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This page presents detailed associations and definitions for this Work Element. Information on how this Work Element is being used in BPA field work is also included.
Your objective is to maintain or enhance planted or pre-existing vegetation through activities such as plant competition reduction (scalping, mats), mowing, irrigation, fertilization, herbicide application, or the prevention or reduction of animal damage (browse repellents, tree tubes). This includes using different, or the same, treatment techniques in previously treated areas the second year, or later, of planting.
Maintenance activities which occur during the first (initial) year of planting (such as installing tree tubes, fertilizing, animal repellents, etc.) should be a milestone under 47. Plant Vegetation.
If you have overarching, general habitat management goals and maintaining 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 year you actually plan to maintain and/or enhance pre-existing vegetation on-the-ground, use 22. Maintain Vegetation (Expired) and detail your steps as milestones.
If you are also using a fence to control animal damage to plantings, be sure to include 40. Install Fence in the SOW. If you are planting or seeding an area, use 47. Plant Vegetation.
Use 53. Remove Vegetation (Expired) instead if: The main objective is to remove vegetation (such as noxious weeds, invading trees, etc). For example: You applied herbicide in order to remove blackberry from 3 acres last year. If this year, you are planning to apply additional herbicide for the same purpose - to the same 3 acres - you should continue to use 53. Remove Vegetation (Expired) again, because your primary intent is not to maintain vegetation, but to remove or reduce the blackberry by a certain percentage. Keep using 53. Remove Vegetation (Expired) year after year, if necessary, until you eradicate or knock-down the undesirable vegetation sufficiently that you move into a planting, or maintenance phase for native species.
Every instance of 22. Maintain Vegetation (Expired), Maintain Vegetation 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, Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation as well as the environmental compliance milestone embedded within each of the Maintain Vegetation WEs.
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; or verification that a cultural resources survey has been done on the site and it is approved for ground disturbing activities associated with maintaining vegetation.
Rule 2 (Location of Work):
If you are maintaining 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.
Example:
To identify your location in Pisces, 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.
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.
Develop maintenance agreement with landowner
Suggested
No
Develop vegetation maintenance Study Plan (incl. method, herbicide type/rate, frequency)
Suggested
No
Obtain equipment and supplies
Suggested
No
Complete follow-up inspection/sign off on work
Suggested
No
Perform site inspection to determine previous year's survival
Suggested
No
Complete site inventory of needs/supplies
Suggested
No
Develop bid for contractor
Suggested
No
Obtain labor force/volunteers
Suggested
No
Scalp around trees/ add sunblocks/ browse repellent (do the work)
Identify point at approximate center of area treated. You may enter more than one point for this work element. 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.
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.
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.
Overview:
Summarizes annual accomplishments of the Habitat portion of the Program in terms of measures or metrics. Includes several tables focused on different dimensions: Habitat Zone, NPCC Province and Subbasin, ESU. Report can be filtered by Fiscal Year, Province or Subbasin, Work Element, Work Status, or Fish Species (ESU) benefitted.
Dimensions:
Habitat Measures, Metrics, Planned and Actual Metric Value, Fiscal Year, Habitat Zone, Work Element, Work Status, NPCC Province, NPCC Subbasin, ESU
Overview:
Shows the estimated spending by Focal Species – various anadromous and resident fish and general wildlife category – by fiscal year. Since contractors don’t invoice BPA by work element, much less by focal species, this report allocates project costs by the proportion of the work element budgets and the focal species associated with each work element. This report has two tables: Spending by all Focal Species, and Spending by ESA-Listed Focal Species (a table that allows BPA to meet federal reporting requirements).
Dimensions:
Focal Species, ESA-Listed Fish Species, Direct Spending, Contract Administration Spending, Program Administrative Spending, Account Type (Expense, Capital), Work Element Budgets
Overview:
Rolls up program funding across time by work class such as Habitat, Hatchery, Research Monitoring and Evaluation, Local & Regional Coordination, etc. Includes summary and detail pie charts showing funding levels for various types of work. Provides drill-downs to work element detail.
Dimensions:
Work Class, Work Element, Work Element Budget, Account Type (Expense or Capital), NPCC Province, NPCC Subbasin
Stats and Overview
Number of active contracts using Work Element #22 by FY
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