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Background & Overview

Background & Overview. November 7, 2013. BPA’s Programmatic Approach to Action Effectiveness Monitoring (AEM) . Program Framework & AEM. AEM Programmatic Approach. Background - Need for Programmatic Approach. K. Barnas/M. Diaz NOAA.

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Background & Overview

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  1. Background & Overview November 7, 2013 BPA’s Programmatic Approach to Action Effectiveness Monitoring (AEM)

  2. Program Framework & AEM AEM Programmatic Approach

  3. Background - Need for Programmatic Approach K. Barnas/M. Diaz NOAA

  4. Background - Need for Programmatic ApproachBPA > 4600 locations since 2005 Source: PICES Database

  5. Background - Need For Programmatic Approach • Requested/Recommended by Council • ISRP (RM&E/AP Categorical Review) • NOAA • BPA • AE Review (Tetra Tech 2010,2011) • Recent review of survey results

  6. Review Findings • Lack of a standardized reporting for RM&E • Lack of standardized metrics prevents comparing results. • Lack of treatments, controls, references in some current action effectiveness (AE) monitoring • Disproportionate level AE monitoring for some action types • Need for a programmatic approach to evaluating AE monitoring

  7. Three Components • Improve/refine current action effectiveness monitoring • Sample a subset of previously completed projects • Sample a subset of proposed projects

  8. Objectives • Better quantify benefits of restoration actions • Provide guidance to make future restoration more cost effective • Allocate more dollars to on the ground restoration actions

  9. Budget Implications • A more focused approach will result in reductions in monitoring • Majority of reductions will be re-allocated to on the ground habitat actions • Accords - 100% • Non-Accords – 50%

  10. Sponsor Participation • Assistance with site selection • Access for monitoring as well as recon • Performing MBACI monitoring

  11. Next Steps • For both EPT and MBACI Projects: • BPA is contacting project sponsors to gather additional information on proposed projects: • Scheduled year of implementation • Identification of control site location • Confirm whether sponsor or 3rd party will perform initial monitoring • Multi-year Work plan to be developed and reviewed by Council by December 2013 • Training

  12. Site Selection November 7 2013

  13. Current Development – EPT Site Selection

  14. EPT – Full Barrier Removal • 115 Projects have been identified that were completed between 2004-2013 • 30 Projects will be sampled in this category • Reconnaissance is occurring now • Geographic Diversity • Logistic Feasibility • Field Surveys will occur in 2014 and 2015 • No monitoring for new full barrier projects will be planned

  15. Current Development – MBACI Site Selection

  16. MBACI- Channel Reconnection • Currently, 42 projects were proposed in the Geographic Review • 30 Projects will be sampled in this category • 14 projects are currently being monitored in the Columbia Basin under the WA SRFB Program 30 samples needed in this category 42 BPA Projects 16 BPA Sites 14 SRFB Projects 14 SRFB Projects

  17. MBACI- Channel Reconnection • Mill Creek Channel Reconnection Update • Work is Scheduled to occur next summer • Existing fish surveys were leveraged at no additional cost • Habitat surveys will occur in two weeks • Monitoring Schedule for Mill Creek

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