Why only the initial year of planting? To prevent duplication of counting location acres, and because of the way the metrics are captured for habitat vs. O&M work, beyond initial work, any subsequent work, including more plantings or seeding in the same acreage, must be listed under 198. Maintain Vegetation.

Situations:

If you have one contract with two planting seasons, e.g., Spring (15 acres) and Fall (10 acres) for a total of 25 acres, you can do these two ways: 1) in one WE, identify your entire acreage as 25 with spring and fall milestones listed, or 2) in two WEs, divide out the two separate plantings in case you may not get both plantings done. If your planting sites are distant from each other you will have to do #2 anyway.

If your initial 25 acre planting project is divided between two contracts because your original contract ends and another begins, it’s best to identify the 15 acres of your spring planting in Contract #1 in 47. Plant Vegetation, and the additional 10 acres for the fall plant in another 47. Plant Vegetation in Contract #2. By contract year #3, any maintenance work and inter-planting/seeding in these 25 acres is considered “subsequent work” and must be identified under 198. Maintain Vegetation.

If you plant grass the first year on a site but want to plant trees/shrubs/different grass/etc. in subsequent years on the same acreage, you must use 198. Maintain Vegetation for the subsequent work as long as it’s on the same site acres.

If you are adding 5 new acres of planting and are inter-planting 25 previously planted acres, your SOW will have a 47. Plant Vegetation for the 5 new acres planted, and 198. Maintain Vegetation for the previously planted 25 acres. The following year you can combine them into one 198. Maintain Vegetation for a total 30 acres if you’re still working in the area and they are contiguous or close together.

• The establishment of planting locations and the development of a planting Study Design can be milestones under this work element, or they can be covered under a separate work element if you are developing a restoration or a habitat management plan to guide your efforts. In this latter scenario, use 174. Produce Plan to cover the development of the plan.
• After the initial planting season, watering, fertilization, weed control, and other methods to maintain previous plantings and/or seedings should be covered under 198. Maintain Vegetation. If these occur during the same contract period as the planting season, these activities can be milestones under WE#47, Plant Vegetation.
• For vegetation removal techniques in the first year on a new site, such as thinning invading trees, creation of forage openings, or herbicide application, use 199. Remove Vegetation.
• If you use prescribed burning to prep planting sites and reduce competition as part of the 1st year of planting, then it becomes a milestone under WE#47, Plant Vegetation; if you use fire to maintain or remove vegetation after the 1st year of planting, it becomes a milestone under 198. Maintain Vegetation.
• If planting to restore a construction area (e.g., after installing a fish screen), use the construction/installation WE and list planting as a milestone under it.
• 165. Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation must also be used to describe environmental compliance activities necessary for this activity.
• Use 55. Erosion and Sedimentation Control for work that precipitates planting vegetation, such as grading/land contouring associated with preparing grassed waterways, etc., then use 47. Plant Vegetation for the actual planting.

• 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 tree planting 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 planting vegetation.
  
  
  Note: Every 47. Plant Vegetation, Plant 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 at least one Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation WE as well as the environmental compliance milestone embedded within each of the plant vegetation WEs.
  
  
• Rule 2 (Location of Work): If you are planting 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:
  

  
  WE: 47. Plant Vegetation
  WE Title: Plant 8,000 serviceberry, dogwood and hawthorne seedlings along 10 acres of Red River
  
  WE: 47. Plant Vegetation
  WE Title: Install 200 bundles/fascines of Geyer's, Drummond and Booth's willow on 1 stream mile *(you will need to convert this measurement to acres for the metrics)
  
  WE: 47. Plant Vegetation
  WE Title: Restore 45 acres of uplands with native grasses and forbs in the Kreb Unit
  
  WE: 47. Plant Vegetation
  WE Title: Plant 250 native rooted riparian trees/shrubs along Ferry Creek
  
  WE: 47. Plant Vegetation
  WE Title: Aerially seed 2000 acres of south facing slope in the Mikle Mountains
  
  WE: 47. Plant Vegetation
  WE Title: Plant 500 plugs of locally-adapted bitterbrush to 5 acres
  
  WE: 47. Plant Vegetation
  WE Title: Plant 50 acres of sand dropseed, Sandberg's bluegrass, and bluebunch wheatgrass
  
  
• Rule 3 (Metrics): If a variety of work is to be done at a site, including planting vegetation, remember to split out each WE so that the correct metrics can be captured. Scenario: Plants will be planted this year, but a fence needs to be built to protect the trees and an off site watering source will now be required to water the livestock.
  
