Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation (USRT)

1. Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation(USRT) Coordination Project # 2007-407-00 Heather Ray Executive Director

2. Restore the Snake River Basin to a natural condition and facilitate tribal unity to protect and nurture all Compacting tribes rights, languages, cultures, and traditions USRT Charter

3. USRT Membership Burns Paiute Tribe Burns, Oregon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe Ft McDermitt, Oregon/Nevada Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Duck Valley, Idaho/Nevada Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Fort Hall, Idaho

4. USRT Traditional Lands Traditional Eastern Shoshone & Bannock Lands Burns-Paiute Indian Reservation Fort Hall Indian Reservation Duck Valley Indian Reservation Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation Traditional Western Shoshone Lands

5. Background • 1980 – Northwest Power Act • Directed NPCC & BPA to consult with Indian tribes 1982 = first Program • 2007 – Regional Coord. workgroup defined • Coordination as the “Sovereigns ability to represent its interests and engage in process that affect those interests” • 2009 – NPCC acknowledged • “knowledge of the plans and activities of other regional participants is essential” to avoid duplication within the Program

6. Fish & Wildlife Program

7. Fish & Wildlife Programrelated projects • 198906201 Program Coordination and Facilitation Services provided through CBFWA • 199501900 Burns-Paiute F&W Coordinator Middle Snake • 199701900 Evaluate The Life History of Native Salmonids In The Malheur Basin • 200000900 Logan Valley Wildlife Mitigation Project/ O&M • 200002700 Malheur Wildlife Mitigation Project • 198909803 Salmon Supplementation Studies in Idaho- Shoshone-Bannock Tribes • 198906201 Annual Work Plan CBFWA • 199107100 Snake River Sockeye Salmon Habitat and Limnological Research • 199405000 Salmon River Habitat Enhancement M & E • 199201000 Habitat Restoration/Enhancement Fort Hall Reservation • 199505702 Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation Program • 199505703 Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation Program • 199500600 Shoshone-Bannock/Shoshone Paiute Joint Culture Facility • 199701100 Enhance and Protect Habitat and Riparian Areas on the DVIR • 198815600 Implement Fishery Stocking Program Consistent With Native Fish Conservation • 199501500 Lake Billy Shaw Operations and Maintenance and Evaluation (O&M, M&E) • 200000900 Logan Valley Wildlife Mitigation • 200002700 Malheur River Wildlife Mitigation • 200302900 Assess Upper Malheur River Above Beu • 200712000 Malheur Subbasin Habitat Restoration and Fish Enhancement • 200717100 Malheur River Subbasin Habitat • 200709600 Wildlife Inventory and Habitat Evaluation of DVIR • 200890400 Salmon River Basin Nutrient Enhancement • 200890300 ESA Habitat Restoration

8. Project Goals & Objectives The facilitation and coordination of USRT assists the NPCC and BPA in achieving Fish and Wildlife Program objectives in a cost effective manner consistent with legal rights of tribes Photos: Burns Paiute Tribe

9. Project Goals & Objectives USRT coordination and consolidation of common rights protection activities reduces stress on individual Tribal governments separated by hundreds of miles within the upper Snake River Basin USRT office in Boise, ID provides a focused location for member tribes; increases and improves communication to coordinate activities Photos: Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

10. Accomplishments • USRT Charter (‘07) • Financial oversight controls (‘09) • Management Operations Manual (‘10) • Commission Meetings • 7 meetings in FY’09, 5 in FY’10, 3 in FY’11 • 9-14 in attendance • Website established (‘10) • Defined role and participation in CRT (‘09) • Outline U. Snake River Mitigation Plan (‘09) • EPA coordination-climate change funding (’10)

11. Accomplishments • Presentations • “Responding to the Global Water Crisis” (‘11) >25 in attendance • “Missing Salmon of the Boise River” (’11) >60 Boise community members in attendance • NPCC (’09,‘10) • Hosted CRT workshops • 30-50 in attendance (’10,‘11) • Common views, letters, policy • CBFWA (’09 -’12) • G. Basin LCC, Snake R. Recov. Plan. (’10 -’11)

12. Effectiveness Monitoring ISRP Memorandum (2007-14) • Metrics of Output • # meetings & participants • Degree of representation • Information exchanged • Metrics of Impact • Change in behavior • Value to members • User evaluation of product utility • Lack of redundancy

13. Future Work • Coordinate Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe participation in Program • Coordinate USRT Data Management • Complete Upper Snake River Mitigation Plan • Additional meeting participation Photo: Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone Tribe

14. Thank you Photos: Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes