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NPR-A Fisheries Monitoring Implementation Plan Prepared for BLM Arctic Field Office Prepared by ENTRIX, Inc. ENTRIX, Inc. 1600 A Street, Suite 304 Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 563-0438 Fax: (907) 563-0439 September 12, 2008 NPR-A Fisheries Monitoring Implementation Plan September 12, 2008 Prepared by: Lynn E. Noel ENTRIX, Inc. 1600 A Street, Suite 304 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Lawrence L. Moulton MJM Research 1012 Shoreland Drive Lopez Island, Washington 98261 Matthew S. Whitman U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Arctic Field Office 1150 University Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99709 and Lynett Bontrager ENTRIX, Inc. 1600 A Street, Suite 304 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Prepared for: U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Arctic Field Office 1150 University Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99709 NPR-A Fisheries Monitoring Implementation Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................................ 1 OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................... 1 MODEL DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................. 3 MONITORING PLAN DEVELOPMENT ............................................................... 11 REVIEW OF MITIGATION MEASURES AND OPERATING PROCEDURES ................. 13 PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE ...................................................................................... 13 TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE...................................................................................... 13 WATER QUANTITY......................................................................................................... 13 WATER DISCHARGE & SPILLS ........................................................................................ 13 FISH HARVEST.............................................................................................................. 13 APPROPRIATENESS FOR MONITORING ............................................................................ 14 Permanent Infrastructure......................................................................................... 14 Temporary Infrastructure......................................................................................... 14 Water Quantity ........................................................................................................ 14 Water Discharge & Spills......................................................................................... 14 Fish Harvest ............................................................................................................ 14 MITIGATION EFFECTIVENESS ......................................................................................... 15 SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL OVERLAP................................................................................. 18 DETECTION OF HUMAN-CAUSED CHANGE....................................................................... 21 INSTITUTIONAL ASSETS AND CONSTRAINTS ..................................................................... 23 REVIEW OF STRESSORS WITH MONITORING RECOMMENDATIONS.................... 24 MONITORING RESPONSIBILITIES..................................................................................... 24 BARRIERS .................................................................................................................... 24 Monitoring Needs .................................................................................................... 25 Monitoring Data....................................................................................................... 25 FISH DISTRIBUTION AND MOVEMENTS............................................................................. 27 Monitoring Needs .................................................................................................... 27 Monitoring Data....................................................................................................... 27 WATER QUANTITY......................................................................................................... 27 Monitoring Needs .................................................................................................... 28 Monitoring Data....................................................................................................... 28 HYDRO-GEOMORPHIC CHANGES .................................................................................... 29 WATER QUALITY........................................................................................................... 29 Monitoring Needs .................................................................................................... 29 Monitoring Data....................................................................................................... 29 FISH HARVEST LEVELS AND LOCATIONS ......................................................................... 30 Monitoring Needs .................................................................................................... 30 Approach to Assessing a Fishery............................................................................ 30 HARVEST AREA USE ..................................................................................................... 31 i NPR-A Fisheries Monitoring Implementation Plan Monitoring Needs .................................................................................................... 31 WEATHER PATTERNS .................................................................................................... 31 Monitoring Needs .................................................................................................... 32 Monitoring Data....................................................................................................... 32 REPORTING AND DATA MANAGEMENT................................................................. 32 LITERATURE CITED ..................................................................................... 35 APPENDIX A. TELECONFERENCE SUMMARY - DECEMBER 20, 2007..................... 39 PARTICIPANTS .............................................................................................................. 39 AGENDA....................................................................................................................... 39 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... 39 Agenda Item 1:........................................................................................................ 39 Agenda Item 2 and 3:.............................................................................................. 39 Agenda Item 4:........................................................................................................ 39 Agenda Item 5:........................................................................................................ 39 Agenda Item 6:........................................................................................................ 40 APPENDIX B. CURRENT NPR-A MITIGATION MEASURES AND OPERATING PROCEDURES RELATED TO FISHERIES RESOURCES ........................................ 41 STRESSOR: PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE (BRIDGES, CULVERTS, GRAVEL ROADS, PADS, PIPELINES) ................................................................................................................... 41 PI1 – Pads, Roads & Pipelines ............................................................................... 41 PI2 – Roads ............................................................................................................ 41 PI3 – Bridges & Culverts ......................................................................................... 41 PI4 – Causeways & Docks ...................................................................................... 42 PI5 – Gravel Mines.................................................................................................. 42 PI6 – Infrastructure Setbacks - River....................................................................... 42 PI7 – Infrastructure Setbacks - Lakes ..................................................................... 44 PI8 – Teshekpuk Lake Exclusion and Shoreline Protection .................................... 45 PI9 – Infrastructure Setbacks - Coast...................................................................... 45 STRESSOR: TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE (ICE ROADS, ICE BRIDGES, OFF-ROAD EQUIPMENT USE) .......................................................................................................... 45 TI1 – Exploration Drilling – Stream & River Prohibition ........................................... 45 TI2 – Winter Tundra Travel ..................................................................................... 45 TI3 – Summer Tundra Travel .................................................................................. 46 TI4 – Snow & Ice Bridges........................................................................................ 46 TI5 – Non-Bridged River & Stream Crossings......................................................... 47 STRESSOR: WATER WITHDRAWAL (WINTER CONSTRUCTION AND DOMESTIC USES) ......... 47 WW1 – River & Stream Withdrawal Prohibition....................................................... 47 WW2 – Lake Withdrawals ....................................................................................... 47