (e.g., guidance material, technologies, decision support models) are you creating and using that support data management and sharing?
DART develops formal and informal relationships with numerous regional data sources to obtain, integrate, and publish disparate datasets in a common framework. The imported data is stored in an open-source relational database management system that is publicly accessible through user selected, web-based forms and by direct request. There is no restriction to access and all direct requests from all users are addressed in a timely manner. Metadata that is provided directly with imported data are made available through text and query interfaces. Published and peer-reviewed analysis methodologies can be applied by the user to their selected datasets. DART’s automated processes provide repeatable and transparent methods, calculations and results to all users. Underlying datasets used in calculations are available as a subset of the analysis results. Direct links to online primary sources and methods are provided to assist users’ research and validation. The on-line, real-time nature of DART’s data and analysis technologies provide for adaptive management potential by greatly reducing the turn-around time for examining a number of population status metrics that can be calculated from the available data. (NED 2006a, 2006b, 2007; Rentmeester 2010; Schmidt 2009)
Describe the process used to facilitate receiving and sharing of data, such as standardizing data entry format through a template or data steward, including data exchange templates that describe the data collection methods, and the provision of an interface that makes data electronically accessible.
Receiving DART relies on primary sources for much of the data in the integrated database. Through communication, consultation, and feedback, DART has developed relationships and processes to automatically obtain datasets that are updated on a daily basis from primary sources via ODBC (Open Database Connectivity), FTP (File Transfer Protocol), HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure), as well as manually through email distributions. These datasets are then imported into the DART database in a format that allows comparisons among locations and time periods. Periodic updates are obtained on daily, weekly, monthly, and annual time scales from primary sources to capture changes and updates in the primary datasets. Metadata obtained from primary sources are retained in the DART database in columns associated with the data as well as in text files delivered with query results. Sharing DART provides access to its integrated research database through publicly accessible, web-based interface and through delivery of specialized user-requested datasets and metadata. DART’s web-based queries generate user-specified data files and graphics which can be saved to a user's personal computer in a variety of formats and are designed to be compatible with spreadsheet and statistical analysis programs. The DART website proves an on-line data feedback form associated with all query results to facilitate user feedback on data quality issues. DART personnel respond to direct requests for data and specialized delivery, e.g., providing integrated survival, travel time, and environmental correlate analyses requested by NOAA researchers and providing a compilation of daily reservoir elevations and river flow at Columbia Basin dams directly to NW Power and Conservation Council.
Please describe the sources from which you are compiling data, as well as what proportion of data is from the primary source versus secondary or other sources?
The data obtained by DART is collected by other agencies and researchers. The integration of these data into a single source, publicly accessible database provides a powerful tool for researching the status and trends of fish populations in real-time. The majority of the sources are the primary entities responsible for providing public access to the datasets if not the actual primary data collectors. DART performs advanced aggregations of some datasets to provide valued added data, e.g., identifying ESU / DPS populations and identifying adult and juvenile life stages. DART compiles primary datasets from the following sources: • Adult Passage visual counts from: Chelan County PUD, Douglas County PUD, Grant County PUD, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, Yakima Klickitat Fisheries Project, Colville Tribes Fish & Wildlife (OBMEP) • Hydroelectric project data from: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Grant County PUD, Chelan County PUD, Douglas County PUD, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife • Water Quality data from: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • Surface Water data from: U.S. Geological Survey • PIT Tag observation, recapture, and mortality data from: PTAGIS, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission • Smolt Indices & Collection Counts from: Fish Passage Center • Transportation data from: Fish Passage Center • Hatchery Release data from: Fish Passage Center • Trap Collected Counts from: Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, Chelan County PUD, Douglas County PUD, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Colville Tribes, Yakama Nation Fisheries • Upwelling and Buoy data from: NOAA and Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory • Climate data: from National Climatic Data Center
Please explain how you manage the data and corresponding metadata you collect.
Not applicable.
Describe how you distribute your project's data to data users and what requirements or restrictions there may be for data access.
By design, DART provides web-based, public access to regionally integrated monitoring data and analyses. DART provides data, metadata and analyses in the public domain with published methodologies and data details. The current datasets and online analysis products provide access to daily updates of standardized status tools and metrics. By integrating and collating regional data from disparate sources, DART provides for efficient, effective, reproducible access to data relevant to the FWP. The inclusion of complete dataset products from primary sources, e.g., PTAGIS, allows for the creation/generation of crucial information such as the life stage or ESU / DPS category of individual PIT-tagged fish. This value-added information, in turn, allows for higher level analyses such as ESU / DPS population-specific metrics and adult conversion rates. Constant updates to datasets and analysis tools, development of new products requested by users, coordination with other agencies, application of newly developed analysis methodologies to the stated RPAs, and polling of general and specific users allows DART to remain current with the evolving data and analysis needs of the region. DART’s web-based interface allows access to, and analysis of, a subset of the integrated database through user selected forms that has proven useful to specific regional needs. The entire database, or any subset outlined in a specific request, along with analysis results, is available to the public upon request. Various DART data reporting and analyses may be targeted for specific audiences, e.g., regional managers, scientists, or the general public; however, there are no access restrictions on any of the DART data reporting and analyses products. DART continues to participate in Northwest regional coordination and collaboration efforts such as the current PNAMP Coordinated Assessments workshops and develop specific data analysis products for a multitude of regional entities (see Relationships section) and others.

