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%

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• Angler Recruitment • Data Collection• Education• More Fish• Engaged Public

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Ret

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• 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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