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Klamath Tracking and Accounting ProgramKlamath Basin Monitoring Program 11.05.12
Klamath Tracking and Accounting ProgramProgram Participants
KTAP Program Goals
Increase the pace and reduce the cost of improving Klamath Basin water quality to support all water-related uses in the Basin, including, but not limited to, the recovery of
native fish.
Klamath Tracking and Accounting ProgramNovember 2012
KTAPWhy?• Need to coordinate
multiple programs/initiatives
• Desire to track individual and cumulative effect of conservation/restoration actions
• Measure progress towards watershed goals
Klamath Tracking and Accounting ProgramNovember 2012
KTAP Program Objectives
• Consistent and transparent framework for tracking improvements throughout the basin
• Link investments to ecosystem benefits
• Provide assurances for funders and incentives for pooling resources
• Allow water quality investments through offsets or trading
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Klamath Tracking & Accounting ProgramNovember 2012
Environmental AccountingActions & Outcomes
Klamath Tracking & Accounting Program November 2012
Environmental AccountingActions & Outcomes
November 2012 Klamath Tracking and Accounting Program
Restoration for complianceWhere appropriate, convert compliance…
Consistent protocols
Quantification Methods
Tracking/Registration
KTAP Program Components
Quantification = Translation = InvestmentCrediting Protocol
What did you do?
• Trees planted
• Stream miles/acres treated
• Kilocalories
May 2006October 2006October 2008May 2011
KTAP Program Components
Consistent protocols
Quantification Methods
Tracking/Registration
ExampleSprague River Riparian Fencing
Propose Eligible Project
Quantify Benefits
Verify Conditions
Register & Issue
Benefit Baseline Projected Post-Action
ProjectedGain
Phosphorous (TP lbs/yr) 20 5 15
Nitrogen (TN lbs/yr) 100 60 40
Propose Eligible Project
Quantify Benefits
Verify Conditions
Register & Issue
Sprague River Riparian FencingBefore After
Propose Eligible Project
Quantify Benefits
Verify Conditions
Register & Issue
Sprague River Riparian Fencing
Before
Benefit Baseline Projected Post-Action
ProjectedGain
Phosphorous (TP lbs/yr) 20 5 15
Nitrogen (TN lbs/yr) 100 60 40
Propose Eligible Project
Quantify Benefits
Verify Conditions
Register & Issue
Sprague River Riparian Fencing
Benefit Baseline Projected Post-Action
ProjectedGain
Phosphorous (TP lbs/yr) 20 5 15
Nitrogen (TN lbs/yr) 100 60 40
Sprague River Riparian Fencing
Benefit Baseline Projected Post-Action
ProjectedGain
Phosphorous (TP lbs/yr) 20 5 15
Nitrogen (TN lbs/yr) 100 60 40
Procurement Strategy
Investment Goals
KBMP Monitoring FrameworkProgram Connections
• Watershed context
• Ability to evaluate progress towards meeting basin-wide water quality goals
• Linking actions to multiple scales
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Program Development Stages
SITUATION ANALYSIS& SCOPE DECISION
INITIAL PROGRAM
DESIGN(2011)
PILOT PROGRAMLAUNCH &
TUNING(2012)
FULL PROGRAM
DEVELOPMENT AND ONGOING
OPERATIONS
KTAP Development
Klamath Tracking and Accounting Program
We are Here
November 2012
• Solicit for and initiate pilot projects
• Test existing tools and protocols
• Adaptive management – targeted monitoring, tool refinement, Protocol revision
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KTAP Pilot Phase
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319 Grant Projects
Oregon
California (Received)
• Pilot project training and support
• Begin NTT Calibration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Full NTT Calibration
• Stakeholder Support
Klamath Tracking and Accounting ProgramNovember 2012
KTAP Next Steps
• Statement of Support
• Identify local coordinating entity
Klamath Tracking and Accounting ProgramNovember 2012