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Enhance and Protect Habitat and Riparian Areas on
the DVIR
Project 1997011

• Shoshone-Paiute Tribes
• Bonneville Power Administration

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Duck Valley Indian Reservation

• Straddles the Idaho/Nevada statelines and
  encompasses approximately 289,820 acres of which
  all is tribally owned
• 350 miles of waterways, which are major
  tributaries to the South and East Forks of the
  Owyhee River, as well as major tributaries to the
  Bruneau/Jarbidge River
• Three man-made lakes, three large wetlands areas
  (2500acres), and over 200 natural springs

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Duck Valley Indian Reservation

• Numerous small ( 5-20 acre reservoirs throughout
  DVIR)
• Predominate habitat types
• Sagebrush Steppe
• Wetlands
• Riparian

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Cultural Relationships

• The land, water, plants and animals, of the DVIR
  are all culturally significant to Tribal members
• Tribes Fish and Wildlife program is essential to
  Tribes Cultural Resources
• Goal of program is to protect these resources for
  future generations
• Tribes involved in Wings and Roots consultation
  with BLM and USFS
• Premier consultation process for Tribes and
  Federal Agencies in the USA

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Goals of Project

• 1. Identify and protect spawning areas in
  streams and river
• 2. Enhance and protect river and stream habitat
• 3. Protect and/or enhance natural springs

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Goals of Project

• 4. Collect water quality and fisheries data from
  streams and river
• 5. Work with Owyhee Schools (biological sampling
  and data analysis)
• 6. Compile and submit annual report to Bonneville
  Power Administration

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Accomplishments

• 18 springs protected (exclosures)
• 5 Miles of headwaters protected on 4 streams
• Baseline water quality and presence/absence
  information collected from 1998-present
• Repaired four road crossings

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Spring heads fenced in 2000
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Maintenance
Rock Jacks added
Troughs braced
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Map showing streamsand waterways of DVIR
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Headwaters Marys Creek exclosure
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(Dodson and Pero Project 2000-079 Unpublished
data)
Fish size and numbers (6/27/01)
0.15 fish/meter
0.07 fish/m2
L 259 m Avg. W 2.06 m
Temp 13.7o C Cond. 122.3 uS D.O. 6.62 mg/l
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Future work (2003-2006)

• With Shoshone-Paiute Cattlemans prioritize
  springs (review and update yearly)
• Continue monitoring and evaluation of spring
  exclosures
• Coordinate with Wildlife study (project 32008)
  to identify Habitat Enhancement/Protection
  locations throughout DVIR

• Coordinate with Genetics study (project 2000-079)
  for priority of streams and stream reaches for
  protection
• Begin intensive monitoring on these streams to
  include biological and habitat monitoring (data
  loggers, metals testing, flows,PFC assessment)

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Future Work

• Use information to begin long term monitoring of
  trends in habitat and stream quality
• Begin PFC training and assessment - Coordinate
  with National Riparian Service Team to conduct
  PFC training on the DVIR
• Coordinate with IDFG, OSC, NDOW, and BLM, IDEQ,
  NRCS, and others to share data on redband
  populations, locations, and habitat conditions

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Bruneau and Owyhee Subbasin summaryIdentified
needs (NWPPC 2001)

• Survey and assess condition of redband
  populations and habitat in the DVIR, Lower Blue
  Creek, North fork Owyhee, and South Fork Owyhee
  to develop data sets and assessment resources on
  par with information in other portions of the
  subbasin

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In coordination with Project 2000-079 (Assess
Resident Fish continue habitat assessment on
streams (EPA Rapid bioassessment protocol 1998)

• Habitat data (riparian type, pool, run, riffle,
  woody debris/jams, width/depth of stream channel,
  substrate composition, overhead cover, bank
  stability, barriers)

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Tools to accomplish Goals

• Exclosure fence of springhead
• Off stream water sources (troughs)
• Native willow/grasses planting
• Exclosure of headwaters
• Repair road crossings
• Monitor exclosure work
• Monitor water quality
• Monitor habitat conditions
• Monitor fish populations

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Monitoring and Evaluation

• Water temperature (degrees C)
• Plant species diversity (HEP)
• Water flow from streams and springs (cfs)
• Fish abundance/densities (mark/recapture, 3 pass
  depletion method, pop estimates according to
  Amour et. al.1983
• Biological indicators (DO, Ph, Cond. (YSI 6000
  meter)

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Monitoring and Evaluation

• In coordination with Tribal EPA monitor water
  quality of redband trout streams (HOBO type data
  loggers, biological factors, metals)
• Photo points set up
• Submit data to StreamNet or STORET
• Data collected will be used in tracking trends in
  water quality and habitat conditions

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