Response for project 200207000: Lapwai Cr Anadromous Habitat
Comment on proposed FY 2006 budget
The budget for the FY06 was revised due to a reschedule activity. The revised total is $334,028 (this is the 292,028 + the rescheduled amount of 42,000).
Accomplishments since the last review
| BPA Environmental Compliance | Completed environmental compliance documenation for 2002, 2003 and 2004. | |
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | Conducted alternative water development workshop for landowners. An estimated 20 people participated. | |
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | Completed 11 newsletters reaching over 700 participants per newsletter. | |
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | Completed 8 fact sheets for fish habitat education within the watershed. | |
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | Distributed mass mailing to landowners for stream inventory process education and permissions. Estimated contacting 3 teaches, 8 students, and 200 general public. | |
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | Conducted 3 bio-control workshops for yellow starthistle and spotted knapweed. Estimated participation from 4 teachers, 3 students, and 50 general public. | |
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | Completed a field tour to demonstrate techniques used in the watershed for fish habitat restoration. Attended by 8 general public. | |
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | Completed outreach activities at the Nez Perce County Fair in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Total estimated participation is 10,000 people per fair for a total estimated outreach of 50 teachers, 10000 students and 20000 general public | |
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | Completed one-on-one meetings with 30 project participants in the watershed. All participants are considered general public. | |
| Identify and Select Projects | Accepted 40 applications from landowerners/managers for participation in the project. | |
| Identify and Select Projects | Completed 25 initial site reviews to collect prelimary resource data to determine if a specific project will benefit fish habitat. | |
| Produce Inventory or Assessment | Completed a noxious weed inventory along all public roads within the Lapwai Creek watershed. | |
| Coordination | Completed public meetings for coordinating project activities. Meetings included 3 public meetings with over 50 participants. | |
| Coordination | Organized two interagency coordination meetings for Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Nez Perce County, City of Lapwai, City of Culdesac, NOAA, Idaho Soil Conservation commission, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Pheasants | |
| Produce Plan | Produced 15 habitat plans for project installation. | |
| Produce Design and/or Specifications | Completed 20 designs for project installation. Projects vary from vegetation restoration to off-site water developments. | |
| Produce Status Report | Completed quarterly reports. | |
| Develop Alternative Water Source | Developed and installed 12 alternative water systems to remove livestock from accessing streams for water. | |
| # of road miles improved, upgraded, or restored | 0.72 miles road improved to reduce sediment delivery and control erosion. | |
| # of miles of fence (0.01 mi.) | 2.65 miles fence installed. | |
| # of acres of vegetation planted (0.1 ac.) | 669.25 acres vegetation planted to restore native habitat and provide erosion control. | |
| # of riparian miles treated (0.01 mi.; count each bank separately) | 10.4 miles riparian vegetation planted to restore native habitat, provide erosion control, recruit woody debris, reduce stream temperature, and provide roughness recruitment. | |
| # of acres treated (0.1 ac) | 119.25 acres of weed removal through biological, chemical, and mechanical means. | |
| # of acres treated (0.1 ac) | 134.6 acres treated with water and sediment control structures, water bards, sediment basins, grade stabilization structures, diversions, and waste ponds. | |
| Develop RM&E Methods and Designs | developed two weed control field trials for Japanese Knotweed and White bryony to evaluate various treatment methods for control. | |
| Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Generated a GIS based land ownership coverage for the watershed. | |
| Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Completed GIS road layer for private and farm field roads and initial assessment of condition | |
| Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Developed GIS layer for land management installations installed through other programs | |
| Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Collected stream flow data on Lapwai Creek. Collection began 2002 and is on-going. | |
| Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Collected 145 miles of stream assessment/inventory data. | |
| Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Collected stream temperature data at 6 sites from 2002 to present. This is a coordinated task with the Nez Perce Tribe Water Resources and Fisheries Departments. | |
| Disseminate Raw & Summary Data | Submitted 2002-2004 stream temperature data to StreamNet for posting on Website and to provide data sharing for other users. |
FY 2006 goals and anticipated accomplishments
| BPA Environmental Compliance | Winter 2005 to Spring 2006: complete NEPA analysis, HIP BiOP form 1, Watershed SA checklist with BPA NEPA group | |
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | Winter 2005 - Fall 2006: Distribute 4 newsletters to 500 watershed residents. People reached estimated at 5 teachers, 100 students, and 500 general public. | |
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | Spring 2006 - distribute mass mailing to landowners in the Lapwai Creek Watershed. Distribute informational materials regarding the stream inventory process that will be conducted the summer of 2006. | |
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | Summer 2006 - conduct a bio-control workshop reaching 50 general public. | |
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | Winter 2005: Conduct a bio-engineering workshop reaching 20 general public | |
| # of people reached in each of 3 classes (T/S/G): Teachers, Students, General public | Winter 2005 - Fall 2006: Implement education items in the Lapwai Creek Fish Habitat Improvement marketing plan. Items include tours, displays, public events. | |
| Identify and Select Projects | Spring 2006 - Identify and select projects for installation in FY2007 | |
| Coordination | Winter 2005 to Fall 2006 - coordinate project activities with Nez Perce Tribe, Nez Perce County, Idaho Fish and Game. | |
| Coordination | Winter 2005- Fall 2006: Attend meetings related to BPA proposal submissions and other possible meetings related to project submissions | |
| Coordination | Winter 2005 - Conduct an interagency coordination meeting to share information, coordinate monitoring, reduce duplication, reduce costs, and to review subbasin plan. | |
| Manage and Administer Projects | Winter 2005- Fall 2006 - manage and administer projects including processing payments to subcontractors, development of land management contracts, metric reporting, accrual estimates, invoicing, preparation of statement of work, equipment inventory | |
| Provide Technical Review | Winter 2005 : Provide technical review of riparian and stream assessment protocol jointly used by Nez Perce Tribe and Nez Perce Soil and Water Conservation District. | |
| Produce Plan | Winter 2005 - produce maintenance plans for alternative water developments, vegetation plantings, fencing, upland erosion control structures installed in 2005. | |
| Produce Plan | Spring 2006 - develop weed control plans for sites identified in 2005 for treatment. | |
| Produce Plan | Winter 2005 - Complete habitat plans for Rock Creek, Garden Gulch, Lapwai Creek and Tom Beall Creek. | |
| Produce Design and/or Specifications | Winter 2005 - complete 4 designs for road improvement, vegetation planting, erosion controlSpring 2006 - Complete 8 designs for vegetation planting, passage barriers,water developmentsFall 2006 - Complete 6 designs for vegetation, fence, passage barri | |
| Produce Annual Report | Fall 2006 - produce annual project report. | |
| Produce/Submit Scientific Findings Report | Spring 2006: Prepare a report summarizing the long term evaluation of bio-engineering projects installed in 1997 | |
| Produce/Submit Scientific Findings Report | Spring 2006: Prepare a stream habitat survey report using data collected in 2005 field season. Report summarizes data, prioritizes reaches for treatment, and lists alternatives for treatment. | |
| # of stream miles treated (0.01 mi.) | Winter 2005-Fall 2006: Treat 1 mile of stream | |
| # of structures installed | Winter 2005-Fall 2006: install 7 instream habitat structures. | |
| Develop Alternative Water Source | Winter 2005 - install two alternative water developments to reduce livestock impacts on riaprian areas, in-stream cover, nutrients, and sediment.Fall 2006 - Install two alternative water developments | |
| # of road miles improved, upgraded, or restored | WInter 2005-Fall 2006: Improve 1 mile of road to reduce sediment delivery, reduce erosion | |
| # of miles of fence (0.01 mi.) | Winter 2005-Fall 2006: Install 1 mile of fence | |
| # of acres of vegetation planted (0.1 ac.) | Winter 2005-Fall 2006: plant 200 acres of vegetation to control erosion, improve native habitat, restore riparian areas, and control weeds | |
| # of riparian miles treated (0.01 mi.; count each bank separately) | Winter 2005 -Fall 2006: Plant 2 miles of riparian vegetation for erosion control, weed control, roughness recruitment, native habitat restoration, and in-stream complexity improvement. | |
| # of acres treated (0.1 ac) | Winter 2005 - Fall 2006: Complete 100 acres of weed control through a combination of biological, chemical and mechanical means. | |
