Owyhee Subbasin Plan Appendix 4: Appendices for the Owyhee Subbasin Management Plan (Chapter 4) Prepared By: The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, Contract Administrator and Owyhee Coordinating Committee Member and The Owyhee Watershed Council, Owyhee Coordinating Committee Member Prepared for: The Northwest Power and Conservation Council Final Draft May 28, 2004 Steven C. Vigg, Steven Vigg & Company Editor and Project Coordinator Disclaimer: Final approval by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council is contingent upon a favorable review by the Independent Scientific Review Panel and meeting requirements for adoption as an amendment to the Council’s Fish & Wildlife Program. Owyhee Subbasin Plan Appendices for Chapter 4. Document Citation: Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and Owyhee Watershed Council. 2004. Owyhee Subbasin Plan – Appendix 4: Appendices for the Owyhee Subbasin Management Plan (Chapter 4). Steven C. Vigg, Editor. Final Draft. Submitted to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Portland, Oregon. May 28, 2004. Appendix 4. OS Management Plan i Final Draft – May 28, 2004 Owyhee Subbasin Plan Appendices for Chapter 4. Table of Contents DOCUMENT CITATION: ................................................................................................................................ I APPENDIX 4. OWYHEE SUBBASIN PLAN .......................................................................................... 1 APPENDICES FOR CHAPTER 4 OWYHEE SUBBASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................... 1 Appendix 4.1. References..................................................................................................................... 1 References Cited § 4.2 Human Use of the Environment –................................................................................ 1 References Cited § 4.3 ...................................................................................................................................... 3 References Cited § 4.4 ...................................................................................................................................... 3 References Cited § 4.5 Consistency with ESA/CWA Requirements ................................................................ 5 References Cited § 4.6 Monitoring & Evaluation ............................................................................................. 8 Appendix 4.2. Cross-reference between technical analysis – Qualitative Habitat Analysis (QHA) for redband trout – and the development of objectives and strategies for the management plan. ........... 15 § 4.2.1 Idaho Portion of the Owyhee Subbasin ............................................................................................... 15 AppendixTable 4.2.1.1 Idaho QHA link ~ Protection Objectives and Strategies: {Reaches with Quartile 1 and Quartile 2 Protection Scores}.............................................................................................................. 15 AppendixTable 4.2.1.2 Idaho QHA link ~ Restoration Objectives and Strategies: {Reaches with Quartile 1 and Quartile 2 Restoration Scores}......................................................................................................... 22 § 4.2.2 Nevada Portion of the Owyhee Subbasin............................................................................................ 28 Appendix Table 4.2.2.1 Nevada QHA link to Protection Objectives and Strategies: {Reaches with Quartile 1 and Quartile 2 Protection Scores} Key: Q1= top 25% of rank protection score; Q2= second 25%; Q3= third 25%; Q4= bottom 25%. ................................................................................................... 28 Appendix Table 4.2.2.2 Nevada QHA link to Restoration Objectives and Strategies: {Reaches with Quartile 1 and Quartile 2 Protection Scores} Key: Q1= top 25% of rank protection score; Q2= second 25%; Q3= third 25%; Q4= bottom 25%. ................................................................................................... 34 § 4.2.3 Oregon Portion of the Owyhee Subbasin ............................................................................................ 40 Appendix Table 4.2.3.1 Oregon QHA link to Protection Objectives and Strategies.................................. 40 Appendix Table 4.2.3.2 Oregon QHA link to Restoration Objectives and Strategies................................ 45 Appendix 4.3. Summary of 303(d) waters in the Owyhee Subbasin by 4th Field HUC: Upper Owyhee HUC 17050104; South Fork Owyhee HUC 17050105; East Little Owyhee HUC 17050106; Mid Owyhee HUC 17050107; Jordan HUC 17050108, Crooked Rattlesnake HUC 17050109; and Lower Owyhee HUC 17050110. .................................................................................................................... 