Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation ShoshonePaiute Tribes

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Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes

• Project 199505700
• Shoshone-Paiute Tribes

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Project Goal

• To protect, enhance/restore and maintain
  riparian, wetland and shrub-steppe habitat at
  suitable sites in the Middle Snake Province as
  mitigation for wildlife losses associated with
  the construction of Black Canyon, Deadwood and
  Anderson Ranch hydroelectric projects

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To achieve the mitigation goal

• Work collaboratively with other fish and wildlife
  management agencies, subbasin work groups and
  federal land managers in region
• Identify opportunities to protect, enhance and/or
  restore targeted habitat types through
• Fee title acquisition
• Conservation easements
• Enhancements on public lands
• Coordinate monitoring and evaluation efforts to
  allow comparison of data across the province
  (ideally, across the Basin).

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Project History
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Acres of Habitat Impacted Middle Snake Province
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Wildlife Mitigation To-Date Middle Snake
Province
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NWPPC Snake River Subbasin Mitigation Priorities
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Tools Used to Identify Potential
Acquisition/Protection Sites
Regional fish and wildlife data (NDOW, IDFG, BLM,
USFS, Nature Conservancy) and input from regional
biologists
Input from local working groups
Available Properties
Priorities Identified in other planning efforts
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Project Time Line
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Monitoring and Evaluation

• Collaborate with regional wildlife managers and
  CBFWA to develop ME plan
• Plan will include
• HEP Analysis
• Proper Functioning Condition (PFC)
• Bird, mammal, amphibian surveys
• Fish population status as warranted

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Coordination with Regional Fish and Wildlife
Managers

• Site tours of proposed acquisitions
• Agency review of planned acquisitions/enhancements
  (rated according to modified ISRP project review
  criteria)
• Review of management plans (prior to CBFWA
  review)
• Quarterly meetings with SIWM managers and other
  interested entities
• Each entity summarizes accomplishments of
  previous quarter
• Presentations on acquisitions/enhancements
• Consensus required to move projects forward
• Coordination on ME plan development
• Review of HU allocation