Aquatic PassageAquatic Passage

Rosana BarkawiNational Bridge Program

Manager

Rosana BarkawiNational Bridge Program

Manager

Aquatic Passage ProgramAquatic Passage Program

• SAFETEA-LU Title I, sec.1119, Federal Lands Highways, part (m) Forest Highways

• Includes $2 million FY 2006 Congressional earmark for Infrastructure Improvement (CMII) for Fish Passage Barriers

• Request proposals for aquatic species passage projects

• Build a 3-year program of work.

• SAFETEA-LU Title I, sec.1119, Federal Lands Highways, part (m) Forest Highways

• Includes $2 million FY 2006 Congressional earmark for Infrastructure Improvement (CMII) for Fish Passage Barriers

• Request proposals for aquatic species passage projects

• Build a 3-year program of work.

Aquatic Passage ProgramAquatic Passage Program• CMII projects can be located on any

National Forest System road

• HTAP funds section (m) Forest Highways exclude any roads that are not part of the Forest Highways system.

• Collaboration key:– Watershed, Fish, Wildlife (WFW)– Hydrology staffs, – Engineering staff, – local authorities with transportation

jurisdiction, – Fish and Game agencies

• CMII projects can be located on any National Forest System road

• HTAP funds section (m) Forest Highways exclude any roads that are not part of the Forest Highways system.

• Collaboration key:– Watershed, Fish, Wildlife (WFW)– Hydrology staffs, – Engineering staff, – local authorities with transportation

jurisdiction, – Fish and Game agencies

CriteriaCriteria• Addresses T&E and other emphasis aquatic

species • Maximizes habitat availability• Leverages other funds both external and

internal such as TRTR, CMRD, etc.;• Addresses large-scale watershed partnership

projects;• Obligates the fiscal year they are being

authorized;• Project will not introduce invasive species

into refugia for native aquatic communities• Consistent with the long term objective of

the road

• Addresses T&E and other emphasis aquatic species

• Maximizes habitat availability• Leverages other funds both external and

internal such as TRTR, CMRD, etc.;• Addresses large-scale watershed partnership

projects;• Obligates the fiscal year they are being

authorized;• Project will not introduce invasive species

into refugia for native aquatic communities• Consistent with the long term objective of

the road

Forest Service; R1, R5, R6, R8, R9 & R10 $2,508,000

Lewis and Clark County, MT $80,000 Grays Harbor County, WA $10,000Oregon DOT $2,924,000Indiana DOT $203,000Gallia County, Ohio $100,000Minnesota DOT $1,140,000Missouri DOT: $50,000Western Federal Lands Division $2,700,000Alaska DOT & PF $285,000

$10,000,000

Forest Service; R1, R5, R6, R8, R9 & R10 $2,508,000

Lewis and Clark County, MT $80,000 Grays Harbor County, WA $10,000Oregon DOT $2,924,000Indiana DOT $203,000Gallia County, Ohio $100,000Minnesota DOT $1,140,000Missouri DOT: $50,000Western Federal Lands Division $2,700,000Alaska DOT & PF $285,000

$10,000,000

FY 2005 Allocation of HTAP Funds

FY 2005 Allocation of HTAP Funds

Accomplishment ReportsAccomplishment Reports

• August redistribution• Annual accomplishment report

– Distribution:• Federal Lands Highways Office • Congressional staffs • Partners.

• August redistribution• Annual accomplishment report

– Distribution:• Federal Lands Highways Office • Congressional staffs • Partners.