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<br />001713 <br /> <br />PROJECT TITLE AND ID: liB. TRIBAL CONSULTATION: River Trip <br />Logistical Costs to GCMRC <br /> <br />RationalelProblem Statement: River trips, at a logistical cost of$15,000 per tribe, <br />were funded using power revenues to enable the tribes to identify resources of tribal <br />concern, including traditional cultural properties eligible to the National Register of <br />Historic Places. This identification effort was largely completed by the mid-I 990s. <br />Since then, the trips have been used by tribes to identify how and where dam operations <br />are impacting identified resources or properties. Beginning in FY03, river trips were <br />funded through appropriated dollars provided by the five DOl agencies. <br /> <br />Inteeration: River trips enable the tribes to identify impacts of dam operations on <br />resources of tribal concern. Based on river trip observations, tribes identify concerns to <br />other AMP stakeholders and ultimately to the Secretary of the Interior. <br /> <br />Expected Products: As the permitting agency, NPS requires an annual investigator <br />report from each tribe conducting a river trip. In addition, the tribes are required to report <br />to Reclamation or the AMP as a whole on whether conditions within the river corridor <br />were stable, improving, or worsening. As a nominal variable, this can then be tracked <br />over time to measure trends. <br /> <br />Recommended Approach: River trip costs have been limited to $15,000 per tribe per <br />year. Beginning in FY06 these costs will be indexed by the CPI. The tribes are allowed <br />to select the approach they take to the trips within this cost constraint and meeting NPS <br />minimum tool requirements. <br /> <br />Status: Ongoing. <br /> <br />External Project Awards: None. <br /> <br />Project Accomplishments: Tribes have been able to identify resources or properties and <br />to determine where and how dam operations affect those resources. This information will <br />be used to develop treatment or mitigation plans for the array of resources of concern. <br /> <br />Schedule: A report is submitted to the NPS as a result of any trips undertaken during the <br />year. <br /> <br />Budeet: $76,875 <br />