Transcript Deschutes Basin Board of Control

Deschutes Basin
Board of Control
Bend – May 8, 2009
North Unit ID
Ochoco ID
Three Sisters ID
Tumalo ID
Swalley ID
Central Oregon ID
Arnold ID
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Deschutes Basin
Board of Control
Irrigation Districts
•TSID
•Swalley
•COID
•Arnold
•Tumalo
•North Unit
•Ochoco
TOTAL
1895
1899
1900
1905
1905
1913
1928
7,568 acres
4,359 acres
- 44,784 acres
4,384 acres
8,094 acres
- 58,908 acres
- 20,145 acres
148,242
Irrigation District
Concerns
 Preserve water rights & supplies
 Continue to serve patrons
 Wanting to support reintroduction
 ESA exposure
-No legal protections
THE FEAR OF LOSS
DBBC Action Steps
 Contacted Licensees
CTWS & PGE
 Contacted Congressional
Delegation
 Meetings with NOAA, USFWS &
USBR
 Framework of Plan developed
Immediate to Long Term
Operating Framework
 Enforcement Discretion Letters to
Irrigation Districts – May 2010
 10j Rule
Experimental, Non-Essential
 Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)
Enforcement Discretion
Letters
 NMFS Will Not Legally Target
Irrigation Districts – 2010
 Based on Unprecedented and
Continuing Conservation Work
 Piping inefficient canals and placing
water permanently instream over last 10
years
10j
Experimental, Non-Essential
 Proposed Rulemaking Underway by
NOAA
 Requires Scientific Study
 Could Run 5-7 Years or More
 Protects All Who Operate Within the
Law
- Including Landowners, Cities, Counties,
Farmers & Ranchers
HCP
 DBBC Leading the HCP Effort
 City of Prineville joined 2008
 DBBC Convening Stakeholders
 Seeking Long-Term Year Incidental
Take Permits
 Contractual Commitment to
Conservation & Restoration Actions
HCP
 Confederated
Tribes of Warm
Springs
 Deschutes River
Conservancy
 Trout Unlimited
 Bureau of Land
Management
 ODFW
 Portland General
Electric
 American Rivers
 Water Watch
 NOAA
 US Fish & Wildlife
 Bureau of
Reclamation
 Many others
Challenges Ahead

$500K per year for HCP development – 5 to 7 years
 Grant funding of $306K thru Sept 2009
 Grant request not awarded for 2009-2011

Desire to continue conservation projects during HCP
development

Funding for Conservation Projects
 Reclamation, Stimulus and Appropriations
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HCP success benefits all Parties but not all share the
costs
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“Minimize and mitigate to maximum extent practicable”
is not same standard for all Parties
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No guarantees on obtaining ITPs
Deschutes Basin
Board of Control
Steve Johnson – Manager COID