Defining CBFWA’s FY09 Workplan

MembersJanuary 15, 2009

New Directions Work Plan

1. Support and Information Transfer

2. Funding Diversity

3. Project Review and Management Decisions

4. Develop and Adopt a Decision and Policy Framework

5. Monitoring and Evaluation

6. Public Relations

New Directions Work PlanProducts

1. Support and Information Transfer

Consensus amendment recommendations

2. Funding Diversity

HEP contract, NOAA contract

3. Project Review and Management Decisions

Long term work plans, Basinwide work plan

4. Develop and Adopt a Decision and Policy Framework

Adaptive Management Framework (amendments, long term work plans)

5. Monitoring and Evaluation

SOTR, coordinated M&E

6. Public Relations

SOTR, Message to new Administration

CBFWA Organizational Chart

Executive Director(Policy Coordinator)

Manager

Fish PassageCenter

Assistant Director

Fish and Wildlife Program and Budget

Coordinator

IT/Web Services

Anadromous Fish Mgmt Coordinator

Resident Fish and SOTR Coordinator

Wildlife Mitigation and RME

Coordinator

Executive Assistant

Clerical SpecialistAdministrative &Accounting Asst.

Financial Director

Directly supported by CBFWA contract

Anadromous Fish Advisory Committee

Resident Fish Advisory Committee

Wildlife Advisory Committee

Fish Passage Advisory Committee

Members Advisory Group

Members

FY2009Adaptive Management Activities

Adaptive Management Framework

PlanIm

plement

Evaluate

•Coordinated LTWP recommendations and analysis•Coordinated Monitoring and Evaluation Plan•Coordinated integration of Program and ESA/BiOp monitoring•Coordinated decision criteria for project/Program evaluation •Coordinated recommendations on loss assessment protocols

•Program Effectiveness•SOTR

•Project Effectiveness•Project reviews/reporting

•Program implementation tracking•Programmatic issues (committees)

Wildlife creditingResident fish substitutionAnadromous objectivesAd-hoc workgroups, etc.

•Coordination between and among projects and programs

FY2009Adaptive Management Activities

Adaptive Management Framework

PlanIm

plement

Evaluate

•Coordinated LTWP recommendations and analysis•Coordinated Monitoring and Evaluation Plan•Coordinated integration of Program and ESA/BiOp monitoring•Coordinated decision criteria for project/Program evaluation •Coordinated recommendations on loss assessment protocols

•Program Effectiveness•SOTR

•Project Effectiveness•Project reviews/reporting

•Program implementation tracking•Programmatic issues (committees)

Wildlife creditingResident fish substitutionAnadromous objectivesAd-hoc workgroups, etc.

•Coordination between and among projects and programs

2.3 FTE

3.7 FTE

1.6 FTE

3.4 FTE

Program Implementation Schedule

Coordinate LTWPs

FY2009 FY2010 FY2011

Council Rolling Project Review Process

Basinwide Management Plan

Monitoring and Evaluation Plan

Programmatic issues addressed in ongoing forums

Status of the Resource Report and Website

Coordinated Program/ESA/BiOp Monitoring

Anad. Fish Biological Objectives

Res. Fish Loss Assess. Protocols

Wildlife Crediting Forum, Wildlife M&E

Foundation for Coordination

•Maintain CBFWA website (directory, calendar, databases, etc.)

•Maintain CBFWA committee web pages and management committee documents

•Tribal coordination and outreach

•CBFWA public relations and outreach

•Fish and Wildlife manager participation support (CBFWF)

Planning Deliverables

•Coordinated long term work plans (framework, analyses, definitions, etc.)

•Coordinated monitoring and evaluation plan for the Fish and Wildlife Program

•Coordinated FY10 monitoring for Program/ESA/BiOp

•Coordinated Basinwide Management Plan (coordination, lamprey, sturgeon, hatcheries, research, etc.)

