Protect & Restore Northeast Oregon/Southeast Washington

Project Number 2007-393-00ISRP – Geographic Review

May 1, 2013

13.3 Million Acres

3 States 6 National Forests

12 Counties

Nez Perce Tribe Treaty Territory

NE Oregon/SE Washington Overview

History

2001-03 PCSRF funded for inventory workBPA Project (Wallowa County Culvert Inventory) started

in 2003 Completed inventory, assessment and prioritization of fish passage

structures in Wallowa CountySince NPPC Provincial Review process (2007), the project

has been titled Protect and Restore Northeast Oregon 4 proposals submitted for the northeast Oregon Project Area in

2007. As a result of responding to previous ISRP comments and

coordination with NPCC and BPA, all four proposals were combined into one project area covering all of the NPT Territory in northeast Oregon.

Objective was to coordinate with partners and seek addition funds for implementation of restoration work

Through negotiations with BPA in 2010 the project’s geographic area was expanded to include all of the NPT Territory in Washington State as well.

Previous ISRP Concerns

• Numerous project proposals were submitted in 2006• Prioritized and combined

BiOp Habitat Improvement

ESU Major Population

Group Population

Total Estimated Percentage Habitat

Quality Improvement of 2007-2018 Actions

Snake River Steelhead Grand Ronde River Grand Ronde River lower mainstem tributaries

<1 *

Grand Ronde River upper mainstem

4 *

Joseph Creek (OR) <1 * Joseph Creek (WA) 4 * Wallowa River <1 *

Hells Canyon Hells Canyon Imnaha River Imnaha River Lower Snake Asotin Creek 4 *

Tucannon River 5 *

ESU Major Population

Group Population

Total Estimated Percentage Habitat

Quality Improvement of 2007-2018 Actions

Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook

Grand Ronde/Imnaha

Catherine Creek 23 Lostine/Wallowa River 2 * Grand Ronde River upper mainstem

23

Imnaha River mainstem 1 * Lower Snake Tucannon River 17

OREGONForest Service Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)Grande Ronde Model WatershedOregon Watershed Enhancement BoardOregon Wildlife Heritage FoundationPacific Salmon Commission – Southern FundWallawa Whitman & Umatilla National ForestsFreshwater Trust

WASHINGTONSnake River Salmon Recovery BoardUmatilla National Forest

Cost Share / Partners

OREGONForest Service Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)Grande Ronde Model WatershedOregon Watershed Enhancement BoardOregon Wildlife Heritage FoundationPacific Salmon Commission – Southern FundWallowa Whitman & Umatilla National ForestsThe Freshwater Trust

WASHINGTONSnake River Salmon Recovery BoardUmatilla National Forest

Cost Share / Partners

Partner/Cost Share Accomplishments

546 fish passage structures (inventoried, assessed & prioritized)

2005-09 Engineering Designs- ($174,338 total)2003-2010 Riparian Planting- about 2,500 plants annually

($45,000 annually)2008-09 Fence Construction- Aspen, Starvation ($82,000)Fish Passage- Mahogany (2006) (4 partners: $174,442),

Tamarack Culvert (In house removal)Road Decommissioning (2009)- 7.5 miles ($175,915)2003-10 Education/Outreach- 500/year

Current Situation of Project

• 2012 Budget took a 60% cut• No Project Leader on staff for this project• Covering with existing staff until….

• BPA to restore budget in 2014• Still coordinating with Partners• Two cost-share projects on-going• Pataha Creek culvert replacements• Mud Creek OWEB grant proposal• Road decommissioning/culvert

replacements

Limiting Factors & Proposed Deliverables

Culvert Replacements

Riparian Restoration

Large Wood Placement projects

Road Decommissioning

Irrigation Diversion Improvement & Sprinkler Installation

Habitat Quantity- Anthropogenic Barriers

Riparian Condition- Riparian Vegetation

Channel Structure and Form- In-stream Structural Complexity

Sediment Condition- Increased Sediment Quantity

Water Quantity – Decreased Water Quantity

Limiting Factors & Proposed Deliverables

Culvert ReplacementsDiversionsRiparian Restoration

Riparian PlantingLarge Wood Placement

projectsChannel RalignmentRoad DecommissioningRoad ImprovementIrrigation Diversion

Improvement & Sprinkler Installation

Habitat Quantity- Anthropogenic Barriers

Riparian Condition- Riparian Vegetation

Channel Structure and Form- In-stream Structural Complexity

Sediment Condition- Increased Sediment Quantity

Water Quantity – Decreased Water Quantity

Fish Passage Assessment

Habitat Quantity – Anthropogenic Barriers

Mahogany Creek

Habitat Quantity – Anthropogenic Barriers

Riparian Condition – Riparian Vegetation

Sediment Condition – Increased Sediment Quantity

Decreased Water Quantity

Adaptive Management

Adjustments to methods and techniques of implementation based on past experience/ results.•Fish passage• Bottomless culverts or bridges

•Road Decommissioning• Clump Plantings work well• Too much straw inhibits revegetation• Fertilizer did not increase rate of regrowth

•Management• Partnerships

Data Management

Spatial Database Microsoft SQL Server and ESRI

ArcSDE Organized by Project Area Tracks all Restoration

Implementation location data (Feature Classes), implementation metrics & Monitoring data (SQL Tables)

Data OutreachReports, Summarized Data

Nez Perce Tribe DFRM Website http://www.nptfisheries.org/

DFRMHome.aspx

Spatial Data Viewer and Querying Watershed Division Mapping

Site http://imsland.nezperce.org/

DFRMWatershed/nexviewer_flex.html