Note, the tool also supports user revision recommendations (as summarized in video 3) using sub-basin team logins. If you are a sub-basin working group member, and do not recall these credentials, please send us a request to klamath-ifrmp@essa.com.

Prioritization methods explainers (Phase 3) – Feb 2020
Accessible with sub-basin team logins

Provisional Draft Klamath IFRMP Document (Phase 2) - Oct 15, 2019 (8MB PDF) {*This document is superseded in value by the Phase 4 report released February 17 2022}

Klamath IFRMP Synthesis Report (Phase 1)- Aug 14, 2017 (20MB PDF)

We continue to collect contemporary documents, plans, studies, and data related to fish habitat restoration and monitoring (including innovative concepts and approaches from similar planning efforts such as the Elwha). Documents and data collected during this process will be catalogued in the searchable Document Library on this website. If you have relevant information you think should be included please contact us via email at: klamath-ifrmp@essa.com.

Next Steps

After completing an interim participant review of the draft (Phase 4) Plan February 18 2022 - April 15 2022, and subject to further refinements and direction from the FCG and PSMFC the focus of Phase 5 (2022-2023) is anticipated to include the following tasks:

1. Identify cost ranges to close priority monitoring gaps.
2. Refine initial implementability ratings for candidate restoration actions via participant validation survey to generate more granular, project-based implementabilty ratings.
3. Create an Adaptive Management (AM) report card template to support bringing the IFRMP ‘to life’ during future implementation. This AM report card would be a key part of standard IFRMP bi-annual reporting during future envisioned Klamath Basin Adaptive Management symposia.
4. We will design and conduct a IFRMP implementation workshop in summer/fall 2022. At this workshop, it will be critical to ensure balanced regional representation when reviewing restoration and monitoring priorities. The key outcome of this workshop would be a concise IFRMP implementation recommendation document to add to the IFRMP report.
5. Final IFRMP Restoration Prioritization Tool updates and knowledge transfer.
6. Building on the tasks above, we will conclude by producing an updated and final IFRMP document, with new subsections that summarize monitoring cost information, updated implementability ratings (i.e., adjusted priority sequence of restoration actions), links to the AM report card template, final monitoring plan recommendations and links to IFRMP implementation recommendations generated by the implementation workshop.

Once this additional information is incorporated into the Plan document in 2022 (or 2023), we will have as complete a picture as possible at the moment of what it will take to restore the Basin; we will have good estimates on what it will cost to do the work in each sub-basin; and, we will have an approach for coordinated monitoring.  While we cannot make any commitments at the moment, we are also looking for ways to identify additional funding to help support participation by those who might need financial assistance for ongoing engagement with these ongoing planning efforts.

Later this spring and summer, be on the lookout for more details on next steps in the IFRMP planning process. As always, please reach out to our team should you have any questions or concerns. Contact us via email at: klamath-ifrmp@essa.com.

Background

Phase 4 of the IFRMP planning process (2020-2021) centered on three major tasks. First, generating cost estimates for the identified IFRMP restoration actions. Second, delivering monitoring plan recommendations that close key gaps in tracking basin-wide recovery affixed to status and trends Core Performance Indictors (CPIs) across all biophysical tiers. Ongoing monitoring of these CPIs will detect worrisome signals that could indicate the need for further diagnostic investigations and indicate when habitat conditions were improving in response to restoration efforts. Third, Phase 4 of the IFRMP planning process reviewed the alignment of IFRMP restoration actions and CPIs with other regional restoration Plans to ensure the IFRMP was filling important gaps and otherwise coordinating with what is being learned from these other initiatives.

Previous work during Phase 3 (2019-2020) of IFRMP development focused on developing and applying a multi-criterion scoring methodology for systematic, repeatable, and transparent ranking of Klamath Basin restoration actions for focal fish populations throughout all sub-basins of the Klamath Basin. This included refining Core Performance Indicators (CPIs) for consistently characterizing levels of watershed impairment at the basin-wide scale. The data and mechanics needed to execute this approach are unified in the web-based Klamath IFRMP Restoration Prioritization Tool.

The intent of the IFRMP is not to replace other existing planning efforts, but to address key gaps and strategically bring existing plans and planning efforts together using an adaptive management framework. The vision of the Klamath Basin IFRMP is to provide a unifying framework for planning the restoration and recovery of native fish species from the headwaters to the Pacific Ocean, while improving flows, water quality, habitat and ecosystem processes. The IFRMP (or Plan) will serve as a blueprint that describes the highest priority watershed process and habitat restoration and monitoring actions that in combination with related restoration initiatives can help reverse the declines of multiple native Klamath Basin fish populations. The Plan will provide an answer to the basic question: given all we know; which habitat and watershed process restoration actions will provide the broadest possible benefits to native Klamath Basin fish species– throughout the Basin and within each sub-basin watershed. The IFRMP will also help inform the wise allocation of funds for restoration and monitoring work in the Klamath Basin. Funding to do broad scale restoration and monitoring work is limited so it is imperative to ensure that funds are used as strategically as possible to maximize the value of restoration efforts in the Basin. Please note: the IFRMP is a planning document that will help inform and guide restoration practitioners and agency resource managers alike. However, nothing in the IFRMP constitutes an official federal agency position or obligation for current or future action. Implementation of any restoration activity depends on future appropriation of necessary funds, as well as cooperation and support of private landowners, states, Tribes, local governments and other organizations that call the Klamath Basin home.