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Work Element 199: Remove Vegetation - Published

Basics

WE Name:

199. Remove Vegetation (Remove Vegetation)

Work Category:

Habitat - Habitat Improvement

WE Agreement Type:

Contracted

Status:

Active

Owner:

Allan Whiting

Definition:

Use during the initial year of treating a site if removing one or more plant species, or a number of individuals of a plant species, by mechanical, biological, and/or chemical means, or by controlled burn.

Target species are often exotic or non-native plants, naturalized plants, or undesirable native plants, all of which may be considered to be noxious, invasive or "weeds". Includes the removal of both aquatic and terrestrial plants as well as tree stand manipulation due to encroachment or to create forage openings.

WSE Description Template:

As identified in [PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK] [VEGETATION TYPE] removal at this site will address [ALTERED PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY, DECREASED WATER QUANTITY, ETC] limiting habitat factors, for [SPECIES] limiting life stages including [SUMMER/WINTER REARING, ETC]. [DESCRIBE WORK ELEMENT PURPOSE].

[LIST VEGETATION] will be removed on XX acres to [PURPOSE].

Vegetation removal will be completed by [DESCRIBE METHODS AND WHO WILL COMPLETE THE WORK (STAFF OR SUBCONTRACTOR)]. [LIST MEASURES TAKEN TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO MIGRATORY BIRDS.] [AFTER INSERTING RELEVANT TEXT WITHIN ALL BRACKETS, DELETE THESE BRACKETS]

Effective Dates:

FY2014 to <no end date>

Work Phase:

construction/implementation

Sort Sequence:

Focal Species Required:

Yes

RM&E Metadata Required:

Finite or Recurring:

Finite

Is BPA Internal:

Is Contracted:

Yes

Is Cost Share:

Is Construction:

Note

None

Associated Work Elements

If you have overarching, general habitat management goals and removing vegetation is one part of an overall scheme of activities, you can identify planting area/s and Study Design as part of your 174. Produce Plan. The first year you actually plan to remove vegetation on-the-ground, use 199. Remove Vegetation, and detail your steps as milestones.
If your goal is to reduce or eliminate vegetation on a specific site, then use 199. Remove Vegetation the first year of treatment. If you are treating the site after the initial year use 198. Maintain Vegetation.
If you are planting at a site for the first time use 47. Plant Vegetation.

Potential Deliverables

Deliverable Status:

Required

Default Deliverable Desc:

Acres of removed vegetation

Potential Deliverables:

Non-native, invasive, or encroaching species removed removed per approved design set resulting in [SUMMAY OF HABITAT METRICS GAINED].

Rules and Examples

Rule 1 (Environmental Compliance): Any associated ESA, cultural resources, 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 all contract activities
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, Talk to your BPA COR): If you are removing plants at various locations, a work element must be created for each location to document metric requirements. This does not require multiple work elements for 165. Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation.

Examples:

Option 1:

WE: 199. Remove Vegetation
WE Title: Thin 20 acres of Ponderosa Pine on the Miller Tract

Option 2:

WE: 199. Remove Vegetation
WE Title: Treat 45 acres of sulfur cinquefoil with glyphosate on Marshall Property

Option 3:

WE: 199. Remove Vegetation
WE Title: Cut 5 acres of Russian olive and treat stumps on Black Pine Property
Rule 3 (Metrics): If there are multiple projects at a single location, vegetation removal being one of them, then be sure to split out each 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, and planting vegetation.

Examples:

Option 1:

WE: 199. Remove Vegetation
WE Title: 8 acres hawthorn/snowberry/dogwood along Cooper Creek riparian buffer

Option 2:

WE: 40. Install Fence
WE Title: Fence 3 miles of riparian buffer along the right bank of Cooper Creek

Option 3:

WE: 199. Remove Vegetation
WE Title: Spring spraying - 5 acres of knapweeds, thistle and skeleton weed along Cooper Creek
Rule 4 (Environmental Compliance, Location of Work): In order to identify the specific area of potential effect (APE), upload map(s) that depict APE polygon(s) in the Attachments tab, document type “Map”, into Pisces. Inform you environmental compliance lead when this is done.

Milestones

Milestone Title

Type

Deliverable?

Description

Environmental compliance requirements complete -New

Required

On-the-ground work associated with this work element cannot proceed until this milestone is complete. Milestone is complete when final documentation is received from BPA environmental compliance staff.

Environmental Compliance followed for duration of work element

Suggested

Contractor and sub-contractors shall adhere to all mitigation and conservation measures, terms and conditions, avoidance areas, and best management practices required under environmental laws as directed by BPA.

