Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council DRAFT FY17 – FY21 Work Plan for Restoration, Research and Monitoring Projects: Fiscal Year 2020 Draft 14 July 2020 Finalized 03 March 2021 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council 4230 University Drive, Suite 220 Anchorage, AK 99508-4650 Tel: 907-278-8012 Fax: 907-276-7178 www.evostc.state.ak.us EVOSTC Restoration, Research and Monitoring Projects Draft FY20 Work Plan Prepared by: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council DOUG VINCENT-LANG KEVIN CLARKSON Commissioner Attorney General Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game Alaska Department of Law JASON BRUNE JIM BALSIGER Commissioner Director, Alaska Region Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation National Marine Fisheries Service DAVID E. SCHMID STEPHEN WACKOWSKI Regional Forester Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Alaskan Affairs Forest Service, Alaska Region Office of the Secretary US Department of Agriculture US Department of the Interior i The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council administers its programs free from unlawful discrimination against any persons based on race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, physical or mental disability, marital status, pregnancy, or parenthood. Each state and federal agency that implements programs funded by the Trustee Council also has legally mandated anti-discrimination policies that apply to any contracts entered into as a result of this FY2020 Work Plan. To obtain more information about the anti-discrimination policies of individual agencies, click on the link provided below for that agency. USDA: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=NON_DISCRIMINATION NOAA: http://www.eeo.noaa.gov/ USDOI: http://www.doi.gov//pmb/eeo/index.cfm ADF&G: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=home.oeostatement ADOL: http://doa.alaska.gov/dop/eeo/ ADEC: http://doa.alaska.gov/dop/eeo/ ii PLEASE COMMENT You can help the Trustee Council by reviewing this draft work plan and letting us know your priorities for the Fiscal Year. You can comment by: Mail: 4230 University Drive, Suite 220 Anchorage, AK 99508-4650 Attn: Draft Fiscal Year 2020 Work Plan Telephone: 907-278-8012 1-800-478-7745 Collect calls will be accepted from fishers and boaters who call through the marine operator. Fax: 907-276-7178 E-mail: [email protected] iii Table of Contents FY20 Proposal Funding Recommendations ......................................................................................................... 1 EVOSTC Annual Budget Description .................................................................................................................... 6 Herring Research and Monitoring Program Project Descriptions ....................................................................... 9 Long-Term Monitoring (Gulf Watch Alaska) Program Project Descriptions ..................................................... 80 Lingering Oil Project Descriptions .................................................................................................................... 168 Data Management for Programs and Projects Descriptions ........................................................................... 169 Non-Program Science Project Descriptions ..................................................................................................... 179 Habitat Enhancement Project Descriptions ..................................................................................................... 222 iv FY20 Proposal Funding Recommendations The funding described in this document is for EVOSTC Restoration, Research, and Monitoring Projects and for Habitat Enhancement Projects. Please note that the funding amounts in this document are approximate and rounded up to the nearest hundred dollars. The Work Plan is a working document and may be revised as needed throughout the fiscal year. Please contact the EVOSTC office if you would like exact funding amounts. FY20 Funding Amount Recommended Project Principal FY20 Science Science Executive Page Project Title PAC Trustee Council Number Investigator Requested Panel Coordinator Director Not Not Not Not 7 20200100 EVOSTC Admin EVOSTC Annual Budget $2,350,600 $2,350,600 Applicable Applicable Reviewed Applicable PWS Herring Program - see Not 10 20120111 Pegau Herring Research Program Projects $1,986,800 $1,817,200a $1,817,200a $1,817,200a $1,817,200a Reviewed table below Long-Term Monitoring Program – Not 81 20120114 Lindeberg see LTM Gulf Watch Alaska table $2,793,000 $2,778,400b $2,778,400b $2,778,400b $2,778,400b Reviewed below Data Management for Programs Not 171 20120113 Janzen $290,100* $290,100* $290,100* $290,100* $290,100* and Projects Reviewed Kuletz, Kaler, Pigeon Guillemot Restoration Not 181 20110853 $69,500 $69,500 $69,500 $69,500 $69,500 Irons