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E CUSTER 100 1020304050Miles Galena # BLAINE Compiled by IDFG, CDC, 2001 Written by Ecovista Contracted by Nez Perce Tribe Watershed Division and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................6 1.1 Contract Entities and Plan Participants.............................................................................. 7 1.1.1 Northwest Power and Conservation Council ....................................................................7 1.1.2 Bonneville Power Administration......................................................................................7 1.1.3 Nez Perce Tribe .................................................................................................................7 1.1.4 Shoshone-Bannock Tribes..................................................................................................8 1.1.5 Project Team......................................................................................................................8 1.1.6 Planning Team...................................................................................................................9 1.1.7 Technical Teams ..............................................................................................................11 1.2 Public Outreach and Government Involvement .............................................................. 12 1.2.1 Technical Team Participation .........................................................................................12 1.2.2 Planning Team Participation...........................................................................................12 1.2.3 Public Meeting Outreach.................................................................................................13 1.2.4 Ecovista Website Information..........................................................................................13 1.3 Review Process................................................................................................................ 13 2 VISION FOR SALMON SUBBASIN ...............................................................................................15 2.1 Vision Statement.............................................................................................................. 15 2.2 Guiding Principles........................................................................................................... 15 3 PROBLEM STATEMENTS, OBJECTIVES, AND STRATEGIES .............................................16 3.1 Problem Statement Summary .......................................................................................... 16 3.2 Problem Statements, Objectives, and Strategies.............................................................. 16 3.2.1 Biological Components....................................................................................................17 3.2.2 Environmental Components.............................................................................................33 3.2.3 Socioeconomic Components ..........................................................................................101 4 RESEARCH, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION PLAN......................................................110 4.1 Data Gaps....................................................................................................................... 112 4.2 Research Needs.............................................................................................................. 118 4.3 Monitoring and Evaluation Plan.................................................................................... 123 4.3.1 Aquatics M&E................................................................................................................123 5 COORDINATION WITH EXISTING PROGRAMS...................................................................139 5.1 Endangered Species Act Considerations ....................................................................... 139 5.1.1 Consistency with Applicable Performance Measures in BiOp. .....................................139 5.1.2 Consistency with existing recovery plans ......................................................................141 5.2 Clean Water Act Considerations ................................................................................... 149 5.2.1 Consistency with Idaho State’s Water Quality Management Plan................................149 5.2.2 TMDLs in Salmon subbasin...........................................................................................152 6 PRIORITIZATION..........................................................................................................................153 6.1 Aquatic Prioritizations................................................................................................... 153 6.1.1 Prioritization Discussion ...............................................................................................153 6.2 Terrestrial Prioritizations............................................................................................... 156 7 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS..........................................................................162 7.1 General Recommendations............................................................................................ 162 7.2 Summary and Synthesis of Plan .................................................................................... 162 7.3 Social Impacts Conclusion............................................................................................ 163 7.4 Final Comments............................................................................................................. 165 8 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................166 Salmon Subbasin Management Plan i May 2004 9 TECHNICAL APPENDICES..........................................................................................................172 Appendix A—Participation Summary.................................................................................. 172 Appendix B—Letters of Endorsement.................................................................................. 177 Appendix C—NOAA Fisheries Delisting Criteria ............................................................... 178 Appendix D—Numerical Criteria Reviewed to Develop Subbasin Goals for Adult Fish Returns........................................................................................................................... 180 Appendix E—RM&E Key Performance Measures .............................................................. 182 Appendix F—PFC Metrics ................................................................................................... 190 Appendix G—Chinook and Steelhead Population Units in the Salmon Subbasin............... 192 Appendix H—Socioeconomic Data...................................................................................... 194 Appendix I—Examples of ongoing, regional and subbasin-specific aquatic monitoring and evaluation efforts ........................................................................................................... 216 Appendix J—Final Recommendations of the Upper Salmon Basin Planning Team ........... 219 Salmon Subbasin Management Plan ii May 2004 List of Tables Table 1. The Project Team for the Salmon subbasin..................................................................... 8 Table 2. The Planning Team for the Salmon subbasin. ................................................................. 9 Table 3. Planning Team members who participated infrequently, or who participated through email or telephone............................................................................................................. 10 Table 4. Members of the Technical Teams for the Salmon subbasin.......................................... 11 Table 5. Biological problems statements, objectives, and limiting factors in the Salmon subbasin............................................................................................................................. 18 Table 6. Anadromous adult return objectives for the Salmon subbasin. ..................................... 21 Table 7. Environmental problem statements and objectives for the Salmon subbasin. These must be taken in context with associated strategies and discussion comments in this section about environmental components......................................................................... 33 Table 8. Summarization of limiting factors used to derive environmental problem, objective,