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Coeur D'alene Lake Aquatic Weed Management Plan AVISTA CORPORATION COEUR D’ALENE LAKE AQUATIC WEED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR NON-TRIBAL WATERS 2013 SUMMARY REPORT SPOKANE RIVER LICENSE ARTICLE 410 SPOKANE RIVER HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT FERC PROJECT NO. 2545 Prepared By: Avista Corporation February 25, 2014 Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Coeur d’Alene Lake Aquatic Weed Management Plan ................................................... 1 2.0 COORDINATION ............................................................................................................... 2 3.0 SURVEYS ........................................................................................................................... 2 4.0 MANAGEMENT/TREATMENTS ..................................................................................... 3 5.0 MILFOIL MANAGEMENT IN COEUR D’ALENE LAKE TRIBAL WATERS ............. 3 6.0 2013 EDUCATION/OUTREACH ...................................................................................... 4 7.0 FUNDING............................................................................................................................ 4 8.0 PLANNED ACTIVITES FOR 2014 ................................................................................... 4 9.0 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................... 5 FIGURES Figure 1. Post Falls Project Location Map Figure 2. 2013 Estimated Milfoil Distribution Coeur d’Alene Lake APPENDICES Appendix A. Chain Lakes and Coeur d’Alene Lake Milfoil Surveys Appendix B. Consultation Record 2013 Coeur d’Alene Lake Non-Tribal Waters i February 25, 2014 Aquatic Weed Summary Report 1.0 INTRODUCTION The purpose of the Coeur d’Alene Lake Aquatic Weed Management Plan for Non-Tribal Waters (Plan) is to control the spread and reduce the distribution of aquatic noxious weeds within non- tribal Project waters of Coeur d’Alene Lake. To achieve this purpose, Avista cooperates with and supports a multitude of agencies that have existing aquatic weed management programs on Coeur d’Alene Lake. This report summarizes the measures completed by Avista as well as those by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ); Kootenai County Noxious Weed Control Board (KCNWCB); Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe (cooperating parties). 1.1 Background On June 18, 2009, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a new License for Avista’s Spokane River Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2545 for a 50-year license term. The License became effective on June 1, 2009 and includes operation of five Hydroelectric Developments (HEDs) on the Spokane River; four in the state of Washington (Upper Falls, Monroe Street, Nine Mile, and Long Lake HEDs) and one in Idaho (Post Falls HED). Article 410 of the License required the development of the Plan, which FERC approved on January 19, 2011 (FERC Order 2545-129). The Plan is specific to Avista’s Post Falls HED, which is located on the Spokane River approximately nine miles downstream from the outlet of Coeur d’Alene Lake. 1.2 Coeur d’Alene Lake Aquatic Weed Management Plan Article 410 of the License required Avista to develop the Plan in consultation with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. This Plan provides for the management of aquatic noxious weeds within the Post Falls HED Project boundary, excluding the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation (Reservation) (Figure 1), and includes the following elements: • Provisions to establish or expand aquatic noxious weed educational programs; • A framework for annual monitoring to determine the distribution of aquatic noxious weeds; and • Management strategies for the control of aquatic noxious weeds. The Plan also identifies potential cooperating parties currently involved in the management of aquatic noxious weeds within the Project boundary, and a schedule within which Avista will implement the various measures. The purpose of the coordination is to cooperate with and support entities that implement aquatic weed management programs within the Project boundary. The littoral habitats have been surveyed for aquatic noxious weeds since 2006, with most habitats susceptible to weed infestation having been surveyed more than once. Milfoil and a hybrid of milfoil and northern watermilfoil (M. sibiricum) are the only aquatic noxious weeds that have been identified in the area addressed by this Plan. Historically infestations of these species have been found in Harrison Slough, along the shoreline near Harrison, within Heyburn 2013 Coeur d’Alene Lake Non-Tribal Waters 1 February 25, 2014 Aquatic Weed Summary Report State Park, and within the chain lakes associated with the Coeur d’Alene River (Cave, Medicine, and Black lakes; CDAT 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010; IECWMA 2007). In addition, Avista and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe (2008-2013) have identified infestations of milfoil within the St. Joe and St. Maries rivers upstream of the Reservation boundary. 