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Pre Application Due Date: Tues, March 5 2013 Draft Application Due Date: Tues, April 30, 2013 Final Application Due Date: Thurs, July 11, 2013

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Project Pre-Application (Please use the Up, Down, Left & Right Arrows to move from Field to Field)

Project Title: East End Irrigation Diversion Improvement

Submitting Organization: Columbia Conservation District

Project Contact Information (Complete for each contact)

For additional Contact Info Sheets go to: http://www.snakeriverboard.org/leadentity/applicationdocs.html

Mrs. Ms. First Name: Terry Last Name: Bruegman

Address:202 S 2nd Street City/Town: Dayton State: WA. Zip: 99328

Telephone # (509) 382-4773 ext 5 Cell # ( ) -

E-mail address: [email protected]

Project Locations: Provide a brief description of the project location including watershed, stream

reach and position in watershed. Project located in, Upper Touchet River MSA. Diversion site located

at end of Fourth Street at junction of Fourth Street and flood control dike.

Maps: Provide both a map illustrating project vicinity and a site map. Map descriptions can be placed

in this section but maps should be attached as a separate page. (Contact SRSRB staff to construct

maps and set up project in the HWS prior to pre-application deadline).

Short Description of Project Describe project, what will be done, and what the anticipated benefits

Will be in 1500 characters or less.

NOTE: Many audiences, including the SRFB, SRFB’s Technical Review Panel, media, legislators, and

the public who may inquire about your project use this description. Provide as clear, succinct,

and descriptive an overview of your project as possible – many will read these 1-2 paragraphs!

• The description should state what is proposed.

• Identify the specific problems that will be addressed by this project, and why it is important to do

at this time.

• Describe how, and to what extent, the project will protect, restore, or address salmon habitat.

http://www.snakeriverboard.org/leadentity/applicationdocs.html


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• Describe the general location, geographic scope, and targeted species/stock.

• This short description should be the summary of the detailed proposal set out under the

Evaluation Proposal, with particular emphasis on questions 1-4.

The PRISM database limits project descriptions to 1500 characters (including spaces); any excess text will be deleted. Additional detail should be provided in the project proposal!

Project is located in the Upper Touchet River MSA, a Priority Restoration Reach and Identified within the GeoEngineer Geomorphic Assessment document as river reach North Fork River-1. River reach is identified as a spawning, rearing and migration corridor for steelhead and spring Chinook and overwintering and migration for Bull trout. Project scope covers ~ 1,500' of assessment with focus on identifying a preferred alternative diversion structure design. Currently annual diversion maintenance requires the establishment of a push-up berm to ensure intake flows. The location and timing of this streambed disturbance is detrimental to habitat and fish. Project intent is to provide a sustaining diversion system design, reducing extent of current maintenance needs improving reach habitats.

Preliminary Design Description: Describe the preliminary project design that will be used to address the need described above. This section may be used to provide a more detailed description than provided above. Not required for pre-application (Max one page) Project proposal is to contract with consultants to assess site and provide alternative designs to CCD, landowner and East End Irrigation Ditch for consideration and selection of preferred alternative. Contractor will then develop 60-75% design for frame work to develop project proposal for Round 15 submission. Estimated Budget: List SRFB request match and total project costs Budget Items

Cost/Unit Unit Matching Funds

SRFB Request

Project Cost

Design Consultant

$80,000 $80,000

Total Matching $ Total SRFB Request $

Total Project Cost $80,000 Evidence that this project is part of the Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan: List the HWS project number and title of project as stated in the 3 Year Plan. If project is not directly stated in the 3 Year Plan list the general project category your project pertains to and describe the correlation.


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Project is identified in General category #32-00388-Imminent Threat and project specific #32-00588, Upper Touchet River MSA-Priority Restoration Reach

SRFB Draft Application Information

Draft Date Submitted to SRSRB April 30, 2013

Project Type: (check one)

Acquisition Acquisition/Restoration

Passage, Diversion, Barrier Inventory/Design

Upland

Non-Capital In-Stream Riparian

Updated Vicinity / Site Maps & Photos Please submit photos as JPEG or other non PDF picture format. Maps and designs maybe submitted

in photo or PDF format.

