SOUTHERN IDAHO WILDLIFE MITIGATION

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SOUTHERN IDAHO WILDLIFE MITIGATION

• UPPER SNAKE WILDLIFE MITIGATON
• Project 199505700
• THE SHOSHONE-BANNOCK TRIBES
• PRESENTER CHAD COLTER

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Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation

• Agencies Involved
• Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
• Idaho Dept. of Fish Game
• Shoshone-Paiute Tribes
• Includes BLM and others interested in mitigation
  efforts
• Focus efforts in the Middle and Upper Snake River
  Provinces in order to meet HU Goals

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Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation
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Upper Snake Wildlife Mitigation

• Programmatically
• Protect 22,851 Habitat Units (3/4 of the total
  remaining Habitat Units)
• Enhance 7,617 Habitat Units (1/4 of the total
  remaining Habitat Units)

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Relationship to the NWPPC FW Program

• Primary strategy Complete the current
  mitigation program for construction and
  inundation losses and include wildlife mitigation
  for all operational losses as an integrated part
  of habitat protection and restoration (page 39,
  NWPPC 2000-19).
• Project addresses wildlife habitat losses for
  Minidoka and Palisades Hydroelectric Facilities

• Project funding priorities Wildlife mitigation
  should emphasize addressing areas of the basin
  with the highest proportion of unmitigated
  losses (page 64, NWPPC 2000-19).
• Projects implemented by SIWM through calendar
  year 2000 provided 17,105 HUs of mitigation
  credit to BPA and leaves 30,468 HUs (64)
  remaining unmitigated.

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Relationship to the Subbasin Plan

• In general, habitat-related issues encompass
  the primary limiting factors for fish and
  wildlife. These habitat issues fit into several
  non-exclusive categories loss, degradation,
  fragmentation, quantity and quality (Gregory et
  al. 2001).

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Goals and Objectives

• Limiting Factor Loss of habitat.
• Goal Mitigate wildlife habitat losses
  associated with the Minidoka and Palisades
  Hydroelectric Facilities within the Upper Snake
  River Province.
• Objective 1 Protect 3,000 acres and 1,500
  habitat units
• Objective 2 Enhance and restore 1,000 habitat
  units
• Objective 3 Maintain, monitor, and evaluate
  habitat
• Objective 4 Adaptively manage mitigation projects

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Potential Project Prioritization

• Plans were initially established by interagency
  teams of biologists (Mueleman et al. 1991, Martin
  et at. 1986, Martin et al. 1991)
• In addition to these plans, GAP (Scott et
  al.1993, Caicco et al. 1995) cover types are used
  in a coarse-filter/fine-filter approach to
  identify areas with potential for mitigation
  projects.

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Project Locations and Planned Acquisitions
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RUDEEN ACQUISITION

• Bald Eagle Winter Roosting
• BLM - ACEC

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SODA SPRINGS HILLS BLM - PROJECT AREA

• Deer/Elk Winter Range
• Eagles
• Habitat Fragmentation

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Blackfoot River

• Wild Scenic Study
• Deer/Elk Winter Range
• Natural and Cultural Resource Values
• Fort Hall Irrigation Project
• Habitat Fragmentation
• EPA 303(d) Water Quality Limited

State
BLM
Fort Hall IR
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Monitoring and Evaluation
Ongoing Efforts

• Assess Habitat Unit Gains Using HEP
• Monitor Vegetation Status
• Technique Evaluation
• Goal Achievement
• Monitor Vegetation Change
• Goal Achievement
• Monitor wildlife Abundance and Diversity

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