1. Klamath Tracking and Accounting Program
Klamath Basin Monitoring Program

2. Klamath Tracking and Accounting Program
Program Participants
All the groups that have been involved.

3. KTAP Program Goals
Increase the pace and reduce the cost of improving Klamath Basin water quality to support all water-related uses in the Basin, including, but not limited to, the recovery of native fish.
At it’s highest level, Klamath TAP hopes to increase the pace and reduce the cost
Many agencies and entities within the Klamath Basin share many common environmental goals, a single system for measuring and monitoring the benefits of individual projects will lead to more efficient coordination, getting money where it is needed most, and providing opportunities for more investment
November 2012

4. KTAP Why? Need to coordinate multiple programs/initiatives
Desire to track individual and cumulative effect of conservation/restoration actions
Measure progress towards watershed goals
Where did it come from – WHEN?
Multiple programs/initiatives providing investment in conservation and restoration of water quality
Desire to track individual and cumulative effect of conservation/restoration actions
Measure progress towards basin-wide water quality goals. Many of which are shared by agencies and entities within the Klamath Basin.
PacifiCorps Interim Measure 11 under hydropower agreement called for improvements to water quality and the development of a water quality accounting framework, same time Reg 9 and 10 had funds to support integrated implementation under MOU. WHICH MOU?
November 2012

5. KTAP Program Objectives
Consistent and transparent framework for tracking improvements throughout the basin
Link investments to ecosystem benefits
Provide assurances for funders and incentives for pooling resources
Allow water quality investments through offsets or trading
Do this by developing
Provide watershed-wide framework to increase effectiveness of restoration actions and investments, and facilitate prioritization;
Relate benefits from restoration actions to progress towards meeting temperature and nutrient goals using transparent process and robust tools
Provide assurances for funders and incentives for pooling resources to achieve greater benefits - Due to the sizeable nature of many of these projects and the limited resources available to any one entity the framework will also promote coordinated funding for projects that would not be feasible for a single entity to complete.
Allow water quality offsets or trading
Because we share common environmental objectives that are achieved through similar or identical restoration projects we do not need multiple assessment and management frameworks to address program needs.
Notes: To provide a means to work together, where desirable, to select the most promising water quality improvement opportunities, building agreement on priorities and an understanding of the most effective approach act on those priorities.
November 2012

6. Environmental Accounting Actions & Outcomes
The way that the program seeks to accomplish all of those things is by changing or enhancing how we do restoration. Traditionally, it works like this
With that funding, landowner or restoration project proponent will carry out action (wetland restoration, change in agricultural practice, conservation practice) that generates a benefit
November 2012

7. Environmental Accounting Actions & Outcomes
We want it to work like this, quantify the benefits from projects to create feedback cycles- satisfied and informed investors that can be increasingly efficient at accomplishing their goals
With the potential for large amounts of state, private, and federal money coming in, wanted to avoid the Tahoe/Fienstien scenario and answer the question - what did I get for all my money?
November 2012

8. Restoration for compliance
Where appropriate, convert compliance…
AND…create the opportunity for water quality trading
November 2012

9. Quantification Methods
KTAP Program Components
Quantification Methods
Consistent protocols
Tracking/
Registration
Again, grand plans, the document that does all that has three major components
Procedures and metrics – Measure what you have
Protocols – Make sure that it’s there
Tracking – Make sure that it’s there over time and that everyone can see it.
The system was built for water quality, but it has the potential expansion to broader ecosystem services

10. Credit & Verification Training February 23, 2010
Crediting Protocol
Quantification = Translation = Investment
October 2008
October 2006
May 2006
May 2011
What did you do?
Trees planted
Stream miles/acres treated
Kilocalories
All photos from CWS
Willamette Partnership

11. Quantification Methods
KTAP Program Components
Quantification Methods
Consistent protocols
Tracking/
Registration
Again, grand plans, the document that does all that has three major components
Procedures and metrics – Measure what you have
Protocols – Make sure that it’s there
Tracking – Make sure that it’s there over time and that everyone can see it.
The system was built for water quality, but it has the potential expansion to broader ecosystem services

