Response for project 198812025: Ykfp Management, Data, Habitat
Comment on proposed FY 2006 budget
The budget is consistent with Bonneville's 2005 budget. However, we believe a 6% increase is warranted. The project needs to maintain operational capability to successfully perform required work and also maintain salaries that are competitive with other F&W agencies. Over the past 2-3 years the project has lost several key personnel, partially due to salary levels. Gas prices have nearly doubled from FY05 levels, and concurrently expenses for supplies, materials, travel, etc. have increased due to these increases in energy prices. Therefore, the FY06 budget should be increased to $1,192,215.
Accomplishments since the last review
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | The Project Annual Review (PAR) consists of a series of reports documenting the production, monitoring and evaluation objectives and results of the previous years' research projects in the YKFP presented at a conference held annually. PAR records will be | |
| Identify and Select Projects | Identify and seek funding for habitat, passage and instream flow restoration and protection projects within the Yakima subbasin. Such projects will be coordinated with other pertinent Yakama Nation programs. Projects will be developed pursuant to the NPC | |
| Coordination | Coordination of YKFP management and policy development with other government agencies and decision-making bodies; including implementation of lead agency responsibilities and cooperative planning and policy development with WDFW, Bonneville, NPCC, NOAA Fi | |
| Manage and Administer Projects | Coordinate and oversee implementation of all YKFP activities, including development of statements of work, development of YKFP-sponsored project and contract budgets, compliance with all applicable laws and environmental review requirements, subcontracto | |
| Provide Technical Review | Provide technical input with respect to anadromous fish, fish screen development, stream flows and related matters for the purpose of coordinating the implementation of Title X1, P.L. 103-434, and the | |
| Produce Plan | Maintain an up-to-date Information System Management Plan (ISMP) by identifying the YKFP’s near and long term data and information management needs, developing methods to standardize, consolidate, centralize all data and information that is generated by t | |
| Produce Annual Report | Produce an annual report detailing the accomplishments for each work element of the Management, Data & Habitat Contract | |
| Produce Status Report | Produce a status report detailing the accomplishments for each work element of the Management, Data & Habitat Contract | |
| Produce/Submit Scientific Findings Report | The Project Annual Review (PAR) consists of a series of reports documenting the production, monitoring and evaluation objectives and results of the previous years' research projects in the YKFP presented at a conference held annually. Appropriate scientis | |
| Submit/Acquire Data | Acquire data from YKFP data collection activities while ensuring quality control, standardization, and proper storage procedures for all data and information. | |
| Manage/Maintain Database | Implement the ISMP by monitoring the data collection systems of the YKFP, supervising the reformatting and inputting of all data into a standardized system, assuring that appropriate hardware and software are used, and providing data and information acces | |
| Disseminate Raw & Summary Data | Make accessible all data and information that is generated by the YKFP, including web page development and management |
Management, Data and Habitat, project #1988-120-25 is linked to YKFP M&E #1995-063-25 and also YKFP Upper and Lower O&M, project #1997-013-25 and provides the management and administrative infrastructure for those projects. A primary result of the MD&H project has been the successful implementation of the M&E and O&M projects, as described in the respective project annual reports. Additional accomplishments in terms of habitat, data and financial resources management are described in the MD&H project annual reports The MD&H reports can be found at 1) http://www.efw.bpa.gov/Publications/P00014038-1.pdf (for 2003-2004) 2) http://www.efw.bpa.gov/Publications/P00004822-2.pdf (for 2002-2003). The Metrics and descriptions included in these comments were cut and pasted from the current statement of work for the Yakama Nation/Bonneville contract implementing the MD&H project. The Metrics are listed to supplement the general future project goals discussed in the Goals field below. The 255 character limit on metric description text caused some truncation. However all of these project metrics were met and documented in Project Annual Reports from 2002 to present.
FY 2006 goals and anticipated accomplishments
The Yakama Nation will continue performance of YKFP management responsibilities, which generally include: 1. Project planning and budgeting activities; 2. Operation and maintenance activities at all YKFP facilities; 3. Project research management in accordance with adaptive management principles; 4. Design and development of a centralized database for Project use and dissemination to others; 5. Identification of habitat restoration and acquisition projects; and 6. Dissemination of accumulated project information through the Project Annual Review (PAR) conference, the project web site (ykfp.org), numerous technical reports and publications, and other means. See also the metrics set forth in the Past Accomplishments field. All of these metrics will be used again in FY 2006
Subbasin planning
How is this project consistent with subbasin plans?
See tables 7 through 22 on pages 25-35 of Yakima subbasin supplement, Nov. 26, 2004. The tables identify strategies for addressing limiting factors in terms of habitat, population performance and response, and institutional capacity. MD&H activities are essential to implementation of the strategies in which the YKFP plays a role, See 3.3.1 p. 35 titled "The role of supplementation and its relationship to habitat actions", 3.3.2 p. 36 Population management in the Yakima Subbasin and the YKFP. In particular regard to management, the YKFP goals are specifically set out in Section 3.3.3, Management, of the management plan supplement on p. 39.
How do goals match subbasin plan priorities?
The strategies referenced in tables 7 through 22 on pages 25-35 of Yakima subbasin supplement, are included in the supplement because they are considered to have priority in addressing limiting factors. The MD&H activities are crucial to the successful implementation of the priority strategies and are themselves also considered to be priority activities for subbasin plan implementation purposes.