Remove non-native, invasive, or encroaching species for habitat enhancement

Recommended

Remove non-native, invasive, or encroaching species for habitat enhancement purposes.

Provide Final Metrics

Recommended

Verify implemented work is consistent with approved design plans and planned metrics and update final metrics in cbfish.

Develop agreements with landowners

Suggested

Establish locations at which vegetation will be removed

Suggested

Obtain equipment and supplies

Suggested

Complete site preparation

Suggested

Metrics

15 Metrics Associated With Work Element 199: Remove Vegetation

Metric	Metric Association Status	Unit Type	FY Start	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	2014	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	2014	Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.6.h.3	Acres treated for upland vegetation management
1516: # of acres of upland wetland habitat treated	Active	number	2014	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	2014	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	2014	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	2014	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	2014	Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.8.d.3	Acres of wetland treated
ITS Action Category: Floodplain/Wetland Improvement ITS Metric: Amount of floodplain reconnected
1521: # of acres of estuarine wetland habitat treated	Active	number	2014	Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.9.j.3	Acres of estuary treated
1522: # of acres of estuarine non-wetland habitat treated	Active	number	2014	Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.9.j.3	Acres of estuary treated
1636: # of estuarine miles treated	Active	number	2014	Required	Yes	No	No
1637: # of freshwater miles treated	Active	number	2014	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
1737: Biological plant removal	Active	YesNoList	2014	Required	Yes	No	No
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Riparia treatments
1738: Herbicide plant removal	Active	YesNoList	2014	Required	Yes	No	No
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Riparia treatments
1739: Mechanical plant removal	Active	YesNoList	2014	Required	Yes	No	No
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Riparia treatments
1740: Conduct controlled burn	Active	YesNoList	2014	Required	Yes	No	No
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Riparia treatments

Measures by Metric

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

CBFish Metric Sets

CBFish Metric Set

acres improved in riparian areas (Required)

Habitat Zone	Wetland Zone	Metric ID and Name	Required?
Riparian	Non-wetland	1517. # of acres of riparian non-wetland habitat treated	Required
Riparian	Wetland	1518. # of acres of riparian wetland habitat treated	Required
Freshwater Non-Tidal	Non-wetland	1519. # of acres of freshwater non-wetland habitat treated	Required
Freshwater Non-Tidal	Wetland	1520. # of acres of freshwater wetland habitat treated	Required
Estuarine	Wetland	1521. # of acres of estuarine wetland habitat treated	Required
Estuarine	Non-wetland	1522. # of acres of estuarine non-wetland habitat treated	Required

acres treated (Required)

Habitat Zone	Wetland Zone	Metric ID and Name	Required?
Upland	Non-wetland	1515. # of acres of upland non-wetland habitat treated	Required
Upland	Wetland	1516. # of acres of upland wetland habitat treated	Required
Riparian	Non-wetland	1517. # of acres of riparian non-wetland habitat treated	Required
Riparian	Wetland	1518. # of acres of riparian wetland habitat treated	Required
Freshwater Non-Tidal	Non-wetland	1519. # of acres of freshwater non-wetland habitat treated	Required
Freshwater Non-Tidal	Wetland	1520. # of acres of freshwater wetland habitat treated	Required
Estuarine	Wetland	1521. # of acres of estuarine wetland habitat treated	Required
Estuarine	Non-wetland	1522. # of acres of estuarine non-wetland habitat treated	Required

acres treated instream (Required)

Habitat Zone	Wetland Zone	Metric ID and Name	Required?
Upland	Non-wetland	1515. # of acres of upland non-wetland habitat treated	Required
Upland	Wetland	1516. # of acres of upland wetland habitat treated	Required
Riparian	Non-wetland	1517. # of acres of riparian non-wetland habitat treated	Required
Riparian	Wetland	1518. # of acres of riparian wetland habitat treated	Required
Freshwater Non-Tidal	Non-wetland	1519. # of acres of freshwater non-wetland habitat treated	Required
Freshwater Non-Tidal	Wetland	1520. # of acres of freshwater wetland habitat treated	Required
Estuarine	Wetland	1521. # of acres of estuarine wetland habitat treated	Required
Estuarine	Non-wetland	1522. # of acres of estuarine non-wetland habitat treated	Required

miles of stream improved in riparian areas (Required)

