If you are planting on NEW acres, whether they are contiguous or non-contiguous to a previous planting site, be sure to use 47. Plant Vegetation in order to capture metrics on those new acres. In subsequent contracts this land can be incorporated into 197. Maintain/Remove Vegetation (Expired) for subsequent treatment because at that point all the work is considered maintenance.

If you sprayed weeds several years ago then spray them again this year, that activity is considered a subsequent spraying. It is not an initial spraying, so when you answer the metric question “# of years treated,” your answer would be year 2.

Examples of descriptive titles for this work element:

WE Title: Scalp around 5000 riparian trees/shrubs planted along Cohen Creek in 2009
WE Title: Protect 2500 riparian plants from animal consumption along Cooper Creek
WE Title: Add natural sun blocks to 300 seedlings (rock and wood) from site along Sweet River
WE Title: Thin 20 acres of Ponderosa Pine on the Miller Tract
WE Title: Treat 45 acres of sulfur cinquefoil with glyphosate
WE Title: Cut 5 acres of Russian olive and treat stumps
WE Title: Spray re-sprouting blackberry on 30 acres
WE Title: Herbicide control/cheatgrass/50 acres/West Upland Weed Unit
WE Title: Restore grassland - remove 10 acres encroaching juniper in South Pasture
WE Title: Spray 5 acres of knapweeds, thistle, and skeleton weed along Cooper Creek
WE Title: 20 acre summer thinning of Ponderosa/mixed conifer on Miller Tract

• Activities which occur under the same contract as the initial year of planting such as watering, fertilization, addition of tree tubes, animal repellents, surface mats, sun screens, etc., to enhance planting survival of plantings and/or seedlings should be milestones under 47. Plant Vegetation.
• If you are also putting up a fence to control animal damage to plantings, be sure to include 40. Install Fence in the SOW.
• If you are planting or seeding a new area, use 47. Plant Vegetation.
• If you have overarching, general habitat management goals and maintaining or removing vegetation is one part of an overall scheme of activities, you identify planting area/s and Study Design as part of your 174. Produce Plan.

• Rule 1 (Environmental Compliance): Any significant ESA, NEPA, permitting, or other environmental compliance work should be split out under 165. Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation.
  
  
  Example:
  

  
  WE: 165. Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation
  WE Title: Environmental compliance for tree maintenance along Ruby Creek
  WE Description: Provide BPA Environmental Compliance Lead with verification of any required local permits, a detailed map, and project description to support cultural resources consultation.
  
  Note: In every instance, this WE will have as the first milestone: "Environmental compliance requirements complete", and the end date of this milestone must be before the start date of any ground disturbing activities within that WE. Therefore, your SOW will have one 165. Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation as well as the environmental compliance milestone embedded within each Maintain/Remove Vegetation WEs.
  
  
• Rule 2 (Location of Work): If you are working in new locations, a work element must be created for each location to document metric requirements, unless they are close together geographically. For locations that were planted in a previous contract, you may lump the maintenance locations into a single work element.
  
  To identify the location point, choose the approximate center of the area planted. If a location already exists in Pisces, click the "Link" button to synchronize locations. If not, enter a location and location description for this work element to enable future linking.
  
  
  Example:
  

  
  WE: 197. Maintain/Remove Vegetation (Expired)
  WE Title: Scalp around 5000 riparian trees/shrubs planted along Cohen Creek in 2009
  
  WE: 197. Maintain/Remove Vegetation (Expired)
  WE Title: Protect 2500 riparian plants from animal consumption along Cooper Creek
  
  WE: 197. Maintain/Remove Vegetation (Expired)
  WE Title: Add natural sun blocks to 300 seedlings (rock and wood) from site along Sweet River
  
  WE: 197. Maintain/Remove Vegetation (Expired)
  WE Title: Thin 20 acres of Ponderosa Pine on the Miller Tract
  
  WE: 197. Maintain/Remove Vegetation (Expired)
  WE Title: Treat 45 acres of sulfur cinquefoil with glyphosate
  
  WE: 197. Maintain/Remove Vegetation (Expired)
  WE Title: Cut 5 acres of Russian olive and treat stumps
  
  WE: 197. Maintain/Remove Vegetation (Expired)
  WE Title: Spray re-sprouting blackberry on 30 acres
  
  WE: 197. Maintain/Remove Vegetation (Expired)
  WE Title: Herbicide control/cheatgrass/50 acres/West Upland Weed Unit
  
  WE: 197. Maintain/Remove Vegetation (Expired)
  WE Title: Restore grassland - remove 10 acres encroaching juniper in South Pasture
  
  WE: 197. Maintain/Remove Vegetation (Expired)
  WE Title: Spray 5 acres of knapweeds, thistle, and skeleton weed along Cooper Creek
  
  WE: 197. Maintain/Remove Vegetation (Expired)
  WE Title: 20 acre summer thinning of Ponderosa/mixed conifer on Miller Tract
  
  
• Rule 3 (Metrics): If there are multiple actions at a single location, vegetation maintenance/ removal being one of them, then be sure to split out each as a separate work element so we can capture the appropriate metrics. For example, you're spraying vegetation, but you want the cattle out of the area too. You'll be building fence, planting more shrubs, and maintaining shrubs planted last year. Example of above scenario:
  
  
  Example:
  

  
  WE: 197. Maintain/Remove Vegetation (Expired)
  WE Title: Cooper Creek Vegetative Maintenance
  WE Milestones: * Spring spraying - 5 acres of knapweeds, thistle, and skeleton weed
  * Survey 850 riparian shrubs planted in 2004 to determine health.
  (or you can break these two milestones into two separate work elements with greater detailed milestones under each).
  