Vicinity Map Attached: Site Map Attached: Aerial or Site Specific Photos Attached: Preliminary Designs or Field Sketches:

Project Proposal Guides To complete this section download the Project Proposal template that fits your proposed project and attach as a separate document. Check appropriate box below. NOTE: This project proposal will be used primarily to evaluate your project. Please include appropriate metrics within the body of the text. The below documents can be found at http://www.snakeriverboard.org/leadentity/applicationdocs.html

Attached 1) Restoration, Acquisition and Combination (Restoration & Acquisition) Project 2) Planning Projects (Assessment, design, and Study) and Combination (Planning &

acquisition) Projects 3) Barrier Inventory Projects



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Summary of Funding Request and Match Contribution

Remember to update this section whenever changes are made to your cost estimates.

TOTAL PROJECT COST (A + B) (Sponsor Match & SRFB Contribution) $80,000

A. Sponsor Match Contribution (15% minimum is required for match) Appropriation/Cash Bonds – Council Bonds – Voter Cash Donations Conservation Futures Donations Donated Equipment Donated Labor Donated Land Donated Materials Donated Property Interest Force Account Force Acct – Equipment Force Acct – Labor Force Acct – Material Grants Grant – Federal Grant – Local Grant – Private Grant – State Grant – IAC Grant – Other Total Sponsor Match Contribution (15% Minimum Match Required of a total Project Cost)

B. SRFB Contribution (grant request) $5,000 Minimum Request

$80,000

Note: *Be sure to identify the name and type of any matching grant in the Application Questionnaire Section. *The Total Project Cost must equal the totals from the following Cost Estimate Sections.


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Landowner Information

Landowner Acknowledgment Forms (Remember to complete the Landowner Acknowledgement form for each Landowner.)

To complete this section download the landowner acknowledgment form and have the landowner complete the form and submit a copy with the draft application. Draft applications without signed agreement forms may not be considered by the SRSRB for final scoring and ranking. These forms can be found on the SRSRB web site at: http://www.snakeriverboard.org/leadentity/applicationdocs.html

Current Landowner(s) of the site (name and address). Remember to complete the Landowner Acknowledgement Form. Name: Mr. Gerald Magill Address: 108 S Touchet Road City/Town: Dayton State: WA. Zip: 99328

This is the END of the DRAFT APPLICATION.


Section 4: Project Proposals

Salmon Recovery Grants Manual 18 January 2013

2013 Project Proposal for Planning Projects (Assessment, Design, and Study) and Combination Planning and Acquisition Projects, Excluding Barrier Inventories

Please respond to each question individually – do not summarize your answers collectively in essay format. Local citizen and technical advisory groups will use this information to evaluate your project. Limit your response to ten pages (single-sided) You may delete the italicized portion of the questions and inapplicable supplemental questions to shorten the proposal).

RCO Manual 18, Salmon Recovery Grants section and appendix references are available at www.rco.wa.gov/doc_pages/manuals_by_number.shtml.

Submit this proposal as a PRISM attachment titled “Project Proposal.”

NOTE: Sponsors of barrier inventory projects should NOT fill out this proposal. They should instead use the Barrier Inventory Project Proposal.

1. Problem Statement

Provide an overview of fish resources, current habitat conditions, site or reach conditions, gaps in knowledge, and other key salmon recovery problem(s) in the watershed that this project is intended to address. This river reach is utilized by steelhead for spawning, rearing and migration, Bull trout, overwintering and migration and re-introduced Spring Chinook spawning, rearing and migration. Habitat conditions in general are degraded due to infrastructure and flood control diking influences as identified in Geomorphic Assessment Touchet River GeoEngineers November 2011. The focus of this assessment was on mainstem conditions with limited consideration on the irrigation diversion system. Historically, annual streambed disturbance occurs (push up gravel berm) to insure flow intake for irrigation purposes. Work is completed with an excavator and large rip rap type boulders have been incorporated as a stablizing factor for the gravel berm. Actions commonly produce a berm that extends 80-90% of channel width and over time has encouraged a channel gradation break toward the left bank which in turn requires additional berm configuration to ensure irrigation withdrawl flows. Actions have also enhanced left bank erosion.

2. Project Purpose

When answering the questions below, please refer to Chapter 4 of the Stream Habitat Restoration Guidelines (wdfw.wa.gov/publications/pub.php?id=00043) for a definition of restoration goals and objectives.

http://www.rco.wa.gov/doc_pages/manuals_by_number.shtml

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A. State the project goal(s). Primary goal of project is to identify a preferred sustaining irrigation diversion structure system requiring minimal or no instream maintenance disturbance on a annual basis. Reduced annual stream bed manipulations will benefit redd, egg disturbance and impacts to steelhead spawning.

