Ecosystem Diagnosis and Treatment in the

Columbia Cascade Province

Project Goal:

The Columbia Cascade Province will have an implementation strategy

that is consistent with the vision, scientific principles,

biological objectives, and schedules of the Northwest Power Planning Commission

Fish and Wildlife Program

and the Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board.

This plan will be developed by local governments

and stakeholder entities, consistent and in parallel

with State 2514 planning processes.

This presentation will cover:

Who-What-When-Where-Why Tasks and timelines Process for cost estimates Value of EDT to local processes Value of EDT to Provincial Planning Concluding Remarks Questions

EDT in the Columbia Cascade Province

Who: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Confederated Tribes of the Colville

Reservation Yakama Nation

What:

Provide the analytical foundation required to substantiallycomplete the aquatic assessment and management componentsof subbasin plans in the Columbia Cascade Province.

Ecosystem Diagnosis and Treatment (EDT) methodology will be used to provide the

framework for describing existing habitat conditions and providing

rational towards future management decisions. 

Where:Okanogan, Methow, Entiat and Wenatchee Sub-basins

When:Begin Diagnosis October 2002 Conclude Diagnosis September 2003Begin Treatment October 2003Conclude Treatment Summer 2004

Why:

The “Technical Guide for Subbasin Planners” (NWPPC 2001) identifies an approach to subbasin planning that builds upon the coarse scale EDT analysis conducted by the NWPPC to develop working hypotheses on the condition and processes affecting a subbasin ecosystem, and to evaluate alternative management strategies.

Much information about habitat conditions is available for each of the sub-basins BUT no consistent and contiguous database exists across the larger geographic area, and over time.

EDT in the Columbia Cascade Province

Proposed EDT Process Timeline2003

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Task

Task 1.a. Staff training X

Task 1.b. Review coarse screen characterization X

Task 1.c. ID Reach breaks X

Task 1.d.Orientation meeting - Technical and

general public.X

Task 1.e. Identify all relevant data and documents X X X

Task 1.f. Set up electronic version of all documents

to be used in the processX X

Task 1.g. Technical Diagnosis Workshops X X X X X

Task 1.h. GIS analysis and presentation tools X X X X X X X XTask 1.i. Backfilling X X X X

Task 1.j Technical and citizen review workshops X X X X

Objective 4 Physical Processes Model Development X X X X X X X X

Objective 4 Develop Engineered Actions X X X

Task 2.a. EDT Modeling Run 1 X X

Task 2.b. Technical Review of Diagnosis X X

Task 2.c. Field Data Collection X X X X X X

Task 2.d. EDT Modeling Run 2 Final Draft

ReportX X

Task 2.e. Sensitivity Analysis X X

Task 2.f. Review Final Diagnosis Report X X

2003

Diagnosis

Proposed EDT Process Timeline 2004

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Treatment

Task 3.a Identification of Working Hypothesis. X

Task 3.b.Identification of Relevant “Strategy

Blocks”X X

Task 3.c. Identify feasibility of Strategy Blocks X X

Task 3.d. Identify effects of Strategy Blocks X X X

Task 3.e.Development of Alternative Management

StrategiesX X

Task 3.f.Develop preliminary Cost, Benefit Risk

analysis of AlternativesX X

Task 3.g.Stakeholder review of (potential, or) Alternative Management Strategies

X X

Task 3.h.Develop Preliminary Engineering Design

and Cost EstimatesX X

Task 5.aEDT Model Run -- Alternative

Management StrategiesX X X

Task 5.b Review model results X X

Task 3.f.Continue Development/Refinement of

Preliminary Cost, Benefit and Risk analysis.

X X

Task 5.c. Final EDT Model Run Alternative

Management Strategies AND future model Sensitivity Analysis (2004)

X X X

Task 5.d. Technical and General Review of EDT

Model results and Final ReportX

2004

Proposed EDT Process Timeline 2005

Oct

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Feb

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Sep

Task 6.a. Identification of site-specific projects. X

Task 6.b. Finalize Cost, Benefit Risk assessment X

Task 6.c. Final Citizen Team Approval X

Task 6.d. Finalize Subbasin Report X X

Objective 7

Development Columbia Cascade Management Strategy; Identify subbasin priority activities by reach; Coordinate with 2514 process; Coordinate results with NMFS Technical Review Team

process.

X X X ? ? ?

