Attachment 1: Performance Work Statement Russian River Coho Salmon with Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

Monitoring and Evaluation of Russian River Coho Salmon
Part 1
General Information
1. GENERAL: This is a non-personnel services contract to provide Monitoring and Evaluation of Russian River Coho Salmon. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government. 1.1 Description of Services/Introduction: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Monitoring and Evaluation of Russian River Coho Salmon as defined in this Performance Work Statement except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

1.2 Background:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) plans to continue monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness and performance of the Russian River Coho Salmon Captive Broodstock Program (RRCSCBP), located at Don Clausen Fish Hatchery (Sonoma County). This effort includes monitoring juvenile and adult coho salmon in multiple release streams to:
• Estimate juvenile survival from release to the smolt stage • Develop expanded counts of hatchery-origin adults
• Evaluate natural spawning success
• Assess trends in abundance of naturally produced Coho Salmon The required monitoring has occurred primarily on Willow, Dutch Bill, Green Valley, and Mill creeks for approximately the past 20 years, and will continue in these or other Russian River tributaries or the mainstem as directed by the RRCSCBP technical advisory committee (TAC). The TAC includes representatives of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), and USACE.

1.3 Objectives:

1. Document coho salmon metrics for the Russian River watershed (e.g., survival of hatcheryreleased juveniles, smolt to adult return (SAR) ratios number of returning adults, spawning success, and natural production).
2. Evaluate the effectiveness and performance of the RRCSCBP, and provide information for adaptive management decisions as needed.
1.4 Scope: The Contractor shall conduct in-stream fish monitoring activities in the Russian River watershed sufficient to evaluate the effectiveness of the RRCSCBP at maintaining or increasing the