RM&E

What type(s) of RM&E will you be doing?
Status and Trend Monitoring
Where will you post or publish the data your project generates?

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Project Deliverables

Project Deliverable definition: A significant output of a project that often spans multiple years and therefore may be accomplished by multiple contracts and multiple work elements. Contract Deliverables on the other hand are smaller in scope and correspond with an individual work element. Title and describe each Project Deliverable including an estimated budget, start year and end year. Title: A synopsis of the deliverable. For example: Crooked River Barrier and Channel Modification. Deliverable Description: Describe the work required to produce this deliverable in 5000 characters or less. A habitat restoration deliverable will contain a suite of actions to address particular Limiting Factors over time for a specified Geographic area typically not to exceed a species population’s range. Briefly include the methods for implementation, in particular any novel methods you propose to use, including an assessment of factors that may limit success. Do not go into great detail on RM&E Metrics, Indicators, and Methods if you are collecting or analyzing data – later in this proposal you’ll be asked for these details.
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Regionally Integrated Database in working order (DELV-1)
Provide, maintain, and improve fundamental hardware, software, and procedural systems necessary to maintain the regionally integrated database, DART, in working order. Perform continual database design, tuning, and development work to meet the demands of the increasingly complex, resource-intensive data integration and analysis. Our databases are maintained through scheduled daily database mirroring, backups and daily data uploads that limit public access to 97% of a 24/7 schedule. The services are functional throughout the calendar year. Local area network and system administration operations are maintained daily and as needed to ensure reliability and availability of the database.
Types of Work:
Work Class Work Elements
Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation + Data Management
160. Create/Manage/Maintain Database
Integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2)
Provide, maintain, and expand integrated, regional database that spatially and temporally integrates Columbia Basin environmental, operational, fishery, riverine, ocean and climatic data resources for research and sound management of the Columbia Basin resources and hydrosystem by federal, state, tribal, public and private entities. Interact with regional data managers to increase collections of historic datasets not yet available via the Internet, then merge and load data into the database for access via the website. Datasets will be added as directed by BPA, regional needs, and adaptive analysis development. We develop and employ automated and manual processes to acquire, merge and load the data into the database. The data uploads are coordinated with data availability from primary sources in order to provide the most up-to-date data as it is made public. We develop QA/QC procedures and policies for all integrated datasets and coordinate with primary sources to provide feedback on possible data issues.

