Reclamation Habitat Improvement Projects Overview

Reclamation focuses on habitat improvement projects in specific river basins, collaborating with various stakeholders and entities. They undertake around 25 projects annually, with a shift towards implementing projects in the Lemhi, Pahsimeroi, and Upper Salmon areas. Management is meticulous, with detailed planning and budget updates twice a year.

• Reclamation
• Habitat Improvement
• River Basins
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Project Management

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1. HABITAT HABITAT IMPROVEMENT IMPROVEMENT FUNDING FUNDING Photo Courtesy of Daniel Bertram, OSC

2. Congressional Funding Authority What can Reclamation fund? FLOW putting water back in the channel ENTRAINMENT fish screens ACCESS passage barriers CHANNEL COMPLEXITY channel reconstruction, side channel reconnection, floodplain activation Reclamation typically does not fund construction

3. Methow Wenatchee Entiat Little Salmon Grande Ronde Upper Salmon North Fork John Day Lemhi Middle Fork John Day Upper John Day Pahsimeroi Reclamation is only assigned to work in certain river basins.

4. 5 Year Average of Expenditures CSRO Expenditures CSRO Expenditures 6%, Admin 5%, Coord 0%, Hatcheries Admin Coord 27%, Hydro Hatcheries Hydro RM&E 58%, Habitat Habitat 6%, RM&E

5. Habitat Expenditure by Basin

6. Who Do We Work With? Private Landowners Irrigation districts, ditch companies, etc IDFG State agencies Tribes County SWCDs Watershed groups Private Conservation Foundations Land And Water Trusts County Agencies Other Federal agencies Others to support BiOp Goals

7. Project Info Currently working on about 25 projects Projects plus base funding for sponsors results in about 80 contract actions per year (used to be 100 and 120) We have designed more than 200 projects since 2005 Reclamation s effort in the Salmon basin is shifting to focus on implementation of projects in the Lemhi, Pahsimeroi and the Upper Salmon above Red Fish Lake.

8. Other Info Reclamation uses formal project management on all new projects we have a significant role in Reclamation has the habitat program planned out down to the staff day for 3 years and we update that budget 2 times per year Planning/prioritization efforts exist in various forms in all subbasins we work in

9. Contact Info Kira Christensen, PE Phone: (208) 378-5242 kchristensen@usbr.gov Photo Courtesy of Mike Knutson, USBR