B. List the project’s objectives. Project objectives are to assess, identify alternative actions benefiting salmonid life cycles. Alternatives will be presented to CCD, landowner, East End Irrigation Ditch board members, SRSRB staff and RTT members for review, consideration and selection of preferred alternative. A primliminary design will be completed on the preferred alternative.

3. Project Context

A. Describe the location of the project in the watershed, Project is located in the Upper Touchet River MSA a Priority Restoration Reach and is considered an Immenent Threat project due to the annual stream bed disturbance. Site location is near to the end of Fourth Street at the junction of the City of Dayton/USACOE flood control dike beginning point, Identified within the GeoEngineer Geomorphic Assessment document as river reach North Fork River-1.

B. List the fish resources present at the site and targeted by this project.

Species Life History Present (egg, juvenile, adult)

Current Population Trend (decline, stable, rising)

ESA Coverage (Y/N)

Life History Target (egg, juvenile, adult)

Steelhead Egg, juvenile, adult

Stable Y Juvenile, adult

Bull Trout

Juvenile, adult Decline Y Juvenile, adult

Spring Chinook

Juvenile, adult Rising N Juvenile, adult

C. Discuss how this project fits within your regional recovery plan and local lead entity’s strategy to restore or protect salmonid habitat in the watershed Project fits regional recovery plan actions, Habitat Work Schedule general catagory #32-00388, Imminent Threat and more specifically Upper Touchet River MSA-Priority Restoration Reach #32-



00588. Addresses a priority action for fish friendly, compliant irrigation diversion. Diversion site is located in spawning, rearing reach utilized by steelhead and spring Chinook.

D. Explain why it is important to do this project now instead of at a later date. Project implementation will allow progression toward completion of selected alternative being implemented in potentially 2 years rather than extend undesirable current diversion practices. This type of habitat project is directly focused on addressing imminent threats to salmonid species. It will not have substantial impacts to general overall habitat defiencies within the system but may contribute to incremental improvements depending on selection of preferred alternative. It is assumed at this point that selected alternative will provide multiple resource benefits.

E. If any part or phase of this project has previously been reviewed or funded by the SRFB, please fill in the table below.



Project # or Name Status Status of prior phase deliverables and

relationship to current proposal?

Touchet River Geomorphic Assessment RCO #__________

� Completed

� In Process

� Not Funded*

Completed assessment focus was on general overall conditions, includes some alternative designs for LWD in vacinity of diversion point but did not assess alternatives specifically for diversion.

� Completed

� In Process

� Not Funded*

� Completed

� In Process

� Not Funded*

* If previous project was not funded, describe how the current proposal differs from the original.

4. Project Description

NOTE that projects that include acquisition have supplemental questions at the end of this proposal. Please answer the questions below and all pertinent supplemental questions.

A. Provide a detailed description of the proposed project and how it will address the problem described above. Project will include review of Geomorphic Assessment completed by GeoEngineers, site review/assessment for current conditions, development of alternative actions that address diversion defiencies. Alternative actions will be reviewed by local participants involved in project with selection of preferred alternative. Selected alternative with be developed to a preliminary design level meeting RCO Manual 18 deliverable requirements.

B. Clearly list and describe all products that will be produced (i.e., project deliverables). Project deliverables will include conceptual designs for alternative actions to guide selection of preferred action. Selected action will have a preliminary design completed to RCO Manual 18 requirements

C. If the project will occur in phases or is part of a larger recovery strategy, describe the goal of the overall strategy, explain individual sequencing steps and which steps are included in this application. Project is not planned as a phased project. Review of alternative actions



developed as part of contract deliverables may lead to selection of a action that may not meet SRFB funding guidelines in the future. Potential future project funding will be assessed as a independent project in that sense. Action consideration will take into account previous assessment and alternative actions previously identified.

D. If your proposal includes an assessment or inventory (NOTE: project may extend across a wide area and cover multiple properties):

i. Describe any previous or ongoing assessment or inventory work in your project’s geographic area and how this project will build upon rather than duplicate completed work. The previous geomorphic assessment work completed by GeoEngineers was a broader based assessment identifying various habitat defiencies and alternative restoration actions. Some alternative actions identified LWD and floodplain improvements but did not focus on improvements to the diversion point for the purpose of ensuring flows. Project proposal will draw from previous assessment work, expand with focus on alternative actions to ensure intake flows which may or may not be direct association with general habitat improvements. Project focus will entail an ~1,500 foot river reach which allows for consideration of previous assessment findings.

ii. Describe how the assessment or inventory addresses the stages and elements in Guidance on Watershed Assessment for Salmon (Joint Natural Resources Cabinet, May 2001, www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/governorlocke/gsro/watershed/watershed.pdf).

