1. OWEB Effectiveness Monitoring Program Key Components  Effectiveness Monitoring Workshop  Development of definitions  Effectiveness Monitoring of:  Livestock Exclusion Projects  Juniper Removal Projects  Irrigation Efficiency Projects

2. OWEB Effectiveness Monitoring Workshop April 18 & 19, 2006 Early Recommendations: 1.Coordinate with Washington’s reach scale effectiveness monitoring 2.The need for a statistical “help” center 3.Consistency among monitoring protocols and or key parameters 4.The ability to roll-up data

3. Next Steps: 1.OWEB has implemented Riparian Livestock Exclusion Effectiveness Monitoring using Washington’s protocols 2.Investigate the creation of a statistical center. 3.OWEB is working to track OWEB funded monitoring around the state through a monitoring database 4.OWEB is highlighting specific completed monitoring grants online 5.Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team will make available a summary document of the workshop 6.IMST will publish the recommended framework for OWEB OWEB Effectiveness Monitoring Workshop April 18 & 19, 2006

4. Effectiveness Monitoring of Livestock Exclusion Projects  Contract Awarded to Tetra Tech EC June 2006 to monitor 4 OWEB funded projects at 6 sites around the state  Pre-implementation Monitoring will occur June 2006  Projects will be implemented before June 2007  Post-implementation monitoring will occur in Spring 2007

5. Riparian Livestock Exclusion Projects

6. Effectiveness Monitoring of Juniper Removal Projects Photo Courtesy of Aaron Holmes  Completed juniper removal effectiveness monitoring of 7 projects in Crook and Wheeler counties.  Possible expansion to Lake, Klamath, and Grant counties  Using results to develop priorities and guide future funding decisions

7. Crook and Wheeler Co. Juniper Effectiveness Monitoring Projects

8. 5 Recommendations based on Juniper Monitoring 1.Conduct a Juniper Management Workshop 2.Draft and distribute guidelines for Juniper Project site selection and implementation. 3.Establish a protocol for pre-treatment data collection. 4.Expand monitoring effort to additional counties. 5.Continue to support Juniper removal research.

9. Grant and Lake Co. Possible Juniper Monitoring Projects

10. Effectiveness Monitoring of Irrigation Efficiency Projects  Results will be used to develop funding objectives, guidance for grantees, and help guide future funding decisions  Project Types Include: Irrigation system upgrades, push-up dam removal, catchment pond creation and others. Photos Courtesy of Walla Walla Watershed Council

12. Distribution Recently Funded OWEB Irrigation Efficiency Projects

13. An administrative focused assessment to determine if the terms and conditions of a restoration contract were met and to determine if the project is in compliance with any rules or regulations. Monitoring to determine if a restoration project was implemented as planned. Monitoring to determine if restoration actions has the desired effect on physical processes or habitat. Compliance (short-term) Implementation (medium-term) Effectiveness (long-term) OWEB Restoration Grant Monitoring All OWEB funded projects. A sub-set of all OWEB projects. Collected through compliance monitoring reports and project administration. Partially collected through OWRI, Exhibits C & D reporting additional data collection still TBD. Collected through specific effectiveness monitoring by-way-of monitoring grants or other sources. Definition How OWEB collects Monitoring Intensity How and Why OWEB uses To confirm that all OWEB funded projects are in compliance with OWEB grant requirements and applicable rules and laws. To ensure that OWEB funded projects are implemented as planned, document lessons learned, research needs, and to provide longer term tracking of certain restoration action. To measure the effectiveness of OWEB funded projects at meeting restoration objectives and to determine if the restoration actions had their desired effects on physical and biological processes. Example One compliance monitoring report submitted to OWEB within 60 days of project completion with a photo of completed project. Restoration reporting form and Exhibits C & D submitted at appropriate time with restoration activity quantified and mapped. Additionally a sub-set of projects could be verified with site visits. Projects of a specific type will be chosen for evaluation using a BACI design to determine if the restoration actions had the desired effects on physical processes or habitat. Also a sub-set of all OWEB funded projects will be randomly chosen for effectiveness evaluation.

14. Compliance Monitoring Example Step 1: Grant Awarded Example: Large Wood Placement Project Step 2: Project Completed Example: Large Wood Placed in Stream Step 3: Project Completion report submitted within 60 days Information that project was in compliance with all OWEB grant requirements. Match was met, completed on time. Information that project was in compliance with any permits or BMP’s. All permits for wood placement were acquired and followed. A picture of the completed project.

15. Implementation Monitoring Example Steps 1-3: Same as Compliance Monitoring Step 4: OWRI Restoration Reporting Form Turned In (Implementation Monitoring Begins) Map of where LWD was placed. Restoration activity quantified: # and dimensions of log structures placed, stream characteristics where they were placed, method of placement. Step 5: Additional Implementation Monitoring Random selection of projects to evaluate if the project was implemented as planned, including project location verification, before and after photo points, field verification of restoration treatment.

16. Effectiveness Monitoring Example Steps 1-5: Same as Implementation Monitoring Step 6: Effectiveness Monitoring Project Scale Effectiveness Monitoring Evaluate the effectiveness of certain types of restoration projects that OWEB funds. Current project types under evaluation include Juniper Removal, Irrigation Efficiency, Livestock Exclusion. Watershed Scale Effectiveness Monitoring Such as IMW’s used to evaluate whether restoration activities had the desired effects on physical processes or habitat. LWD placement increased residual pool volume and use by fish.