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STEP and R&E
Issue 1: STEP Annual ReportIssue 2: R&E Board Appointments
Issue 3: Project Approvals
August 5, 2016Exhibit C
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Oregon Department of Fish and WildlifeSalmon and Trout Enhancement Program
2015 Annual Progress Report
8/5/2016 Summary for ODFW Commission
Jim Phelps -STAC ChairKevin Herkamp - ODFW STEP/RE Coordinator
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Salmon and Trout
Hatcheries
Education
Angler Access
Habitat Restoration
Monitoring
STEP = Volunteers In Fish Management
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STEP Volunteer Summary2015
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Project Type Hours FTEEducation/Outreach 34k 16.5Habitat Enhancement 4k 2Inventory and Monitoring 8k 4Propagation 82k 39Total 128k 61.5
Volunteers provided the equivalent of 61.5 full-time employees!
Value of this time is $3.6 million
2015 Accomplishments: Inventory & Monitoring
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•spawning surveys•temperature monitoring•water quality monitoring
•creel surveys•macroinvertebrate sampling•fish sampling
7,900 hours on 100 projects!
660 volunteers
2015 Accomplishments: Habitat Enhancement
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Tree planting Stream clean-up In-stream restoration
Carcass placement Invasive removal
4,200 hours on 100 projects!
2015 Accomplishments: Fish CultureOver 4.5 million salmonids released!
5,200 volunteers
82,000 hours
Coquille High School Gardiner STEP fin clipping crew
5th grader spawning fall Chinook 6
2015 Accomplishments: Education & Outreach
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Fish Eggs to Fry • 25,000+ participants• 740+ Classrooms
• #2 in U.S.
60,000+ participants!
1,100+ projects
34,000+ hrs. donated
STEP = Making Fish
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Coos Bay
Morgan Creek
Noble Creek MillicomaInterpretive
Center
Over 2.5 million fall Chinook released
Fisheries provide over $1.8 million per year to local economy
2,500-3,000 students from 6 school districts
STEP = Kids in Hatcheries
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Astoria High School
Raise 30,000 Chinook/Coho
Warrenton High School
Raise 25,000 salmon/steelhead
Coquille High School
Raise 30,000 Chinook
STEP = Teaching our kidsKokanee KarnivalA local multiagency education partnership in Central Oregon
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1,500, 4-5th grade students per year.
Field based experience in fall and spring
Angling and aquatic education integrated throughout the year
STEP = A place to fish and a fish to catch
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Youth Support Angling Events
Angling Libraries Docks/Access
STEP = Where & How Fish Live
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Salmonberry River
Monitoring
Chetco River Scale
Sampling
WinchuckRiver Screw
Trap
Volunteers provide “staff” when ODFW can’t afford it.
Contribute nearly $200,000/yr and there could be more.
Maintaining long term data sets and finding out new things.
STEP’s Return on InvestmentODFW
ContributionVolunteer
ReturnRate of Return
$1.2 million $3.6 million in time 300%11 FTE 61.5 FTE 560%
14STEP
’s W
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• Angler Recruitment • Data Collection• Education• More Fish• Engaged Public
Soft
Ret
urns
• Increased Revenue• Better Management• Informed Public• More Anglers & Opportunity• Support for Agency & Fish
STEP is an important contributor to agency goals:
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Recruiting and educating the public.
Encouraging an informed and involved public.
Improving fishing access and opportunities.
Collecting data and improving resources when ODFW can’t.
STEP focuses on people while other ODFW programs focus on the resource.
STEP’s Return on Investment
STAC’s request
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ODFWContribution
VolunteerReturn
Rate of Return
$1.2 million $3.6 million in time 300%11 FTE 61.5 FTE 560%
Restore statewide STEP Coordination.
Increase services and supplies budget based on inflation.
As possible, add STEP biologists to underserved locations.
