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For more information on data development aspects of the FY 99 StreamNet Implementation and Data Development Plan please consult:

1. StreamNet Exchange Format Documentation, Version 99-1
2. StreamNet Data Holdings (www.streamnet.org, online data query)
3. StreamNet Data Dictionary (www.streamnet.org, online data query)

This document identifies information that will assist in the implementation of the StreamNet project for fiscal year 1999. Special emphasis is placed on data development as this is both central to the project and complex to manage. This implementation plan was prepared in partial fulfillment of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission's contract with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). It has several purposes:

1. It provides a means for project managers to organize and sequence project activities.
2. It provides participating agencies with a common understanding regarding project requirements and agency responsibilities.
3. It provides individual participants with a means to visualize their role in the context of the entire project.
4. It provides a vehicle for communication with Fish and Wildlife Program planners and decision makers.
5. It provides a means for BPA to track progress toward meeting contract obligations.
6. It provides a means to plan for the future.

This document consists of several tables and documents that summarize information relevant to the StreamNet Statement of Work. A brief description of each section follows:

Data Holdings - This set of tables summarize information currently contained in the StreamNet data system. This summary was current as of July 1998. The data holdings document is revised approximately every six months. A new version will be available in early 1999.

Quick Plan - The quick plan presents a distillation of StreamNet's FY 99 Fish and Wildlife Program statement of work, as well as supplementary work statements for activities funded by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Marine Fisheries Service. All of the objectives and tasks are listed but much of the text has been removed to provide a concise overview.

StreamNet’s Relationship to Regional Policy and Scientific Guidance - This table correlates StreamNet objectives and tasks to policy documents related to the Fish and Wildlife Program, the Endangered Species Act, and related activities.

Long-term Data Development Priorities - This table presents a comprehensive list of data elements that are 1) currently in the StreamNet system, 2) being compiled currently, or 3) have been proposed for addition in the next three years. The purpose is to provide a context for implementing the current year statement of work and for planning future year activities. Anadromous fish data elements that are components of the StreamNet system were originally determined by means of a detailed resource managers’ data needs survey. This initial survey has been augmented through frequent contact with resource managers, planners, and decision makers, and through annual reviews of Fish and Wildlife Program-related documents and guidance. (See "StreamNet’s Relationship to Regional Policy and Scientific Guidance" table.) Proposed additions to StreamNet have been tracked through annual data plans dating to 1995. The StreamNet team is committed to revisiting data priorities at least annually to ensure that the StreamNet data plan is responsive to emerging critical needs.

Data Development Priorities for Each Participating Agency - This table identifies where participating agencies will focus their energies during the contract period. Priorities in the table are consistent with subcontracts to these agencies. The table reflects the differences between participating agencies in terms of resource base, data availability, and data needs. The table will prove useful to these agencies as they set and implement priorities.

Data Delivery Schedule - This table identifies the time that major data components will be completed. The table reflects the fact that the various agencies collect and compile data on different schedules and will be especially helpful in planning for incorporating data into the regional data system. It must be recognized that most of the data compiled by StreamNet derives from other sources. This schedule represents an educated estimate of when these data will be released by primary sources. A variety of circumstances - weather, budget, policy priorities, technical difficulties, legal proceedings, among others - may cause data delivery to be delayed or, in some cases, terminated. There also may be instances where circumstances within the project dictate a change in schedule, for example, when there is a change in key staff or when regional priorities dictate a reallocation of staff time. The schedule must, therefore, be viewed as a planning tool rather than a hard and fast contract obligation.

Management Team - This identifies members of the StreamNet team having responsibilities for coordinating the various project activities.

Task Responsibilities - This table identifies the individuals responsible for ensuring that the various objectives and tasks are implemented. At the regional level a person is identified who will track progress on each task. At the participating agency level this is not always the case. This reflects the fact that certain participants are more directly involved in some tasks than others.

Staff Time Allocations - This table translates the project budget into person months and allocates staff time according to the relative amount of effort that each individual will spend on a given task. The staff time allocation table has, in past years, proven to be an effective tool for tracking widespread activities. It also provides a means to communicate this to project funders and regional decision makers.

