Comment on proposed FY 2006 budget

The proposed FY2006 budget is consistent with BPA's approved budget. The budgeted amount is sufficient to accomplish tasks scheduled for FY2006.

Accomplishments since the last review

FY2004 Develop RM&E methods and design for Wenatchee River basin. Status and trends focus, but also infrastructure for project effectiveness monitoring under IMW model. Collect/Generate/Validate Field RME data in Wenatchee River basin. Habitat, water quality, adult and juvenile fish monitoring data collected. FY2005 Develop RME methods and design for Wenatchee and John Day River basins. Implemente plan in Wenatchee, design plan for John Day project effectiveness monitoring. Collect/Generate/Validate Field data in Wenatchee. Manage/Maintain Database for data.

FY 2006 goals and anticipated accomplishments

Develop RME methods and design for Wenatchee, John Day and Salmon River basins. Implemente plan in Wenatchee, design plan for John Day and Salmon project effectiveness monitoring. Collect/Generate/Validate Field data in Wenatchee and John Day. Manage/Maintain Database for data.

Subbasin planning

How is this project consistent with subbasin plans?

Subbasin plans call for status and trends monitoring of salmonid habitat and populations. This project provides these data for multiple subbasins.

How do goals match subbasin plan priorities?

Subbains plans prioritize restoration strategies, this project provides data to assess effect of restoration strategies in multiple subbasins.

Other comments

This project is dependent on the continued funding of numerous other Council project, in particular but not limited to: ODFW steelhead and habitat monitoring in the John Day River basin, NPT chinook monitoring in the SF Salmon River, NPT habitat restoration and monitoring in the Clearwater River basin, USFS Chinook monitoring in the MF Salmon River, WDFW and NOAA genetic monitoring in the Wenatchee River basin.