DART current datasets include:
• Adult Passage counts from Chelan PUD, Douglas PUD, Grant PUD, USACE, WDFW, YKFP, Colville Tribes, ODFW
• Hydroelectric project data from USACE, Chelan PUD, Douglas PUD, Grant PUD, USBR, ODFW
• Water Quality Monitor data from USACE
• Surface Water data from USGS
• PIT Tag release, observation, recapture, and mortality data from PTAGIS, PSMFC
• Smolt Indices & Collection Counts from FPC
• Transportation data from FPC
• Hatchery Release data from FPC
• Trap Collected Counts from WDFW, Chelan PUD, Colville Tribes Fish & Wildlife (OBMEP), Douglas PUD, USFWS, Yakama Nation
• Ocean Conditions from NOAA and PFEL
• Adult Anadromous Fish Radiotelemetry Project 1996-2004 from NOAA, University of Idaho, and USACE.
Types of Work:
Work Class Work Elements
Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation + Data Management
159. Transfer/Consolidate Regionally Standardized Data
Web-based, regionally integrated, monitoring and evaluation services (DELV-3)
Provide web-based monitoring, evaluation, and data products and services on single and associated FWP-funded and ESA-mandated activities, especially efforts to predict, track, and evaluate the efficacy of proposed or actual actions (AMIP 2009; MERR 2010; NMFS 2008c, 2010a).

DART M&E services are functional throughout the calendar year with a focus on providing in-depth support during juvenile and adult migration seasons. The efforts include disseminating information on the Internet and more complex mechanisms that integrate regionally distributed online information into effective monitoring and evaluation products supporting adaptive management of recovery efforts and water utilization.
The DART project also provides a means by which information integration services can be delivered to FWP and ESA participants. With respect to the FWP, these services implement aspects of the Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation strategy. With respect to ESA, they support federal abilities to independently make and evaluate decisions committing federal resources. Current efforts support the Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program (ISEMP) for intensively monitored watersheds and other subbasins, Technical Management Team (TMT), the Mid-Columbia PUDs, and the Yakima-Klickitat Fisheries Project.

A variety of tools are provided to allow independent evaluation of life-stage survival of ESA-listed salmon and steelhead, including hydrosystem survival performance rates required by current biological opinions and as adopted in FWP mainstem plan amendments.

DART provides interactive online services for relating impacts of river management and environmental conditions to mainstem and tributary salmon passage and survival, including:
• PIT-tagged migrants segregated into explicit adult and juvenile life-stage categories;
• PIT-tagged migrants segregated into distinct Columbia Basin ESU stocks as defined by NOAA ESA listings;
• adult reach conversion rates;
• age structure of adult returns;
• status and trends of juvenile and adult Columbia Basin ESU/DPS populations;
• upstream and tributary escapement;
• juvenile and adult exposure to hydrosystem conditions;
• juvenile salmonid survival and travel time estimates;
• Smolt-to-Adult Ratio (SAR) estimates;
• adult passage 4 year annual rolling mean;
• daily adult passage and river conditions 10 year averages;
• ocean/climate conditions; and
• adult capture and migration histories, both in-basin and out-of-basin, throughout Columbia Basin in support of Intensively Monitored Watersheds (IMWs).
Types of Work:
Work Class Work Elements
Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation + Data Management
162. Analyze/Interpret Data
Publicly accessible, web-based interface to integrated research database (DELV-4)
We provide the publicly accessible, web-enabled Columbia River DART (Data Access in Real Time) query system and website. The publicly accessible web-based interface permits interactive, user-defined selection of data items, time frame, presentation format, etc., from an integrated subset of historical and current fishery, hydrologic, project operation, oceanic, and environmental information vital to year-round planning and adaptive management of the Federal Columbia River Power System. Raw, summary, detail, and aggregate data is presented in user-selected formats including graphics, data tables (spreadsheet compatible), and HTML tables. The web-based query interface allows data users to sort and select the data most relevant to their needs. The interface allows for routine analyses to be performed efficiently and predictably, saving researchers and decision-makers valuable time in performing repeatable tasks in a programmatic way and reducing human error.
Types of Work:
Work Class Work Elements
Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation + Data Management
161. Disseminate Raw/Summary Data and Results
Adaptive, issue-driven product development and implementation (DELV-5)
We continually assess, modify, improve, and develop DART services to adaptively meet the needs of region planners, policy makers and the public. This work is based on evaluations of DART services and usage, in response to user's feedback and data requests, and current biological objectives and research uncertainties. In addition, DART surveys known and potential users and agencies to determine DART’s contributions to regional needs and to help identify additional data products and analyses that can be provided by DART. Currently under development are multiple tools addressing RPA status and trend monitoring efforts. This type of forward looking development can continue to address the needs outlined in the biological opinions.
Types of Work:
Work Class Work Elements
Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation + Data Management
161. Disseminate Raw/Summary Data and Results
162. Analyze/Interpret Data
Specialized user-requested datasets and metadata (DELV-6)
DART provides integrated datasets as requested by river managers, researchers, policy makers and agencies to facilitate regional modeling, monitoring, and evaluation efforts. These services generally involve the generation of datasets and aggregated data based on user requests. In addition, DART provides by request survival analyses and covariate preparation, vitality work, turbine mortality, and COMPASS parameter, validation, and calibration data preparation.
Types of Work:
Work Class Work Elements
Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation + Data Management
161. Disseminate Raw/Summary Data and Results
162. Analyze/Interpret Data

