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Contract Number:
92767
Contract Title:
1994-018-05 EXP ASOTIN CREEK ENHANCEMENT & RESTORATION
Contract Start Date:
7/1/2023
Contract End Date:
6/30/2024
WE ID:
114. Identify and Select Projects
Work Element Usage Report
Title:
C: 114 - Implementation Planning: Identify, prioritize and select projects for habitat improvement
Description:
The Asotin County Conservation District (ACCD) will work with federal, state and local partner agencies and local landowners to develop strategic project selection and implementation planning for all of the smaller watersheds in Asotin County. This process will not replicate previous planning efforts including the Asotin Subbasin plan, the sub-regional Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan, WRIA 35 Watershed Plan, and the Asotin Creek Model Watershed Plan; but will synthesize critical information from these plans to strategically identify prioritized locations and restoration activities required to recover and enhance aquatic habitats for ESA-listed fish species.

Strategic planning will prioritize the appropriate types of restoration activities in priority locations to address key limiting factors and provide the transition from the current model of opportunistic restoration and enhancement to focused restoration of key reaches containing critical ESA habitat and facilitate collaborative, focused, and value added restoration projects. The planning that will be done based on the geomorphic assessments and conceptual restoration plans in Asotin County -- data and maps related to limiting factors, life history requirements, biologically significant reaches, habitat restoration opportunities and priorities, conceptual restoration templates consistent with local geomorphology, and a scoring and ranking matrix that will be collectively evaluated by local and regional experts, and the residents of the watersheds and restoration practitioners.

It also includes: (a) directing the planning and implementation of prioritized habitat enhancement projects in the watershed area by working proactively with private landowners to identify priority habitat enhancement projects and develop cost-share applications (upland BMPs, riparian planting, riparian fencing, grazing BMPs, etc.); and (b) directing the planning and implementation of priority riparian restoration and floodplain habitat enhancement projects in the watershed, and (c) adaptively managing implementation actions.
WE Agreement Type:
Contracted
Deliverable Specification:
Provide prioritized restoration project list and implementation work schedule for projects to be implemented in the next 2 to 3 years.
WSE Effective Budget:
$101,862
% of Total WSE Effective Budget:
20.04%
WSE Start:
07/01/2023
WSE End:
06/30/2024
WSE Completion:
06/30/2024
WSE Progress:
Concluded
WSE ID Continued From:
[Unassigned]
WSE ID Continued To:
[Unassigned]
Finite or Recurring:
Finite

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Budget History

SOWRevision Planned Updated Contractor Comments (optional) BPA Comments (optional)
Work Element Budget (Current Performance Period) $106,647 $101,862 Difference between estimate vs actual

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Milestones

9 Milestones
Sort Type Title Start End Status Modified By Modified Date
A Review projects Review proposed near-term habitat work before drafting a SOW for the subsequent contract (CR) 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 Concluded Jennifer Lord 3/13/2023 10:58:03 AM
Description: Communicate with the COTR and EC-lead; to check in and discuss the near-term list of prioritized habitat actions (next 12-mos). Complete a conference call with BPA’s Environmental Compliance (EC) staff about which habitat actions the contractor is likely to design and permit, or implement, in the next contract period. Your communication should include: what Work Elements to use in the SOW with guidance from COTR/EC, the applicability of EC review requirements and timelines (especially for activities that include ground-disturbing work) and work plan, before you start editing your subsequent SOW. (milestone end-date is 6-mos before contract end).
B HAL/COR/EC call Discuss prioritized list with COR, Habitat Lead, & EC Lead; plan for subsequent contract work. 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 Concluded Jennifer Lord 3/17/2023 11:39:01 AM
Description: Coordinate with the BPA COR, Habitat Area Lead (HAL) and EC Lead for large, complex, or multi-year habitat restoration projects before including the project in the SOW, or developing a design. Coordination for these types of projects could include holding coordination meetings; leading site visits; and/or including the COTR and EC Lead at annual reviews, solicitation meetings, or other sponsor-lead evaluations. Assure that project design review and approval, and funding commitments, are fully vetted with BPA staff; timely environmental compliance clearance for planned work requires the earliest possible coordination.
C Field measurements and site survey 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 Concluded Jennifer Lord 3/17/2023 11:38:12 AM
Description: To advance project concepts from a conceptual approach to a 15-20% (preliminary) design phase may include field measurements and/or cross-sectionals and site surveys. Any field survey activities that involves in-stream work require up to 90 days for ESA and Cultural consultation and clearances prior to on-the-ground implementation.
D Conceptual design and cost estimates 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 Concluded Jennifer Lord 3/17/2023 11:38:12 AM
Description: Work to advance priority project, or projects, from the conceptual to an initial design phase (i.e., assessment and diagrams with rough cost estimates). Based on priorities, advance project concepts to a 15% to 30% design phase (may require field measurements and/or cross-sectionals and site surveys).
E Watershed (Board): management approval 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 Concluded Jennifer Lord 3/17/2023 11:38:12 AM
Description: Receive District Board (ACCD) approval to move to final development and review of proposed projects.
F Develop restoration strategies and recommendations for priority projects and locations 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 Concluded Jennifer Lord 3/17/2023 11:38:12 AM
Description: Use the prioritized list of potential project opportunity locations (from the Strategy) to target projects throughout the watershed based on the projected effects of implementation as a benefit to Snake River Steelhead and/or spring Chinook, cost-efficiency relative to those benefits, and the feasibility of construction. Project areas should be assessed under the following elements; channel characterization, floodplain characterization, conceptual project actions, geomorphic implications, biological benefits and potential challenges. Projects should then be evaluated and placed in implementation tiers based on prioritization criteria: current biological and physical habitat data, expected biological response, consistency with natural processes, biological effectiveness relative to cost, and reach priority.
G List of viable projects: 2023-2028 11/1/2023 6/1/2024 Concluded Jennifer Lord 3/17/2023 11:38:12 AM
Description: Update the list of projects, evaluated and prioritized, to move forward for implementation in the following 3-5 year period.
H Project review and selection (prioritization) 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 Concluded Jennifer Lord 3/17/2023 11:38:12 AM
Description: Develop proposals to address the opportunities and concerns identified for each location, and work with the landowner to create an implementation plan specific to each site. Evaluate and prioritize prospective projects based on selection criteria; determine whether to implement or hold for other appropriate program funding.
I DELIV Develop or update (out-year) prioritized Habitat Project list: Upload to CBFish 6/30/2024 Concluded Jennifer Lord 4/17/2023 9:56:42 AM
Description: Provide prioritized restoration project list and implementation work schedule for projects to be implemented in the next 2 to 3 years.

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Metrics

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Location

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Focal Species

Primary Focal Species:
Steelhead (O. mykiss) - Snake River DPS (Threatened)
Secondary Focal Species:
Chinook (O. tshawytscha) - Snake River Spring/Summer ESU (Threatened); Trout, Bull (S. confluentus) (Threatened)

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Environmental Compliance

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RM&E Metadata

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