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Enhancing Fish Passage: ODFW Funding Programs and Maintenance Strategies

In Oregon, various funding programs support fish screening and passage projects, including the ODFW Cost Share Program, which offers a 60/40 cost share up to $75,000 for water users. Maintenance responsibilities transition to water users after project completion, ensuring ongoing care of diversions. Challenges such as funding scarcity, environmental factors, and project placement necessitate collaboration among water users, conservation groups, and local agencies to address these multifaceted issues effectively. Strategies for periodic maintenance and cooperation are essential for enhancing fish habitats.

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Enhancing Fish Passage: ODFW Funding Programs and Maintenance Strategies

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  1. Presented by Michael Jensen John Day Screen Shop Manager Oregon Screen and Passage Issues: The Reality

  2. Funding Programs-Statewide • ODFW Cost Share Program • Fish Screens • 60/40 cost share – 60% we pay, 40% water user • Voluntary - Cost share eligible up to $75,000 • Upon completion, water user takes over minor maintenance activities for under 30 CFS diversions and both minor and major maintenance activities for over 30 CFS diversions • Fish Passage • 60/40 cost share – 60% we pay, 40% water user • Voluntary - Cost share eligible up to $75,000 • Upon completion, water user takes over minor and major maintenance activities • Some alterations, modifications, or cumulative changes to existing diversions require addition of fish passage (Trigger events) • ODFW Surcharge • Surcharge on Fishing Licenses • Maintenance for fish screens • Money gets spread thinner as new cost share projects are installed • Fish Screen Tax Credit • Based on 50% of eligible expenses up to $5,000

  3. Funding Programs-Area Specific • Bonneville Power Adminstration (BPA) • Currently funds projects in the John Day, Umatilla, and Walla Walla River Subbasins through the John Day Screen Shop • Can fund screen, passage and stream habitat improvement projects as they relate to fish passage. • Mitchell Act (NOAA) • Columbia River Basin Programs • Enterprise Screen Shop • John Day Screen Shop • The Dalles Screen Shop • Due to current funding levels, has only been used for maintenance, though this money is stretched thinner as new projects are added every year.

  4. Other Funding and Partners • Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) • Fisheries Restoration Irrigation Mitigation Act (FRIMA) • US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Partners Program • Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) • Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) • US Forest Service (USFS) • Oregon Water Resource Dept. (OWRD) • Local Soil and Water Conservation Districts and Watershed Councils • Numerous Conservation Groups • Waterusers • Mitigation

  5. The Goal

  6. The Problems • Mother Nature (Geomorphology, Climate,etc.) • Project Maintenance • Project Placement, Size and Type • Irrigation Infrastructure

  7. All wrapped into One Big Problem!

  8. Some Solutions! • Knowing your site • Periodic Maintenance • Wateruser Cooperation • Partner Cooperation

  9. Figure 1 – Journal of Hydrology (N.Z.), Vol. 13, No 1, 1974, The Torlesse Stream Vortex-Tube Sediment Trap by J.A.Hayward and A.J. Sutherland

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