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Objectives & Project Deliverables

Objective: Monitor status and trends of juvenile Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed fish in real-time (OBJ-1)
Project Deliverables How the project deliverables help meet this objective*
Regionally Integrated Database in working order (DELV-1) The database in working order (DELV-1) is an essential component of providing real-time analyses for Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed juvenile fish status and trends monitoring. DART project Deliverables are interconnected and are essential to each other and to the DART project Objectives. At the core of all deliverables and all objectives is the integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2) in working order (DELV-1). Without these two deliverables, the other DART project deliverables and all objectives are not possible. All monitoring and evaluation services are predicated on serving live, up-to-date data in “real-time.” Without the database in working order, the publicly accessible monitoring and evaluation services that support Objective-1 are not available. Maintaining the database and upgrading the database architecture are essential to efficiently support all aspects of our data services and analyses.
Integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2) At the core of all DART deliverables and objectives is the integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2) in working order (DELV-1). Without these two deliverables, the other DART project deliverables and all objectives are not possible. The DART integrated, regional database (DELV-2) is an essential component of providing real-time analyses for juvenile Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed fish status and trends monitoring. It allows for complex, resource-intensive data integration, aggregation, and analyses of datasets from disparate sources. Refer to Deliverable 2 Description for a listing of primary sources and datasets.
Web-based, regionally integrated, monitoring and evaluation services (DELV-3) Building on DELV-1 and DELV-2, DART provides web-based monitoring and evaluation services of integrated data sources (DELV-3). DART provides managers with up-to-date estimates of juvenile Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed fish population status and trends and their interaction with hydrologic conditions through numerous capabilities, including: real-time access to juvenile tributary and mainstem passage statistics, user-selected juvenile survival and travel time estimates, current and historical run timing, juvenile passage predictions, detailed juvenile ESU / DPS stock migration characteristics, detailed in-basin and out-of-basin migration and capture histories, and hydrosystem performance measures. Started in 2006, the DART life-stage filter service is a necessary component of monitoring juvenile PIT Tag mainstem and tributary passage due to the prevalence of both juvenile and adult life-stage detections in common detectors at projects and at instream detection arrays. Since 1996, DART has provided predictions of juvenile passage timing that incorporates real-time information about the current status of various Columbia Basin juvenile salmon runs along with current forecasted operational and hydrologic information to predict future progress of the migrating fish through the mainstem projects.
Publicly accessible, web-based interface to integrated research database (DELV-4) The publicly accessible, web-based interface (DELV-4) is the means by which we provide federal, state, tribal, private, and public entities efficient, real-time, and standardized access to data reporting and all analyses. It is an essential component of providing up-to-date, real-time analyses for Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed juvenile fish status and trends monitoring.
Adaptive, issue-driven product development and implementation (DELV-5) Through adaptive, issue-driven product development and implementation (DELV-5), we provide relevant analyses in a timely manner to the region for monitoring the status and trends of Columbia Basin ESA-listed and non-listed fish. Historically, DART analysis tools of the PTAGIS dataset focused on mainstem detections and migration histories. In 2011, DART worked closely with WDFW and ISEMP to provide data queries for managers and scientists to access information associated with tributary PIT tag releases and subsequent tributary and mainstem detections for juvenile and adult populations. The purpose was to provide efficient and standardized analyses combining PTAGIS datasets from multiple detection types (recapture files, instream PIT detection sites, mainstem interrogation sites, etc.) that informed a user of the capture and migration histories of juvenile and adult populations, both in-basin and out-of-basin. DART employed rapid prototyping methods and feedback from the researchers to ensure accuracy, relevancy to research questions, and timeliness.
Specialized user-requested datasets and metadata (DELV-6) DART provides specialized user-requested datasets, analyses, and metadata services (DELV-6) in support of juvenile Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed fish status and trends monitoring efforts by federal, state, tribal, public, and private entities. For example, DART provided extensive technical services, integrated datasets, correlated environmental parameters, and survival and travel time analyses to develop, improve, calibrate and validate NOAA’s COMPASS Model and provided technical assistance with scenario runs used in completing the FCRPS biological assessments, biological opinions and fish accords (NOAA Fisheries 2008; Corps, BPA, USBR 2007; NMFS 2008c, 2007; BPA 2008).
Objective: Monitor status and trends of adult Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed fish in real-time (OBJ-2)
Project Deliverables How the project deliverables help meet this objective*
Regionally Integrated Database in working order (DELV-1) The database in working order (DELV-1) is an essential component of providing real-time analyses for adult Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed fish status and trends monitoring. DART project deliverables are interconnected and are essential to each other and to the DART project objectives. At the core of all deliverables and all objectives is the integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2) in working order (DELV-1). Without these two deliverables, the other DART project deliverables and all objectives are not possible. All monitoring and evaluation services are predicated on serving live, up-to-date data in “real-time.” Without the database in working order, the publicly accessible monitoring and evaluation services that support Objective-2 are not available. Maintaining the database and upgrading the database architecture are essential to efficiently support all aspects of our data services and analyses.
Integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2) At the core of all DART deliverables and objectives is the integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2) in working order (DELV-1). Without these two deliverables, the other DART project deliverables and all objectives are not possible. The DART integrated, regional database (DELV-2) is an essential component of providing real-time analyses for Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed adult fish status and trends monitoring. It allows for complex, resource-intensive data integration, aggregation, and analyses of datasets from disparate sources. For example, the DART quick look service for monitoring adult passage migration timing at key locations throughout the Columbia Basin requires adult passage visual count datasets from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Grant County PUD, and Douglas County PUD to represent the mainstem, Lower Snake, and Upper Columbia. Refer to Deliverable-2 Description for a listing of primary sources and datasets.
Web-based, regionally integrated, monitoring and evaluation services (DELV-3) Building on DELV-1 and DELV-2, DART provides web-based monitoring and evaluation services of integrated data sources (DELV-3). DART provides managers with up-to-date estimates of adult fish population status and trends for ESA-listed and non-listed fish and their interaction with hydrologic conditions through numerous monitoring and evaluation services, including: real-time access to adult passage statistics for PIT Tag and visual counts, reach conversion rates and travel time estimates, adult passage, current and historical run timing, adult run size and passage predictions, detailed adult ESU / DPS stock migration characteristics, detailed user-defined adult population migration characteristics, detailed in-basin and out-of-basin adult migration and capture histories, and hydrosystem performance measures. Started in 2006, the DART life-stage filter service is a necessary component of monitoring adult PIT Tag mainstem and tributary passage due to the prevalence of both juvenile and adult life-stage detections in common detectors at projects and at instream detection arrays.
Publicly accessible, web-based interface to integrated research database (DELV-4) The publicly accessible, web-based interface (DELV-4) is the means by which we provide federal, state, tribal, private, and public entities efficient, real-time, and standardized access to data reporting and all analysis services. It is an essential component of providing real-time analyses for Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed adult fish status and trends monitoring.
Adaptive, issue-driven product development and implementation (DELV-5) Through adaptive, issue-driven product development and implementation (DELV-5), we provide relevant analyses in a timely manner to the region for monitoring the status and trends of adult Columbia Basin ESA-listed and non-listed fish. For example, in 2011, DART worked closely with ISEMP to develop and implement the publicly accessible, web-based DART PIT Tag Adult Sampling and Tagging at Ladders, specifically Lower Granite Dam Ladder trap, to allow users access to the PIT tagged fish associated the ISEMP steelhead and spring/summer Chinook salmon adult PIT tagging project, otherwise known as the "Valid Sample List.” These tags are used in the generation of escapement estimates in tributary streams upstream of the detection location. This service ensures all users of the adult PIT tagging project have the same valid sample list. The process to determine the valid sample list is complex and requires data mining and data integration of several sources of information from Multimon interrogation files and PTAGIS datasets: • Tagging - From tagging files • Recapture - From tagging files • SbyC fish and period - From Multimon files for Lower Granite Adult Ladder • Sampling Period - From Multimon files for Lower Granite Adult Ladder Before this publicly accessible DART service, the list was created by hand and it was difficult to provide a list in a timely fashion to all cooperators and users, and ensure that users had the most up-to-date version. DART employed rapid prototyping methods and feedback from ISEMP researchers to ensure accuracy, relevancy to research questions, and timeliness.
Specialized user-requested datasets and metadata (DELV-6) DART provides specialized user-requested datasets, analyses, and metadata services (DELV-6) in support of adult Columbia Basin ESA listed and non-listed fish status and trends monitoring efforts by federal, state, tribal, public, and private entities. For example, DART provided integrated hatchery release and adult returns data requested by university researchers for vitality and survival modeling.
Objective: Integrate hydrological and fishery ecological data from Columbia Basin primary regional data sources (OBJ-3)
Project Deliverables How the project deliverables help meet this objective*
Regionally Integrated Database in working order (DELV-1) The database in working order (DELV-1) is an essential component of integrating hydrological and fishery ecological data from Columbia Basin primary regional data sources. The working database allows for the spatial and temporal integration of datasets from disparate sources.
Integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2) The integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2) is an essential component of providing to the region the service of a publicly accessible, independent source of integrated hydrological and fishery ecological data from Columbia Basin primary data sources. This service compliments and enhances other data services in the region, for more effective access, analysis, and application for evaluating water and fishery status and management actions. Data collation, integration and aggregation in a second-tier database facilitates efficient data access, multiple viewpoints, independent review, and extensive, value-added analysis. The process of compiling primary data at second-tier sites provides an opportunity for quality control and feedback to the primary data sites.
Objective: Promote collaboration, coordination, efficiency, and free exchange of Columbia Basin ecosystem information (OBJ-4)
Project Deliverables How the project deliverables help meet this objective*