Given the high rate of return, STAC recommends the Commission:
STEP and R&E
Issue 2: R&E Board Appointments
August 5, 2016Exhibit C
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RE Board Positions:
Name Position TermCary Johnson Gill Net 1st ends 12/2018Ray Monroe Troll 1st ends 9/2019Vacant Seafood ProcessingGreg Silbernagel Public-At-Large 1st ends 12/2016Richard Heap Sport Fishing 1st ends 12/2018Yancy Lind Sport Fishing 1st ends 10/2019Bob Bumstead Sport Fishing 2nd ends 12/2017
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R&E Board Selection Criteria• Familiarity with fish management issues• Availability for and approach to group decision-making• Experience working with or representing the public
• Interaction with ODFW and Commission
• Collaborative approach to decision making
• Fishing background
• Participation in fishing organizations
• Location
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Recommended and ExistingR&E Board Members
Bob Bumstead,Sport
Greg Silbernagel, Public-At-Large
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Cary Johnson, Gillnet
Richard Heap,Sport
Yancy Lind, Sport
Ray Monroe, Troll
Continuing
Recommendation
Rod Moore,Seafood Processing
STEP and R&E
Issue 3: Project Approvals2015-2017 Cycle 5 of 7 (part 2 of 2)
August 5, 2016Exhibit C
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Recommended Project Locations
EnhancementRestoration
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Recommended Restoration ProjectsProject# Project Name
Project Sponsor Activity Type R/E S/C
R&EFunds Match
Project Total Vote
15-050
Umpqua Steelhead Juveniles Pathogen Free H2O
ODFW - Rock Creek
Hatchery
Hatchery Maintenance R S $60,000 $20,000 $80,000 6Y-0N
15-052
John Day Watershed
Fish Management Equipment
ODFW - John Day Field
OfficeLiberation R S $11,000 $2,220 $13,220 5Y-1N
15-053Elk River Hatchery
Maintenance
ODFW - Gold Beach Field
Office
Hatchery Maintenance R C $116,262 $23,038 $139,300 6Y-0N
15-060
Dillon Alt. Irrigation Pipeline
Construction
Umatilla Basin Watershed Foundation
Passage Restoration R S/C $175,500 $460,338 $635,838 6Y-0N
RESTORATION PROJECT TOTALS $362,762 $505,596 $868,358
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15-053 Elk River Maintenance
• Install new valves in main line to • Repair water leak• Replace electrical building roof• Repair and replace generator building
roof and siding• Rehabilitate hatchery host site
• New plumbing and supply lines• New storage buildings
• chemical and • equipment
• Remove abandoned well casings
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Project# Project Name Project Sponsor Activity Type R/E S/C R&E
Funds Match Project Total Vote
15-037
Spring Creek Acclimation & Youth Angling
Pond
ODFW - High Desert Opportunity E S $208,545 $36,150 $244,695 6Y-0N
15-055
Cedaroak Boat Ramp
Reconstruction Project
City of West Linn Access E S $300,000 $1,400,000 $1,700,000 6Y-0N
15-058
Database for Forecasting
Coastal Chinook Salmon
ODFW - Corvallis Research Lab Monitoring E S/C $20,000 $35,111 $55,111 6Y-0N
15-061
Grande Ronde Watershed Monitoring Equipment
ODFW - Grande Ronde Watershed
District OfficeMonitoring E S $9,250 $0 $9,250 5Y-1N
15-063New River -Floras Creek
Instream Wood
Curry Soil and Water Conservation District Habitat E S/C $42,400 $178,654 $221,054 6Y-0N
15-065Jessen Pond
Angling Enhancement
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Access E S $41,353 $11,316 $52,669 5Y-1N
15-066Comparison of trout stocks--
Howard Prairie
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Monitoring E S $4,500 $1,536 $6,036 6Y-0N
ENHANCEMENT PROJECT TOTALS $626,048 $1,662,767 $2,288,815
Recommended Enhancement Projects
15-037 Spring Creek Youth Pond
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15-037Spring CreekYouth Pond
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15-037Spring CreekYouth Pond
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R&E Budget Status2015-2017 Biennium
Cycle 5 (part 2) Funds Recommended Limitation Previously Approved
Projects Remaining if Cycle 5
Projects are Approved
Restoration $362,762 $2,821,000 $2,151,984
Enhancement $626,048 $2,821,000 $2,402,402
TOTAL $988,810 $5,642,000 $4,554,386 $98,804
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Approve R&E Board recommendations.
Staff Recommendation:
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