Data Holdings, Version 98-5
July 24, 1998

Objective 1 - Data Development. Increase the knowledge base concerning the region’s fish and wildlife resources through the acquisition of new information that responds to emerging needs as well as the updating and enhancement of production and survival trends and other existing information.

Task 1.1 Anadromous Fish.

1. Freshwater range, life history, barriers
2. Adult abundance (escapement, redd counts, trap counts, dam counts)
3. Juvenile data
4. Harvest (in-river, terminal, other as available)
5. Production factors(analytical products: survival, spawner recruit)
6. Hatchery production ( releases, returns, disposition, straying)
7. Age/sex composition for returning adults
8. Genetics (data availability)
9. Population delineation (as determined by others)
10. Historic range (general, reach specific where available)

Task 1.2 Resident Fish.

1. Freshwater range, life history, barriers (salmonids, sensitive natives, competitors)
2. Adult abundance (escapement, redd counts, trap counts, dam counts)
3. Angler use (fishing pressure, creel census)
4. Hatchery production ( releases, out-plants)
5. Genetics (data availability)
6. Population delineation (as determined by others)
7. Historic range (general, reach specific where available)
8. Status (stable, declining, etc.)

Task 1.3 Aquatic Habitat.

1. Habitat data from ICBEMP
2. Other appropriate data layers from the ICBEMP
3. Water quality (303(d))
4. Stream survey data linked to the StreamNet data system (for prototype watershed planning projects)
5. Other appropriate information compiled by others

Task 1.4 Facilities.

1. Dams and fish passage facilities
2. Hatcheries (including resident fish)
3. Diversion/screening (for prototype watershed planning projects)

Task 1.5 Environmental Improvement Projects.

1. Fish and Wildlife Program projects
2. MOA, state, and federal land manager projects (initiate)
3. Other state, tribal, and private projects

Objective 2 - Data Management and Delivery. Provide high quality data management services, with specific emphasis on the creation of regionally consistent data sets and the timely delivery of data to users in formats that meets their policy, planning, and management needs.

Task 2.1 Database Management.

Task 2.2 Data Plan.

Task 2.3 Data Exchange Standards.

Task 2.4 GIS Data System.

Task 2.5 StreamNet Internet Site.

Task 2.6 1:100,000-scale Hydrography.

Task 2.7 Data Requests.

Objective 3 - Library / Reference Services. Provide professional library services targeted to meeting the needs of the region’s fish and wildlife decision-makers, planners, and managers. This includes continuing to acquire and catalog StreamNet data source materials and other critical documents and providing open and efficient access to these materials.

Task 3.1 Collection Development.

Task 3.2 Access to Collection.

Task 3.3 Catalog and Index Materials.

Task 3.4 Library Services.

Task 3.5 Inter-library Coordination.

Objective 4 - Services to Fish and Wildlife Program Activities. Provide substantive technical data services to Fish and Wildlife Program decision-makers and appropriate Fish and Wildlife Program projects.

Task 4.1 Project Tracking.

1. Current year AIWP data base (cooperator)
2. Internet version of FY 1999 AIWP
3. Internet version of FY 2000 AIWP

Task 4.2 Monitoring and Evaluation.

1. Participate in and/or monitor FWP monitoring and evaluation work groups.
2. StreamNet data plan consistency with M&E needs.
3. Data reports and other products in support of M&E activities.

Task 4.3. Watershed Projects.

1. Watershed orientation data
2. Project tracking
3. Technical support to projects
4. Compile regionally-consistent watershed data
5. Internet delivery of watershed data and information
6. Long-term data storage and access
7. Assistance to watershed M&E activities

Task 4.4 Stock Assessment Projects.

1. Region-wide data exchange standards
2. Technical assistance
3. Internet access

Task 4.5 Service to Fish and Wildlife Program Projects and Activities

1. Analysis Projects (custom data reports and GIS products, data archive and access)
2. Research Projects (library services, custom data reports and GIS products, data archive and access)
3. Special Projects (as identified in the final AIWP)
4. Policy Reports and Plans (custom products for FWP reports and plans)

Task 4.6 Internet Access.