| # of acres treated (0.1 ac) | Spring 2006: complete japanese knotweed, white bryony, and reeds canarygrass demonstration sites - estimate 3 acres of treated area. | |
| # of acres treated (0.1 ac) | Spring 2006: Complete japanse knotweed, white bryony, and reeds canarygrass demonstration projects. Estimate 3 acres treatment. | |
| # of acres treated (0.1 ac) | Winter 2005-Fall 2006: Install 30 erosion control projects | |
| # of acres treated (0.1 ac) | WInter 2005-Fall 2006: Treat 30 acres | |
| Create, Restore, and/or Enhance Wetland | Winter 2005-Fall 2006: Install wetland enhancement projects. INcludes creation of shallow water areas, vegetation plantings, fencing | |
| Create, Restore, and/or Enhance Wetland | Winter 2005-Fall 2006: INstall wetland enhancement projects. Includes creation of shall water areas, vegetation plantings, fencing | |
| Replace/Maintain Instream Structure | Spring 2006-Fall 2006: Maintain structures installed in 2005 | |
| Maintain Vegetation | Spring 2006 - Fall 2006: Maintain vegetation installed in 2005 | |
| Remove Debris | WInter 2005 - SUmmer 2006: Remove debris (cars, metal ) from land near Lapwai Creek. | |
| Does the structure remove or replace a fish passage barrier? (Y/N) | y | |
| # of miles of habitat accessed (0.1 mi.) | WInter 2005-Fall 2006: 10 miles | |
| Was barrier Full or Partial? (F/P) | P | |
| Develop RM&E Methods and Designs | Winter 2005 - Complete japanese knotweed and white bryony control field trials | |
| Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Summer 2006: Collect data for hydrological analysis | |
| Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | Winter 2005 - Fall 2006: collect stream temperature data at 6 sites within the watershed | |
| Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | spring 2006 - Summer 2006: Collect stream inventory data on 90 miles | |
| Collect/Generate/Validate Field and Lab Data | winter 2005 - fall 2006: collect stream flow data | |
| Manage/Maintain Database | Winter 2005: Update GIS database with locations of projects installed | |
| Disseminate Raw & Summary Data | Fall 2006: Submit stream temperature data to StreamNet | |
| Analyze/Interpret Data | Winter 2005: Assessment of Lapwai Creek Stream inventory data collected in 2005 |
Subbasin planning
How is this project consistent with subbasin plans?
Consistency: The project is consistent with and implements the following objectives and strategies listed in section 4.2.2 (Problem Statements, Objectives, and Strategies) listed in the Clearwater Subbasin plan: Objective # Strategy # Page # Objective A; strategy 3; page 14 Objective B; strategy 5,7; page 18 Objective M; strategy 1,2,3; page 29 Objective O; strategy 1,3,4,7; page 31 Objective P; strategy 1,2,3; page 32 Objective Q; strategy 1,2,3,5,6, page 33 Objective S; strategy 1,3,4,5; page 35 Objective T; strategy 1,2,3,4,5; page 36 Objective U; strategy 1,2,3,4,5;page 37 Objective V;strategy 1; page 38 Objective W; strategy 1,2,3,5;page 38,39 Objective X; strategy 1,3;page 39 Objective Y;strategy 1,3; page 40,41 Objective Z;strategy 2,4;page 41 Objective AA;strategy 1,2,4,5; page 42 Objective BB;strategy 1,2,3,4,6; page 42,43 Objective CC;strategy 1,2,3,4,5,6,7; page 44 Objective DD;strategy 1,2,3,4; page 45 Objective EE;strategy 1,2,3,4; page 46 Objective FF;strategy 2; page 46 Objective GG;strategy 1,2,3; page 47 Objective II;strategy 5; page 49 Objective JJ;strategy 1,2; page 50 Objective LL;strategy 1,2,3; page 53 Objective NN;strategy 3;page 53 Objective OO;strategy 1;page 58 Objective PP;strategy 1,2,3;page 58 Objective QQ;strategy 2;page 59 Objective RR;strategy 1,2,3,4; page 59 These strategies relate to aquatic and terrestrial species in the Clearwater Subbasin. The species of concern in the Lapwai Creek watershed are steelhead trout. In addition, the assessment identified in-stream temperature, sediment, loss of riparian habitats, and alteration of environmental processes as limiting factors for anadromous fish (page 82). This project addresses each of these limiting factors through the collection of inventory and assessment data and installation of projects to improve the limiting factors.
How do goals match subbasin plan priorities?
Priority: The project completes priority work under the Clearwater Subbasin plan, because the project directly addresses priorities listed in the plan (page 82) including reduction of high density road areas, addressing sediment production through installation of BMPs, development of grazing plans and livestock exclusion areas for grazing impacts, addresses surface erosion through BMP installation, addresses flashy hydrology through installation of BMPs, protects and restores ponderosa pine stands, grass prairies through vegetative plantings and weed control, protects and restores wetland and riparian habitats therefore improving water temperature and instream habitat, and addresses exotic weeds through installation of BMPs. Project work is performed on private, federal, state and tribal ownerships. Project work specifically addresses high priorities listed in tables 7,8, 9 of the subbasin plan (pages 85-96).