Project Reviewed Nearshore Fish Community Not Not Applicable 190 20200126 Walker $162,700 $0 $0 $0 Assemblages Reviewed Withdrawn Hetrick, Campbell, Not 197 20200127 Ocean Acidification Sampling $34,300 $34,300 $34,300 $34,300 $34,300 Baird, Evans Reviewed Hollmen, Marbled & Kittlitz’s Murrelet, 199 20200128 Maniscalco, Pigeon Guillemot Status and $160,700 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0c Romano, Osnas Trends Update in Resurrection Bay Not Not Kodiak Marbled Murrelet Nesting Not Applicable 206 20200129 Corcoran, Lyons $249,900 $0 $0 Applicable Applicable Ecology and Population Trends Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Status and Recovery of Kittlitz’s 216 20200130 Labunski and Marbled Murrelet in $117,900 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0c Kachemak Bay Not Not Alaska SeaLife Center Facilities Not Not Not Applicable 221 20200131 Reimer $4,296,800 Applicable Applicable Project Applicable Applicable Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn *actual funding amount is dependent on Trustee Council funding decisions for FY20 projects (9.11.19). aRecommends a Do Not Fund for project 20170111-D. bRecommends a Fund Reduced for project 20120114-M. cRecommends a fund contingent upon the integration of proposals 20200128 and 20200130 and addressing external and agency reviewers’, and Science Panel’s concerns and comments as determined by the Science Director, in coordination with Trustees. Fiscal year start for this project is FY21. 1 Kenai Watershed Forum Stream Not Not Not Applicable 224 20180117 Bornemann $102,900 $102,900 $102,900 Watch Program Applicable Applicable Withdrawn Not Not 227 20180119 Miranda ADNR/DPOR Outreach Project $49,100 $49,100 $49,100 $49,100 Applicable Applicable Not Not Not Not Applicable 230 20190124 Klein PWS Instream Flow Protection $84,800 Defer to TC Applicable Applicable Reviewed Withdrawn Protecting Freshwater Resources Not Not Not Not Applicable 232 20200132 Coleman from New Infestations of Elodea $1,007,100 Defer to TC Applicable Applicable Reviewed Withdrawn spp. Not Not Not Not Applicable 234 20200133 Graham Elodea Emergency Response $436,000 Defer to TC Applicable Applicable Reviewed Withdrawn Parks Habitat Restoration and Not Not Not Not Not Applicable 236 20200134 Miranda Protection – Diamond Creek, Izaak $3,106,500 Applicable Applicable Applicable Applicable Withdrawn Walton, Slikok Creek Withdrawn Withdrawn Not Not Not 238 20200135 Miranda Eagle Rock Facility Improvements $6,419,000 Defer to TC $6,419,000 Applicable Applicable Reviewed TOTAL REQUESTED, RECOMMENDED & APPROVED $23,717,700 $4,989,500 $4,989,500 $152,000 $5,141,500 $13,808,200 2 Herring Research and Monitoring Program Projects The funding described in this document is for EVOSTC Restoration, Research, and Monitoring Projects and for Habitat Enhancement Projects. Please note that the funding amounts in this document are approximate and rounded up to the nearest hundred dollars. The Work Plan is a working document and may be revised as needed throughout the fiscal year. Please contact the EVOSTC office if you would like exact funding amounts. *The total for these projects can be found under 20120111-Pegau on the page one chart Page Project Principal FY20 FY20 Science Science Executive Trustee Project Title PAC Number Investigator Requested Approved Panel Coordinator Director Council Herring Program-Coordination Not 17 20120111-A Pegau & Logistics, Postdoctoral $270,200 $270,200 Fund Fund Fund $270,200 Reviewed Researcher Herring Program - Annual Not 25 20120111-B Bishop $434,200 $434,200 Fund Fund Fund $434,200 Herring Migration Cycle Reviewed Herring Program - Modeling Not 31 20170111-C Branch $303,300 $303,300 Fund Fund Fund $303,300 and stock assessment Reviewed Herring Program - Do Not Not 40 20170111-D Gorman Reproductive Maturity among $169,600 $0 Do Not Fund Do Not Fund $0 Fund Reviewed Age Cohorts Herring Program – Herring Not 51 20120111-E Hershberger $243,300 $243,300 Fund Fund Fund $243,300 Disease Program II Reviewed Herring Program – ASL Study & Not 57 20170111-F Haught $166,300 $166,300 Fund Fund Fund $166,300 Aerial Milt Surveys Reviewed Herring Program - Adult Pacific Not 66 20120111-G Rand $77,300 $77,300 Fund Fund Fund $77,300 Herring Acoustic Surveys Reviewed Lingering Oil – Immunological Not 73 20170115 Whitehead $322,700 $322,700 Fund Fund Fund $322,700 Compromise of Fish Reviewed 3 Long-Term Monitoring (LTM Gulf Watch Alaska) Program Projects The funding described in this document is for EVOSTC Restoration, Research, and Monitoring Projects and for Habitat Enhancement Projects. Please note that the funding amounts in this document are approximate and rounded up to the nearest hundred dollars. The Work Plan is a working document and may be revised as needed throughout the fiscal year. Please contact the EVOSTC office if you would like exact funding amounts. *The total