Regionally Integrated Database in working order (DELV-1) The database in working order (DELV-1) is an essential component of supporting collaboration, coordination, efficiency, and free exchange of Columbia Basin ecosystem information. The working database is the primary mechanism by which data repository services are provided to regional entities.
Integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2) The integrated, regional database (DELV-2) is an essential component of supporting collaboration, coordination, efficiency, and free exchange of Columbia Basin ecosystem information. The database provides for efficient access to and free exchange of disparate datasets.
Publicly accessible, web-based interface to integrated research database (DELV-4) The publicly accessible, web-based interface (DELV-4) is the primary mechanism by which we provide public access to Columbia Basin ecosystem information.
Specialized user-requested datasets and metadata (DELV-6) Fulfilling specialized user-requests for datasets and metadata (DELV-6) further advances Objective-4 for collaboration, coordination, efficiency, and free exchange of Columbia Basin ecosystem information. DART leverages its integrated database to improve efficiency of access and analysis by eliminating the need for individual users to integrate disparate primary sources. Free exchange is enhanced by fulfilling each individual specialized request for data, metadata, analysis and information in a timely manner. Collaboration with numerous research groups and agencies leverages the integrated database ability to assist with providing standardized and reproducible status and trends monitoring from raw data.
Objective: Address stated requirements of biological opinions and regional agencies through relevant analysis capabilities (OBJ-5)
Project Deliverables How the project deliverables help meet this objective*
Regionally Integrated Database in working order (DELV-1) The database in working order (DELV-1) is an essential component of providing current and relevant analyses in support of stated requirements of biological opinions and regional agencies. DART project deliverables are interconnected and are essential to each other and to the DART project objectives. At the core of all deliverables and all objectives is the integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2) in working order (DELV-1). All monitoring and evaluation services are predicated on serving live, up-to-date data in “real-time.” Without the database in working order, the publicly accessible monitoring and evaluation services that support Objective-5 are not available. Maintaining the database and upgrading the database architecture are essential to efficiently support all aspects of our data services and analyses.
Integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2) At the core of all DART deliverables and objectives is the integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2) in working order (DELV-1). Without these two deliverables, the other DART project deliverables and all objectives are not possible. The DART integrated, regional database (DELV-2) is an essential component of providing current and relevant analyses in support of stated requirements of biological opinions and regional agencies. It allows for complex, resource-intensive data integration, aggregation, and analyses of datasets from disparate sources. For example, addressing RPA 52.3 Monitor and evaluate adult salmonid system survival upstream through the FCRPS, DART will expand functionality of the “PIT Tag Adult Returns Conversion Rate” analysis tool to incorporate information on wander/stray events—integrating PTAGIS recapture, mortality, and tributary and mainstem interrogation datasets into the analyses. Refer to Deliverable-2 Description for a listing of primary sources and datasets.
Web-based, regionally integrated, monitoring and evaluation services (DELV-3) Building on DELV-1 and DELV-2, DART provides web-based monitoring and evaluation services of integrated data sources (DELV-3). For over 10 years, DART has segregated PIT Tag releases and detections into ESU / DPS populations based on NOAA definitions. DART provides managers with up-to-date estimates of status and trends for the juvenile and adult ESA-listed fish populations and their interaction with hydrologic conditions, providing detailed juvenile and adult ESU / DPS stock migration characteristics. Started in 2006, the DART life-stage filter service is a necessary component of monitoring juvenile and adult PIT Tag mainstem and tributary passage due to the prevalence of both juvenile and adult life-stage detections in common detectors at projects and at instream detection arrays.
Publicly accessible, web-based interface to integrated research database (DELV-4) The publicly accessible, web-based interface (DELV-4) is the means by which we provide federal, state, tribal, private, and public entities efficient, real-time, and standardized access to data reporting and all analysis services. It is an essential component of providing real-time analyses of status and trends monitoring for Columbia Basin ESA listed fish.
Adaptive, issue-driven product development and implementation (DELV-5) Through adaptive, issue-driven product development and implementation (DELV-5), we provide relevant analyses to the region in a timely manner for addressing stated requirements of biological opinions and regional agencies. For example, in 2009, the Span Year query option was developed and implemented on all appropriate web-based queries in response to Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board request to be able to examine salmonid winter runs. In 2010, DART developed the PIT Tag Release and Observation Summary with Tag File Selection query for generating survival and travel time estimates, which allows for creating a more specific grouping of PIT Tag Releases for survival and travel time analyses based on release criteria and user-specified Tag Files, to better meet the needs of regional researchers assessing the migration and survival of their PIT-tagged fish. This work was in response to a request from the Hood River Production Program Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs for greater specificity in defining release groups for the survival and travel time estimates program.
Specialized user-requested datasets and metadata (DELV-6) DART provides specialized user-requested datasets, analyses, and metadata services (DELV-6) in support of addressing stated requirements of biological opinions and regional agencies. For example, DART currently provides technical, data and analysis services to NOAA’s COMPASS modeling efforts in support of the Pacific Salmon Treaty renewal process
*This section was not available on proposals submitted prior to 9/1/2011

