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Presented by Michael Jensen John Day Screen Shop Manager. Oregon Screen and Passage Issues: The Reality. Funding Programs-Statewide. ODFW Cost Share Program Fish Screens 60/40 cost share – 60% we pay, 40% water user Voluntary - Cost share eligible up to $75,000
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Presented by Michael Jensen John Day Screen Shop Manager Oregon Screen and Passage Issues: The Reality
Funding Programs-Statewide • ODFW Cost Share Program • Fish Screens • 60/40 cost share – 60% we pay, 40% water user • Voluntary - Cost share eligible up to $75,000 • Upon completion, water user takes over minor maintenance activities for under 30 CFS diversions and both minor and major maintenance activities for over 30 CFS diversions • Fish Passage • 60/40 cost share – 60% we pay, 40% water user • Voluntary - Cost share eligible up to $75,000 • Upon completion, water user takes over minor and major maintenance activities • Some alterations, modifications, or cumulative changes to existing diversions require addition of fish passage (Trigger events) • ODFW Surcharge • Surcharge on Fishing Licenses • Maintenance for fish screens • Money gets spread thinner as new cost share projects are installed • Fish Screen Tax Credit • Based on 50% of eligible expenses up to $5,000
Funding Programs-Area Specific • Bonneville Power Adminstration (BPA) • Currently funds projects in the John Day, Umatilla, and Walla Walla River Subbasins through the John Day Screen Shop • Can fund screen, passage and stream habitat improvement projects as they relate to fish passage. • Mitchell Act (NOAA) • Columbia River Basin Programs • Enterprise Screen Shop • John Day Screen Shop • The Dalles Screen Shop • Due to current funding levels, has only been used for maintenance, though this money is stretched thinner as new projects are added every year.
Other Funding and Partners • Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) • Fisheries Restoration Irrigation Mitigation Act (FRIMA) • US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Partners Program • Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) • Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) • US Forest Service (USFS) • Oregon Water Resource Dept. (OWRD) • Local Soil and Water Conservation Districts and Watershed Councils • Numerous Conservation Groups • Waterusers • Mitigation
The Problems • Mother Nature (Geomorphology, Climate,etc.) • Project Maintenance • Project Placement, Size and Type • Irrigation Infrastructure
Some Solutions! • Knowing your site • Periodic Maintenance • Wateruser Cooperation • Partner Cooperation
Figure 1 – Journal of Hydrology (N.Z.), Vol. 13, No 1, 1974, The Torlesse Stream Vortex-Tube Sediment Trap by J.A.Hayward and A.J. Sutherland