Report of the Secretary of the Army
on Civil Works Activities for Fiscal Year 1996
Department of the Army Corps of Engineers
Extract Report of the Walla Walla District

Lower Snake River Fish and Wildlife Compensation Plan, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho

Existing project. The project consists of a series of fish hatcheries, wildlife development areas, and purchase of off-site project lands for fishing and hunting access. The project will compensate for loss of wildlife habitat and anadromous and resident fishery inundated as a result of construction of four multiple purposes dams and reservoirs on the Lower Snake River (Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite).

The real estate design memorandum, and feature design memorandums on all hatcheries and satellites, the off-project wildlife lands, and the site selection report have all been approved. A final Environmental Impact Statement was filed with the Council on Environmental Quality on November 2, 1977. The DNFH Expansion; Irrigon, Hagerman, Lyons Ferry, Lookingglass, McCall, Sawtooth, Magic Valley, and Clearwater Hatcheries, including their respective satellite facilities, are all in operation. Transfer actions have been completed for a majority of the facilities, with the remaining scheduled to be transferred by the end of 1997. Fencing is nearly complete at all wildlife development areas. Off-project land acquisition is 100-percent complete. Habitat development continues at many of these sites. Development of fall chinook acclimation facilities and Lookingglass Hatchery water treatment, in accordance with Senate Conference Report (103-672, page 7) has progressed. The compensation plan is scheduled for completion in Fiscal Year 2002.

Estimated Federal cost for the project is $232,000,000.

Local cooperation. None required.

Operations during fiscal year. Wildlife habitat development continued at the windmill, Revere, Shumaker, Pintler Creek, Hartsock, Fisher Gulch, and Campbell off-project land sites. Development of on-project sites occurred at Wallula, John Henley, and Kelly Bar. Fisherman access land development occurred at Couse Creek, Donald Road, McDonald Complex, Ferry Road, Swegle Complex, Sulphur Creek, Whitstran, Naches Road, Benton City, and Burma Road. Transfer of Lyons Ferry and Lookingglass facilities were delayed due to issues with underground storage tanks. The oxygen supplementation system at Irrigon Hatchery was completed. The Pittsburg Landing fall chinook acclimation facility was completed. Design of the Big Canyon acclimation facility progressed, with construction scheduled to be completed in Spring 1997. A tank contract for the Big Canyon and Pittsburg sites was awarded, with completion scheduled for the 1997 season. Selection of the third site and its design is planned for 1997. A design memorandum for the Lookingglass Hatchery water treatment facility was completed, with a Value Engineering study to reduce costs expected to be completed in Fall 1996.