  WE: 40. Install Fence
  WE Title: Fence 3 miles of riparian buffer along the right bank of Cooper Creek
  
  WE: 47. Plant Vegetation
  WE Title: 8 acres hawthorn/snowberry/dogwood planted along Cooper Creek riparian buffer
  
  NOTE: List milestones in sequential order of when they start (exception: the environmental compliance milestone is always first and its end date must be before the start date of any ground disturbing activities).
  
  Some milestones, such as environmental compliance, are mandatory and are automatically loaded by Pisces. Pisces will suggest other milestones, but remove those that don't fit your project and add others which do.
  
  

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17 Metrics Associated With Work Element 197: Maintain/Remove Vegetation

Metric	Metric Association Status	Last Comment Date	Last Comment By	Unit Type	FY Start	FY End	Required / Optional	Is Activated By Default	Included in PI	Supports PCSRF/PNSHP (Katz)	PNSHP Metric Code	PNSHP Metric
1406: # of riparian miles treated	Active			number	2012		Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.5.h.4	Miles of streambank treated for riparian plant removal/control
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Miles of fencing
1515: # of acres of upland non-wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2012		Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.6.h.3	Acres treated for upland vegetation management
1516: # of acres of upland wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2012		Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.6.h.3	Acres treated for upland vegetation management
1517: # of acres of riparian non-wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2012		Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.5.h.3	Acres of riparian treated for plant removal/control
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Area/length of riparia treated
1518: # of acres of riparian wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2012		Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.5.h.3	Acres of riparian treated for plant removal/control
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Area/length of riparia treated
1519: # of acres of freshwater non-wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2012		Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.4.g.4	Acres of streambed treated for plant removal/control
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Area/length of riparia treated
1520: # of acres of freshwater wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2012		Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.8.d.3	Acres of wetland treated
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Area/length of riparia treated
1521: # of acres of estuarine wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2012		Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.9.j.3	Acres of estuary treated
1522: # of acres of estuarine non-wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2012		Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.9.j.3	Acres of estuary treated
1636: # of estuarine miles treated	Active			number	2012		Required	Yes	No	No
1637: # of freshwater miles treated	Active			number	2012		Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.4.g.3	Miles of stream treated for plant removal/control
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Area/length of riparia treated
1723: # of years treated	Active			number	2012		Required	Yes	No	No
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Riparia treatments
1734: # of acres maintained	Active			number	2012		Required	Yes	No	No
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Area/length of riparia protected
1737: Biological plant removal	Active			YesNoList	2012		Required	Yes	No	No
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Riparia treatments
1738: Herbicide plant removal	Active			YesNoList	2012		Required	Yes	No	No
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Riparia treatments
1739: Mechanical plant removal	Active			YesNoList	2012		Required	Yes	No	No
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Riparia treatments
1740: Conduct controlled burn	Active			YesNoList	2012		Required	Yes	No	No
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Riparia treatments

Measure	HLI	Associated Metrics
acres improved in riparian areas		1517. # of acres of riparian non-wetland habitat treated 1518. # of acres of riparian wetland habitat treated 1519. # of acres of freshwater non-wetland habitat treated 1520. # of acres of freshwater wetland habitat treated 1521. # of acres of estuarine wetland habitat treated 1522. # of acres of estuarine non-wetland habitat treated
acres treated	Habitat Acres	1515. # of acres of upland non-wetland habitat treated 1516. # of acres of upland wetland habitat treated 1517. # of acres of riparian non-wetland habitat treated 1518. # of acres of riparian wetland habitat treated 1519. # of acres of freshwater non-wetland habitat treated 1520. # of acres of freshwater wetland habitat treated 1521. # of acres of estuarine wetland habitat treated 1522. # of acres of estuarine non-wetland habitat treated
acres treated instream		1515. # of acres of upland non-wetland habitat treated 1516. # of acres of upland wetland habitat treated 1517. # of acres of riparian non-wetland habitat treated 1518. # of acres of riparian wetland habitat treated 1519. # of acres of freshwater non-wetland habitat treated 1520. # of acres of freshwater wetland habitat treated 1521. # of acres of estuarine wetland habitat treated 1522. # of acres of estuarine non-wetland habitat treated
miles of stream improved in riparian areas		1406. # of riparian miles treated 1636. # of estuarine miles treated 1637. # of freshwater miles treated
miles treated	Habitat Miles	1406. # of riparian miles treated 1636. # of estuarine miles treated 1637. # of freshwater miles treated

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