E. If your proposal includes developing a design:

i. Will the project design be developed by a licensed professional engineer? Yes

ii. For final design projects, if you do not intend to apply for permits as part of this project’s scope of work, please explain why and when permit applications will be submitted. Permit applications will be pursued during the construction phase.

iii. Has Washington Department of Natural Resources confirmed that your project is or is not on state-owned aquatic lands? There is a channel spannning barrier, intake dam structure for WDFW acclimation pond and diversion point for two irrigation diversions down stream of project site, so it is assumed that this portion of the Touchet River is not a SOAL reach.

http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/governorlocke/gsro/watershed/watershed.pdf

http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/governorlocke/gsro/watershed/watershed.pdf



iv. For design projects intending to provide no match, verify you meet ALL of the following eligibility criteria. [Answer: n/a, Yes, or No]

1. The project addresses a particular problem at a specific location. Yes

2. Funding request is $200,000 or less. Yes

3. The project will be completed within 18 months of the SRFB funding meeting. Yes

4. The project will develop a preliminary design or final project design. Completed project deliverables will include a Preliminary design as defined in Manual 18.

F. If your proposal includes a fish passage or screening design: No

i. Has the project received a Priority Index (PI) or Screening Priority Index (SPI) number? If so, provide the PI or SPI number and describe how it was generated: Physical survey, reduced sample full survey, expanded threshold determination, or Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife generated (list source, such as a study or inventory). Refer to the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fish Passage Barrier and Surface Water Screening Assessment and Prioritization Manual at wdfw.wa.gov/publications/pub.php?id=00061 for guidance.

ii. For fish passage design projects:

1. If a culvert or arch is proposed, will it employ a stream simulation, no slope, hydraulic, or other design?

2. Describe the amount and quality of habitat made accessible if the barrier is corrected.

3. Identify if there are additional fish passage barriers downstream or upstream of this project.

G. Describe other approaches and design alternatives that were considered to achieve the project’s objectives and why the proposed alternative was selected. In consultation with RCO and SRSRB staff it was determined that the most efficient approach was to pursue a design only approach at this time. Project results will include alternative actions identified with a preferred alternative being selected by local involved participants. Assuming preferred alternative provides fish habitat benefit

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results a implementation project will be brought forth in future SRFB proposal.

H. Describe your experience managing this type of project. Tucannon River Reach Design/Feasibility, RCO #09-1595P, Tucannon River Offset Dike Assess and Design, RCO #09-1742P, Tucannon Offset Dike, RCO #09-1596 as well as numerous other restoration projects funded thur BPA.

I. Explain how the project’s cost estimates were determined. Review of past assessment/design actions, consideration of previous document review and relationships, alternative action review meetings leading to development of project estimate of cost. There will be donated time by various parties in the review/selection of alternative actions that is not calculated into project cost. Request covers consultant contract services only.

J. List Project Partners and their role and contribution to the project. Attach a Partner Contribution Form (Manual 18, Salmon Recovery Grants, Appendix J) from each partner in PRISM, when required (refer to Manual 18, Salmon Recovery Grants, Section 3 for when this form is required).

K. List all landowner names. Mr. Gerald Magill, landowner. Mr. William Hubbard and Mr. John Delp, East End Irrigation Ditch Board Members.

L. Contingency Planning: State any constraints, uncertainties, possible problems, delays, or additional expenses that may hinder completion of the project. Explain how you will address these issues as they arise and their likely impact on the project. There are no anticipated constraints or uncertainties associated with this design project proposal.

M. List and describe the major tasks and schedule you will use to complete the project. (Planning projects should typically be completed within two years of funding approval).

Supplemental Questions for Projects that Include Acquisition

(Applies to combination projects; These are not included in the ten-page limit)

A. Provide a detailed description of the property. Describe the habitat types, size and quality on site (forested riparian/floodplain, wetlands, tributary, main stem, off-channel, bluff-backed beach, barrier beach, open coastal inlet, estuarine delta,



pocket estuary, uplands, etc.), critical areas on site, and any other features that make the site unique. Describe existing land use.