Habitat Zone	Wetland Zone	Metric ID and Name	Required?
Riparian	unspecified	1406. # of riparian miles treated	Required
Estuarine	unspecified	1636. # of estuarine miles treated	Required
Freshwater Non-Tidal	unspecified	1637. # of freshwater miles treated	Required

miles treated (Required)

Habitat Zone	Wetland Zone	Metric ID and Name	Required?
Riparian	unspecified	1406. # of riparian miles treated	Required
Estuarine	unspecified	1636. # of estuarine miles treated	Required
Freshwater Non-Tidal	unspecified	1637. # of freshwater miles treated	Required

PCSRF/PNSHP (Katz)

Supports PCSRF/PNSHP (Katz):

Yes

PNSHP Metric Association	Metric
C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition C.4 Instream Habitat Project C.4.g.1 Plant removal/control C.4.g.3 Miles of stream treated for plant removal/control	1637: # of freshwater miles treated
C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition C.4 Instream Habitat Project C.4.g.1 Plant removal/control C.4.g.4 Acres of streambed treated for plant removal/control	1519: # of acres of freshwater non-wetland habitat treated
C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition C.5 Riparian Habitat Project C.5.h.1 Riparian plant removal/control C.5.h.3 Acres of riparian treated for plant removal/control	1517: # of acres of riparian non-wetland habitat treated 1518: # of acres of riparian wetland habitat treated
C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition C.5 Riparian Habitat Project C.5.h.1 Riparian plant removal/control C.5.h.4 Miles of streambank treated for riparian plant removal/control	1406: # of riparian miles treated
C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition C.6 Upland Habitat And Sediment Project C.6.h.1 Upland vegetation management C.6.h.3 Acres treated for upland vegetation management	1515: # of acres of upland non-wetland habitat treated 1516: # of acres of upland wetland habitat treated
C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition C.8 Wetland Project C.8.d.1 Wetland plant removal/control C.8.d.3 Acres of wetland treated	1520: # of acres of freshwater wetland habitat treated
C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition C.9 Estuarine/Nearshore Project C.9.j.1 Estuarine plant removal/control C.9.j.3 Acres of estuary treated	1521: # of acres of estuarine wetland habitat treated 1522: # of acres of estuarine non-wetland habitat treated

Location Requirements

Location Requirement Type:

Location Work Site in CBFish

Number of Locations:

1 - 10

Location Guidance:

Choose the approximate center of the area of implementation. If the location already exists in Pisces, click the "Link" button to synchronize locations.

In order to identify the more specific areas of potential effect (APE) for environmental compliance, upload map(s) that depict APE polygon(s) in the Attachments tab, document type “Map”, into Pisces.

Environmental Compliance

Applicability and status of the following environmental compliance requirements can be found on the Environmental Compliance tab for that work element in your SOW for all 2007 contracts forward. BPA's Environmental staff will update and maintain this information in CBFish in real time, so that you can check the status of environmental compliance on your project at any time.

Note: Many of the fields are set to auto-load in CBFish, but the settings will be reviewed by BPA's Environmental staff prior to the contract being finalized, and may be revised depending on the specific circumstances.

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

NEPA coverage for this work element will be determined by BPA's Environmental staff and could include an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Environmental Assessment (EA), Record of Decision to an existing EIS, or Categorical Exclusion.
Endangered Species Act (ESA)

ESA consultation is typically required for this work element.
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)

NHPA Section 106 consultation is typically required for this work element which often includes a cultural/historic resource survey by a qualified archaeologist.
Public Involvement

Public involvement is typically not required for this work element.

Usage

Reports that Use this Work Element

This work element and its metrics are used in measures in the following reports. These PDF reports are generated dynamically, always showing you the most up to date information. Most of them also have links to download the underlying data sets to structured text or Excel format.

Work Element Usage

Stats and Overview

Number of active contracts using Work Element #199 by FY

Top 5 BPA Project Managers using this Work Element:
(by number of current contracts)
	Andre L'Heureux (Inactive)	44
	Virginia Preiss	30
	Virgil Watts III	24
	Jamie Cleveland (Inactive)	22
	Sandra Fife (Inactive)	21

Average Work Element Budget:		$28,702
Average Duration:		11 months

Summary

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Basics

Note

Associated Work Elements

Potential Deliverables

Rules and Examples

Milestones

Metrics

15 Metrics Associated With Work Element 199: Remove Vegetation

Measures by Metric

CBFish Metric Sets

PCSRF/PNSHP (Katz)

Location Requirements

Environmental Compliance

Usage

Reports that Use this Work Element

Stats and Overview