2.0 COORDINATION Avista cooperates and supports entities identified in Section 1.0 that have existing aquatic weed management programs on Coeur d’Alene Lake. Avista met with the cooperating parties on March 4, 2013 to coordinate activities and develop the following 2013 task list: • Coordinate aquatic weed monitoring, education and outreach, and treatment efforts with the cooperating parties; • Partner with IDEQ to survey and monitor six bays for milfoil; • Complete three days of diver pull of milfoil in Mica Bay; • Complete milfoil surveys on Anderson Lake, Black Lake, Blue Lake, Cave Lake, Killarney Lake, Medicine Lake and Thompson Lake (collectively referred to as the “Chain Lakes”); • Complete milfoil management in Coeur d’Alene Lake Tribal waters; and • Distribute educational/outreach materials at the North Idaho Fair. 3.0 SURVEYS In 2011, Avista mapped suitable milfoil habitat using high, moderate, and low survey priority categories, based on susceptibility to infestation for milfoil within Coeur d’Alene Lake. In accordance with the Plan, surveys will occur annually per the following schedule: high priority suitable habitats will be surveyed a minimum of once per three-year period; moderate priority suitable habitats will be surveyed a minimum of once per four-year period; and low priority suitable habitats will be surveyed a minimum of once per five-year period. Additionally, in 2011 Avista completed a milfoil survey for the Spokane River and partnered with IDEQ to survey Mica, Sun-Up, Windy, Sixteen to One, Cave, Aberdeen Lodge, Powderhorn, and Bell Bays as well as Harrison Slough for milfoil. Milfoil was located in Mica, Windy and Sixteen to One Bays during the 2011 surveys. In 2012, Avista partnered with IDEQ to survey Mica, Echo, Loffs, Carlin, Half Round, and Turner bays for milfoil. No milfoil was identified during the 2012 surveys. In 2013, Avista contracted with Lakeland Restoration Services to complete milfoil surveys in Anderson Lake, Black Lake, Blue Lake, Cave Lake, Killarney Lake, Medicine Lake and Thompson Lake. During the survey the entire littoral zone, defined as the shallow area near the shore of a body of water that extends from the shoreline lake-ward to the limit of occupancy of rooted plants, was surveyed. The survey was conducted from a boat using rake throws and visual observations at pre-defined survey grid points. When milfoil was located the point location was recorded with a GPS. Milfoil was identified in all of the Chain Lakes with the exception of Swan Lake. The technical report is located in Appendix A. 2013 Coeur d’Alene Lake Non-Tribal Waters 2 February 25, 2014 Aquatic Weed Summary Report In addition to surveying the Chain Lakes, Avista partnered with IDEQ to survey Cave, Everwell, Swede, Gotham, Mica and Kid Island bays for milfoil using the point intercept (grid) method and transect sampling by SCUBA. The surveys were conducted over a period of two weeks in July and one week in September. The only milfoil identified during the course of the 2013 IDEQ milfoil surveys was located in Mica Bay. In summary, between 2011 and 2013, milfoil populations have been identified in Mica, Windy and Sixteen to One bays, as well as the Chain Lakes discussed above. A map of the 2011-2013 survey results on non-tribal waters, was combined with known locations of milfoil on Tribal waters (managed under a separate plan) to document the known populations of milfoil in Coeur d’Alene Lake as of the 2013 survey season (Figure 2). Milfoil in Mica Bay was hand pulled this year (as discussed in Section 4), milfoil in the south end of Coeur d’Alene Lake and Round Lakes on Tribal waters were treated with herbicide, and areas with milfoil within the St. Joe and St. Maries Rivers were hand pulled or covered with bottom barriers (as discussed in Section 5). Additionally, previously known populations of milfoil were not detected in the Harrison Slough area, which was treated with herbicide in 2011. With this, anecdotal evidence suggests that many of the known populations of milfoil have been reduced or eliminated. 4.0 MANAGEMENT/TREATMENTS Avista retained ACE Diving to remove approximately one acre of milfoil from Mica Bay in September 2013. The milfoil, located on the south end of the bay, immediately west of Mica Bay
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