StreamNet will provide Internet access for information about, and data from, select FWP projects and activities.

Task 4.7 Protected Areas.

1. Maintain the official version of the Council’s Protected Areas dataset.
2. Archive official version as a historic record.
3. Respond to requests for information concerning Protected Areas.

Objective 5 - Project Management. Provide effective leadership that ensures the production of high quality products targeted at critical applications and the development of these products in a timely, cost-effective manner.

Task 5.1 Manage Project Activities.

1. Work statement
2. Personnel
3. Finances
4. Project reporting

Task 5.2 Participate in Fish and Wildlife Program Development Activities.

Task 5.3 Prepare Public Information Materials.

Task 5.4 Coordinate With Related Activities.

Objective 6 - EPA Environmental Data Development. Expand, management, and maintain the StreamNet database to meet several high priority data needs identified by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Note: The geographic scope for data development under objective 1, tasks 1.1 through 1.8 includes the states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

Task 6.1 Salmonid Species Data.

1. Distribution
2. Legal status (state and federal)
3. Population delineation (where available)

Task 6.2 Field Stream Survey Data.

Agency data linked to PNW hydrographic files, ODFW field surveys as first priority.

Task 6.3 Stream Temperature Summary Data.

1. Existing data linked to PNW hydrography.
2. List of summary statistics.

Task 6.4 Macroinvertibrate Sampling Data.

Xerces Society macroinvertebrate sampling data linked to PNW hydrography.

Task 6.5 Water Quality Data.

1. Data exchange format for spatial 303d data
2. Conversion of existing data to new format, referencing to regional 100k hydrography.

Task 6.6 Remote Access to Spatial Data.

Provide means for creation of aquatic resource data on PC without GIS software.

Task 6.7 Data Compilation Processes

Establish mechanisms for data collection and quality assessment within States to streamline and increase efficiency of collection and error checking of aquatic data.

Task 6.8 IRICC Web Page

Enhance and maintain WWW page for the Interagency Resource Information Coordinating Council.

Objective 7 - NMFS Anadromous Fish Trend Data Development. Expand the StreamNet database to all anadromous salmonid populations in the states of California, Oregon, and Washington.

Task 7.1 Abundance Data.

Update natural adult abundance data, focusing on anadromous populations outside of the Columbia River Basin.

Task 7.2 Hatchery Data.

Update hatchery release and return data, focusing on anadromous populations outside of the Columbia River Basin.

Task 7.3 Harvest Data.

Update freshwater and marine harvest data, focusing on anadromous populations outside of the Columbia River Basin.

Objective 8 - NMFS Habitat Restoration Projects. Expand the StreamNet database to include habitat restoration projects in the states of California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

Task 8.1 Standardized Format.

Specify, in a standardized format, the types of information on habitat restoration projects to be included in StreamNet.

1. Project title.
2. Sponsor
3. Project manager name/address/phone number of project manager
4. Target stocks.
5. Location/size/physical characteristics of the treated area.
6. Land use and land ownership patterns.
7. Beginning and completion dates.
8. Types and magnitude of restoration activities undertaken.
9. Restoration costs by year with inflation factor.

Task 8.2 Enhancement Project Data Development.

Gather and incorporate information on habitat restoration projects since 1980 for the benefit of salmon or steelhead stocks.

Task 8.3 Technical Guidance and Assistance.

Provide guidance/advice to NMFS regarding the structure and format of the RFA database.

Task 8.4 Coordination with NMFS.

Consult regarding problems that may arise in connection with data collection, formatting, etc.

Task 8.5 Meeting Coordination.

Assist in coordinating two meetings of experts to develop and estimate models for predicting restoration costs. Meetings will identify appropriate models and evaluate results of model estimation.

This table correlates proposed StreamNet tasks to action items in major guidance documents. References are to sections or pages. Included are both specific references to StreamNet and references to the types of data and data services provided by StreamNet. Other regional documents were also reviewed as part of this evaluation, including the Oregon Plan, the Idaho Bull Trout Plan, the Washington Wild Fish Policy, and the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (Assessment of Ecosystem Components).

1 = exchange format
2 = partial data (e.g., select species or geographic areas)
3 = complete data