2005

Proposed EDT ProcessBudget Summary Approach

Total Additional Total TotalSubbasin Subbasin Total Subbasin Additional Regional Regional Regional Total Regional# People # Days Personnel People-days Cost Resources Cost People-Days Cost Cost

Task 1.a. Staff training 8 3EDT Staff; MBI Staff

24 $6,000 MBI $1,000 0 $6,000 $7,000

Task 1.b.

Review coarse screen characterizati

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8 2Staff;

Technical Team

16 $4,000 NA $0 48 $12,000 $12,000

Task 1.c.ID Reach

breaks3 3

Agency Bios; GIS support

9 $2,250 NA $0 27 $6,750 $6,750

Task 1.d.

Orientation meeting -

Technical and general public.

0 0 Staff; MBI 0 $0

Facilities and

services; MBI

$2,000 0 $0 $2,000

Task 1.e.

ID of all relevant data

and documents

2 10Staff;

Technical Team

20 $5,000 Entiat $1,250 60 $15,000 $16,250

EDT in the Entiat Sub-basin Value of EDT to local processes

Level 2 Attributes discussed and illustrated for each stream reach:

•Attribute Definition

•Importance and Role

•Rating Definitions

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Updated Reach Breaks Habitat Rating Change

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Entiat 1 Mouth Slackwater

Entiat-2 Slack water Fire Station Bridge 3 0 3

Entiat-3 Fire Station Bridge Roaring Creek 2 0 2

Entiat-4 Roaring Creek J/S Bridge 2 0 2

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Entiat-5 J/S Bridge Mad River 2 0   2

Entiat-6 Mad River Mud Creek 2 0 2

Entiat-7 Mud Creek R/S Bridge 1 0 1

Entiat-8 R/S Bridge Potato Creek 1 0 1

Entiat-9 Potato Creek Potato Moraine 1 0   1

Entiat-10 Potato Moraine Stormy Creek 1 0 1

Entiat-11 Stormy Creek Preston Creek 1 0 1

Entiat-12 Preston Creek Fox Creek 1 0   1

Entiat-13 Fox Creek Box Canyon 0 0 0

Entiat 15 Box Canyon Silver Falls Creek 0 0 0

Entiat-16 Silver Falls Creek Entiat Falls 0 0   0

Channel Confinement

EDT in the Entiat Sub-basinValue of EDT to local processes

“Significant” Level 2 Attributes contributing to mortality illustrated for each stream reach.

From Mud Creek to R/S Bridge; Length (mi): 2.2

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Fry Colonization Mar-May

Summer Rearing Mar-Oct

0-age Migrant Oct-Nov

Winter Rearing Oct-Mar

1-Age Migrant Mar-Jun

Prespawning Migrant Apr-Aug

Prespawning Holding Apr-Aug

Reach Analysis for the Entiat RiverEDT - Summer Chinook

Entiat-7: Change in attribute and impact on survival

Entiat Reach 7 Current HistoricHabitat Attribute Rating Rating Change Month

Bed Scour 3 2 1 JunChannel Confinement 1 0 1 None

Fish Pathogens 1 0 1 None

Hatchery Fish Outplants 1 0 1 NoneRiver Icing 2 1 1 Jan

Nutrient Enrichment 1 0 1 AprRiparian Function 2 1 1 NoneSalmon Carcass 4 3 1 None

Temp Max 2 1 1 AugLarge Wood Debris 3 0.5 2.5 None

EDT in the Entiat Sub-basin Value of EDT to local processes

Example 1: Tables showing “significant” attribute definition and attribute ratings for historic and current conditions.

Example 2: Side by side tables of Level 2 Physical Attribute Ratings and resulting Level 3 Attributes (factors towards mortality) by stream reach.

• Excellent tool for professional and non-professionals to see how stream reach attributes are viewed by “expert” understanding.

• Excellent tool to see how physical attributes “cumulatively affect” salmonid mortality by reach and by life history stage.

• Any component of tool can be challenged and modified if better information is available.

• All information generated, reviewed and ok’ed ON-THE-GROUND resulting in high comfort level in database.

Value of EDT to Provincial Planning

Systematic, logical and trackable.

Provides one location for the best available science (at Provincial level and at Sub-basin level) to be stored and evaluated.

Provides accountability in how information is interpreted and used in decision making.

Process provides excellent forum for information exchange between professionals and other stakeholders.

Process provides common framework for resource managers and decision makers to better understand potential effects of management actions.

Provides excellent base from which monitoring programs can be derived and evaluation of progress over long time-periods can be implemented.

Conclusions

Ecosystem Diagnosis and Treatment in the

Columbia Cascade Province

Ecosystem Diagnosis and Treatment in the

Columbia Cascade Province

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