50 Appendix Table 4.3.1. Upper Owyhee HUC 17050104................................................................................. 50 Appendix Table 4.3.2. South Fork Owyhee HUC 17050105......................................................................... 52 Appendix Table 4.3.3. East Little Owyhee HCC 17050106........................................................................... 52 Appendix Table 4.3.4. Mid Owyhee HUC 17050107 .................................................................................... 53 Appendix Table 4.3.5. Jordan HUC 17050108 .............................................................................................. 56 Appendix Table 4.3.6. Crooked Rattlesnake HUC 17050109........................................................................ 59 Appendix Table 4.3.7. Lower Owyhee HUC 17050110 ................................................................................60 Appendix 4.4. Objectives and strategies excerpted from federal, state, and inter-agency fish, wildlife and resource management plans relevant to the Owyhee Subbasin. .................................................. 62 Appendix Table 4.4.1 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) – Resource Southeastern Oregon Management Plan ................................................................................................................................................................. 62 Appendix Table 4.4.2 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) – Owyhee Resource Area – Resource Management Plan............................................................................................................................................ 65 Appendix Table 4.4.3 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) – Proposed Elko/Wells Resource Management Plans – Fire Management Amendment and Final Assessment........................................................................ 71 Appendix Table 4.4.4 Objectives and strategies proposed for rainbow trout (hatchery) and redband trout (native) in various subbasins of the upriver-interior ecological Provinces of the Columbia and Snake Basins {source: Fisheries Management Plan 2001-2006; Idaho Department of Fish and Game}. ............................. 72 Appendix Table 4.4.5 Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Trout Management Plan (source: Ray Perkins 2004) ............................................................................................................................................................. 104 Appendix Table 4.4.6 Objectives and strategies proposed for rainbow trout (hatchery) and redband trout (native) in various subbasins of the upriver-interior ecological Provinces of the Columbia and Snake Basins {source: Resident Fish Multi-Year Implementation Plan, CBFWA Resident Fish Committee (1996)}. ...... 110 Appendix 4. OS Management Plan ii Final Draft – May 28, 2004 Owyhee Subbasin Plan Appendices for Chapter 4. Appendix 4.5. Monitoring Strategy for the Duck Valley Indian Reservation (Draft Report) by Tracy Hillman, BioAnalysts, Inc. May 1, 2004 – under Subcontract to Steven Vigg & Company for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes. ................................................................................................................... 131 Appendix 4. OS Management Plan iii Final Draft – May 28, 2004 Owyhee Subbasin Plan Appendices for Chapter 4. Appendix 4. Owyhee Subbasin Plan Appendices for Chapter 4 Owyhee Subbasin Management Plan Appendix 4.1. References. References Cited § 4.2 Human Use of the Environment – §4.2.1 Native American Use – Before and During European Settlement Buhler, Peter & Joseph J. Gross. 1993a. Duck Valley Overview, Part VI: Historic Overview 1850-1890. Prepared for Bureau of Indian Affairs, Portland Area Office by Archeological Research Facility, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. {same contract as Plew and Pavesic 1993} Buhler, Peter & Joseph J. Gross. 1993b. Duck Valley Overview, Part VII: Historic Overview 1891-1940. Prepared for Bureau of Indian Affairs, Portland Area Office by Archeological Research Facility, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. {same contract as Plew and Pavesic 1993} Drew, Lieut. Colonel C. S. 1955. Official report of the Owyhee Reconnaissance made by Lieut. Colonel C. S. Drew, 1st Oregon Calvary, in the summer of 1864, pursuant to orders of Brigadier General George Wright Commanding Department of the Pacific. Ethnohistory. 2 (1): 146-182. Gould, R. T. and M. G. Plew. 1991. An archaeological evaluation of Kanaka, Empire, and Boulder Rapids, Middle Snake River, south-central Idaho. Cultural Resource Reports. No. 1991-1. Boise State University. Boise, Idaho. Gould, R. T. and M. G. Plew. 1996. Chapter 5: Prehistoric salmon fishing in the Northern Great Basin: Ecological dynamics trade-offs,