  
  Example:
  

  
  WE: 47. Plant Vegetation
  WE Title: 1500 riparian trees and shrubs / Cold Creek on the Johnson property.
  
  WE: 40. Install Fence
  WE Title: 3-mile cattle enclosure to protect riparian trees / Cold Creek on Johnson property.
  
  WE: 34. Develop Alternative Water Source
  WE Title: Install spring box and livestock drinker on Johnson property.
  
  

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14 Metrics Associated With Work Element 47: Plant 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	2005		Optional	Yes	No	No
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Miles of fencing
1515: # of acres of upland non-wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2010		Optional	Yes	Yes	Yes	C.6.f.3	Acres planted for erosion and sediment control
1516: # of acres of upland wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2010		Required	Yes	Yes	Yes	C.6.f.3	Acres planted for erosion and sediment control
1517: # of acres of riparian non-wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2010		Required	Yes	Yes	Yes	C.5.c.3	Acres planted in riparian
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Area/length of riparia treated
1518: # of acres of riparian wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2010		Required	Yes	Yes	Yes	C.8.c.3	Acres of wetland planted
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Area/length of riparia treated
1519: # of acres of freshwater non-wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2010		Required	Yes	Yes	Yes	C.5.c.3	Acres planted in riparian
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Area/length of riparia treated
1520: # of acres of freshwater wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2010		Required	Yes	Yes	Yes	C.8.c.3	Acres of wetland planted
ITS Action Category: Floodplain/Wetland Improvement ITS Metric: Amount of floodplain reconnected
1521: # of acres of estuarine wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2010		Required	Yes	Yes	Yes	C.9.r.3	Acres of estuary treated
1522: # of acres of estuarine non-wetland habitat treated	Active			number	2010		Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.9.r.3	Acres of estuary treated
1403: # of riparian acres treated	Expired			number	2005	2009	Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.5.c.3	Acres planted in riparian
ITS Action Category: Riparian Habitat Improvement ITS Metric: Miles of fencing
1404: # of upland acres treated	Expired			number	2005	2009	Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.6.h.3	Acres treated for upland vegetation management
1405: # of wetland acres treated	Expired			number	2005	2009	Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.8.c.3	Acres of wetland planted
ITS Action Category: Floodplain/Wetland Improvement ITS Metric: Amount of floodplain reconnected
1627: # of riparian wetland miles treated	Expired			number	2011	2010	Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.5.c.4	Miles of streambank treated with riparian planting
1628: # of riparian non-wetland miles treated	Expired			number	2011	2010	Required	Yes	No	Yes	C.5.c.4	Miles of streambank treated with riparian planting

Measure	HLI	Associated Metrics
acres improved in riparian areas		1403. # of riparian acres 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 improved in various ways	Habitat Acres	1403. # of riparian acres treated 1404. # of upland acres treated 1405. # of wetland acres 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		1403. # of riparian acres treated 1404. # of upland acres treated 1405. # of wetland acres treated 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
miles of vegetation improved	Habitat Miles	1627. # of riparian wetland miles treated 1628. # of riparian non-wetland miles treated
miles treated	Habitat Miles	1406. # of riparian miles treated

CBFish Metric Set
acres treated (Required)	Habitat Zone Wetland Zone Metric ID and Name Required? Upland Non-wetland 1515. # of acres of upland non-wetland habitat treated Optional 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 vegetation improved (Optional)	No metrics for this metric set!

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