12. Example Sprague River Riparian Fencing
When a project is proposed we know what it is and where – here we’ll talk through what this would look like for a riparian fencing project in the Sprague
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How does someone (landowner) who carries out a project receive credit and what will s/he do with it?
Scenario – landowner who can implement a conservation practice that will provide a potential load reduction (benefit).
Select site – determine best location based upon given criteria.
Calculate credit –Quantify environmental benefits using tools. Pre-project – estimate credit. Post-implementation – calculate final credit.
Verification – administrator or 3rd party determines that calculated credits are accurate. Verify that restoration or conservation work was done.
Register & Issue – project proponent will register in registry or database that the benefit has been achieved, provide paper documentation of calculation of environmental benefit.
5. Credit is then issued – producers owns the credit until it is transferred or retired.
Propose Eligible Project
Quantify Benefits
Verify Conditions
Register & Issue

13. Sprague River Riparian Fencing
Before
After
Benefit
Baseline
Projected
Post-Action
Gain
Phosphorous (TP lbs/yr) 20 5 15
Nitrogen (TN lbs/yr)
100 60 40
Calculating benefits, not enough to report on miles treated and trees planted, this is what people can invest. This project turns it into something that people can compare to their bottom lines or to their organizational strategy
Propose Eligible Project
Quantify Benefits
Verify Conditions
Register & Issue

14. Sprague River Riparian Fencing
Before
Benefit
Baseline
Projected
Post-Action
Gain
Phosphorous (TP lbs/yr) 20 5 15
Nitrogen (TN lbs/yr)
100 60 40
Be sure that it is there, on the ground and that the calculation was done correctly
Propose Eligible Project
Quantify Benefits
Verify Conditions
Register & Issue

15. Sprague River Riparian Fencing
Benefit
Baseline
Projected
Post-Action
Gain
Phosphorous (TP lbs/yr) 20 5 15
Nitrogen (TN lbs/yr)
100 60 40
Keeping track somewhere accessible.
Propose Eligible Project
Quantify Benefits
Verify Conditions
Register & Issue

16. Sprague River Riparian Fencing
Benefit
Baseline
Projected
Post-Action
Gain
Phosphorous (TP lbs/yr) 20 5 15
Nitrogen (TN lbs/yr)
100 60 40
Keeping track somewhere accessible.
Procurement Strategy
Investment Goals

17. KBMP Monitoring Framework Program Connections
Watershed context
Ability to evaluate progress towards meeting basin-wide water quality goals
Linking actions to multiple scales
Connections with KBMP allow will help us link project scale benefits to needs and improvements at the reach and basin scales
November 2012

18. Initial Program Design Full Program Development and Ongoing
KTAP Development
Program Development Stages
Situation Analysis
& Scope Decision
Initial Program Design
(2011)
Pilot Program
Launch & Tuning
(2012)
Full Program Development and Ongoing
Operations
We are Here
November 2012

19. KTAP Pilot Phase Solicit for and initiate pilot projects
Test existing tools and protocols
Adaptive management – targeted monitoring, tool refinement, Protocol revision
November 2012

20. 319 Grant Projects California (Received) Oregon
Pilot project training and support
Begin NTT Calibration
Stakeholder Engagement
Oregon
CA is $123K, KWP lead applicant, focus is on program support and piloting the protocols
OR is 60K, KBRT lead applicant, focus is on calibration, current and ongoing, of the technical tools (Shade-a-lator and NTT)
Both look at refining the technical tools, the accuracy of these tools is directly related to how well we can use this program to track progress toward goals and prioritize projects based on their contributions to water quality. It is also a topic that has met a lot of discussion so this is a high priority to address. Both applications also address funding KTAP organizations that will work on piloting the system. And on engaging stakeholders.
Full NTT Calibration
Stakeholder Support
November 2012

21. KTAP Next Steps Statement of Support
Identify local coordinating entity
November 2012

22. November 2012
Klamath Tracking and Accounting Program