19398: Rev 3: WE B: Work Element Summary

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Contract Number:

19398

Contract Title:

2002-002-00 FEASIBILTY OF ENHANCING WHITE STURGEON SPAWNING

Contract Start Date:

8/15/2004

Contract End Date:

11/14/2006

WE ID:

92. Lease Land

Work Element Usage Report

Title:

B: 92 - Land Lease - Craig Hubbard

Description:

This element alllows for a land lease and right of entry for a construction staging area for the Shorty's Island Sturgeon Spawning Habitat Improvement Pilot Project. The lease will need to be in place before the Army Corps of Engineers (the Shorty's Island Project construction project manager) can advertise for bids and award the project.

Description of Pilot Project
The Kootenai River White Sturgeon Recovery Team (SRT) identified spawning substrate as the alternative with the best opportunity for measurable success in the Shorty's Reach, given the limited time and funds available. The lack of appropriate spawning substrate is thought to be a primary factor responsible for sturgeon recruitment failure. Sturgeon consistently spawn in deep high-velocity parts of the river channel near Shorty's Island but shifting dunes of fine sediment in that reach cover and smother eggs. The USACE has considered several alternatives for providing suitable egg attachment substrates including rock, armor units, and pilings. The Recovery Team has identified rock as the most appropriate substrate based on a review of preferred spawning sites in other sturgeon populations. Rocks can provide the necessary attachment surfaces and clear interstitial spaces needed for embryo (fertilized egg) incubation and early larval rearing. Before a large-scale substrate introduction project is implemented, more information is needed to determine whether rock placement will produce the desired conditions. Critical questions include whether rock can be placed so that at least some protrudes above the soft river bottom substrate and whether interstitial spaces will remain free of sand. Therefore, weather-permitting, a pilot project will be implemented in the late fall/early winter of 2005/2006.

WE Agreement Type:

Contracted

Deliverable Specification:

A land lease for a construction staging area will be need to be in place before the Army Corps of Engineers can advertise for bids for the project.

As the local project sponsor, the Tribe will negotiate and secure a land lease and right of entry with the landowner, Craig Hubbard (District 11), on behalf of the USFWS White Sturgeon Recovery Team, Bonneville Power Adminstration and the Army Corps of Engineers, the construction project manager.

WSE Effective Budget:

$1,500

% of Total WSE Effective Budget:

0.33%

WSE Start:

10/16/2005

WSE End:

10/15/2006

WSE Completion:

09/01/2006

WSE Progress:

Concluded

WSE ID Continued From:

n/a

WSE ID Continued To:

n/a

Finite or Recurring:

Recurring

Budget History

SOWRevision	Planned	Updated	Contractor Comments (optional)	BPA Comments (optional)
2. Amendment 004 (08/15/2004 - 10/14/2006)	$1,500	$1,500
Work Element Budget (Current Performance Period)	$1,500	$1,500

Milestones

3 Milestones

Sort	Type	Title	Start	End	Status	Modified By	Modified Date
A		Environmental compliance deliverable complete	10/16/2005	10/16/2005	Concluded	Virgil Watts III	6/1/2006 8:12:50 AM
		Description: All the neccessary permits are on file for the work described within this SOW. A CX has been completed and is on file with BPA.
B		Staging Area Land Lease - Craig Hubbard	10/16/2005	10/14/2006	Concluded	Virgil Watts III	6/1/2006 8:12:50 AM
		Description: The lease will include up to 1 acre of land designated as the "Sturgeon Habitat Project Staging Area" and the property is to be used for the construction staging area for the sturgeon habitat pilot project at Shorty's Island. The work to be performed includes top of levee road improvements, rock hauling, staging, and placement in the Kootenai River in the vicinity of Kootenai River km 231, and any other such work which may be necessary and incidental to the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and its cooperators' placement of rock to improve sturgeon habitat. Although the work is planned for winter of 2005/2006, the lease will be negotiated for a period of one year in order to accomodate construction if weather prohibits a winter construction period and the work has to be done after the sturgeon spawning period.
C	DELIV	Land Lease - Craig Hubbard		10/15/2006	Concluded	Virgil Watts III	6/1/2006 8:12:50 AM
		Description: A land lease for a construction staging area will be need to be in place before the Army Corps of Engineers can advertise for bids for the project. As the local project sponsor, the Tribe will negotiate and secure a land lease and right of entry with the landowner, Craig Hubbard (District 11), on behalf of the USFWS White Sturgeon Recovery Team, Bonneville Power Adminstration and the Army Corps of Engineers, the construction project manager.

Metrics

Implementation Metrics

Metric	Actual	Contractor Comments
1442. Type of lease [New Lease, Renewed Lease]	New Lease
1443. Start date of lease	11/10/2005	This is a short term lease for construction staging area for in-river sturgeon habitat project
1444. End date of lease	11/10/2006	May need to extend lease if pilot project moves into full scale implementation

Location

Work Site ID	Latitude	Longitude	State	County	Province	Subbasin
2667	48.766741	-116.384958	Idaho	Boundary	Mountain Columbia	Kootenai

Focal Species

Primary Focal Species:

Sturgeon, White (A. transmontanus) - Kootenai River DPS (Endangered)

Secondary Focal Species:

None

Environmental Compliance

None

RM&E Metadata

This work element does not require RM&E metadata

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Implementation Metrics