•Coordinated recommendations on loss assessment protocols

operational losses for wildliferesident fish losses

Implementation Deliverables

•Participate in Budget Oversight Group website and databases (transition to Taurus, link proposals to SOTR)

•Coordination between among projects and programs (i.e., coordinated monitoring)

•Anadromous fish biological objectives

•Coordinated strategies and policies regarding lamprey

•Coordinated resident fish loss assessment protocols

•Coordinated wildlife monitoring and evaluation

•Coordinated issue definition, white papers, analyses, work shops and conferences on Programmatic issues

Evaluation Deliverables

•Coordinated review and evaluation of ongoing projects and programs within the Fish and Wildlife Program

•Coordinated reporting of status and trends of fish and wildlife populations via the Status of the Resource report and website

•Coordinated project and Program recommendations to Council and BPA

CBFWA Staff Requirements

CBFWA staff = 8 FTE equivalents•Executive Director (policy coordinator)•Program and Budget Coordinator•Anadromous Fish Management Coordinator•Resident Fish and SOTR Coordinator•Wildlife and M&E Coordinator•IT/Web support•Administrative support (2)

CBFWF staff = 3 FTE equivalents (supported through IDC)•Human resources•Accounting/project budgeting•Administrative support (1)

Funding

•The proposed FY08 funding was $2,071,447

•FY08 Actual funding, after Council deliberation, was $1,869,651 (reduction of $202,165)

•Reduced 1 FTE, staff travel, PR contract, IT support

•BPA target funding level for all coordination projects for FY09 is $2,400,000

Distributed Services Model

•The Colville Tribe requested that CBFWA investigate providing staff/services in Boise and Spokane

•The CBFWA Members developed several alternatives:Adjust duties of existing staffAdd one staff member as Member liasonProvide an office and staff in Spokane or BoiseProvide an office and staff in Spokane and Boise

•The CBFWA Members chose the most cost effective alternative, which is to adjust existing staff responsibilities and providing increased travel budgets for staff to enhance outreach

Distributed Funding Model

•The Upper Columbia United Tribe members of CBFWA requested that CBFWA consider a distributed funding model

•The distributed funding model was best articulated by the Kalispel Tribe in their funding allocation strategy – the total coordination funding would be divided equally by all F&W Managers and then reallocated to the membership organizations

•The CBFWA Members discussed this proposal at length and chose to submit their coordination needs based on needs (statements of work)

Funding

•CBFWA’s funding level for FY2007 was $1,901,449

•CBFWA’s funding level for FY2008 was $1,869,650

•CBFWA’s proposed funding level for FY2009 is $1,891,253

CBFWA Project Funding History

$-

$500,000

$1,000,000

$1,500,000

$2,000,000

$2,500,000

$3,000,000

$3,500,000

$4,000,000

$4,500,000

$5,000,000

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

CBFWA Staff Members Support

Member Participation

CBFWA Member

Annual Estimated Cost of All Program Related

Coordination FY08-09BPA Contribution Through CBFWA

% Requested from BPA

Burns Paiute Tribe $ 40,000.00 $ 15,000.00 38%

Confederated Colville Tribes $ 80,000.00 $ 40,000.00 50%

Coeur d' Alene Tribe $ 135,000.00 $ 0%

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes $ 18,000.00 $ 6,000.00 33%

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation $ 60,000.00 $ 30,000.00 50%

Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation $ 38,000.00 $ 15,000.00 39%

Idaho Fish and Game $ 107,000.00 $ 35,000.00 33%

Kootenai Tribe of Idaho $ 90,000.00 $ 0%

Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks $ 25,000.00 $ 10,000.00 40%

NOAA Fisheries $ 30,000.00 $ 0%

Nez Perce Tribe $ 185,000.00 $ 60,000.00 27%

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife $ 157,000.00 $ 36,000.00 22%

Shoshone Bannock Tribe $ 75,000.00 $ 30,000.00 40%

Shoshone Paiute Tribe $ 130,000.00 $ 15,000.00 12%

US Fish and Wildlife Service $ 100,000.00 $ 6,000.00 6%

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife $ 120,000.00 $ 50,000.00 42%

Yakama Nation $ 145,000.00 $ 12,000.00 8%