B. State what type of acquisition is proposed (e.g., fee title, conservation easement).

C. Describe the size of the property to be acquired. Attach a site map in PRISM showing the property boundary, habitat features, easements, roads, and buildings, as appropriate.

D. Describe the property’s proximity to publically owned or protected properties in the vicinity. Attach a map in PRISM that illustrates this relationship.

E. If uplands are included on the property to be acquired, state their size and explain why they are essential for protecting salmonid habitat.

F. State the percentage of the total project area that is intact and fully functioning habitat.

G. Explain property restoration needs. Explain the degree to which habitat on site is impaired and the nature and extent of required restoration. Are there levees, riprap, infrastructure, or other features on this or nearby properties that inhibit channel migration or floodplain-stream interaction? Describe the likely prioritization, timeframe, and funding sources for proposed restoration activities.

H. List structures (home, barn, outbuildings, fence) on the property and any proposed modifications. Note: In general, buildings on SRFB-assisted acquisitions must be removed. Refer to RCO Manual 18, Salmon Recovery Grants, Section 2 for information about ineligible project elements.

I. Describe adjacent land uses (upstream, downstream, across stream, upland).

J. Describe the proximity of the property to other protected or functioning habitats, and the size and quality of those protected properties.

K. Describe the:

i. Zoning/land use

ii. Shoreline Master Plan designation

iii. Portion of site within 100-year floodplain

iv. Portion of site within designated floodway

L. Explain why federal, state, and local regulations are insufficient to protect the property from degradation.



M. For projects that have a goal of saving water:

i. Describe the mechanism that you intend to use to conserve water (trust, etc.) and explain why this is the preferred approach.

ii. Which steps in the water conservation process will be completed under this project proposal?

iii. How much water, if any, will be saved as a result of this project? By what methods are you calculating the amount of water conserved?

N. If buying the land, explain why acquiring a conservation easement to extinguish certain development, timber, agricultural, mineral, or water rights will not achieve the goals and objectives of the project.

O. For acquisition projects intending to purchase multiple properties within an area, identify all the possible parcels that will provide similar benefits and certainty of success and provide a clear description of how parcels will be prioritized and how priority parcels will be pursued for acquisition.

P. Describe your approach to long-term stewardship of the land. Identify any planned use of the property, including the upland areas.

East End Irrigation Diversion Improvement Vicinity Map

East End Ditch Site Map

Legend Project Reach Diversion Point Side Channel

East End Irrigation Diversion Improvement Looking Down toward the Diversion Point

Existing Ditch/Potential Side Channel

Down River Below Diversion

Appendix K:

LandownerAcknowledgement Form


Name of Landowner: East End Irrigation Ditch, Board Member

Landowner Contact Information:

E Mr. f] wr. Title: Landowner

First Name: Gerald Last Name: Magill

Contact Mailing Address: 108 S. Touchet Road-Dayton WA. 99328

Contact E-Mail Address:

Property Address or Location:

1. Mr. Gerald Magill is the legal owner of property described in this grant application.

2. I am aware that the project is being proposed on my property.

3. If the grant is successfully awarded, I will be contacted and asked to engage in negotiations.

4. My signature does not represent authorization of project implementation..t/ t '

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Landowner Signature

Project Sponsor Information

Project Name: Tucannon Ranch Habitat Improvement

Project Applicant Contact Information:

El Mr. I wr. Title: Columbia Conservation District Manaqer

First Name: Terry Last Name: Bruegman

Mailing Address: 2025.2nd Street-Dayton, WA. 99318

E-Mail Address: [email protected]

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Appendix K: Landowner Acknowledgement Form

Appendix K:



Name of Landowner: East End lrrigation Ditch, Board Member


E Mr. tr fvr. Title: Board Member

First Name: William Last Name: Hubbard

Contact Mailing Address: L22LS.5th Street-Dayton WA. 99328






4. . My signature does not represent authorization of project implementation.Ia)




E Mr. I fr4r. Title: Columbia Conservation District Manager


Mailing Address: 2O2S.2nd Street-Dayton, WA. 99318


Landowner Signature

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Appendix K: Landowner Acknowledgement Form

Appendix K:



Name of Landowner: East End Irrigation Ditch, Board Member


I Mr. f] vr. Title: Board Member

First Name: John Last Name: Delp

Contact Mailing Address: L227 S.5th Street-Dayton WA. 99328






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Landowner\fignature




El Mr. n Ur. Title: Columbia Conservation District Manager


Mailing Address: 202 S.2nd Street-Dayton, WA. 99318


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