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Project Deliverables & Budget

Project Deliverable Start End Budget
Regionally Integrated Database in working order (DELV-1) 2013 2017 $262,968
Integrated, regional research and management database (DELV-2) 2013 2017 $438,280
Web-based, regionally integrated, monitoring and evaluation services (DELV-3) 2013 2017 $175,312
Publicly accessible, web-based interface to integrated research database (DELV-4) 2013 2017 $175,312
Adaptive, issue-driven product development and implementation (DELV-5) 2013 2017 $525,936
Specialized user-requested datasets and metadata (DELV-6) 2013 2017 $175,312
Total $1,753,120
Requested Budget by Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year Proposal Budget Limit Actual Request Explanation of amount above FY2012
2013 $333,387 See line item budget for FY 2013.
2014 $341,768 See line item budget for FY 2014.
2015 $350,384 See line item budget for FY 2015.
2016 $359,239 See line item budget for FY 2016.
2017 $368,342 See line item budget for FY 2017.
Total $0 $1,753,120
Item Notes FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017
Personnel Est. salaries and benefits for personnel. FTEs: PI (8%), Data Mgr (100%), Web Mgr (100%), Opr Mgr ( $235,927 $241,825 $247,871 $254,067 $260,419
Travel Trips to regional meetings. $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Prof. Meetings & Training $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Vehicles $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Facilities/Equipment (See explanation below) $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000
Rent/Utilities Office lease is prorated between Dr. Skalski's and Dr. Anderson's groups. $19,000 $19,950 $20,948 $21,995 $23,095
Capital Equipment $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Overhead/Indirect 26% of MTDC $62,810 $64,343 $65,915 $67,527 $69,178
Other Other Contractual Services & Supplies $3,650 $3,650 $3,650 $3,650 $3,650
PIT Tags $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Total $333,387 $341,768 $350,384 $359,239 $368,342
Major Facilities and Equipment explanation:
We are a group of staff, students, and faculty in the University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences. We maintain offices in downtown Seattle and are an integral part of the University. We maintain our computing facilities; the University computing services maintains our internet connection and oversees internet operations. The database management system INGRES, Columbia Basin Research web site, and all related file systems reside on a Sun Fire V445 server and a Cybernetics tape backup system. Sun Microsystems, now Oracle, is discontinuing support of this hardware server in mid-2013. Our program services are functional throughout the calendar year with a focus on providing in-depth services and regional support during juvenile and adult migration and spill seasons. The timing of the upgrade and transfer activity is critical to insure a smooth transition and continuity of services during the most crucial time of the year for our project with the least amount of impact on services and least amount of cost in time and personnel. To insure continuity of all web, database, and analysis services, we will start the upgrade process of the v445 Server in October 2012 (FY2013). We plan to shift from hardware purchased and supported in-house to off-site hardware and hosting services at an average annual cost of $10,000. We will continue assessments of options during FY2012. If the off-site hardware and hosting option does not fully meet our needs, we will continue with on-site hardware and maintenance for the same amount, $10,000 annually. The greatest advantage to off-site hardware and hosting services is to direct more of our limited resources at analysis development and database management. This hardware plan is comparable to the costs of our current hardware server and backup systems which cost over $50,000 for 5 years of implemented use. The majority of this cost was several upfront, one-time payments incurred during FY2007.

