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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.
Removal of 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.
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 year you actually plan to remove vegetation on-the-ground, use WE# 53, Remove Vegetation and detail your steps as milestones.
You are using a controlled burn to remove competing vegetation; controlled burn becomes a milestone or the "tool" under this WE# 53, Remove Vegetation. (Exception: If your controlled burn goal is to maintain or improve existing habitat condition, it becomes a milestone under 22. Maintain Vegetation (Expired).) If you're both removing and maintaining, use 53. Remove Vegetation (Expired). Call or e-mail your COTR or the WE owner for more clarification if you need help.
Use WE# 53, Remove Vegetation if you are using an alternative agricultural practice such as tilling, mowing, etc with the primary intent to eliminate or reduce noxious weeds and/or competing vegetation. (Exception: If this practice is used to maintain existing vegetation, use 22. Maintain Vegetation (Expired) and again identify the method as a milestone (or in the title).) The "method" becomes a milestone, and is also identified in the WE description and deliverable.
If your goal remains to reduce or eliminate vegetation on a specific site, then use the remove vegetation work element year after year if necessary. When the offending vegetation is reduced to the point that the focus shifts to enhancing the existing vegetation, then begin using 22. Maintain Vegetation (Expired) or 47. Plant Vegetation.
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.
Milestone Title: EC for Chinese Tallow tree removal along Ruby Creek Milestone 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 removing vegetation.
Note: Every instance of 53. Remove Vegetation (Expired), Remove 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. Therefore, your SOW will have one Environmental Compliance WE as well as one environmental compliance milestone embedded within each of the Remove Vegetation WEs.
Rule 2 :
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.
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.
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, planting more shrubs and maintaining shrubs planted last year:
Example:
WE:53. Remove Vegetation (Expired) WE Title: Spring spaying - 5 acres of knapweeds, thistle and skeleton weed along Cooper Creek
WE:40. Install Fence WE Title: Create 3 miles of riparian buffer along Cooper Creek
WE:47. Plant Vegetation WE Title: 8 acres hawthorn/snowberry/dogwood along Cooper Creek riparian buffer
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 agreements with landowners
Suggested
No
Establish locations at which vegetation will be removed
Suggested
No
Develop vegetation maintenance Study Plan (incl. method, herbicide type/rate, frequency)
Identify point at approximate center of area where vegetation was removed. If a location already exists in Pisces, click the "Link" button to synchronize locations.
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:
This drill-down report shows the Program's Habitat Accomplishments from fiscal year 2005 forward. Figures are based on the High Level Indicators identified by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, and aggregate metric data entered by the contractors doing the work on the ground. For past years, these charts show Actual metric values for Completed work; for the current year they show both Actual metric values for Completed work and Planned metric values for Planned and In-Progress work.
Dimensions:
HLI, High Level Indicators (Habitat, Water, Land, Screens, Passage Barriers), Habitat Measures, Work Element, Metric
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
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