Chelan PUD’s Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP) Chuck Peven Chelan PUD
What is the HCP? Management of anadromous salmonids and steelhead Performance-based agreements No Net Impact (NNI) to Plan Species
Why HCP? ESA (Endangered Species Act) protection Manages our risk (financial and political) Maximize effectiveness and minimize operational impacts Ensures 50 years of protection for hydroelectric impacts to salmon and steelhead
HCP Partners Signed in 2002 by: Chelan County PUD National Marine Fisheries Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Colville Confederated Tribes Yakama Nation (April 2004) T Yount Mention Douglas County PUD HCP
HCP Components 100 % No Net Impact 91 % 2 % 7 % Tributary Habitat T Yount Focus discussion on passage survival and hatchery Will provide information regarding the Habitat component at a later date 2 % 91 % 7 % Tributary Habitat Passage Survival Hatchery
HCP committee structure
Hatchery Program Hatchery (7%) Hatchery Operations WDFW Hatchery Monitoring and Evaluation Program Multiple contractors Maintenance PUD Planning (capital and other) PUD, contractors, HCP HC
Hatchery Program Issues Hatchery Monitoring and Evaluation Program Hatchery Operations & Maintenance Hatchery Monitoring and Evaluation Program External influences Contracts Internal work loads Facility upkeep Facility modifications Budget process Int./ext. communication Contracts Budget process Incorp. other research QA/QC Data storage Analysis Int./ext. communication Hatchery reform Emerging science Paradigms Disease management Int./ext. communication
Hatchery Monitoring and Evaluation Program HCP Hatchery Committee Hatchery Operations & Maintenance External influences
Conclusion: The previous venue for direction and guidance was broke. The HCP fixed it! Our hatchery program is complex and in some degrees convoluted. Our ability to navigate through the jungle of issues is made easier with the structure of the HCP.