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Cost Share

None

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Project References or Citations

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Resident Fish, Regional Coordination, and Data Management Category Review Assessments

Review: Resident Fish, Regional Coordination, and Data Management Category Review

Independent Scientific Review Panel Assessment

Assessment Number: 1996-019-00-ISRP-20120215
Project: 1996-019-00 - Data Access in Real Time (DART)
Review: Resident Fish, Regional Coordination, and Data Management Category Review
Proposal Number: RESCAT-1996-019-00
Completed Date: 4/16/2012
Final Round ISRP Date: 4/3/2012
Final Round ISRP Rating: Meets Scientific Review Criteria
Final Round ISRP Comment:
First Round ISRP Date: 2/8/2012
First Round ISRP Rating: Meets Scientific Review Criteria
First Round ISRP Comment:

1. Purpose: Significance to Regional Programs, Technical Background, and Objectives

DART provides an important and useful Tier 2 database, data repository, web-based data reporting and analysis services. The proposal provides evidence that DART is used daily by a number of organizations, including the Action Agencies, NOAA, State Agencies, and Tribes.

2. History: Accomplishments, Results, and Adaptive Management (ISRP Review of Results)

For the past 6 years, DART annually delivers 400,000-600,000 database query results. DART provides analysis capabilities for evaluating water and fishery status and management actions for a real-time look into the current status of the resource and provides access to potential early warning triggers on a daily basis.

3. Project Relationships, Emerging Limiting Factors, and Tailored Questions for Type of Work (hatchery, RME, tagging)

DART is the primary publicly accessible repository for a number of projects in the region including the Adult Anadromous Fish Radiotelemetry Project (1996-2004), the cooperative Mid Columbia Status for Juvenile and Adult Salmon, and adult passage counts from Chelan and Grant County PUDs as well as the Tumwater and Zosel dams.

4. Deliverables, Work Elements, Metrics, and Methods

Deliverables, work elements, metrics, and methods were presented.

Modified by Dal Marsters on 4/16/2012 8:47:15 PM.
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